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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1962
Page
1
A lively Las Vegas hometown feature highlights Keely Smith’s Tonight show interview in which she vows to return home to the city. The piece notes national attention, CBS request for Las Vegas images, and gifts to postmen, plus a local salute to the Bright Spot cafe and South Main commentary.
Morning briefings claimed the Cape Canaveral Skybolt test was highly successful while Pentagon sources contradicted the Air Force, saying the air to ground missile would have missed by about 100 miles if recovered. The device burned up due to lacking a nose cone, and the Air Force issued its statement without Defense Department approval.
Reports from Western sources claim Fidel Castro fights for political survival on the eve of the revolution anniversary. Dispatches say internal problems rose after the Soviet removal of missiles and crews, damaging Castro's image and causing unrest among students and followers. He reportedly tours the University of Havana nightly to quell protests.
State District Judge Donald Markle refused to halt TILA pickets as Texas Forwarding seeks a restraining order after a dock shooting during banana unloading. Police kept dock patrols at Pier 21 where the Swedish vessel Brita Thorden unloaded 50,000 banana boxes. Robert L. James, 37, was wounded in the ankle during the incident.
UN and Katangese forces exchanged heavy fire with mortars outside Elisabethville amid a surge in clashes. Numerous casualties reported in the second such confrontation in five days as the UN warned of a counter attack if firing continues. Katanga’s foreign minister accused the UN and US of planning to wage war, a charge dismissed as ridiculous by UN officials.
U S Judge Roger Foley Jr approved a motion for psychiatric examination of Bobby Ray Watts known as Jack the Stripper. The court-appointed attorney argued Watts hears voices but cannot recall offense details and has a psychiatric history. A Las Vegas psychiatrist will examine Watts and report findings to the clerk. Watts is charged with robbing a Southern California bar and forcing its owner, a mother of three, to drive him to Las Vegas. The case carries the possible death penalty.
Beverly Hills, Calif. UPI John Factor, pardoned by President Kennedy for mail fraud, displayed a photostat of an 85000 check he gave to the Nixon Lodge campaign in 1960. Factor and his wife Bella contributed 22000 to three Democratic groups that year, raising Republican concerns over the pardon.
The White House refused to comment on GOP demands that Kennedy Christmas pardon for John Factor be unrelated to campaign contributions. Congressional records show Factor and his wife gave $22,000 to Kennedy and the DNC in 1960 1961. Factor said he contributed to Republicans too and was shocked by the demand.
Frank Shattuck administrative aide to Gov. Grant Sawyer resigns effective Jan. 15 to attend law school in Washington DC. He aims to finish by 1965 and plans to return to Nevada for public service. He has been accepted at Georgetown, George Washington, and American Universities.
A federal grant of 138,900 from the Public Health Service funds a by pass interceptor sewer line near Flamingo Road and Twain Avenue in Sani tation District One. The 613,000 project costs cover one third of the by pass line to spur Desert Inn Road capacity and Paradise Valley development. district manager A L Massa said construction will begin soon.
In Havana Fidel Castro abruptly stops the release of relatives of Cuban invasion prisoners stirring distress among those seeking freedom. Cuban radio blasts at Kennedy for honoring the invaders as the government offers no reason for the halt. About 5,000 to 6,000 relatives reportedly seek to leave Cuba while property is to be surrendered to the state. The Swiss Embassy official announced the policy shift as around 1,000 Cubans gathered outside the embassy.
Cordova Province authorities doubted a widely broadcast claim that a peasant couple, Mr and Mrs Jacinto Olmedo, gave birth to quintuplets in Simbolar village. Police chief Alberto Horadas said checks could not verify the report and called it a hoax.
The State Department regrets Nikita Khrushchev revived warmongering charges against Konrad Adenauer amid possible steps toward easing tensions. A Khrushchev letter accuses Adenauer of trying to start a world war over the Cuban crisis and sabotaging U S Soviet efforts. White called the move a Kremlin propaganda maneuver and not a sign of a new crisis.
Sunny today with high cloudiness and gentle winds. Today's high 50 and low 22. Yesterday's high 49 and low 21. Noontime relative humidity 21 percent. Sunrise 6:51, sunset 4:34.
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