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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1963
Page
2
A nostalgic column touts Las Vegas as a convention host and praises local civic boosterism. It highlights the Bank of Las Vegas, its branches, services, and customer convenience, framing the city as a friendly, indispensable community hub.
The Senate passed by voice vote a 45 billion public works money bill funding rivers and harbors, the Bureau of Reclamation, the Atomic Energy Commission, and other agencies for projects nationwide. The measure, with 4.501 billion total, goes to a House Senate conference committee to reconcile with a $4.27 billion House bill.
President Johnson approved early payment of veterans' insurance dividends totaling 234 million dollars. The White House said dividends will start in January to boost the economy, using the World War II program for 45 million veterans and 225 thousand insured under WWII.
Premier Nikita Khrushchev outlined a 46.2 billion seven year crash program to triple Soviet chemical output and transform farming to avert crop failures. He cited a 21 percent drop in grain deliveries this year due to droughts and other calamities and said the government will buy 1 billion in Western wheat.
Frank Jr. Sinatra was kidnapped from a motel in Nevada during a snowstorm after being jostled from his room by two armed men. Foss, a Tommy Dorsey trumpeter, aided the escape and police set roadblocks as investigators pursue possible accomplices and a ransom none yet demanded. Frank Jr. had recently begun a singing career with the Dorsey band and plans to finish college later.
Judge Mowbray ruled Goderre’s rights were denied by irregular municipal court actions. The record was signed by another municipal judge Francis Horsy. Assistant city attorney Ogilvie was told to raise standards. Leavitt waived double jeopardy and Goderre was remanded for rearraignment on drunken driving.
Tin miners at Catavi holding 17 hostages including four Americans and 10 foreigners demand release of three jailed Communist labor leaders within 24 hours. They threaten civil war and a shutdown of tin mining to topple President Victor Paz Estenssoro while Vice President Juan Lechin signals support. Fate of captives not stated though harm unlikely.
The background portrays Nelson Rockefeller as a key figure in modern philanthropy and United Nations support. It notes a $2 million contribution by John D Rockerfeller Jr and a vast library while highlighting Rockefeller family trusts advancing medicine science arts and civic betterment. It warns against stagnation and urges a forward looking Republican vitality under Goldwater.
Deputy Director Robbie Allen of the Civil Aeronautics Board said investigators are checking possibilities including lightning, turbulence, or a bomb after a jet center crash that went down in flames.
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