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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1964
Page
4
A satirical column discusses shifting gender roles and a reader letter about Ruthe's memo. The writer jokes about censoring wives topics and notes social changes, alluding to golf club gossip and the imbalance between male and female behaviors. The piece closes reflecting on evolving attitudes and the SUN’s image.
In Miami a maximum vigilance alert was issued as Cuban exile leaders report missing after infiltrators. One leader has set a Wednesday return deadline on the 62nd Cuban independence anniversary. In space news the USSR launched Cosmos 30, a routine satellite with Cosmos program experiments.
California Lodge supporters announced they will back Ambassador Lodge in California’s presidential primary, arguing the Rockefeller slate aligns with moderate GOP views. They stressed no stop-Goldwater effort and said they will push Lodge delegates to back Rockefeller at the national convention.
Nevada control board discussed multiple casino license applications and investments. Denials for Sagebrush Club Fallon and Hank's Bar Verdi due to unsatisfactory financing or operation. Victory Club Henderson eyed permanent nonrestricted license for Robert Elsea after prior probation. other applications deferred.
Funeral services for Jerome Bloom in Palm Mortuary pending after his death Friday at Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital. Born 1904 in New York City he lived at the Westward Ho Hotel with survivors Clair Bloom and daughter Beula Mans. Henry Lopez 59 died after a butane explosion in Nipton California. services pending at Palm Mortuary. He was born in Hawaii and survived by Rose Marie Mayer and Margaret L. Harkins. Henry Herbert Lansing 41 died Friday at Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital. his body to be moved to El Reno Oklahoma for final rites. He was born 1923 and survived by son James L. Lansing. James Arthur Brown 53 funeral services pending. born 1911 in Portland Oregon, resident of 2116 Tom Drive with daughters Diane and Sandra Evelyn and brother George. George Rakos 73 died Friday at Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital while visiting from Fresno. to be buried in Belmont Memorial Park after services in Fresno. Mario Aradoza 62 died May 9. grave at Woodlawn Cemetery today. he was a cook born 1902.
Aubrey Pagan, longtime Southern Nevada law officer, filed for re election as Henderson constable yesterday. He has held the post since 1953 after serving as a deputy sheriff in Henderson. He submitted his candidacy declaration to County Clerk Helen Scott Reed.
The Strike at the Nuclear Rocket Development Station persists as Teamsters and Engineers clash over jurisdiction and driving duties for electrical equipment trucks. Reynolds seeks NLRB action claiming work slowdowns and coercion of business with trucking firms. The dispute hinges on which union controls space between electrical yards and work sites and a possible Mercury election.
A 52 year old Las Vegas man Henry Clair Pepley was arrested near the Shady Acres Trailer Park after a trailer at 1001 N Main St burned. Fire officials say entry was made and debris strewn before the deliberate blaze. owners Victor and June King were away.
Interior Secretary Udall announced a 10 percent cut in Colorado River water for lower basin states after a two hour meeting with California Nevada and 65 water users. He warned of lawsuits against illegal direct withdrawals by large farmers and said 400000 to 500000 acre feet would be saved annually to supplement Lake Powell behind Glen Canyon Dam.
Anna M. Kramer an early Las Vegas resident and grandmother of promoter Jack Kramer died Saturday night in an East Los Angeles hospital aged 96. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at Rose Hills Cemetery Whittier California. She owned the Hickory Barbecue on Fremont Street and arrived in Las Vegas in 1905. Survived by daughter Martha Kramer Los Angeles and sons David Los Angeles John Las Vegas and Sherman Whittier.
New York stocks drifted lower on moderate activity. The blue chip group lagged as glamour issues and special situations moved ahead. Auto stocks were weak with General Motors Ford and Chrysler easing while American Motors held flat and U S Steel edged higher in a softer steel market.
Special sun dispatch reports a force of 100000 troops in a clash across the Mojave Desert. Amphibious armored personnel carriers cross a 380 foot river section while Air Force jets fly overhead. Army engineers rush pontoon bridges as jeeps are ferried and winched aboard tanks. The maneuver runs until May 30 across California Arizona and Nevada.
Mrs. Del Harrison of North Las Vegas is appointed to Nevada's State Welfare Board by Gov Grant Sawyer, replacing Rae Smalley who resigned due to business. Separately Welton Tinsman of Reno resigns after a decade on the State Barber Health and Sanitation Board with no replacement named.
The LV casino case continues as Treasury agents shut down the operation for unpaid withholdings and cabaret taxes totaling over 70 000. The Silver Slipper property is valued around 4.8 million with liabilities near 2.5 million. Over 200 employees are told to seek work elsewhere, with most likely to move to other Las Vegas venues.
Operation Desert Strike continues to May 30 across a 13 million acre desert battlefield spanning California Nevada and Arizona. The exercise aims to test troop readiness and includes a claim that 17 prisoners of war were captured during the encounter.
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