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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1964
Page
1
A late 1960s column laments an action gap between potential dangers and public response. It parallels Kennedy era missile anxiety with local hazards on the Las Vegas Strip and school routes. The piece argues officials delay precautions like crosswalks and warning signals until accidents occur, citing a building collapse and road safety examples as patterns of reactive planning.
East Berlin truck driver Erich Ross fled to West Berlin with his wife their eight children and Gerhard Worm and his wife using a pork laden trailer. Police learned of the escape only when the regular co driver failed to report. The cross border crossing occurred at 11 20 pm as guards waved him through. The back of the trailer held 11 people aged 1 to 16 sleeping pills used to hush the children.
Intercontinental Promotions says the return bout date and site will be announced Tuesday. Las Vegas is under consideration though a rival bid may be closing in, and the Nevada Athletic Commission has not received a formal promotion application.
The forecast calls for clear conditions with light winds becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon. Southwest winds 13 to 18 mph expected. high 92 and low 45. Yesterdays high 97, low 71. noontime humidity 12 percent. sunrise 6:20, sunset 6:54.
Gov. Grant Sawyer rejected Clark County Dist. Atty. Edward Marshall’s proposal to form a state crime commission. He argued that Nevada laws are not the main issue and stressed enforcement, noting two proposed members Harvey Dickerson and William Raggio are unwilling to serve.
A major fire in Angeles National Forest 45 miles north of Los Angeles burned out of control amid 100 degree heat and low humidity. Over 450 men fought the Bouquet Canyon blaze which may have been arson, threatening homes and burning 1.6 acres of watershed. A second blaze near Santa Barbara threatened summer homes, while a Baker area fire had burned 2,209 acres of brush.
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