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WHERESTANDB.V HANK t.KLENSPUNHv ID KEIDEach year about this time, juf as I'our pyra -nth [ nes appear ready (o dry up i and dropoff, migrating flocks j of birds visit Vegas on their j way to northerly, and cooler,) climes to make a meal of [hem 'Last week huge flocks of i robins came and gobbled the j berries like they had gone j out of style. They fought for :them with equally good trenchermen, the sleek, dark Bohemian wax-wings that drop in every couple of years j for a visit,Famous bird-man Richard! Pough marveled at the f re- i quency with which the latter birds visit Vegas and he stopped by the house not so long ago to discuss the, tohim, vital matter.It seems that he had just missed a real big flock of wax-wings numbering possibly 5 000 birds which sagged the power and telephone lines with the weight of theirnumben.These crested, yellow and red splashed birds are thenomads of the ornithologicalworld, migrating hither andThirteen young childrennarrowly escaped withtheir lives yesterday afternoon utter a hutune tankexploded and turned six West l^i* V egas structures, including two newly-built homes into a nightmare inferno.Three of the children wereplaying with matches next to the butane tank which (aused the fire, authoritiessaid. ... ;Firemen were still unable to explain last night how thethree children were not instantly killed by the exploding gas.Inspector Don Southwiek of the Fire Prevention Bureau said that all 13 children and their mothers were almost instantly made homeless — possessing only the .scorched clothes on their back—by the fire at 1305 F St. lt;( ontmued on Page 2)By JIM STALNAKKK SUN Staff WriterSix memiters of the “best casino cheating Kang in the country” hate been arrested by sheriff’s detectives for bilking; Strip hotels out of an estimated $200,000in the jrast two months—$60,000 from one resort alone._- . - Deputies arrested tne six^ male and female members ofthe alleged gang at a fashionable Strip apartment after more than a month of brilliant sleuthing by detectives Jerry Brown and Bob Down-Pntfirnc VmrxCllirfVa a large number of fixeddice, paraphernalia for fixing ‘dots, narcotica and a gun were found in the suspects’ possession when they were arrested.Brown told the SUN that the Cowboy Pearce gang traveis from state to state specializing in cheating both legal-only in Nevada—and illegal gambling games by(C ontmued on Page 141Deadline(Sice Photo Page 111Hid you remember to file your 1%1 income tax return?If the answer is No,” you're just a little lute. The deadline for filing the ’61 return was last night. And now I ncie Sam probably will charge you a little extra for that late return.WEATHERMOSTLY C LEAR TODAY
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Las Vegas Sun
Las Vegas, Nevada, US
Tue, Apr 17, 1962
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