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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1962
Page
1
The seventh annual UN Youth Forum convenes at the Convention Center with Clark County high school students discussing today’s affairs and offering potential solutions. The piece lauds youth thought and notes the brain over muscle, citing Isaac Newton as an inspiration and urging adults to heed student insights.
Charley Dean a Santa Paula California retired carpenter and Netlie Dean saw a District Court decree for mental cruelty after a 46 year marriage begun September 12 1916 in Longlane Missouri. Dean testified his wife attacked him with a butcher knife and broomstick over two decades. They have one son four grandchildren and divided their family home sale proceeds equally.
In Nashville a would be killer driven by a vision fired on James R. Hoffa in a federal courtroom. Hoffa knocked the assailant to the door and marshals subdued him with gun butts. The attacker Warren Swanson was identified. he claimed a vision instructed him to kill Hoffa.
At the United Nations, the United States and the Soviet Union announced joint plans on communications weather-spotting and mapping the earth magnetic field. The accord follows astronaut Joan H. Glenns February flight and aims for a world-wide TV hookup though not for manned missions.
Defense Minister Y B Chavan said India may use American army personnel in an advisory capacity to train troops amid the fight to regain territory from Chinese forces. Prime Minister Nehru and Chavan visited Tezpur in Assam and discussed briefing options and shipments of American equipment, with Russia yet to respond but promising a token MIG jet force.
The unemployment rate rose to 5.8 percent in November due to a sharp increase in teenage joblessness. The Labor Department reports 3.8 million unemployed, about 500000 more than October.
Variable cloudiness with gentle winds. Today's high near 42 and low around 40. Yesterday's high reached 70 and low 40. Noontime humidity around 28 percent. Sunrise 6 36, sunset 4 25.
White House and Air Force chief deny reports that Soviet planes flew over the southeast United States during the Cuban crisis. Newspapers cited by the Scripps-Howard chain insist the overflights did occur. Press Secretary Pierre Salinger calls such journalism destructive and says no flights took place. Gen. Curtis E. LeMay was not fully quoted in the excerpt.
A seven man and five woman jury in the Verell Lawhorn case remained deadlocked after hours of deliberation over whether he fatally shot Freddie Jefferson in a car scene linked to his wife. Jurors asked for definitions of considerable provocation heat of passion and the line between intent and deliberate intent. Judge George Marshall explained the terms before jurors retired again.
County commissioners authorized preliminary sketches for a new 750000 Health Building on county land near Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital. The board also boosted the Clark County District Board of Health budget by 26596 to hire three sanitarians three public health nurses a clerk and part time help. Architect J Maher Weller will prepare plans to be ready for occupancy in 18 to 20 months due to urgent need.
President Kennedy declares full confidence in U N Ambassador Adlai Stevenson and values his advice highly. The White House released the letter to counter reports of disfavor over an allegedly soft Cuban crisis approach, which Stevenson and others denounced as inaccurate.
World heavyweight champ Sonny Liston said the Saturday welterweight title match between Emile Griffith and Jorge Fernandez is a toss up after viewing both men in training. Liston arrived from Chicago with valet Teddy King and sparring partner Foneda Cox and will referee a prelim bout on the card.
At Vandenberg Air Force Base a Titan intercontinental ballistic missile was accurately fired 4,000 miles down the Pacific missile range in a test of new ground support equipment. The test demonstrates successful operation of the upgraded launch system and related equipment.
Nevada Gaming Control Board to study 14 nonrestricted gambling permit bids including four-person plan to buy El Cortez Las Vegas in a multimillion-dollar deal worth about 43 million dollars. Stakeholders Jonn Gaughan MelExber and L L Hezzelwood seek 27 percent, J K Housen Jr seeks 19 percent, with Piper bidding for 15 percent in Bank Club and Nevada Hotel in Ely amid prior investigations.
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