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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1962
Page
2
A brisk, humorous notes style recounts pre Christmas gatherings across Las Vegas venues. Mentions open houses at 130 L.W. Blvd So, festive runs by local bars, chefs and clubs, and colorful profiles of hosts and patrons along with light anecdotes about holiday cheer and social scenes.
A scorched page segment lists highway injury risks and nationwide safety steps. It also includes ads for shoes, a Breck cashmere sweater, and several apartment and rental notices with contact numbers and brief features.
Apartment ad notes adults only rental at Desert Inn 449 with no pets. One bedroom unit suitable for a couple, furnished, close in, monthly rent $115. Contact telephone TU 4-6907.
Classifieds list silverware knickknacks plaques and furniture for sale from Opaco Lumber Co and TLTC CL 67 including a living room set and beds. News notes describe a holiday road carnage push with police roadblocks sobriety checks and high visibility enforcement across several states and officials predicting heavy traffic deaths.
Police loudspeakers warned low lying areas while Civ alert radios remained silent causing residents to seek high ground. About 8000 motorists viewed the coast from their vantage points during the hour of confusion as the alarm was called off after the tidal wave did not arrive at the predicted time. State officials critique the warning system and blame a busy officer for not turning off the switch promptly.
Dep Atty Bill Baker says no legal prerequisites for becoming a minister as judges review widespread practice. Thomas Robertson notes about 19000 dollars from 1961 marriages with ten percent to church. Four judges press for certificate compliance while Daly fights revocation.
Polaris advance of the Kennedy Macmillan talks yielded no immediate French reaction. Britain agreed to boost conventional forces and persuade reluctant NATO members to do the same to safeguard Europe from Soviet attack.
The NYSA and the ILA remain far from agreement over dock work crews with a walkout looming. NYSA seeks 12 to 16 person gangs while the ILA demands a fixed 20 member crew and rejects talks on the issue. Wirtz proposed tabling the crew size but both sides rejected the idea per William Simkin.
The group agreed voting is a duty for every qualified citizen and to vote intelligently. Turnout stands 65 to 80 percent, but many voters lack understanding of their choices. Discussions also covered U-2 flights over Russia, with no consensus on necessity but agreement they are legal and morally right. Socialized medicine faced strong opposition, citing failures abroad and risks to standards. The author thanks Mr. Greer for sharing the Youth Forum finalists’ proposals.
A Federal District Court petition lists 10 creditors with claims from 105 to 76000 as Raymond Spector and directors assign remaining assets to the Northern Nevada Board of Trade after a failed financing rush. The Chicago pension fund loan financed the building. Employment offices aid unemployed while workers face abrupt prospects and mixed optimism. The lone figure outside the hotel doors surveyed the scene.
Police say a Las Vegas woman was beaten to death in her apartment after a burglar ransacked the room. Her head was wrapped in a blood stained bedsheet and authorities estimate she had been dead about two days. Her son had visited weekends and planned a Far East trip with her before her disappearance.
Federal Judge Frank M. Johnson Jr. sentenced J. Frank Freeze to three years for selling narcotics and ordered the initial term at a U S Public Health Center to study narcotic effects.
H M Greenspun editor and publisher and named officers run the Las Vegas Sun inc. at 900 South Main Street Las Vegas Nevada with Dew staff and managers including Joe McCtain Tamara Ampreeva Norvell Wood Deb Coakley and Bob Belz. The paper is member of United Press International and several publisher associations with daily subscription rates listed.
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