Constitution Week Banquet Set By Nevada SAR DAR Chapters
The Southern Nevada Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution joins with the Francisco Garces and Valley of Fire DAR chapters to celebrate Constitution Week with a banquet in the Goldfield Room at the Hotel Tropicana. John Ashley Society of the Children of the American Revolution will post colors at 7 p.m. Judge Roger D. Foley will speak on The Constitution and our American Heritage, with remarks by Mrs. Edgar W. Fountain and Mrs. Marvin L. Riggs. Patriotic music and a children’s skit precede the main program.
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Johnson Signs 35-Cent Minimum Wage Hike Into Law
President Johnson signed a bill boosting the federal hourly minimum to 1.60 by 1968 and expanding coverage to about 8.1 million new workers. The measure lifts pay for farm workers and service industry employees, framing the move as a victory for labor and aiming to give dignity to workers previously uncovered. AFL CIO leader Meany and Rep. Powell attended, touting the reform as a major achievement.
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Harlem protests erupt as 11 pickets arrested near IS 201
Police arrest 11 protesters amid a dispute over Harlem’s IS 201, a $5 million Intermediate School, where Black Power advocates seek a Black principal and greater Negro control in education. The incident follows Lisser’s resignation and reinstatement while Harlem leaders press for Black leadership in the district.
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Weather highs and lows across states reported
UPI reports yesterday in the continental United States saw a low of 34 degrees in Williston North Carolina and a high of 113 degrees in Palm Springs California.
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Smith Predicts Close Rhodesia Settlement After Talks
Rhodesia Prime Minister Ian Smith told the Rhodesian Front Congress that the end is in sight for negotiations with Britain over independence. He cited Harold Wilson’s December aim and warned against promising a quick settlement while pledging Rhodesia’s endurance. Bowden-led British talks reportedly seek Rhodesian opinion and recognition of the de facto government.
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Reunion Brings Familiar Faces To Court Seat
In New York United States Assistant Attorney J Edward Meyer confronted Allen Jacobs in U S District Court after Jacobs was arraigned on charges of possessing 407 400 in stolen traveler's checks. Jacobs acknowledged he had met Meyer before in a tennis tournament in Greenwich Connecticut a decade earlier.
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Writings Upset Tito Government
Shailo Mihajlov, a 32 year old university lecturer in Zadar, Yugoslavia, was sentenced to one year in prison for defaming the political system. Spectators tossed money and denounced Western observers as fascists during the courthouse proceeding.
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London Lumber Yard Fire Threatens Gas Tanks
Five hundred firefighters battled London’s worst blaze since the air raid era as a arsonist likely started a multi million dollar lumber yard fire. The blaze endangered nearly 2,000 gallons of gasoline and at least 30 homes were evacuated. Bambergers put losses at 2.1 million.
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