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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1963
Page
2
The text notes a lighthearted, gossip tone about a woman named Pat Hendrick connected to accounts at Bank of Las Vegas and a playful reference to marriage prospects and local figures. It mentions a Daily Bonnevillejer and various local personalities in a nostalgic, informal veneer.
As fire trapped guests at the hotel during the Gator Bowl events, a woman on the eighth floor and another person fell to their deaths amid choking smoke. Survivors, including Miss Axum of El Dorado and Lu cille Previtti of Lynwood, escaped through perilous stairways and windows. others aided by improvised safety steps.
Fragmentary audio style text mentions a friend in Glendale and mail with an unspecified item. No clear event, person, or organization is established for a full summary.
Nellie Cecelia Carroll 87 longtime Las Vegas resident and widow of Thomas Carroll died Saturday in Las Vegas Hospital after a December stroke. Born September 13, 1876 in Chicago she later moved to Oakland and then Las Vegas in 1917. She owned T. M. Carroll Real Estate Co. and ran a Fremont Street dress shop later housed by the Golden Nugget. Survived by son Thomas of San Francisco and sister Grace Lonergan of Chicago. Rosary tonight, Mass Tuesday at St. Joan of Arc. burial Woodlawn Cemetery.
American composer Paul Hindemith died in Frankfurt after two weeks of illness. Once driven from Germany by the Nazis he held Yale professorship and became a naturalized U.S. citizen, living in New Haven. He was born in Hanau on November 16, 1895.
Naples police crack down on illegal New Year firecracker makers after a woman dies in an explosion at a clandestine Santa Maria di Licordia factory. Authorities say tens of thousands of illegal devices have already been seized.
Funeral services for Edith Von Souska Baker age 49 will be at 9 am today at Bunker Brothers Mortuary with burial at Mountain View Gardens of Memory. Born July 5 1914 in Beaver Mountain Oklahoma she lived at 831 Carter St and worked as a Las Vegas Police Department clerk. Survivors: three sons Kenneth D and John M in California and Jerry in the Navy. two brothers Fart Black and Clarence Black of California. Palm Mortuary will transport to Salt Lake City for burial at Mount Olivet Cemetery. Also noted is Mr Andrews age 84 born May 21 1891 in Greece affiliated with a Utah construction company. Survivors include five daughters Wilma Panos Las Vegas Sophia Mallas Francis Ricketts McGill Helen Fragosoeach Reno Emilie Burton Salt Lake City. two sons Stanley Las Vegas William New York City. brother George Greece. sister Connie Andrews Greece. 11 grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.
Gus Frank Andrews aged 72 died Friday at Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital. Funeral services are at 2 p.m. today at St. John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church.
Funeral services for five month old Roline F Edwards, daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Edwards, will be held at 2 pm today at Palm Mortuary. Rev Glenn Tudor will officiate. Born July 18 in Boulder City Hospital vada Memorial Hospital, she is survived by her parents and four grandparents in California.
Funeral services for Marie Farly 51 died Friday at Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital were held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the First Baptist Church with Rev. Glenn Tudor officiating. Burial followed at Alta Mesa Memorial Cemetery in Palo Alto California. Born February 25 1912 she lived in Las Vegas ten years at 2721 Jayne Street Survivors include her son David of California a sister Melba La Verne Mitchell of Las Vegas a brother Alexander P Rammer Jr of California.
Charles Lewis Dimock 71 prominent Las Vegas businessman died after a four day illness at Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital. Services set for 1 p.m. at the Elks Lodge with burial at Mountain View Gardens of Memories. He owned Vegas Materials Co. and previously ran Western Heating and Ventilating Co. Survived by widow Hallie D and daughter Shirley Lodwick.
The columnist ends the year with a lighthearted New Year wish. Readers are invited to start the new year with optimism and a grin as the page closes.
Witnesses describe a sinking liner where a passenger says the ship burned and a lifeboat sank. Derek Porter, 12, recalls his lifeboat going down and his mother swept away. A total of 64 people are reported missing.
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