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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1962
Page
1
Seventh annual SUN Youth Forum features a panel on education moderated by Mrs. Ed Phillips. Students from Rancho High School led by Mark Cronenberg present a summary of the discussion noting a perceived lack of patriotism in American schools and other related conclusions.
The Argentine government ousted its air force commander-in-chief and ordered combat-ready infantry to seize Cordoba, aiming to stop a revolt led by the rebellious air leader. The dramatic action comes as the nation tightens control to prevent further upheaval.
County school officials and the Committee of 100 proposed a two block site on land owned by the school district for a new federal building complex. The group lifted covenants and sent a resolution to Sen. Howard Cannon and the General Services Administration seeking government negotiations.
Prime Minister Nehru warns troops in Ladakh and along the northeast frontier to stay vigilant after China preserves leverage for a fresh strike. No fighting since a November cease fire, while India and Pakistan reportedly set talks in Rawalpindi for December 26. Parliament adjourns as border crisis looms.
Premier David Ben-Gurion warned Syria that Israeli forces would strike deeply into Syrian territory if attacks on Israeli border settlements continued. The warning came as tensions rose along the border and Israel prepared possible military action.
About 150 carpenters at the Nevada Test Site walk out in protest of a subsistence pay cut of 50 cents daily from $8. The strike came after a Labor Board order, with unions claiming no agreement with Reynolds Electrical and Engineering Co. Kennedy had tours the facility two days prior.
British troops move to quell a Brunei rebellion after dispatches from Kuching report disorganized rebel forces and a crackdown on Communist agents. Britain rushes additional men planes and ships to Brunei to suppress anti British elements linked to Indonesia.
A bus driver was attacked with acid aboard a Manhattan bus by his ex-girlfriend Natalie Weprin, 42. Deputy Chief Perry Peterson credited a fireman with guiding the injured man to St. Francis of Assissi Church where holy water washed his burns and saved his eyesight. Weprin was arrested. she denies throwing the acid.
A December blizzard in its sixth day battered the Midwest and East with hip deep snows and 10 foot drifts. A sub zero wave hit the south and Florida crops suffered from a 22 degree freeze. Schools closed and motorists were marooned as Ashtabula Painesville South Bend faced massive drifts and possible emergencies.
A city and county committee headed by County Commissioner Art Olsen will travel to Carson City for two days of meetings on a proposed metropolitan water agency. Las Vegas mayors join the group to confer with state officials including Hugh Shamberger and Russell McDonald on December 18 and 19 with Governor Grant Sawyer possible.
London reports say the United States proposed canceling the Skybolt missile project despite British warnings of an agonizing reappraisal of the Anglo American alliance. British officials warned such a move could jeopardize U S bases in Britain used for bomber and submarine operations and undermine Britain’s nuclear deterrent tied to the Skybolt program.
Secretary of Labor Willard Wirtz said the New York City newspaper strike is extremely serious with no immediate settlement in sight. He met with striking printers and publishers as the nine papers that print 5.7 million copies daily face a tense stalemate. Wirtz warned the situation could stretch for days or weeks without productive collective bargaining.
Variable cloudiness with continued gentle winds. Today's high 65 and low 38, yesterday's 60 and 37. Noontime relative humidity 22 percent. Sunrise 6 42, sunset 4 26.
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