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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1963
Page
1
A reflective piece describes a power outage at a fully electric home in Las Vegas. The narrator recalls motors, air conditioning, refrigerators, and laundry machines failing, devices sputtering, lights dimming, and a fire risk as a washing machine smolders. Neighbors and the fire department appear in concern as darkness falls.
Nevada gamblers produced 236.9 million in gross winnings for 1962 up 16.6 million from 1961. Taxes and fees to the state totaled about 12 million, up 1.2 million, with Clark county Washoe and Douglas leading in tax collections. The banner summer tourist season drove much of the rise, and July through September earnings reached 75.2 million.
Katanga Interior Minister Godefroid Munon co leads a 1000 man march on Elisabethville from the northern Rhodesian border amid UN warning of renewed fighting in Katanga. UN Undersecretary Bunche backs military objectives against Tshombe including Kolwezi and Sakania as armored units move toward Elisabethville.
Law officers seized 250000 dollars worth of heroin and arrested five people after dismantling a California Nevada narcotics ring in Yuba City California.
Adolph Rodriguez, 41, a Yuba City labor contractor on probation for an attempted murder charge in Reno, and four others were implicated in a narcotics sale. Federal state and local agents surveilled a deal for 22 ounces of uncut heroin to FBI undercover agents from Reno with an agreed payment of 10 600 dollars.
Nevada lawmakers plan a three day trip to Las Vegas with free air travel from Reno Carson City Ely and Tonopah. Clark County hosts will guide the 53 legislators in a Hoover Dam visit and other sites as part of a chamber backed quickie inspection to secure yea votes.
Nevada Gaming Control Board weighs eight applications for nonrestricted licenses Tuesday. Desert Inn Las Vegas may gain a small stake as San Diego attorney John Donnelley seeks three percent of the Strip resort.
Authorities probe an explosion at the Vapors Club in Hot Springs Arkansas injuring 12 and causing over 125000 in damage. The blast, centered in a men’s wash room, disrupted a croupiers class as gambling controversy and legal moves loom in the Arkansas legislature.
Nevada Equal Rights Commission hearing hears hotel executives deny discriminatory hiring in Las Vegas. They argue few minorities applied for gaming, bellman, and service jobs, noting witness turnout and six hour session.
Mostly clear skies with variable high cloudiness and northeasterly winds of 13 to 18 mph. Highs near 55 and a low around 32. Yesterday's high 58 and low 32. Noontime humidity at 41 percent. Sunrise at 6 52 and sunset at 4 40.
In Glendale California funeral services were held for Jack Carson who died of cancer yesterday six hours before Dick Powell's death. Presbyterian rites at Forest Lawn Wee Kirk of the Heather were led by Dr. Raymond Lindquist who spoke of Carson's faith and belief in nourishing the spark in every man. The brief service was attended by numerous Hollywood celebrities. Pallbearers were Carson's former colleagues and friends.
Mississippi Governor Ross Barnett and Lt. Gov. Paul Johnson were ordered to appear Feb 8 in the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans to explain why they should not be held in criminal contempt for obstructing James Meredith’s admission to the University of Mississippi.
Barbara Coughlan, Nevada State Welfare Director, welcomed a legislative or grand jury investigation amid sharp criticism of her child care program in Clark County. Critics cited personnel shortages and staffing raiding by other agencies, while Coughlan and board member Dr. O. H. Christofferson defended the department’s policies.
Hollywood confirms Tony Curtis plans marriage to German actress Christine Kaufmann once she turns 18. Curtis, 37, divorced Janet Leigh last fall and says there are no plans before her eighteenth birthday next week. Kaufmann co starred with Curtis in Taras Bulba and lives in Hollywood with Her parents in Germany.
Rex Bell died July 4 in Las Vegas and left an estate valued at about $100,864 to his two sons Rex Anthony and George Bell. The executor First National Bank said Clara Bow was not mentioned in the will and did not receive any assets. Court documents list Bell's assets including stock in 17 companies totaling more than forty thousand dollars.
UPI reports Det. Sgt. Robert Manin linking a January Reno shooting of Clyde Townsend to a raid in Yuba City that busted a two-state narcotics ring. Townsend, 53, survived the gunfire after an argument over a case, and Adolpho Rodriguez was taken into custody yesterday.
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