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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1963
Page
1
Promoter and manager Doc Kearns died in his sleep at a son’s home in Miami Beach at age 80. He had been ill since April and recently suffered a fractured wrist while planning a return to Las Vegas. His current trainee was Jefferson Davis.
Three people died when a Greyhound Scenicruiser skidded off a highway and toppled into a ravine. The deceased included Mrs. Jessie F. Matthews of Repton Alabama. Emergency crews treated and transported 28 injured to St. Joseph Hospital and St. Louis County Hospital with 16 and four admitted respectively. Driver Elliott John Smith, 34, East St. Louis, escaped with bruises and shock.
Washington five railroad unions rejected Labor Secretary Wirtz plan to avert a nationwide rail strike over new work rules. The unions called the offer thinly disguised compulsory arbitration and vowed a bitter fight if needed. Wirtz planned to meet President Kennedy to decide next steps, with possible congressional action on arbitration.
London reports three fronts in upheaval over possible ministerial sex scandals involving compromising photographs linked to Christine Keeler, a potential spy-for-spy exchange with the Soviet Union, and U S pressure for security reforms. The People cites Denning’s inquiry and names ministers amid unconfirmed photos and a poolside rumor.
Two Kansas Baptist missionaries who were deported from Cuba say the Cubans are laughing at U S claims that Russian troops and equipment are being removed from the island. Lucille Kerrigan of Kansas City and Ruby Miller of Ottawa arrived after 18 years of missions. Kerrigan says, despite Kennedy's insistence, Cuba shows no sign of retreat.
A missing 63-foot Jamaican fishing vessel Snow Boy, with 40 aboard, vanished six days ago south of Kingston. A body and debris found offshore near Kingston dim prospects for survivors as Navy and Coast Guard scour the Caribbean.
A Las Vegas Valley youth may have lost half his right hand after mixing potassium chlorate with red phosphorus in an Arrowhead Can yon laboratory experiment. Danny Ross Berkabile, 16, of 141 S 16th or 1620 Lewis, was injured when the mixture exploded, deputies say. He reportedly lost three fingers and part of his palm before a Forestry Service truck ferried him to Las Vegas Hospital for emergency surgery.
Nine foreign correspondents were attacked by plainclothes South Vietnamese secret police during a Buddhist ceremony in Saigon. Seven Americans appealed to President Kennedy after the U S embassy declined to protest. Associated Press reporter Peter Arnett and bureau chief Malcolm Browne were summoned for questioning.
A US Navy FJ Fury crashed into a day camp at Horsham, Pennsylvania, during a training approach from Willow Grove Naval Air Station. Pilot Capt. John W. Butler ejected before impact as firemedics treated numerous adults and children injured or dead. The aircraft belonged to Marine Fighter Squadron 511 at Willow Grove.
Clear day with southwest winds 20 to 30 mph in the afternoon. High near 105 and a low around 67. Noontime humidity at 10 percent. Yesterday’s high 102 and low 65. Sunrise 5 23, sunset 7 56.
The West German Supreme Court opens a major spy trial. Heinz Felfe, 45, a senior intelligence officer, is accused of a decade on the Soviet payroll and betraying Western agents. Co-defendants Hans Clemens, 61, and Erwin Tiebel, 60, are charged with high treason in the affair linked to Soviet espionage.
Francis B. Johnson of Sun Valley California survived a rollover and was treated at Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital for minor injuries while his mother Elveda Johnson suffered a broken leg. The four day holiday toll neared 450 deaths, approaching the 1961 record, per National Safety Council president Howard Pyle.
Nearly 200 firefighters fought a major Georgetown fire at M Street and Wisconsin Avenue. The blaze gutted an 835 year old building housing a hardware store and a Masonic Temple, with damage estimated around half a million dollars. Eight firefighters were overcome by smoke. The fire neared President Kennedy’s former Senate home area.
A knife at the stomach of motel manager prompted a robber to seize cash at the Traveler's Motel 1100 Fremont at 10 10 p m Saturday. The assailant, about 24 years old 58 inches tall and 145 pounds, forced the manager and her husband Floyd Hodges to the bathroom before fleeing with an undisclosed sum.
The article highlights a newly completed parking area reflecting careful planning and clear markings. It notes improved efficiency for patrons and frames the project as another step in the Showboat’s progress.
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