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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1964
Page
2
The Sunprise branch opened with sunrise on a Saturday to a crowd eager for new accounts. Bank staff including Sylvia Krueger Noreen Foutz Bob Meyers Boy Raymann Olive Johnson Paula Hinkle and others assisted customers as doors opened and crowds formed before 6:20 a.m.
New and government print facilities race to publish the Warren Commission report on Kennedy’s assassination as a 300000 word book. Bantam, Popular Books, and Doubleday aim for rapid release with hard and soft covers, while Pan American airlifts copies to key cities. The first Bantam run is 500000 copies with Times material and an introduction by Harrison Salisbury.
Dr Winton H Reaven of the International Commission warns that alcohol causes about half of US traffic fatalities and 78 percent of nationwide broken homes. He cites California health concerns under Gov Edmund Pat Brown as a major public health issue.
An OCR noisy page lists rental ads and sales notices. It mentions one bedroom apartments labeled quiet for day sleepers with restrictions and contact numbers, plus various ads for commercial property, land, and pets. Several listings include phone numbers and street references, along with autos and miscellaneous items for sale.
County Treasurer Bill Galloway announced the second installment of fiscal year 1963 44 property taxes is due now. Delinquency and penalties will start October 5 with further penalties on the first installment if unpaid. third and fourth installments face January and March 1965 delinquency dates.
Gaming officials approve Consolidated Casinos Corp. to operate the Thunderbird after a special session. The sale, valued at 11.2 million with debts and major owner Ine Wells, aims to stabilize the casino’s delicate finances. About 29 department heads have been dismissed. remaining top staff hired on a day to day basis during the transition.
Rescue teams at the Nevada Test Site battled a troubled underground cavern shaft after an auxiliary cable snapped entombing four workers. One man died on the surface and three were injured as rescuers supplied food water and clothing through a vent shaft while stating the entombed workers were safe. Victims identified as Leland Roeder Art Luhnow George Cooper Sr and Shaw from Santa Barbara California were among those trapped.
Leader describes rising ultra right wing radio and TV programs numbering at least 7000 weekly with estimated 19 million dollars in annual costs. Plan to counter with nationwide broadcasts featuring personal accounts of harm from extremists and exposure of spying and harassment by Birch Society linked groups. Reverend John G. Simmons attends. several conservative organizations are named as targets.
In Dundee Scotland the city police pipe band refused further public engagements until new outfits arrive. The current kilts sporrans and plaids are described as outdated and reportedly dated from 1QK era.
Winds of up to 25 miles per hour drove wildfires across Sonoma Napa and Mendocino counties forcing evacuations of about 6000 residents. Santa Rosa firefighters saved Sonoma County Hospital with 250 patients and 61 nurses as flames encroached the city. Governor Brown declared Napa County a disaster area and sought federal aid and low interest loans for property damage and public works.
In Bronx case youth Spencer, 14, confessed to slaving and killing Miss Payne found dead in her sixth floor apartment on Labor Day. Detectives nabbed him after he answered a description provided by Miss Lipsik’s account. Spencer faced formal charges and remained held without bail pending Bronx Criminal Court proceedings.
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