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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1963
Page
1
As the Chinese delegation arrives to end the Communist split, Khrushchev rebuffs greetings and accuses Beijing of slander. Moscow emphasizes peaceful coexistence while the two blocs remain at odds. Negotiations begin amid a cooled atmosphere and limited press access.
About 200 demonstrators including 36 clergy faced arraignment after a July Fourth march into the segregated Gwynne Oak amusement park in Woodlawn Maryland. Police magistrate John Serio set a marathon hearing at 7 30 p m. EDT. 174 refused bond and remained jailed while 283 civil rights activists including Rev Dr Eugene Carson Blake were arrested for trespassing and disorderly conduct.
A columnist opines that personal identifiers like ZIP codes, social security numbers, and other digits replace names in public life. He laments the loss of personal identity to impersonal data, noting the Post Office ZIP system and the rise of calculators and computers. He cites reliance on digits over names and recalls asking his son Danny to help explain ZIP.
President Kennedy told Nikita Khrushchev he shares a peaceful approach to East West issues as Sino Soviet talks began in Moscow. The note echoed Khrushchev on peaceful coexistence amid the growing rift with China and observers see potential for a permanent split between the two Communist powers.
More than 200 electricians were set to return to work at the Nevada Test Site Monday morning after a mutual return-to-work agreement arranged by NECA and Electricians Local 357. Al Villers of NECA said details remain to be worked out and further meetings are anticipated.
President Kennedy approves the nomination of Bruce Thompson a 51 year old Reno attorney and former U S attorney and University of Nevada regent for a Nevada federal judgeship. Senators Bible and Cannon announced the action and the nomination goes to the Senate for confirmation.
Negotiations for the Las Vegas Race Track on Paradise Road by the Delk Webb Corp remain active despite reports of a collapse. Webb officials say the option to buy from Joe W. Brown interests is still in effect with talks continuing and changes in financial planning tied to the stalled corporation licensing bill.
Sen. Howard Cannon of Nevada says legislation alone cannot solve Negro issues claiming job discrimination is the only real problem and dismisses NA ACP demonstrations as foolish. He cites progress in social equality and rights in Nevada versus the south while in Southern Nevada to attend the Boulder City Damboree where he won second prize in mounted rider category.
A seven cardinals coordinating group completed the work on the 70 planned subjects for the ecumenical council. Pope Paul VI will reconvene the council September 29 in Vatican City. The schemata were reduced and revised to speed council proceedings.
Chicago delegates to the NAACP 70th annual convention endorsed a broad program for direct action in the civil rights struggle. The move followed internal controversy and protests among attendees, with more than 600 of about 2,000 delegates signaling they would walk out if critic James Del Rio remained an activist figure.
Partly cloudy conditions with southwest winds 15 to 25 mph. High around 100 and a low near 69. Yesterday’s high reached 101 with a 66 low. Noontime relative humidity around 6 percent. Sunrise at 5 30 a.m. and sunset at 8 01 p.m.
Former heavyweight champion Floyd Patterson told WOR TV’s Ladies of the Press that Black Muslims should be banned because he compared their members to Ku Klux Klan figures. Patterson spoke as he aimed to regain the title from Sonny Liston on July 22 in the city.
Marilyn Rice-Davies Jr wearing dark glasses brushes past a reporter at London airport after returning from Majorca. She says she has come back earlier than expected and has business to deal with in film matters related to Britain’s sex and security scandals.
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