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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1963
Page
1
A nostalgic account recalls Las Vegas beginnings at the Last Frontier Hotel and Virginia City ghost town charm. The writer visits Beatty with Art Revert, notes sagebrush clearing, and reflects on frontier legends and local history amid development pressures.
James H Meredith accused NAACP leaders of intolerance and bigotry within the movement, warning the civil rights fight could suffer. He spoke at the NAACP convention amid a clash between moderates favoring court actions and direct action supporters.
A Linden truck driver who killed his wife and sister in law wounded three others and terrorized a family of eight surrendered to police in Newark. An 18 year old white girl abducted during the spree was contained, then continued on Page 2.
About 200 electricians at the Nevada Test Site will return to work tomorrow after a back to work pledge ends a June 26 walkout over bus transportation. Talks resume to settle a separate strike by 1,000 plumbers seeking wage and fringe benefit boosts. John Fenton of the U S Mediation Service is expected to chair talks.
Carson City officials warn the Division of State Welfare may run out of funds for Old Age Assistance if caseloads rise. Acting Chief Ed Schulz says a $35,000 shortage is possible this year and $61,000 for 1964 65, with options to cut back the program or seek an emergency loan.
A suspect told authorities he printed about 4 million dollars in counterfeit bills on the campus printing press at Alameda State College in Hayward California. Don ald J. Carothers 21 a press operator was arrested as the fourth suspect in the operation which Secret Service officials called the largest in service history.
London sources say British police are widening inquiries into Christine Keeler whose case sparked the Profumo affair. Rob ert Drury, her former business manager, was reportedly quizzed over 12 hours of taped recordings he says Keeler made about her relations with Jamaican jazz singer Aloysius Lucky Gordon, with tapes kept in a bank vault.
Moscow reports Khrushchev left the capital during China Russia talks amid a visible rebuff as Communist China and the Soviet Union opened their conference. The absence followed Khrushchev’s return from East Germany and Kiev as Washington released Kennedy peace appeal publicly.
The Las Vegas area escaped serious accidents as the national highway death toll neared 300 during the Independence holiday period. A National Safety Council spokesman said the toll trails Memorial Day and the 1961 record of 509 deaths, with the council estimating 550 to 650 fatalities for the period ending Sunday. The United Press International tally stood at 4:30 p.m. EDT.
In Columbus, sources say astronaut John H. Glenn may resign from NASA to run as a Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate from Ohio next year. The move aims to bolster Kennedy’s position in Ohio and provide a strong challenge to Republican nominee Robert Taft Jr. The decision hinges on a Democratic Senate strategy and other political developments.
Reno district court prepares for final arguments in the Thom as Lee Bean case over the death of Sonja McCaskie. Bean, 18, stands accused of strangulation rape and mutilation of the Olympic skier's body in her Reno duplex. The jury recessed for a long weekend after both sides completed presentations.
Mostly clear today with afternoon winds from the southwest at 15 to 25 mph. High near 105 and a low around 70, humidity at noon about 8 percent. Sunrise at 5 23 and sunset at 7 56. Yesterday’s high was 103 and low 68.
Union leaders signal rejection of Secretary of Labor Wirtz proposal to avert a nationwide railway strike. H E Gilbert of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen says the plan amounts to compulsory arbitration. Wirtz awaits replies as carriers show initial acceptance while union leaders resist.
Ralph J. Kaplan, noted author and commentator, starts a daily SUN column on page 13. He analyzes Khrushchev's bluster and Communist aims, drawing on his eight language mastery and global travels to discuss freedom, present-day problems, and the role of communication.
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