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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1963
Page
14
Dr. E Roy John of the University of Rochester reports two phases in memory formation. The initial phase is vulnerable to interference from stimuli or drugs immediately after an event. If time passes, memory becomes stabilised and resistant to erasure, with the duration varying by person and situation.
Two youths aged 14 and 17 broke into the vacant Birch home in Evansville and found a box with $2,000, including $100 bills. They spent part on a motor scooter and $420, after which their grandmother turned the rest over to police. Authorities held them for questioning. delinquency charges are possible as probate handles disposition.
A Glendale, California couple drowned in Kern River when the husband attempted to rescue his wife who slipped and fell into the rapidly moving water at Lake Isabella. The tragedy occurred today according to UPI reports.
The Senate voted 64 to 14 to extend for three years the current federal aid for airports at 75 million dollars annually. Proxmire sought a 33 percent cut to 50 million, but failed. Supporters noted highway subsidies and regional needs, while critics argued aids go to private and business aviation and urged local financing. Alaska, California, Texas top the aid recipients with multi–million sums.
Evangelist Billy Graham urged Southern California teens to start a new religious fad of churchgoing Bible reading and witnessing for Jesus. In Memorial Coliseum he said youth revolution could reshape the nation as young people seek meaning amid disillusionment with elders.
Los Angeles biologist L. A. Chambers of USC told the American Sociological Association meeting that compromising air and water controls risks harming the elderly infirm and premature babies. He said total control costs may force sacrifice of vulnerable groups. Smith Griswold of the LA County Air Pollution Control District echoed that public health value is often subordinated to other considerations.
Los Angeles, UP L report states playwright Clifford Odets died Aug 14 of cancer at 57. He left 10 000 to his father Louis and a personal item to director Jean Renoir and his wife. Remainder to son Walt Whitman Betz 16 and daughter Nora 18, with trust for both children by his marriage to Betty Grayson. Final estate value to be determined after accounting.
Nevada will gain more than 2 million dollars in federal matching funds over three years under the federal aid to airports act. Senator Howard W. Cannon said Nevada airports can receive 786,796 dollars in matching grants in fiscal year 1964 as the bill extends through 1967.
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