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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1964
Page
3
North Vietnam reportedly leads attacks against Laos with incursions near border areas. Military officials confirm cross border activity and coordination with allied groups, raising regional security concerns and prompting warnings from neighboring governments.
An estate investor testified yesterday that two co-defendants of James R. Hoffa in a $25 million fraud trial warned of possible harm if he did not make "under the table" payments. The remarks underscored the tense atmosphere around the case.
In Miami Beach during Senate Rackets Committee investigations into pension funds, Cranow and Kovens urged Hoffa to lay low and take a Caribbean trip for weeks. Connelly avoided the Everglades Hotel lobby while a $3.3 million Teamsters fund loan funded renovations. Hoffa’s attorney sought a mistrial over prejudicial testimony. Judge Austin denied.
The Supreme Court, in a 5-3 decision, invalidated a law stripping naturalized Americans of citizenship for long stays abroad. Justice Douglas led the majority, calling the provision biased against naturalized citizens and based on an improper belief they are less loyal. Dissenters Clark Harlan and White warned of widespread impact.
Washington report notes the rules committee examining the Baker investigation is weighing a comprehensive financial conduct code for all senators. The draft also accuses an attempt to trap the panel with fabricated lurid testimony and outlines steps to add McLendon’s policy recommendations if adopted.
A delegation of about 200 Protestant churchmen from the National Council of Churches urged immediate Senate action on the civil rights bill. They met with Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey and Sen. Kenneth Keating after prayers at a Lutheran church and the Supreme Court, seeking a prompt vote without further delay.
A UPI report presents a 24 hour temperature and precipitation table ending at 4 a.m. yesterday. The data is prepared by the U.S. Weather Bureau in San Francisco and reflects conditions across the nation.
United Press International reports widespread disruption as about 10,000 Black students boycott Milwaukee public schools in protest of pay raises for teachers. The walkout follows Utah teacher strikes and demonstrations in New York State marking the desegregation anniversary.
Maryland Democrats vote in a presidential primary seen as a test of President Johnson's standing against the civil rights push. George Wallace campaigns for Maryland 48 first ballot convention votes while Sen. Brewster defends Johnson's delegates.
Premier Souvanna Phouma displayed identity papers medals and a diary to claim North Viet Nam directed the Pathet Lao offensive against neutralists in Laos. He cited Tha Thom and Muong Phanh battles and urged ICC inquiry while warning the Geneva accords were being violated.
Communist authorities alerted police to crush disturbances on the closing day of a huge youth rally in West Berlin. Three truckloads of police dispersed several hundred youths on a vacant lot near Later Den Linden as an army commander and three officers watched over small groups discussing the Berlin wall.
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