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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1963
Page
1
In a sweltering spell columnist Hank Greenspun recalls a decade old idea to proclaim daily afternoon siesta to escape the heat. The city announces the plan as a practical, now implemented measure to allow residents to relax during the hottest hours.
A 550 member Teamster taxi strike group slated a mass meeting at the Convention Center to hear and vote on a proposed settlement from the mine struck cab firms. Officials and firm representatives were in huddles and urgent notices reached media outlets as the 350-cab fleet faced a midnight launch of the work stoppage amid a tense showdown.
Dr Stephen Ward's failing heart deteriorated overnight after a massive drug overdose. Christine Keeler lies in a serious nervous condition under sedation as Ward clings to life, with hospital officials and a spokesman issuing conflicting reports on his heartbeat.
The Weather Bureau located the center about 1 050 miles east southeast of San Juan at 5 p m EST. Arlene moves west north west at 16 mph with winds near 100 mph and gale gusts extending up to 175 miles north and 75 miles south. It is expected to grow in size and continue its path for 12 to 24 hours with no land threat currently. Vessels are advised to exercise caution as the storm moves.
United Nations reports the United States will halt all arms supplies to South Africa by year end to prevent use against Africans. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson urged moderation in UN dealings as Ghana's Alex Quaison-Sackey pressed for stronger actions to end apartheid and reiterate rights of man. Stevenson emphasized Washington’s resolve to stop U.S. weapons reaching South Africa’s security forces.
In Chicago rain and mud, integrationists staged lay down protests at a mobile school site while Black and white leaders launched a chain-calling drive to avert a fifth night of racial clashes as police rounded up demonstrators.
Baseball star Jackie Robinson marched with civil rights demonstrators on a Brooklyn picket line outside a construction project where 700 people have been arrested. He, still hobbling from a knee operation, carried a sign reading jobs for everyone if not jobs then jail.
A microwave relay tower owned by Southern Bell was dynamited in Florida amid a 23 day old strike by the Electrical Workers Union. The blast damaged cables cutting service to about 40 percent of doctors and dentists in a large eight story medical building on Davis Island. The strike involved electrical workers and affected national network television and long distance transmission.
Gov. Grant Sawyer said Nevada would not meet the Monday deadline set by land developers for a park purchase at Lake Tahoe. A group led by Charles Johnston offered 24 000 acres for 15 million dollars, but Sawyer said no such offer existed and that any purchase would follow explicit appraisals and funding plans, with an initial 2 5 million if pursued.
Health and Welfare Director Donal O Callaghan said he was tired of excuses from welfare workers over a high fraud rate on Nevada welfare rolls. The US HEW study found about 7.4 percent of aid to dependent children recipients in Nevada possibly fraudulent due to misrepresentation. James McGuire of the US Department will review the report with welfare staff this coming week.
A civil complaint filed in U S District Court in Las Vegas seeks 1 085 806 65 damages from D H Hand and United Property Management Corp of Nevada for allegedly walking off a project in Country Club Park subdivision Yuba County California The firms and others allegedly collected over 412 000 from assessment bonds before abandoning the job around July 12 1961 final costs exceeded by 212 000
Richard Hickock and Perry Smith, condemned for the Clutter family killings in Western Kansas, had their executions delayed by a habeas corpus hearing set for August 29 in Topeka. Testifying, they described a two day drive from Las Vegas to Garden City after their arrest. They wore irons as they recounted the trip to KBI officers. Clutter was an agricultural adviser to President Eisenhower.
Partly cloudy today with a chance of thundershowers. Gentle winds become gusty near showers. High around 100 and a low near 79 percent humidity was 3 percent at noon. Sunrise 5 49 AM, sunset 7 44 PM.
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