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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1962
Page
2
Autumn colors sweep through Carson City as elms blush and leaves fall nightly from the mountains. Birds and insects migrate or prepare, while the governor eyes the capital and plans shift. Water remains ample for golf courses amid a changing season and cooling winds.
Five hours after a Soviet Berlin warning, a U S Army sedan entered Berlin at Friedrich strasse without interference. At Checkpoint Charlie, U S MPs blocked three Soviet armored cars bound for the Soviet War Memorial, delaying their passage while West Berliners watched, as riots and stonings had marked days of tension.
The quake toppled buildings across towns in southern Italy injuring many and causing panicked scenes on streets and in fields. A 15 year old girl in Naples died when a stone cornice struck her as victims collapsed from shock and heart attacks. In Avellino two people died after rushing into the street into a car’s path. The latest death was 68 year old Math er Olympia Graziana, superior of a Franciscan convent in Montemarano, who died after suffering a heart attack during Monday’s shocks. The tragedy affected native Italians from a poverty stricken area and the Amalfi coast towns Ravello, Amalfi, Positano and Sorrento were on the edge of the quake zone.
Morford was arrested after a highway patrolman spotted the car at a service station. District Attorney William Raggio filed an assault with intent to kill charge and noted possible murder, kidnapping, and rape charges if Foster dies. Morford, held on $25,000 bail, allegedly confronted the couple at gunpoint at a motel where he had been staying.
City officials press for a guaranteed water supply in undeveloped western Las Vegas while the district promotes the underground basin approach. State conservation director endorses the district as key for future Lake Mead lines, as commissioners clash and then near agreement on a tentative pact between builders and the district.
A Sparks woman faces a preliminary justice court hearing September 26 after allegedly attempting to run over her husband when she saw him walking with another woman. Joyce Pena, 33, drove onto the sidewalk at First and Virginia streets on August 3, police say.
The Las Vegas RUN announces staff roles led by editor H M Greenspun with vice presidents Ray Germain and Norman White. Key editors include Joe McClain and Tamara Anureeva. Publication is mornings including Sundays at 900 South Main Street Las Vegas Nevada. Subscription rates show a daily single copy and monthly pricing.
The city plans a six person meter enforcement unit under the finance department to patrol metered and non metered areas with one collector and a relief officer. The force could grow to eight or nine with 24 hour metered parking in the Casino Center area. A grant of 84660 will fund a sewer interceptor line along the Tonopah highway.
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