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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1962
Page
1
A fragmented Christmas greeting list from a newspaper page opens with reports of a deadly British train crash. The item blends holiday wishes with scattered names and a note that the piece continues on page two.
Clark County District Board of Health moved to stricten enforcement of a 1943 food handlers statute that carries up to six months in jail and a 506 fine. The motion demands stronger observance of duties requiring health department notification if any worker shows contagious disease fever skin eruption prolonged cough or other illness symptoms. The department, aided by three extra inspectors, has surveyed 80 percent of 870 establishments and will take six weeks to post health grade cards A excellent A B corrected and C below standard.
Four time jail escapee James H. Meador, 22, fled a federal facility after bending a steel plate and slipping through a plumbers hole. Two accomplices were captured. Meador, described as desperate and dangerous, remained at large as a 13 state manhunt was announced by the FBI.
British Railways officials report 17 known dead and at least 50 injured after a standing Liverpool to Birmingham train was hit from behind by the London Express near Minshull Vernon on Boxing Day. Rescue teams and doctors worked to free and aid passengers as ambulances circulated between Crewe and the crash site.
The 102 hour Christmas holiday ended with a traffic toll of 654, among the highest on record, trailing only the 1956 Black Christmas. The National Safety Council had projected 480 to 750 deaths for the four day weekend, which ran from Friday 6 pm to Tuesday 11 59 pm local time.
About 1,000 relatives of ransomed Cuban invasion prisoners boarded the freighter African Pilot at Havana for Port Everglades Florida. The 16,000 ton vessel was due to sail by nightfall with women and children first to the Red Cross chartered ship. Guards inspected luggage as passengers queued in the heat and boxes carried items deemed over limits were discarded.
Municipal Judge Elisabeth F Zeigier sentenced the former wife of comedian Lenny Bruce to 90 days in county jail for possessing a hypodermic syringe and needle. The case arose from a routine arrest in Los Angeles and reflects a misdemeanor weapons charge tied to drug paraphernalia.
The Rural Electrification Administration approved a $100,000 loan to the Amargosa Valley Cooperative at Lathrop Wells Nevada. Senators Cannon and Bible reported that the funds will be used solely for loans to current cooperative members.
In San Francisco a bank robber was nabbed before leaving the teller line. FBI agent Monte A. Hall and fellow agent James E. Tarleton, both in line behind suspect Richard Dean Holtan Jr, helped interrupt the robbery at Hibernia Bank.
The IRS filed a 74020 tax lien against the Riverside Hotel District assets in Reno and New York tied to Riverside Casino Corporation Raymer Inc and Raymond Spector and wife Selma Spector. The hotel closed five days before Christmas after a 27 million Teamsters pension loan funded transfer to Raymour Corp. Spector a New York cosmetics executive assigned assets to the Northern Nevada Board of Trade to satisfy creditors amid a bankruptcy petition.
Nevada Supreme Court overturned a $50,000 verdict in a Clark County personal injury suit against the Horseshoe Club of Las Vegas. The ruling sends the case back for a new trial after finding error in admitting testimony about similar accidents.
Beverly Hills resident John Factor returns home to celebrate a presidential Christmas pardon from President Kennedy. The 1943 mail fraud conviction cleared deportation actions begun last week by the Immigration Service, nullifying potential exile for the Southern California millionaire.
Variable high cloudiness and northerly winds at 13 to 18 mph. High near 45 and low around 20. Yesterday reached 42 with a 20 low. Noontime humidity at 14 percent. Sunrise 6 50, sunset 4 32.
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