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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1963
Page
10
Hollywood seals its Oscar voting as more than 23 000 ballots mailed March 15 rise amid quiet campaigns by nominees. Winners announced April 8, with industry leaders warning against aggressive vote gathering and urging restraint in a town famed for rivalries and secrecy.
Airman Horace FE Atkinson of Las Vegas is reassigned to Hickam AFB Hawaii after graduating from the Air Force technical training course for supply specialists at Amarillo AFB Texas He studied supply publications and mechanized accounting procedures and attended the University of Southern Nevada He is the son of Mr and Mrs Booker T Atkinson of 223 Wilson Ave Las Vegas.
In Bridgeport, two friends clashed after a prebaptismal party for Pablo Gonzalez. One used a carving fork and the other a knife, leaving Gonzalez dead. Lorenzo Cora faces open murder charges and is held without bond. The dispute arose when Gonzalez refused to allow Cora to dance with his wife.
In Aynor D C a man identified as Roberit Thompson and a woman named Mrs Donnie Shannon Gasque staged a bloody confrontation with a knife and bottle before both died in a rural house Saturday authorities said.
In Chattanooga Tennessee 72 year old George McKenzie denied charges after allegedly shooting 15 year old Joseph Snyder as he and 13 year old Nick Keef Jr camped on McKenzie's property. Keef described a tall man with dogs threatening the youths before the shot.
Two San Diego girls aged 11 and 8 survived a 9.5 mile panel truck ride with their dead father at the wheel after he suffered a heart attack. The truck sped on a private road, skidded, struck a barricade and rolled once before stopping. Police report the girls were shaken but unharmed. The father, Lonnie Lothridge 43, was hospitalized and autopsy is pending. The incident occurred while en route to Non-Linear Systems Inc where he was a custodian.
Bruce Palmer a cameraman for the National Broadcasting Company said he was intentionally struck by a Greenwood police car while trying to photograph officers during Negro voter registration activities. He claimed the car veered off the road to hit him and that the incident caused no injuries.
Washington report on President Kennedy’s March press conference reveals his inner turmoil about a nuclear test ban. He says progress may be possible but warns failure could lead to 10 to 25 nuclear powers by 1970 to 1975.
Martha Donart, Las Vegas resident and housewife, donated her 1959 Madonna and Child mosaic to the Psychiatric Ward of Rose de Lima Hospital. Valued at $350, the piece took two and a half months and nearly $100 to complete, inspired by a Christmas card and crafted to comfort patients.
Vaughn Meader and Barrie Chase Owen Sahara join in a twofold Las Vegas premiere at the Hotel Sahara tomorrow night. The First Family mimic, earning $7.50 hourly a year ago, headlines with Naomi Brossart as Mrs JFK and others backing the act.
A three day search for Navy radar officer Lt Jimmie H Evans 29 Glenwood Ga ejected from a Phantom II jet near Ensenada is to be suspended at sundown but may resume. Evans and Lt W G Blunt 22 Escondido Calif from Miramar NAS vanished Thursday at 28000 feet. coast guard and navy search forces reduced to five aircraft.
Samuel E. McDowell 71 dies at home 918 E Bridger. Palm Mortuary to Ross Burke Funeral Reno service 1 p.m. Wednesday entombment Mountain View Cemetery. Survived by wife Hazel four sons Charles Bernard Hanefeld Vernon Donald two daughters Sue Set singer, sisters Mrs Myers Sea estom of Reno, brother Thomas. Emily H Cornelius 57 dies at Sunrise Hospital Las Vegas resident for a year. Services 11 a.m. Palm Chapel officiated by Dr Barclay Johnson entombment Palm Mausoleum Building of Devotion. Survived by husband Lou Las Vegas one son Stuart C El Cajon Calif sister Emily Lou Rosen Las Vegas two brothers Franklin Hutchinson Fontana Calif Bernard Hutchinson San Bernardino Calif.
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