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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1962
Page
1
Teens at the seventh Annual SUN Youth Forum discussed juvenile problems under Mrs. Andrew Mitchell. David Rowles of Rancho High presented the day’s summary. topics included dating, voting age, standardized testing, driving age, and implications for maturity and responsibility.
Senator Karl Mundt challenged the Kennedy administration's news release policy during a wind up brunch at the Hotel Flamingo. Speaking before reporters at the second annual international press Christmas Party he attacked recent government statements and cited Defense Department spokesman Arthur Sylvester.
Dr Marcus Baath of Uppsala Seismological Institute said weather conditions from a fierce storm off northern Norway were mistaken for a Soviet nuclear explosion. Stockholm Defense Research Institute and Institute of Technology misreported monitoring a detonation at Novaya Zemlya.
Secretary of State Dean Rusk said there is no magical formula for world peace but noted the Cuba crisis may aid efforts. He met Irish Premier Lemass and President de Valera during a six hour Dublin stop and praised Ireland’s role at the United Nations and in the Congo.
Carson City. About 20 Republican leaders and legislators agreed to present a party authored program to the 1963 session. They plan to reveal specific positions this week and aim to change the party image by offering their own measures as a minority guideline during the upcoming legislature.
Weston-super-Mare England UPI reports organizer Teresa Raymond has not found volunteers to wear a mink bikini at the fashion show. She says contestants are shy or cold to the idea.
Pravda reports a widening Soviet anti espionage campaign after two U S citizens are expelled for spying. Three embassy staff are named and a list may grow. Oleg Penkovsky, 41, is cited as an example amid charges and Western coded transmissions.
Charles Spurgeon of Highland, Illinois, was found dead at 12:53 p.m. after being trapped for nearly 21 hours in a 30 foot well near Bethalto. Firefighters sheriff's deputies and volunteers worked since 4:30 p.m. Saturday, tunneling through earth and pumping air to supply oxygen.
Partly cloudy weather with a chance of rain. Light southwest winds. Sunrise at 6 45 AM, sunset at 4 27 PM.
Thomas K. Steele, 22, of North Las Vegas, fell into a rock strewn 50 foot canyon at Sheep Mountain base around 1 am with two broken legs and other injuries. Sheriff rescue squad led by Walter Butts battled cold to reach him and take him to Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital.
A 75 acre brush fire burned along the edge of Angeles National Forest near Cannon Drive in Altadena. About 375 firefighters fought the blaze with an air tanker dropping borate solution as winds up to 20 mph prompted concern for homes on Devonwood Drive. Three homes were briefly threatened but avoided danger as crews diverted the flames toward open terrain.
A German freighter Nautilus of 3218 tons sank in the North Sea within minutes after an SOS. Only one of 24 crew members was rescued as rescue ships reached the lifeboat. Bodies of 18 were recovered with five missing. Winds of gale force battered Britain and parts of Europe. casualties reported from Scotland to Bavaria. widespread storm damage noted.
Light snow drifted over New England while Great Plains warmth set records. Dense gulf fog closed Moisant Airport in New Orleans hindering a search for a Colorado pilot. Temperatures climbed to 80 in Austin and 55 in Bismarck. Florida freeze threatens citrus and vegetable crops amid price fears. death toll from a decade of snow remains to be tallied.
New Delhi reports serious fears that Communist China may launch a two pronged invasion into India via Burma and the Himalayan states of Sikkim and Bhutan if border fighting resumes. Nehru rejects Beijing terms and demands troop pullback as of September 8.
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