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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1962
Page
14
A three foot, 25 pound white polar rat described as fierce enough to kill a dog was found near its former cage by its owner after escaping earlier in the day in Wellingborough England. Police warned the public as the rodent, with inch long teeth, was drenched and hungry.
A Reno physician and Nevada Cancer Society spokesman announced that Nevada donors finance Utah cancer research through the American Cancer Society. Contributions include 21,921.63 from the Crusade campaign and 3,802 from legacies, funding a five year grant at the University of Utah led by Dr Leo T Samuels to study steroid hormones and malignancy. The ACS plans 171 grants totaling 4,005,179 by Sept 1, 1962, with 128 for ongoing projects and 42 new ones. Nevada plans further education and service programs across 18 county units as the year ends.
President Betancourt will dedicate the 310 million bolivar bridge spanning 27 471 feet linking Maracaibo to eastern Venezuela. The project aims to boost western growth, attract regional ministers, and spur oil industry traffic after years of economic slump.
Senator Olin D Johnston delayed the public hearings on Thurgood Marshall’s federal nomination for the fifth time. Senator Keating urged discharging the subcommittee while Hart and Carroll backed the move. Johnston planned to consult McClellan and Hruska about inviting outside witnesses.
Didier Merlin Le Figaro motoring editor reports from New York to California praising American meat and salads while critiquing traffic, prices, and scarce French speakers. He notes lobster in Maine, Creole cuisine in New Orleans, Texas fajitas, and Chinese fare in San Francisco, with reminders to travel west for real sense of the nation.
Four French engineers became the first people to drive a car through the Mont Blanc tunnel yesterday shortly after its blasting. The long sought link under Europe's highest mountain was formally completed on Tuesday and will be open to regular traffic in early 1964.
Commerce Secretary Luther Hodges said he blocked exports worth $41.2 million of automotive machine tools to the Soviet Union over potential military uses. He also denied $1.8 million in licenses for similar countries, totaling 112 denied applications from 10 U. S. machine tool makers, most filed in mid 1961.
A team of scientists announced BRONITIN, tiny tablets sold without prescription, that stop frightening asthma attacks within minutes by unblocking lung passages. Medical tests show restored breathing, reduced anxiety, and relief from gasping and wheezing without vaccines or habit forming drugs.
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