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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1962
Page
2
The text honors Jim Cashman, noting his firm beliefs and independent spirit. It recalls his showrooms burned, his refusal of unions and insurance, and his recovery to build Cashman Field and support local baseball and youth. It portrays Cashman as a civic pillar whose simple, purposeful life left a lasting monument to the town.
Massachusetts police will question two men dubbed real mad dogs after a ring tied to dead businessmen led to their capture. They allegedly pawned the ring here and face inquiries into hold ups and a series of stranglings in Boston. No more than 150 dollars gained in the holdups, police said.
Labor Secretary Wirtz announced progress in the week-old maritime strike as he met with both sides the ILA and NYSA. He said parties agreed to submit work gang size to a study group and voiced optimism after weekend developments. About 600 Constitution crew members joined the walkout in sympathy as the liner docked with 618 passengers onboard.
A plane carrying 22 passengers mostly Bastia Basketball Club players and family members crashed on Mount Renosos near Bastia. Rescue teams, including paratroopers and soldiers, faced savage weather as attempts to reach the wrecked craft near Nice were hampered by a storm.
Traffic fatalities surged during the New Year holiday period with 134 deaths since Friday 6 p.m. The UPI tally shows California leading with 15 deaths followed by Texas 14 Illinois 10 and Pennsylvania. Notable crashes in Wisconsin California and Illinois. Safety Council president Howard Pyle urged caution noting speed and alcohol as factors in many fatal accidents.
The quadruplets born to a Philadelphia couple were said to be the first children for the couple married in 1960. Dr Burton Wellenbach of Jefferson faculty predicted twins or more. Doctors announced the hospital would cover the entire bill as the first birth at the Pavillion in the medical college complex.
Wind gusts up to 63 mph battered Newark and Manhattan causing crane toppling and street closures. Ferries to Staten Island halted for 90 minutes. power lines snapped and ice covered regions from New York to New England. Cold snap hit the Southeast and plains with record lows and snow across the capital and Midwest.
Providence hospital reported former U.S. Senator Theodore F. Green in slightly improved condition after being brought in coma on December 15. The 5 year old, noted as the oldest person to sit in the U.S. Senate, remained under care with a morning update indicating progress.
James Cashman Sr shaped early Las Vegas by pressing for Boulder Dam, developing El Rancho Vegas with Tom Hull, and leading Helldorado celebrations. He advanced roads to connect Vegas, survived hazards like mine accidents, and urged diversification beyond gambling to grow the city.
Katanga leader Tshombe told reporters in Salisbury that the UN created another Algeria and warned the resistance would last longer. He claimed 25 civilians killed and 300 wounded in Elisabethville, while U.N. HQ in Leopoldville reported civilian injuries from Tshombe’s gendarmerie fire and confirmed five U.N. deaths with 26 wounded. The U.N. also said 17 Katangese gendarmes were captured in Ki Pushi.
Castro states relatives may depart when flights resume and rejects Donovan’s claim that 3500 relatives could leave aboard Red Cross ships. He says there was never any discussion of new departures by relatives of prisoners. Pan American suspended Havana Miami service Oct 22. government will authorize departures when flights resume.
The ACLU charges the government approved a tribal resolution favoring one religion over another. It says the lower court ruling targets members of the Native American Church and could curb proselytizing and spur other tribes to regulate religious practice to fit tribal orthodoxies.
Listing notes a 400140 frontage with an old house in the rear and a Thurman Realty broker. The offer is requested as a reasonable offer, with contact at DU 3405.
The Las Vegas Review shows H M Greenspun as editor and publisher with a staff listing including AH M Greenspun and A M Greenspun as officers. The paper, published mornings at 900 South Main Street, is associated with the Allen Krapp Co and United Press service.
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