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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1963
Page
1
A civic letter from Nevada argues residents should self fund schools amid tax debates. It cites a $0 check and urges a $5 per child levy, claiming taxes must rise or schools suffer. discusses democracy, tax votes, and local business impacts on education.
Morse read into the Senate record excerpts from what he called the governor World War II service and VA file. He described Wallace as a punk and a disgrace for opposing school integration, while Wallace taunted Morse calling him unsound and said he would rather be punk than a punk. The exchange continued as Morse offered his veterans file for consideration.
Thirty five Clark County elementary students who were kept home to protest a two mile bus limit returned to J E Manch School. Officials confirmed the children live within two miles, disqualifying them from free bus service. parents plan further protests with high school families in Paradise Valley to press the issue.
Pat Sheehan, a Las Vegas showgirl and ex-wife of Dennis Crosby, filed for divorce in Santa Monica accusing mental and physical cruelty. She seeks custody of Dennis and Patric, ages 3 and 2, plus Gregory, 11, whom Dennis Crosby adopted. The couple wed May 4, 1958 in Las Vegas.
Roy M. Cohn pleaded innocent to perjury and obstruction of justice before the Army McCarthy hearings and challenged U S Attorney Morgenthau to prosecute him personally. He charged that Morgenthau and the Justice Department hired an international bounty hunter to target him due to Morgenthau's father’s former position.
The SUN reports M and M Wood Products Co at 2601 S Highland Ave secured a city business license on March 28 in the names Mona G Courtney and Merna B Webb. The owners are wives of city building inspectors Franklin Hap Webb and Charles Courtney. Weeks later building department director W E Adams found the involvement.
Nevada gambling figures and Las Vegas executives linked to the Roy M. Cohn indictment. The grand jury charges a scheme to shield three Desert Inn officials and an attorney from indictments in a Dye and Chemical Corp fraud case involving about 5 million dollars. The probe names Cohn and Gottesman and four co conspirators who allegedly conspired to give false testimony and influence the process.
Gov. Grant Sawyer stated he does not sanction keeping children out of Clark County classes as a protest against school bus transportation. He told mothers at meetings that while keeping children home is dramatic, his remark referred only to meetings, not to withdrawal from school, and urged local citizens to protest to county officials and the press.
Maj. Gen. Carl C. Von Horn accused the United Nations of failing to back peacekeeping missions, citing his Yemen team’s attempts to disengage the United Arab Republic and Saudi Arabia from the civil war before resigning last week as Yemen observer chief.
Gov. Wallace dispatched state troopers to Huntsville and Mobile amid threats to the school segregation policy. Rioting prompted reopening lawsuits seeking desegregation of Birmingham schools. At least five troopers were deployed as tensions escalated.
The Huntsville City Council approved a resolution asking Gov. George C. Wallace to refrain from interfering with the city schools opening today on a desegregated basis.
The Birmingham school board voted to close three public schools that opened to Black students Wednesday, as a contingent led by Alabama Highway Patrol Director Al Lingo arrived from Mobile after a Wednesday night riot.
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