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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1963
Page
11
Reader asks about accuracy of doctors predicting life expectancy. Dr. Molner notes doctors rarely cast precise timelines, uses safety valves, and cites a Washington study where experts were 97 percent correct in stable cases yet struggled with conditions like stroke or cancer. He explains blood type inheritance and thyroid treatment notes.
UPI data show only five percent of U S medical school graduates are women in the United States, with Canada and Great Britain at twelve and twenty four percent. The Association of American Medical Colleges notes women score higher than men on verbal tests but lower on quantitative tests.
A panel of judges from entertainment society fashion and beauty fields will oversee the Queen of Queens semi finals and finals at the Thunderbird Hotel with Rhonda Fleming Hugh O Brian Cobina Wright Lydia Lane and others judging the Saturday night finale. Proceeds benefit Muscular Dystrophy Assn of Clark County. Tickets 3.50 Friday 5.50 Saturday on sale at major hotels.
The Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles will accept vehicle registration renewal forms from any county at Reno and Las Vegas offices. The policy, supported by a 1963 legislative provision, aims to ease workload on county assessors and streamline renewals across the state. Clark and Washoe counties process renewals at DMV branches. other counties rely on the county assessor as the DMV agent. A shift from fiscal to calendar year registration was planned to start Jan 3, 1964, with some counties delaying start to finish 1963 tax rolls.
A 33 year old Las Vegas man Joe Allen Payne faces a preliminary hearing before Justice of the Peace Tom Purse after waiving reading of the complaint. Payne is accused of murder in the stabbing of Kuk Jin Roe during a robbery near the Western Union office on South Second Street. Roe, of Los Angeles, died Wednesday.
Washington reports the labor department says about 160000 workers were idled in October due to strikes. The Bureau of Labor Statistics notes 20 new strikes affecting 95000 workers, with 210 carryovers from September. Major impacts cited include US Rubber, Armour, General Telephone, Shop Rite, Foodtown and Good Deal stores.
Peace Corps Director Sargent Shriver says the corps aims to add 1300 volunteers to Latin America in 1964, joining the 2700 already serving there. The statement reflects ongoing expansion of the program and regional commitments.
Chicago UP I reports Dr Wilbert Fordyce of Washington University finds in a study of 58 men with spinal injuries a strong link between impulsive dominated personalities and imprudent actions leading to accidents. The team used tests and interviews and results appear in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Senator Kenneth B. Keating of New York will introduce legislation to provide medical benefits for U S residents who served in allied nations armed forces during World War II. The plan limits benefits to those who have lived in the United States for at least ten years as lawful residents.
The Public Service Commission of Nevada received a joint application from Southwest Gas Corporation and Nevada Northern Gas Company to merge their utilities. Southwest would assume Nevada Northern's debt including eight million dollars in mortgage bonds, while Southwest already holds 125,000 shares of Nevada Northern's preferred stock.
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