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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1964
Page
1
A Las Vegas area column shares community greetings and reflections on family, faith, and the greetings card tradition. The piece notes the writer’s hopes for relatives, jokes about large families, and calls for resilience amid adversity.
Two gunmen attacked actress Eva Gabor and her husband at the Racquet Club in North Bay Village. They bound the pair with cords, gagged them, and fled after stealing a $25,000 15 carat diamond ring. Eva suffered a cerebral concussion and facial injuries but was improving in hospital.
A 22 year old ex convict Roosevelt Turner was shot by police during a burglary attempt near the Louisiana Market Las Vegas. He remains in critical but improved condition at Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital after surgery to remove a bullet from his back. Luther Allen Mitchell Jr 21 was taken into custody on burglary investigation charges. Police were called to the Market to investigate a burglary in progress. Turner fled while Mitchell surrendered. Officers pursued Turner, shots were fired and Turner was hit.
Mrs. Joe W. Brown former Las Vegas resident negotiates with Local Petroleum Corp to drill an exploratory oil or gas test well in Paradise Valley on 9000 acres of leases. A rig could arrive in Las Vegas within six weeks as the widow pursues continued Clark County hydrocarbon exploration and growth of Nevada.
Eddie Fisher declares support for his estranged wife Elizabeth Taylor amid 20th Century Fox attempts to withhold her Cleopatra profits. Fox seeks to attach Miss Taylor’s earnings over delays and higher Rome production costs as Burton romance unfolds and Fisher vows to defend her.
Mr and Mrs Michael Hughes of San Jose escaped serious harm after their single engine light plane ran out of fuel while approaching McCarran Field. A fuel leak caused the emergency landing attempt and a wing struck a power pole, destroying the aircraft.
Government radio said Kashmir authorities recovered the sacred hair of the Prophet Mohammed after thieves struck the shrine near Srinagar. The theft triggered widespread riots though no recovery details were released. Police identified a suspect in another case in Accra.
The widow Mrs. Tippit and her three children nearing a $500000 fund total as Dallas police tally about 16000 remaining letters. Police Lt. Hipskind said new mail drops to 40 or 50 daily and the counting should finish in about ten days. The fund also provides a $225 monthly police pension.
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