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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1963
Page
2
The Las Vegas bank names F. O. Ollie Gardner as a new board member. Gardner, arriving in 1948 as general manager of a local linen arm, exemplifies the “Great American dream” by moving from laundry to banking as the institution expands to seven branches citywide.
City manager authority to discipline and remove staff for conflicts and misconduct is scrutinized. Attorney says charter covers conflicts when outside business ties affect duties, but disclosure requirements are not explicit. Debate centers on balancing public interest with individual property and privacy rights amid plans to divest related property holdings.
The Committee for Non Violent Action West arrives in Las Vegas from Los Angeles to march 65 miles to Mercury test site in a Christmas peace vigil. They plan leafleting at Mercury and AEC offices and vow to continue the protest until Christmas noon.
The AEC announced plans to move future underground nuclear tests to Pahute Mesa on the Nevada Test Site 35 miles farther from Las Vegas. A large underground blast, up to a million tons of TNT, previously near ground zero at Yucca Flat, caused Las Vegas tremors and prompted studies on shock transmission in the new area. Target date for testing is late spring or early summer 1964.
Quinones granted a divorce to the Burtons earlier this week, prompting immediate speculation that Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton would wed. In Hollywood, Fisher commented on his own divorce from Miss Taylor, saying nothing changed as he planned to fly to Las Vegas to rehearse for his club act.
A Las Vegas Sun column argues against dismissing Fire Chief Doug Williams, citing his dedication and suggesting union dynamics influence the decision. It notes partial adoption of Kearney report recommendations, cuts in firemen hours, modest pay raises, and warns against collective blame if any single person is responsible.
A 20 year old former serviceman Harvey Frost Emery Jr was sentenced by Dist Judge John Mowbray to five years in prison after a guilty finding on illegal possession of a hypodermic needle and syringe. The defendant, arrested last spring at a Strip hotel, attempted to discard the needle during questioning. He faces a choice between crime and reform.
Blackpool bus driver David Moore was dismissed yesterday after taking his empty double decker bus home for his tea break. The incident led to his firing by the bus company in Blackpool England.
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