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Las Vegas Sun

Location

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America

Date

Aug 24, 1963

Page

3

Fortune Buried In Milk Cans Found By Police

Police uncovered 351875 in a safe thieves had missed and 87500 from a buried milk can. A NY widow's safe held 250000 mislaid by her late husband. a 5 gallon can was dug from a Michigan plant. Earlier finds total 425000 hidden by R S Altman who died last July.

New York Grover Hinman Madison N.Y Troy Ohio R. S. Altman George S. Altman Irwin Mary Jane Ward Willis W. Ward William Sutton Pittsburgh Altman Sutton Altman Mills First Troy National Bank Federal Reserve Bank Cincinnati Hinman

Attorney Denounces Libel Case Threat to Press Freedom

Morris Ernst, leading libel lawyer, denounces the 3 060 000 verdict against Saturday Evening Post writer Wallace Butts as a grave threat to freedom of the press. He laments the size of punitive damages and warns it could curb national ideas flow across press, radio, and television.

New York API Morris Ernst Wallace Butts Saturday Evening Post Ernst Butts John Peter Zenger

Hawthorne Hospital Receives Grant for New Facility

In Carson City UPI reports the Fleischmann Foundation donated 100000 dollars to Mount Grant Hospital at Hawthorne to start the new hospital building. The State Health Division noted bids exceeded the 525660 dollars available for the 25 bed facility and Donald Baker urged the foundation to fund the project.

Carson City UPI Fleischmann Foundation Mount Grant Hospital Hawthorne State Health Division Donald Baker Foundation

Secret Testimony Revealed On Bitter TFX Plane Contract

Washington reports reveal that Air Force Secretary Zuckert testified military officials informed Kennedy of a tentative TFX winner before the final evaluation. The panel questions why civilian leaders overruled experts and awarded to General Dynamics, with McNamara and Gilpatric at the center of discussions.

Bitter Tfx Senate Zuckert McNamara White House General Dynamics Boeing Co Carl T. Curtis R-Neb John L. McClellan D-Ark General Dynamics McClellan Defense Roswell L Gilpatric Navy Air Force Boeing McClellan

Kennedy urges teens to stay in school at Eastern High

Atty Gen Robert F Kennedy read an open letter at Eastern High urging teens to finish 12th grade. The letter sent by Jim Brown and sports legends cites unemployment, higher earnings for graduates, and national duty to perform, noting 7.5 million teens may drop out in the 1960s.

Washington UPI Robert F. Kennedy Jimmy Eastern High School Kennedy Jim Brown Bob Cousy Otto Graham Micky Mantle Rocky Marciano Bobby Mitchell Stan Musial Arnold Palmer Bob Richards Jackie Robinson Wilma Rudolph Bill Russell Y.A. Titth Gene Tunney Maury Wills

Great Jet Starlifter Unveiled by Kennedy

President Kennedy unveiled the Cial Starlifter, a billion dollar jet cargo plane at Lockheed Marietta. The four engine aircraft features a 45 ton payload, speeds over 500 mph, and a 154 troop capacity, with 18 jets able to replace 142 C54s in Berlin airlift era.

Marietta Kennedy White House Lockheed Marietta Free World Air Force

Students Head Home From Cuba After Immigration Violation

Fifty eight American college students who violated U S immigration laws to visit Cuba as Fidel Castro's guests plan to leave for New York and home today. Leader Philip Luce said the group is overdue and will likely return via Prague Amsterdam and Paris. The ACLU has been asked to defend them and the State Department will seize their passports. possible penalties include up to five years in prison and fines up to five thousand dollars. The students left the U S in late June for a month in Cuba under Castro regime auspices and were delayed by transportation shortages.

Havana UPI U. S Cuba Fidel Castro New York Philip Luce United States Prague Amsterdam Paris

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