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Newspaper

Las Vegas Sun

Location

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America

Date

Sep 27, 1966

Page

2

South Africa Defends Southwest Africa at UN Amid Boycott

D. P de Villiers told the General Assembly South Africa seeks an evolutional solution to Southwest Africa and warned UN takeover would bring chaos. Delegates including Africans and Communists walked out or boycotted the session, with Liberia Malawi Ethiopia and Zambia staying for the speech.

United Nations UPI Southwest Africa D. P de Villiers South Africa League of Nations de Villiers General Assembly Liberia Upper Volta Malawi Ethiopia Zambia

Ideal Draft Age for Your Son

Dr. David Goodman advises parents that 18 is the best draft age. In a forthcoming guidebook he argues that at eighteen the body is energetic and imagination ready for adventure, a path he says matches a society that is too orderly.

New York UPI David Goodman Goodman

Too Late To Classify

A terse entry appears in the 7-PERSONALS section with minimal readable details and no clear event or names. Further context from the newspaper page is needed to produce a complete title and summary.

Laxalt Campaign Faces Entry Refusal at Kennecott Mine

Republican candidate Paul Laxalt pressed to speak to workers at Kennecott Copper's Ruth Mine but was allegedly refused citing a two year old policy barring campaigning on site. A company spokesman said the policy exists to avoid disrupting operations and offered a talk on workers' time off the property. Laxalt urged Nevada to improve federal relations, warned gambling may vanish if the state fails, and proposed a direct meeting with FBI chief J Edgar Hoover to mend fences.

Fike GOP Mominee Shack Laxalt Nevada Sawyer FBI J. Edgar Hoover Justice Department

Victim Jewel Rosa Dies After Weeklong Battle

Mrs. Jewel Rosa, 48, died at Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital after a week of critical injuries from a street assault. Found unconscious beside her parked car on Sept. 19, she leaves husband Clarence and son Duane of Norman, Oklahoma. Rosary and mass planned at Palm Mortuary and St. Anne's Church. Burial in Riverside, California.

Jewel Rosa Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital Rosa Rexford Dr Clarence Rosary Palm Mortuary St. Anne’s Catholic Church Maryland Parkway Riverside Calif Duane Norman, Okla

Nevada Gov Sawyer cites state growth indicators

Governor Grant Sawyer leading a Democratic tour touts Nevada as near the top in indicators of greatness. He cites 54.2 percent population growth in five years and leads in high school graduate income tourism new manufacturing firms per capita police funding and households earning $10 000 plus. He credits careful planning and hard work.

Ely UPI Grant Sawyer Nevada Sawyer Fallon Las Vegas

Helen Kane Dies of Chest Cancer at 62

New York singer Helen Kane known for the boop boop a doop phrase died of chest cancer at age 62. Her career spanned stage, films, radio, and night clubs, with her last hours spent watching a film in which Debbie Reynolds portrayed her role.

New York UPI Helen Kane Miss Kane Hollywood Debbie Reynolds

Hurricane Inez Strengthens Warning Stages Across Caribbean

UPI reports Inez grows to 95 mph with hurricane warnings across Guadeloupe Antigua Monserrat Marie Grange and Desirade. The storm moves northwest at 11 mph, destined to brush northern Guadeloupe by Tuesday evening as residents prepare.

San Juan P. R UPI Lesser Antilles Inez Guadeloupe Marie Grante Desirade Antigua Monteserrat Weather Bureau

Giants Post Highest Team Batting Mark In 1930

The New York Giants set the all time major league team batting average record at .319 during the 1930 season, the figure noted by UPI.

New York UPI New York Giants

City Manager Names Planning Commissioners Meet Tonight

City planning session at 7 30 p m with public hearing on Robert Gallagher bid for commercial rezoning for a car wash on West Charleston between Decatur and Brush Street. Hearing also on George Harris vacating part of Tonopah Drive between Fair and Washington Avenues. Other petitions include vacating streets and alleys in Charleston Heights Fawn Avenue and Bonanza Gay Street areas. Rezoning sought by Mary Blanche Christensen for auto body shop on Bonanza Road north of H Street and Highland Drive. Plot plan and condition reviews listed.

Robert Gallagher West Charleston Decatur Brush Street George Harris Tonopah Drive Fair Washington Avenues Joseph Pokorny Gary

Adenauer in Las Vegas During West Tour

German official Max Adenauer and his daughter Bettina tour the American West on a Lufthansa sponsored visit. They were hosted by Las Vegas officials, seen Hoover Dam and the Grand Canyon, with social and possible political interest noted. His father Konrad Adenauer resigned as West German chancellor two years earlier.

Ludwig Erhard Lyndon B. Johnson Washington, D. C Las Vegas Nevada American West Max Adenauer Konrad Adenauer San Francisco German Tourist Association Adenauer Grayson Los Angeles Carmel Monterey Lufthansa German Airlines Hoover

Tile setter dies from fall at Nevada Southern University

Rodolfo Aragonez Cardenas a 28 year old tile setter died from head injuries after a falling steel beam struck him on September 20 at the university library under construction. Funeral services set for Thursday at St Joan of Arc with a rosary at Bunker Brothers and burial in Woodlawn Cemetery. He is survived by his mother two brothers and a sister, all in Nevada or California.

Rodolfo Aragonez Cardenas Nevada Southern University St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church Second Bridger Streets Bunker Brothers Mortuary Woodlawn Cardenas Bonneville University Guadalupe Aragonez Cardenas Francisco Angelo Las Vegas Maria Delaluz Aragonez Calibillo Los Angeles

Mullenax escapes West Virginia Prison for Women again

Vonda Jean Mullenax mother of nine and 33 years old fled the West Virginia Prison for Women in Pence Springs for a second time in 27 days. She escaped with Pearlie Blankenship Bell who helped steal $32 000 from her mother and received 25 years for armed robbery. Guards reported the pair dangerous and the escape was found during a bed check as they cut windows screens and lowered to the ground with bed sheets prompting a full search of the 205 acre facility.

Pence Springs W. Va UPI Vonda Jean Mullenax West Virginia Mullenax Pearlie Blankenship Bell

Local items mix safety, movies, antiquities and gossip

Las Vegas Jaycees host Motorcycle Safety Clinic with inspections and questions from sheriff, police and highway patrol. Pepsi refresh ments. oil prize for cyclists. Parents criticize local films as mature. Collectors boast old books and ads, including a 1924 mail order catalogue and Around the World in Eighty Days. Mrs Winslow’s syrup and a prize apple crown local entries. Ruthed notes seating quip at Luci’s wedding.

Reg Sheldrick Las Vegas Dick Lochrie Steve Kostelac Gerald Thomas Tonopah Itique Fran Hansen Mrs. Winslow

Liuzzo Trial Delayed by Missing Witnesses in Alabama

In Montgomery, Judge Thagard recessed the Eugene Thomas Liuzzo trial awaiting absent prosecution witnesses. Liuzzo faces charges for the 1965 Moonlight Night Rider slaying of Detroit civil rights worker Viola Gregg Liuzzo. Separately, Thomas Coleman was dismissed from charges tied to the Daniels killing and Morrisroe shooting after acquittal in the former case.

Montgomery Ala UPI T. Worth Thagard Thagard Thomas Coleman Coleman Jonathan Daniels New Hampshire Richard Morrisree Chicago Daniels Morrisroe

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