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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1964
Page
1
A civic exhortation urges self responsibility with lines like If I am not for myself who will be and If not now when. It frames personal action as a path to a better life for one's family, noting the freedom to start again and improve society. The piece closes with a prompt to see where on Page 2.
Soviet Premier Khrushchev declared a “monstrous new terrible weapon” that could exterminate all humanity, though he gave no details. He linked the threat to China and Mao Zedong while stressing peaceful aims and secret unveiling at a military research station.
Honolulu reports Mrs Madalyn Murray and her son John Garth Murray filed a federal suit seeking to strike the phrase Under God from the Pledge of Allegiance. The case, brought by attorney Hyman Goldstein, requests a three judge bench and challenges the 1954 act adding the phrase as unconstitutional.
A city proposal to license punchboards, led by Harry Shapiro of a Chicago manufacturer, conflicts with Nevada anti lottery laws. The City Commission delays a decision awaiting evidence of honest operation while police and the license department oppose boards. Nevada Gaming Commission says punchboards are prohibited by state law.
The Nevada Gaming Commission approved transfers of Wilbur Clark's Desert Inn and Stardust Hotel interests in Las Vegas. Clark sells 15.2 percent of Desert Inn for 760000 and 5.5 percent of Stardust for 110000 to D I Operating Co and Karat Inc. Other transfers include Kaye Krausnick Rothkopf Mandotte and McGinty with varying percentages. The commission approved six major gaming applications, denied one, referred one back, and approved 57 minor applications. Julius Weintraub’s 1 percent Dunes Hotel was denied for questionable antecedents.
Former Saratoga Race Book partners Remolif and Bergen pleaded no contest in U S District Court to willful evasion of wagering excise taxes and false tax returns. The 1962 indictment also named Hurley and Galli. A Sept. 29 hearing was set for probation requests.
Today's forecast calls for clear weather with gentle winds and a high near 95 and a low around 65. Noontime humidity at 11 percent, with sunrise at 6 24 and sunset at 6 47.
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