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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1963
Page
2
The 2,500 pound Mercury capsule with added power oxygen and water will lift Cooper in a longer flight. He trains in North Carolina reviewing star identification and meets engineers at the Cape for capsule prep as Mercury nears final test.
Hagen testified he believed he had only $30 in cash and possibly travelers checks, uncertain of the amount. He said he was alone at the time of the robbery.
A report says the organization functioned without official sanction and the Fleet Reserve contract with Brownfield paid 40 percent to the latter. Hendricks denied knowledge of the contract. A city ordinance bans charity agents from taking more than 25 percent. Hendricks was advised of the status in January but did not correct it.
Police describe a large numbers game in Chicago run as a crime syndicate. The operation reportedly grossed about 3 million dollars yearly with around 100 runners and daily handle at a U. S. race track. The Mannos and Pardy allegedly led the Erie-Buffalo wheel, tied to a 1948 50 era influx from New York, with 15.6 million total take 1948 1950, and federal actions anticipated.
Spector and H Hughes Porter met with the Central State Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension Fund in Chicago to discuss the hotel’s future. Last June they issued a trust deed placing the hotel real estate as security for a 2.75 million loan to pay off three mortgages.
Assemblywoman Pauline Davis, the only woman in the California Legislature, was named Woman of the Year by the Business and Professional Women's Club of Sacramento at the 4th annual Bosses' Night dinner. Davis, a Democrat from Portola, was praised for her legislative work.
A $8 million SAC B 52 bomber crashed in rugged Maine mountains 70 miles northwest of Bangor during a routine training mission. Navigator Capt Gerald Adler and crew commander Col Bulli were rescued, while T Sgt Michael F P O Keefe and another airman were missing. Rescuers, aided by a Maine game warden, reached near the wreckage. Adler frostbitten with a possible rib fracture.
The district will sell the north block near the railroad to raise 700000 for a new Las Vegas Grammar School administration building. The sale, approved after months of meetings, requires GSA time to complete construction planning and will be discussed at the Feb 14 board meeting with GSA director G Earley Harris present.
The narrator describes an altercation at the Las Vegas Convention Center over a misperceived status as a former county commissioner. The piece portrays local politics, boxing connections, and a sentiment about sharing power, with references to Melvin Cannon Jimmy and Art Harris shaping fight cards with local talent.
The Weather Bureau notes unprecedented winter cold with all time lows in Nashville Asheville Lexington Cleveland Cincinnati and Toledo. An abnormal high pressure over the Gulf of Alaska and northward shift of westerlies allow Arctic air to move south bringing severe conditions across the nation.
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