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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1963
Page
1
A column reflects on a year of public highs and lows. It notes Las Vegas style gaming in Acapulco looms as entertainment news and personal anecdotes mix with local reflections on growth, identity, and a governor race loss. The writer recalls satire and city booster sentiment while foreshadowing a broader feature continuation.
President Kennedy and Defense Secretary McNamara signalled the cancellation of the Skybolt nuclear air delivery project amid British and congressional protests. The decision redirects about 2.5 billion dollars in defense spending and orders the Air Force to submit by January 7 a plan for an orderly phase-out of the program.
A Las Vegas man was among three killed when a car carrying five occupants was demolished in Sun City Arizona. Victims identified include Gordon R Fuller 36 Las Vegas driver Houston and Rut Boyer To leson Ariz Injured were Estelle Lilly and Bobby Carpenter of El Mirage Ariz The car ran at high speed through a retirement community near Phoenix, crossed a median, hit a railway embankment and rolled about 200 feet.
U.N. Secretary General Thant ordered Moise Tshombe to negotiate Congo integration within two weeks or face further measures. The warning, backed by the United States, stated the U.N. forces will not allow Katangese troops back into Elisabethville and will respond promptly to any new Katangese attack.
Nevada Attorney General Charles Springer urged abolition of the death penalty in his year end report to Gov. Grant Sawyer. He cited studies claiming no deterrent effect and warned of potential wrongful executions while calling for broader reforms including air pollution and land and stock sale laws.
Patricia Bissette a 23 year old secretary at Engineering Systems Boston was found strangled in her Back Bay apartment. The killing marks the eighth in a series within a one mile area over about three weeks.
A 100 foot tug Gwendo lyn Steers owned by Steers Sand and Gravel Corp disappeared off Long Island during a winter storm. The Coast Guard found one body entombed in ice and reported no survivors among the nine crewmen. Gale winds and 30 foot waves battered the shallow Long Island Sound as searchers scoured the area.
A coalition of 36 business organizations led by the Acapulco Chamber of Commerce urges the Mexican federal government to legalize casino gambling to boost tourism. They argue Acapulco faces seasonal losses despite 2 billion pesos invested in tourism and 300 hotels with 6,300 rooms, calling the city impotent without gambling capacity.
In Kaminatown UPI reports Swedish and Ghanaian U.N. troops wiped out the last Katangese resistance as Moise Tshombe returned to Katanga vowing to continue the secession fight. In Los Angeles police discounted a prisoner's confession to unsolved Chicago murders.
A Arctic-born blizzard stranded thousands across northern New England with temperatures plummeting to 20 below zero and winds up to 95 mph. Central Maine saw up to four feet of snow as cars and buses were buried, two people died in Maine, and a Vermont highway worker was killed by a snow plow.
Europe faces a second week of deadly winter weather with at least 679 deaths across road traffic plane rail and weather related causes. France leads with 242 fatalities followed by numerous deaths across the continent.
An estimated 1.5 million spectators are expected along the Rose Parade route in clear weather with 40s temperatures. About 90 million viewers on national TV will watch the event ahead of the Rose Bowl game between USC and Wisconsin. Grand marshal is Dr. William Pickering of Caltech's Jet Propulsion Lab.
The New Year holiday toll rose past 200 in traffic deaths after a bus-truck crash killed a bus driver and five travelers. A spate of deadly fires lifted total violent deaths beyond 300 as Americans prepared to ring in the new year. The National Safety Council warned that the worst is yet to come.
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