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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1963
Page
1
Hank Greenspun argues Las Vegas will keep expanding with planned growth and stable development. City officials report construction exceeds expectations while persistent rumors of a bust are dismissed as pessimistic. The region, including North Las Vegas and Henderson, faces growth challenges but remains optimistic about a durable economy.
A midnight meeting of Teamster taxi drivers aimed to decide a strike against nine local firms in Las Vegas. Talks led by William Carter sought to avert action as drivers claim wage gains are offset by loss of cab numbers and city control. If Tanner Motor Company balks at the contract, a picket line could hinder city buses and airport limo service.
Dr Stephen Ward was found guilty on two counts in Old Bailey, while in a coma from a sleeping-pill overdose. The verdict ends a British sex scandal that toppled ministers and linked Ward to Christine Keeler and Mandy Rice-Davies. He faces up to fourteen years, with sentencing pending his recovery.
A southwest portion of Paradise Valley lost power for 28 minutes yesterday afternoon. Nevada Power Co. said service dropped from 2:07 p.m. to 2:35 p.m. The failure was caused by a circuit relay triggered when heavy construction equipment touched a power line.
New York reports Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary fined $100 apiece for smoking in the port, charged with air pollution violations. Judge Herman Weinkrantz noted they were fourth offenders and said, We can't discriminate between queens. Muriel Bell, counsel for Cunard Line, pleaded guilty and blamed age while stating the line is attempting to cure the problem.
President E B Norton of Florence State College said Wendell W Gunn, a 20 year old Negro from rural Tuscaloosa applied for enrollment. Norton said the state board of education and legislature do not authorize admission of Negro students and the application was not processed. It was the first attempt to enroll a Black student at the all white college.
Havana radio reports the pre dawn execution of four Cubans alleged to be CIA spies. The identified men Angel Paleo Nieto chief of the group Jose Manuel Rodriguez Suarez Rachel Roger Sarriegui and Enrique Garcia Palomino were executed at Cabana fortress. Exile groups claim 52 prisoners were mass executed at El Condado near Trinidad three weeks earlier.
Carson City man Cliff Streeter opens ABC Motors at Lake Tahoe, applied for a used car sales license, posted bonds totaling 1000 dollars, and faced police orders after a Nevada Highway Patrol visit. State officials dispute ABC’s license record amid protracted bureaucratic back and forth and a disturbance at Streeter’s home following recent events.
Skopje remains shaken by fourteen new tremors over Tuesday and Wednesday as demolition crews finish clearing unsalvageable structures. One quake reached magnitude five on the Mercalli scale at the seismological observatory. By now over 106 tremors have been logged since most of the Macedonian capital was razed last Friday. Rescuers found a survivor in rubble Tuesday night prompting a France-led effort using advanced sonar gear to detect life beneath rubble.
Coast Guard aircraft sighted a 104 foot vessel sinking about 600 miles west of Morro Bay. Seven people abandoned Freedom II and floated in a rubber life raft. The ship was en route from Honolulu to San Diego. Cause of trouble undetermined after Freedom I previously radioed for help.
Washington based rail labor talks remain at a stalemate as carriers tweak proposals citing concessions while retaining core recommendations from mid May. J E Wolfe, chief negotiator for the railroads, acknowledged that adjustments may be seen as concessions in a sense.
Lt. Col John A Powers the longtime Mercury Control announcer is replaced by Paul Haney a Washington based NASA public affairs worker Haney 45 will assume Powers post Sept 1 Powers may become a special assistant to MSC Director Dr Robert Gilruth though duties are not yet defined Powers who was on loan from the Air Force to MSC could retire next year amid weeks of rumor about his reassignment
Partly cloudy today with possible afternoon thundershowers. Southwest winds 15 to 25 mph after noon. Highs around 106 with a low near 78. Yesterdays high reached 107 and the low 81. Noontime humidity at 11 percent. Sunrise at 5 47 and sunset at 7 46.
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