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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1962
Page
2
A boat went down offshore near water lilies with seven feet depth. A trooper described a mobbed house and found a boy clinging to it as rescuers battled crowds. One family lost seven children aged 5 to 14, another four, and a third two in the tragedy.
Human curator of anthropology will lead a large excavation at Tule Springs 300 feet by 3,000 feet with Dr. Charles Rozaire and Miss Ruth D Simpson assisting. Willard F Lidbey will date finds via radiocarbon with climate study spanning 400 centuries. Francisco H. C. Smith oversees engineering and tourism potential. Non governmental groups provide support.
In testimony before a congressional committee, Massachusetts Attorney General Edward McCormack condemned a provision allowing the attorney general to approve wiretaps. Kennedy defended his bill with strong safeguards while noting current laws provoke chaos and that wiretaps cannot be used as trial evidence. He also urged shielding witnesses from prosecution and tightening shipping bans on pinball machines to curb gambling.
Brown criticized a fellow official for strong remarks at an earlier meeting. The commission ordered audits of state agencies be reviewed before release to the press and postponed the Employment Security Department building report in Carson City until the next meeting. No action was taken on the Highway Patrol coffee fund audit.
West Berliners blame failed intervention after a teenager was shot near Checkpoint Charlie while attempting to leap the wall. A later incident saw a man shot fleeing into West Berlin as a young woman escaped, with Crosses and flowers left at the scene. American Maj. Gen. Albert Watson II protested to the Russian commandant, calling Friday's shooting barbaric and inhumane.
Adele Collins displays her paintings in the Cactus Room at the Desert Inn sponsored by the Las Vegas Art League. Betsy Stewart exhibits at the NeHsis Air Force Base library sponsored by the Las Vegas Art League.
In Red Square Khrushchev frames a Berlin settlement as a UN managed peace, urging withdrawal of NATO bases and Western troops from West Berlin while offering a temporary UN supervised stay. He cites Laos and Dutch New Guinea deals as precedents and brands Western powers as risking suicide by force.
The 19 year old Audrey Shaw died Friday afternoon at Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital from injuries sustained in the same auto crash that killed 18 year old Louis Holmes a week earlier. Autopsy underway to determine the cause of death.
Ex policeman Burns killed himself after an afternoon by the pool with friends at a hotel. Miss Hafert, who had accused him of molestation, was treated for a hand injury and to be questioned later.
Eve Arden known for Our Miss Brooks performs her Las Vegas debut Tuesday in the Congo Room of Hotel Sahara. The act features singing, dancing and comedy written by Sidney Miller and Ernie Chambers, directed by Miller, with choreographer Far Barton. Vic Dana, a 19 year old soon to top the charts, also appears in the bill direct from Winnipeg.
Woes for Sale offers a three bedroom two bath place with den and double garage. Features include built in range, form e carpeting and drapes, fenced yard and attic. Priced at 419900 with 1000 down. HOMF REALTY Charleston. Brokers evenings MI 2-32355 or 78-1547.
The notice lists an address at 900 South Main Street Las Vegas Nevada and indicates entry at the Las Vegas Post Office as Second Class Matter. It credits National Advertising Representative The Allen Kiapp Co with offices in Denver New York and San Francisco and notes membership in Press associations.
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