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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1964
Page
3
In Los Angeles Len Barry Goldwater and Governor Nelson Rockefeller sparred over Social Security and responsibility as the California presidential primary nears. The rivals campaigned across Southern California where a large share of the state GOP resides.
In New York and Los Angeles, Vice President Nixon said he remains neutral in the California Republican primary. He will support either Nelson Rockefeller or Barry Goldwater if they secure the party’s nomination. Nixon criticized party splitters and emphasized no one speaks for him. Goldwater and Rockefeller traded charges over Social Security and policy, while George Lodge endorsed Rockefeller.
The United Press International weather table shows temperatures and precipitation for a 24 hour period ending at 4 a.m. yesterday, prepared by the U.S. Weather Bureau in San Francisco.
The highest temperature recorded nationwide was 99 degrees at Hutchinson Kansas and a low of 35 degrees at Williston North Carolina according to the Weather Bureau excluding Hawaii and Alaska.
Rebels armed with bows and arrows seized the Albertville air field in Katanga, forcing a U S Air Force transport with 15 aboard and two commercial flights to divert. The advance marks the first spread of the rebellion from Kivu into Katanga against Premier Cyrille Adoula’s government.
Washington The Senate eyed a two week horizon for a cloture vote on ending the southern filibuster of the civil rights bill. Leaders reported progress on a bipartisan compromise with Dirksen and Mansfield signaling votes, while opponents doubt enough support exists. The plan grants the attorney general power to sue for pattern or practice discrimination and to seek three judge courts in key cases.
Premier Nikita Khrushchev, reporting from the United Arab Republic, pledged Soviet arms and aid to African and Asian nations fighting colonialism. He said the aid would be repaid 100-fold and highlighted prior USAR loans and the completion of the Aswan High Dam. He praised President Nasser's socialist development and asserted the alliance with developing countries.
The Justice Department filed a suit against E. W. Scripps Co. publisher of the Cincinnati Post and Times Star and owner of the Cincinnati Enquirer. It seeks a court order to force divestiture of stock in the Enquirer, claiming control harmed readers and advertisers by reducing competition.
Ted Collins, 63, who discovered singer Kate Smith and guided her rise in radio during the golden years, collapsed and died in a physician’s office during a routine heart checkup in Lake Placid New York. Miss Smith drove him to the office, waited, and found him dying shortly after entering. Collins had been Smiths manager for more than 30 years and shared a summer home in Lake Placid.
Washington reports Rep. Edward Hebert of Louisiana exposed a fight in the Air Force over a chaplain who faced discharge for not providing his ZIP Code. The Air Force says official correspondence requires a ZIP Code. Hebert noted the army of bureaucrats and the Pentagon’s response.
The United States announced additional aircraft for Laotian forces to counter a Communist offensive. The T28 fighters, about 11 in total, were sent after Premier Souvanna Phouma requested support, with U.S. diplomacy pressing Laos’ defense amid regional tensions.
Dallas Times Herald reports the Warren Commission reenactment shows bullets could only come from the Texas School Book Depository. FBI and Secret Service agents staged the study with observers including two agents portraying Kennedy and Connally.
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