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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1963
Page
5
Temperature and precipitation table for a 24 hour period ending at 4 a.m. yesterday. Prepared by the U S Weather Bureau at San Francisco.
The lowest temperature reported yesterday morning to the U.S. weather bureau, excluding Alaska and Hawaii, was 32 below zero at Watertown New York. High reached 9 at Viramar California.
Vienna dispatch reports Bulgaria sought the death penalty for Ivan Assen Georgiev the diplomat accused of spying for the United States for $200 and mistresses. Georgiev asked for death as prosecutors pressed for a verdict with a defense panel urging a lesser sentence. The trial in Sofia included CIA links and coded transmissions, with evidence and testimonies about a supposed message from Athens and the staged street corner meeting.
A Requiem Mass for Mrs. Nellie Cecelia Carroll 87 will be held at St. Joan of Arc today at 11 a.m. The Rt Rev Msgr John J Lambe will lead the service with burial at Woodlawn Cemetery. She operated the T M Carroll Real Estate office in Las Vegas begun by her husband, a former Nevada legislator involved in early gambling laws. Survived by son Thomas M Carroll Jr in San Francisco and sister Grace Lonergan of Chicago.
Investigators sweep the 14 story Roosevelt Hotel after a Sunday fire killed 21 guests. Dense smoke spread via HVAC ducts while victims and survivors faced chaotic escapes by windows roofs and stairways. Victims from Georgia Florida Alabama North Carolina New York among the deceased and injured.
John William Irwin, charged in the Sinatra Jr kidnapping, saw bail reduced from 50000 to 30000 by U.S. Judge Thrumond Clarke who said the man helped solve the crime for the FBI. Prosecutor claimed his brother acted, while Irwin denied prior knowledge. A grand jury decision looms as $48000 in ransom was found.
British forces moved into a neutral zone through central Nicosia to separate Greek and Turkish Cypriots and curb renewed violence. Royal Air Force and infantry convoys established positions in no man’s land as rival forces withdrew from the cease line under a 13 hour Sandys mediated deal.
Interior Secretary Udall announced a comprehensive plan to conserve wildlife and natural areas along about 265 miles of the Lower Colorado River. The program covers 390000 acres for parks, campgrounds, boating marinas, roads and trails and aims to attract nearly 16 million residents by 1975 with revenues projected at 200 million annually.
West Berlin Mayor Willy Brandt urged the Western Allies to back new negotiations with East Germany on traffic through the Berlin Wall and pledged to act only with Western consent. He defended direct talks with East Germany in a TV interview amid doubts stirred by the Christmas pass agreement.
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