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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1962
Page
1
Phillies defeated the Dodgers 9 to 1 sealing the Dodgers early exit as the Giants fell 5 to 4 in a separate game.
Las Vegas voters face a $6 million water bond after a tentative agreement ends a long deadlock over financing new wells in the western city. The plan splits financing 20 percent district, 20 percent developer, and 60 percent from lenders. If legal and builder approval follows, new wells would service western Las Vegas with operation by the district.
A brief item notes a teener being held as a kidnapper amid observations of wildlife in a western mountain area. The piece reflects on heat, wildlife behavior, autumn approaching, and concerns over diminishing underground water supply affecting fall scenery and local trees.
An 18 year old Lester Morford of Santa City was charged after a honeymooning couple Patricia Foster and Jack Foster were kidnapped near Reno. Patricia reported they were forced into a vehicle at 4 am and driven to Truckee and Lake Tahoe area with the husband struck and dumped from the car. Patricia fled and was treated for injuries, while Foster was found gravely hurt by tourists near North Shore.
In Berlin, Soviet General Ivan Jakubovski declared the Berlin command post null and ordered Western liaison officers notified that the Soviet Berlin commandant’s role would be abolished. Western contact at the Berlin level was severed as Moscow shifts control to Wuensdorf, heightening postwar tensions.
The Las Vegas City Commission approved hiring of "Meter Mollies" to patrol parking, empty meters, and issue tickets for over time parking. Ten women passed examinations, their names kept separate, and a combined eligible list with seven men favored women for four of the first five positions. Mayor Grayson reserved scooter rider roles for men.
State Motor Vehicles Department predicts over 100000 vehicles will be registered in Clark County by next month as plates shift from C to CA. Director Louis Spitz notes Clark County plates are in the 97000s and the change follows the 100000 mark.
The Board of Trustees approved a $1.19 million three story addition to Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital to begin next week. Helgeson Construction Co. will build a yearlong project adding 100 beds including 33 tuberculosis beds funded by an emergency state grant to the county and a Nevada university fund.
Pick up Hank Greenspun for Governor buttons badges souvenirs and a coffee at 220 Las Vegas Boulevard North. Signs for lawn or fence bumper stickers in various colors also available. Drop in.
A sequence of earthquakes centered near Avellino caused widespread destruction in southern Italy with a death toll of 15 and over 200 injured. Half a million residents spent the night outdoors as walls collapsed and villages emptied. A late storm drove rain and a 20 degree temperature drop.
President Kennedy calls for quick action on five bills including repeal of poll taxes in remaining states. He warns Congress not to ignore other priorities such as tax reform while citing Russia Berlin events and space race activities. He mentions the Skate and Sea Dragon subs and military space outlays.
Hank Greenspun used a KLAS TV address to urge Nevada voters to back his GOP bid for governor. He warned that federal intervention risks Nevada gaming, urging lawmakers to shield the industry and accusing his opponent Mayor Oran Grayson and incumbent Gov. Grant Sawyer of failing to protect citizens and livelihoods reliant on gaming. The speech pressed for direct action and plain talk about state governance.
Sheriff detectives report embezzled goods total about 11000 with possible rise to 14000. Joseph Ramirez, 33, an interior decorator, is held on 5000 cash bail. Furnishings from 27 apartments at the Fleur de Lis project on Maryland Parkway near Desert Inn Road were sold to Desert Inn dealers.
Maude Moss, former vice president of the Federated Republican Women of Nevada and longtime party volunteer, denounces endorsements by GOP leaders. She calls George Von Tobel’s central committee actions unheard of and unprincipled, urging resignations if officers back a primary candidate with a contest.
Washington UPI report says Alan Lawrence Pope, a 33 year old American flyer from Homestead Florida, was released July 2 from an Indonesian prison where he served a life term after being captured in 1958 while bombing rebels. He was secretly flown to the United States after a 1960 Jakarta trial sentenced him to death, later commuted to life on October 22, 1961.
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