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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1962
Page
1
A columnist argues against sensationalizing a newspaper item about a wife left behind at a service station near Enfield North Carolina. The writer urges readers to pursue truth over rumor and questions the notion of a wife being inadvertently left in the back seat for 100 miles.
A Tennessee federal judge declared a mistrial in the James R. Hoffa conspiracy case after a deadlocked 17 hour jury. He cited three alleged tampering attempts by labor associates and ordered a grand jury investigation. A secret transcript blamed a Teamsters local president and a Tennessee state patrolman’s wife on the jury. The record referenced a $10,000 offer to a Nashville bank employee but gave few specifics.
President Kennedy and Jacqueline, with Joseph Kennedy, enjoy an ocean day near Palm Beach aboard the Honey Fitz. The First Family swam and water skied while the 92 foot yacht stayed offshore in calm Gulf Stream waters around 80 degrees.
Harmodio Arias 77, former Panama president, died of a heart attack aboard a Boston to Miami airliner. He was traveling with his son Gilberto Arias, Panama's finance minister, and daughter Rosario Arias de Galindo. His body was to be flown to Panama.
Pravda reports a Soviet espionage roundup capturing an alleged female agent said to hide incriminating information in hollow heels. The piece cites a broader wave implicating about a dozen people including five U S embassy staffers.
In Kosciusko Mississippi two shotgun slugs and a charge of pellets hit the home of James Merediths parents just after midnight striking near his sister Willie Lou who was at the house. Meredith was not at home during the shooting which followed rioting over his Ole Miss enrollment.
United States and Soviet negotiators met at the Soviet mission in New York for two and a half hours but made no progress toward ending the Cuban crisis by Christmas. Informed sources said positions remained virtually unchanged after the session.
Thousands of Christian pilgrims from the United States and Europe flood Bethlehem and Jerusalem as the Christmas season begins. More than 5,000 expected today with flights from Beirut and Cairo and buses over the border to reach the old city for a 24 hour visit.
The seventh annual SUN Youth Forum panel on national affairs wraps up with Western High School student George Kinser presenting conclusions after a discussion moderated by Bob Bailey. The summary appears on the editorial page.
The National Safety Council projects 650 to 750 traffic deaths during the 102 hour holiday period from 6 p m Friday to midnight tomorrow making this the safest Christmas weekend on record. Through 5 30 p m an international tally shows 240 traffic fatalities with Illinois leading at 26 deaths California 23 Texas 18 and Alabama 12 in fires. Safety Council credits cautious driving for the reduced highway deaths.
A pre Christmas cold wave cut temperatures across the Midwest and threatened to plunge Dixie into a hard freeze. Snow fell from the Great Lakes to New England while International Falls Minnesota posted 17 below zero as the nation faced cloudy skies and a doubtful white Christmas.
Dock workers from Maine to Texas walked off the job at 5 p.m. rejecting President Kennedy's 90 day truce proposal with shippers. ILA VP Thomas W Greason calls the move a strong stance as NYLA had supported a suspension for 90 days while a presidential committee reviews automation and job security issues.
Increasing cloudiness today with southwesterly winds 15 to 20 mph. High near 55 and low around 30. Yesterday reached 56 with a 32 low. Noontime humidity about 39 percent. Sunrise 6 49, sunset 4 30.
Rail traffic through the St Gotthard tunnel in Switzerland resumed after an avalanche dumped snow on the track and buried part of a freight train. The disruption affected tens of thousands of Italian workers and forced rerouting of trains via western Switzerland and the Simpson tunnel. The last freight car was dug out and power lines repaired by late morning.
The first planeload of 107 ransomed Cuban prisoners arrived at Ostead Air Force Base near Miami at 6 06 p m aboard a Pan Am DC6 the second plane landed at Homestead at 7 p m with another 107 as Red Cross officials said more cargo planes would follow to speed up the airlift Officials said about 400 men would be freed by nightfall as relatives waited in anxious hope for end to the long torment and tension surrounding the planeloads
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