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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1963
Page
1
A PTA meeting speaker urges parents to address rising teen pregnancies and early marriages, citing bold material exposure and calls for curbs on pornography and substance abuse. He argues adults cannot censor for all and urges keeping harmful content away from minors. Continued on Page 2.
President Kennedy says 12 000 to 13 000 Soviet troops remain in Cuba and urges faster pullout. About 1 000 have left since two weeks ago, totaling 4 000 in a month, while he warns anti Castro refugees to join the U S army for training rather than raids. He notes many Cubans seek island freedom and pledges U S support.
Defense lawyers in New Orleans argued against a controversial tape recording, later cross examining telephone technician Eugene C. Major who monitored calls on June 12, 1959, as U.S. Judge Christenberry ruled the recording admissible if linked to the defendants.
Nevada lawmakers foresee the 1963 session ending near the end of next week as budget limits loom and many appropriation requests may go unsatisfied. They warn funds are insufficient to fully support education, the University of Nevada, State Hospital, and the prison.
Gov Ross Barnett told reporters he cannot guarantee the personal safety of James Meredith if soldiers are withdrawn from the University of Mississippi. He noted 220 highway patrolmen exist, mainly for traffic enforcement, and asked whether troops could be kept on duty at Ole Miss.
In Buenos Aires the government said it had quashed a 36 hour uprising by retired Army generals after the Navy withdrew support. Rear Adm. Eladio Vazquez said the Navy ceased operations and was en route to Buenos Aires to seek a solution. The regime hailed the revolt's collapse.
London UP I reports Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton stayed together after Burton announced separation from Sybil Burton. Neither actor commented on the NY dispatch. Taylor and Burton, linked romantically since Cleopatra, remain married to others and face uncertain divorces.
Today's forecast shows sunny skies with gentle winds. High near 70 and low around 40. Yesterday reached 66 with a 4-degree low. Noontime humidity at 10 percent. sunrise at 5 23 and sunset at 6 04.
Nevada civil rights advocates plan a new bill after a conference with Governor Sawyer and William Bailey of Reno representing NAACP chapters in Reno Sparks Hawthorne and Las Vegas. They urged restraint and sought the governor's guidance following the parley.
A SUN want ad promotes a reader and advertiser contest with a $1,000 prize. Readers are invited to participate by following details in today's paper and to sell unused household articles for cash via SUN want ads by calling 985-3111.
The U S Air Force seeks action against State Senator Floyd Lamb over cattle on Nellis Air Force Base land. Attorney John Bonner filed in federal court and asked for an injunction against Lamb and numerous ranchers and firms. The petition says Lamb told officials he had been there before the Air Force and would not move his cattle.
President Kennedy stopped a threatened nationwide rail work rule clash and strike by appointing a special fact finding board led by Judge Samuel J. Rosenman. The panel will meet in Washington to address featherbedding disputes with members Nathan Feinsinger and Clark Kerr.
Barbara Jones 35 crippled by polio unstrapped her leg and jumped into a 6 foot deep water tank at Wolverley Army camp to rescue three year old Richard Endicott who lay face down. She performed artificial respiration and mouth to mouth for ten minutes but he revived only as ambulance workers arrived. Doctors fought to save him in hospital. Richard's mother alerted nearby wives when he disappeared at lunch.
Four Brooklyn mobsters assaulted FBI agent John P. Foley outside a church while he photographed hoodlums at the Lombardozzi funeral. Foley was left critically injured on the sidewalk as officers waited inside the sanctuary before arresting the attackers.
CARSON CITY Nevada governor Grant Sawyer denied agreeing to kill two bills creating a bi state Lake Tahoe park and warned a two year delay on park legislation would invite disaster The Senate Finance and Interstate Cooperation Committees killed the two measures that would have allowed Nevada to enter a park compact with California
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