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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1962
Page
1
In Carmichaels Pennsylvania rescue crews scoured debris at the Robena No 3 mine after an underground methane blast trapped 37 workers. Four more bodies were recovered, bringing fatalities to five as crews continued a 70 hour search about 2,000 feet from the blast site.
About 60 people were in the All Saints Lutheran Church building when gas in the basement ignited. Five were injured and hospitalized briefly. Mrs Morse and Mrs Magnusen among those treated and released. Sunday school had just dismissed and a larger crowd awaited the 10:30 service with two infants to be baptized.
A Sun Youth Forum features about 500 students offering mature, insightful views. Praise for Clark County youth and the Summit Center facilities and staff who support the event, with notes on press access and the high energy of younger attendees.
Brief scribbles note a boxing card arriving in town and the crowd’s anticipation. It hints at a lively event with local interest and a matchup drawing fans to the arena.
At its 25th national conference the United Jewish Appeal pledges 96 million dollars for 1963 to aid about 575000 Jews in 28 countries. The plan divides 60 million from the annual fund drive and 36 million from a special fund. Joseph Meyerhoff earns a third term as UJA general chairman. Mrs. Israel D. Fink leads the women's division.
An Eastern Air Lines Constellation with 47 passengers and five crew aboard circled National Airport for 27 minutes and a half hour due to nose wheel locking concerns before landing safely. Pilot W H Jenkins of New York feared the nose wheel was not down and followed emergency procedures as controllers observed from the tower.
A 23 year old casino change girl was assaulted and forced into a car by two young men at about 2 a.m. yesterday. Det. Sgt. Walter Earp said police and sheriff deputies searched for the suspects and their vehicle but had no solid leads. The victim was too shaken to provide many details.
President Kennedy arrives in Washington after weekend in California and plans a 11 o clock meeting with Secretary of State Dean Rusk. Cabinet convenes at 4 30 pm as budget plans for next year loom and nuclear space program visits from the West are reviewed. The Palm Desert stay followed a Sunday mass at Sacred Heart Church near Bing Crosby’s ranch.
In Stockholm American author John Steinbeck and five other Nobel Prize winners were feted at a formal reception on the eve of the award ceremony. Landau remains hospitalized in Moscow from last year’s accident. the six winners will receive diplomas, gold medals, and checks of 50 043 dollars. Steinbeck, age 60, walked about the city with painter Bo Beskow, while other laureates toured the capital.
A 22 year old Omaha woman Barbara Eaton was arrested in St Joseph Missouri on suspicion of child stealing in Council Bluffs Iowa. The nine month old Robin Eaton was returned to her mother Mavis Eaton in Council Bluffs after Barbara Eaton and ex husband Arthur Eaton abducted the child. Authorities say the pair drove to a train station in Hamburg Iowa and planned to meet in Pittsburg Kansas. The suspect waived extradition and was to return to Iowa.
Mayor William F. Walsh is set to take over as head of the Syracuse Police Department after Chief Harold Kelly resigned amid a widening scandal. Kelly, 61, said he quit for the city’s good following public hearings that detailed cooperation between police and racketeers. Walsh praised the department's honesty.
London report notes Burt Lancaster named best actor for Bird Man of Alcatraz in Britain's top film prize. Films and Filming magazine also designates One, Two, Three as best comedy in its annual survey, with Americans leading the list.
Continued clear with gentle winds. Today's high 70 and low 40, yesterday's high 68 and low 40. Noontime humidity at 23 percent. Sunrise at 6 40 and sunset at 4 45.
A band of Sioux Indians in Mound City join farmers in a weeklong protest against the federal government over Agriculture records barricaded in town. Led by tribal chairman Alice Agnard, about 100 Indians danced in the streets of Mound City, resisting plans to move the Campbell County ASC office to Herreid, a larger town to the north.
Gurkha units clashed with rebels in Brunei as Britain sent reinforcements to oil-rich Brunei. One Gurkha soldier was killed and 12 wounded in the encounter, with two Gurkha companies deployed as the uprising began Saturday.
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