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Newspaper

Las Vegas Sun

Location

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America

Date

Apr 02, 1963

Page

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Paroled Stripteaser Candy Barr Leaves Prison in Silence

Huntsville Texas UPI reports Candy Barr the former exotic dancer and girlfriend of mobster Mickey Cohen was paroled from Goree Women's unit after serving a 13 year sentence for possession of marijuana. She heads to Edna Texas to live with her parents with $5 spending money and $5.70 bus fare, aiming to join her husband in Los Angeles.

Edna Tex Jack Sahakian Los Angeles Mickey Cohen Dallas Candy Goree

Air Force Jet and Civilian Plane Collide Over Nevada

A Nellis Air Force Base F 105 jet and a private aircraft collided mid air near Sheep Mountain yesterday afternoon. Two pilots were killed and wreckage was found within a half mile of the jet with many bodies recovered. Investigators and base personnel worked into dusk to determine the cause. The civilian pilot has not been identified and the Air Force pilot’s name was not released.

Sheep Mountain Y Air Force Nellis Tactical Air Command Hell

Exile Raider Stalking Red Cuba Tanker

In Miami and London reports British ship Londonderry with U.S. planes intercepted a Cuban exile raiding party near the Bahamas. One raider fled toward Cuban waters threatening to blow up a Soviet tanker. State Department confirmed the interception and noted limited details.

Red Cuba Miami UPS Londonderry Bahamas Cuban U. S. State Department U. S. Navy Washington State Department

Burglars Take Jewels and Furs From LV Home

Thieves broke a glass sliding door at Sidney Bliss’s Las Vegas vacation home and stole three fur coats including two full length minks and numerous pieces of jewelry. The total loss will be determined after the Bliss family returns from Palm Springs.

Las Vegas Sidney Bliss Bliss Palm Springs Calif

Weather Summary With Clear Skies and Winds

Partly cloudy conditions with northwesterly winds from 15 to 23 mph. High around 66 with a low near 4. Yesterday's peak 59 and trough 49. Noontime humidity at 7 percent. Sunrise at 5 25 and sunset at 3 03.

Nevada Senator Halts Civil Rights Compromise Move

State Senator James Slattery returned to the Upper House after a Reno hospital stay and derailed a proposed civil rights legislation compromise. The Republican from Storey County interrupted proceedings, creating new hurdles for the measure in Carson City.

Carson City James Slattery Storey Reno Slattery Nevada

Nevada book makers tied to federal indictments

Three Las Vegas book makers led by George Specht are indicted on conspiring to violate federal gaming laws and interstate wagering. Ed Olsen of the Nevada Gaming Control Board seeks copies of the Utah grand jury indictments as Specht Snyder and Cartelli post bail of 25 000 each. Next steps include Salt Lake City arraignments and continued legal action.

Nevada Las Vegas Ed Olsen Nevada Gaming Control Board Utah Federal Grand Jury George Specht Las Vegas Sports and Tart Jimmy Snyder Joe Cartelli U.S A. G. Gus” Blad Salt Lake City Specht Snyder Cartelli

Elusive Marie McDonald Out Nightclubbing

Actress Marie McDonald who vanished from Rozelle Psychiatric Center and sparked a two day police search appeared at Chevon Hilton’s semi night club in Sydney to watch Frances Faye before planning to return to the United States She arrived March 2 and had been ill with a bleeding stomach ulcer since then.

Sydney Australia APD Marie McDonald Miss McDonald Frances Faye Chevon Hilton United States Rozelle Psychiatric Center

Volcano erupts near Mount Mageik in Alaska's Ten Thousand Smokes

An eruption near Mount Mageik in the Alaska Range produced a mushroom cloud rising to about 46,000 feet before winds spread it to 20,000 feet. Air force officials monitored the plume as residents and authorities assessed impact in the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes.

Anchorage Alaska UPJ Mount Mageik Alaskan Air Force

Commie Spaceman Can Reach Moon

UPI reports that US space expert Norman V. Peterson testified before a House subcommittee that the Soviet Union could launch a man to the Moon if they focus on a single lunar mission using Earth orbit rendezvous. He said the first US manned lunar flight remains at least four years away and warned Russians could achieve the Moon mission now.

Commie Spaceman Moon Washington UPI U.S Russia United States Norman V. Peterson Air Force Flight Test Center Edwards Air Force Base Calif House Subcommittee

Common Market crisis stalls grain policy and poultry cuts

EU ministers failed to agree on grain pricing and kept levies on American poultry. The move leaves no common agricultural policy for May tariff talks with the United States and risks delaying the Kennedy round negotiations set to begin next spring in Geneva.

Brussels UPI United States Kennedy Council of Ministers Executive Commission U. S Yes Washington Sicco L. Mansholt Mansholt Europe Geneva

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