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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1966
Page
1
The Las Vegas Sun denounces a Veterans of Foreign Wars demand for a probe of Southern Nevada schools as a blanket indictment of educators. The paper rejects McCarthyist tactics and refuses to publish such accusations under a patriotic guise.
An 8-year-old boy, Donald Stephen Pewitt Jr., was struck by a sheriff's patrol car at Nellis Boulevard and Stanley Avenue while walking home from school. The patrol car, traveling 38 to 40 mph, could not stop in time after brakes were applied. Two witnesses said the boy darted into the road ahead of the car as it approached.
A Las Vegas columnist notes Salt Lake Tribune publisher Jack Gallivan on data processing advances and the looming shift toward automation in newspapers. The piece ponders impact on staff, praises machine aided business, and cheers local publicity efforts while advising caution over industrial change.
In Saigon 2000 monks and youths ended a 20 hour anti government protest as Prime Minister Ky pledged a September election for a constituent assembly. In Da Nang and Los Angeles violence flared with rocks, Molotovs and arrests amid racial unrest.
Mostly clear skies and gentle winds forecast for today with a high near 95 and a low around 57. Yesterday reached 90 for the high and 62 for the low with noontime humidity about 8 percent and sun up at 5 29 and down at 7 46.
Dr. James I. Mason named Clark County School superintendent electing to take office July 1. He currently leads Ithaca New York schools and will relocate with family after completing remaining contracts. Mason discussed budget and integration issues with the five supervisor board and noted no decisions yet. He replaces Leland Newcomer who departed for a California post. Mason’s background includes a Pittsburgh education and a 1957 PhD from the University of Pittsburgh plus prior work in New Jersey and Liberia.
Verbal strike threats by about 56 first aid men and nurses at the Nevada Test Site do not appear to risk another shutdown of the Atomic Energy Commission facility. Bill Carter, secretary treasurer of Teamsters Local 631, says the strike will be May 30 unless negotiatons end the stalemate. Federal mediators are in town to aid talks.
North Las Vegas City Manager Clay Lynch was accused by Councilman James B. Kelly of scheming to push a large water rate increase. Kelly said Lynch submitted a budget built on the hike without informing the council, adding he would retract earlier compliments on the budget.
Gov. Grant Sawyer's legislative drive began with eight bills including a property tax exemption for Viet Nam veterans on the first 1,000 of assessed value. Active duty servicemen since January 1, 1961 qualify for the break, matching Korea and World War II benefits. Assemblyman Ray Kinsley dissented in the House, deeming the measure potentially unconstitutional. The Senate quickly approved the bill.
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