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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1963
Page
1
Las Vegas remarks by Senator James Slattery address a critic who charged he abandoned the Republican party over the state government reorganization. Arch Port Orr labels slaten as obvious. continued on page 2.
Thomas Lee Bean, a 19 year old Reno high school senior, was deemed sane to face murder charges for the strangling and mutilation of former Olympic skier Sonja VicKas kie in her Reno apartment. He appeared for arraignment with defense seeking more time to study the case information.
Dominican Republic and Venezuela pledge aid as troops armor and ships move to border with Haiti amid fears of a clash. President Bosch confirms Venezuela’s armed support while the OAS dispatches a five member committee to diffuse tensions.
Admiral George W. Anderson told the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee the Navy is ready to move in hours if not minutes to evacuate Americans and execute OAS directives in the Haiti Dominican Republic dispute. The OAS sought a mission to Haiti but transportation delays hindered it, and Washington’s stance remains cautious due to President Duvalier's regime.
A rambling Carson City note mocks Hank Greenspun and politics while recalling Las Vegas figures Jake Von Tobe Paul Price and Sonny Liston. It mentions Governor Sawyer actions on welfare, Gerald Lamb and Liston, and humorous barbs about resolutions and state budgeting.
A federal grand jury in Manhattan indicted Carmine Lombardozzi of Brooklyn and six others for evading taxes on more than $1 million in profits from stock sales in six Canadian corporations. The indictment ties Lombardozzi to the Apalachin underworld meeting on November 14, 1957.
Nevada Senators Alan Bible and Howard W. Cannon announced May 6 as the date contractors can access specifications for a $400,000 project at Camp Mercury part of a $5 million building program. Eight dormitories and two units will be built at the Nevada Test Site including air conditioned one story structures with paired rooms and shared baths. Bids for the work will be opened June 4 at the Atomic Energy Commission office in Las Vegas.
FBI said Richard T. Lane of Reno is charged in the Little Rock hospital clerk kidnapping and torture case and may know about the theft of more than 50 000 in Truman coins. Lane faced arraignment in Little Rock while a second Reno suspect and a third fugitive wife were sought as authorities linked the case to a mail delivery that may involve the coin theft.
Vice Admiral Hyman G. Rickover testified that a bomb-like explosion did not sink the Thresher. He said crew losses were a personal tragedy and that debris from the Atlantic dive showed no radioactivity in tests. the court continues inquiry into the disaster that killed 1279 sailors.
The day shows sunny skies with light winds from the west. High near 82 and low around 50 with yesterday’s high 81 and low 51. Noontime humidity at 25 percent. sunrise at 5 49 and sunset at 7 27.
Louis Prima was ordered to appear in Las Vegas court to show cause why he should not be held in contempt for failing to pay alimony and child support to his ex wife Keely Smith. Smith was awarded custody of their two children Joni Elizabeth and Luanne Francis. The case cites $2,808 in arrears and notes a separate action from September 26 claiming $5,000 in arrears, which Prima has since reduced.
The accused slayer of a crusading civil rights advocate was released from jail yesterday on a $5,009 bond. Rural grocer Floyd L. Simpson was granted freedom pending action by the Etowah County authorities in Gadsden Alabama.
Solicitor William W. Rayburn says the state will not seek a preliminary hearing now and would have to disclose evidence in the rifle slaying of Baltimore postman William L. Moore. Moore was shot near a roadside park while en route to Mississippi with a segregation protest letter for Gov. Ross Barnett. The next grand jury session is not set until September unless a special call is issued. Sheriff Dewey Colvard is involved in the case.
France, in a defense push led by Pierre Messmer, outlined by 1966 1967 ranges for nuclear armed missiles and 1800 mile reach to Moscow, with submarines carrying 16 missiles by 1969. The plan stresses deterrence against civilian populations, not military targets, and contemplates space launch platforms.
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