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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1963
Page
2
West Berlin reports Soviet jets breaking the sound barrier over the city raising alarms among residents. Berlin Mayor Willy Brandt says Charles de Gaulle will not visit Berlin in the coming months but may consider a later trip after talks in France and St Dizier.
A fire at the Joliet firehouse destroyed the chief's car on Friday. No injuries reported as crews put out the flames and investigated the blaze.
Severe weather lashed North Texas with tornadoes in Anna and Fort Worth areas. A fire station roof was torn off in Blue Mound and a man broke his arm. Dallas saw high winds and floods, with a private school fire near Carrollton and two luxury apartments damaged in Fort Worth. Authorities warned of heavy rains and flash flooding amid marble hail and wrecks from collisions and a collapsed chimney.
Three Reno men are linked to a kidnap plot as Ing is arrested at his Reno home. Bonds was seized during the attempt to divert guards from a hospital room where James Dean Walker and Jerrell Vaughan were involved in a fatal police shooting. Lane, a boxer, remains at large. Kumpe faces assault with intent to kill.
Sheriff Colvard said Simpson faces a first degree murder charge. Moore’s body was found along U S Highway 11 after he refused police protection. diary references and a possible threat are noted. Simpson runs a filling station in Coil bran and his family has long lived in the area. grand jury action is not expected until September.
State and local officers are listed for the Washoe County Young Republicans with Sally Smith as chairwoman and Mary Ann Ford as national committee woman. A brief floor skirmish arose over withdrawal from the UN resolution, but Washoe County carried the measure. The group adopted memorials for Rex Bell, John R. Ross, and Robert F. E. Christensen, and endorsed Lt. Gov. Paul Laxalt while backing a tax repeal amendment. Delegates named Marshall, Ford, Ross, Van Camp, Royce, and est as national convention delegates in San Francisco. The San Francisco gathering featured former Congressman Donald Jackson as guest speaker at the banquet.
Sunday fires killed eight in a Charleston Missouri farm home including Jesse Jackson and family. Three Shouneyia sisters died in a Southfield Michigan blaze. A rain slick highway near Troy Arkansas claimed five lives in a two car crash. Four youths died in a Holland Michigan three car crash. Three Forbes AFB airmen perished near Topeka Kansas in a car wreck. A private plane crash northwest of Chambersburg Pennsylvania killed two. Also noted are regional tensions involving Haiti and the Dominican Republic with warnings from U S officials and feared embassy staff risk. The activity includes U S naval precautions and citizen advisories in Port au Prince.
Szili testifies Jackson shot a Cuban in self defense at a base. He aided in disposing of the body after claiming the Cuban was a Castro agent prowling near a powder magazine. Police allegedly refused to take the prisoner and advised releasing him at the gate. The gate jammed, a sledge hammer was fetched, and Szili says the Cuban attacked Jackson, who fired. The body reportedly fell over a cliff and they chose silence due to international tensions.
In the French Alps mountaineer Charles Gauthier located the fuselage of a U.S. RF 101 jet that crashed on a Laon Air Base flight. The missing pilot Capt. Wesley Brooks of San Leandro California was initially considered not to have survived. Rescue teams were dispatched to the 190 feet from the summit of Grand Ferand.
A five member Tanganyika African National Union delegation left for Moscow yesterday to hold talks with Soviet officials on bilateral cooperation and regional issues. The party includes senior government figures and aims to strengthen ties between Tanganyika and the Soviet Union.
Haitian authorities probe an attempted assassination linked to Duvalier involving Simone 15 and Jean Claude 13. The chauffeur and two bodyguards died with the children. Bernard Diederich, AP and NYT correspondent, detained awaiting expulsion. U S Embassy says tense capital and safe American community with emergency supplies readiness.
Israel plans a large independence day parade in Haifa featuring 178 Mirage 3 jets. The event coincides with Ben Zvi’s death and the Arab Union’s formation weakening patriotic zeal. A 400000 strong crowd is expected as the army showcases SS-11 anti tank rockets and resumed military music.
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