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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1963
Page
1
A brief note examines a public dispute or stance by Hank Greenspun on a regional issue, outlining positions and potential implications for readers following the local scene. The item highlights Greenspun's influence and the controversy surrounding his stance.
London reports Labor Party signals a sharp new attack on the government over the disclosure of a Soviet agent Dolinysin who defected westward, heightening political tension and raising questions about security handling.
A guerrilla account by Mai describes raids near Chungshan in Kwangtung Province opposite Hong Kong, with three Communist gunboats engaging raiders in a motorized junk and three motorboats reaching the beach. The paper notes a British decision not to publish a master spy’s name, amid CIA-linked Russian defectors.
The Senate Commerce Committee faced questions on Governor Ross Barnett's claim that Communists fueled racial strife. Members argued that riots stemmed from denial of equal rights, with Chairman Warren Magnuson proposing an FBI inquiry.
U S Bureau of Mines inspectors found 13 year olds Danny O Kain and Billy Burke of Baldwin Borough and 14 year old Bobby Abbott of Pittsburgh about half a mile from the No 2 shaft mouth. They were inside the long unused Castle Shannon Coal Co mine and were evacuated to St Clair Memorial Hospital.
A Las Vegas feature probes how a Kiwanis sponsored 83 church welcome sign prompts distrust and security concerns. Clergy describe vandalism and break-ins around downtown churches including St Christopher First Methodist and First Baptist as they weigh open hours versus night safety.
Mostly clear today with scattered afternoon clouds. Southwest winds around 15 to 25 mph push a high near 108 and low around 75. Yesterday reached 104 and 75. Noon relative humidity at 6 percent. Sunrise at 5 34, sunset at 7 54.
In Tampa guards rode with General Telephone trucks as crews repaired cables sabotaged during a three day strike. A company spokesman said 25 000 to 30 000 phones were knocked out in Tampa and five major lines feeding St Petersburg were severed. Welded manhole covers to block access on trunk lines. Some radio and TV stations and newspapers lost wire service reports as services were disrupted.
Cuba blasts Washington for accusing Havana of sending subversive agents via Grand Cayman Island. The Foreign Relations Ministry protests U S pressure on Caribbean airliners and says Cayman is used only for returning Cubans and authorized travelers.
In Moscow Sino Soviet negotiators adjourned after three hours with a plan for regime talks to resume soon. A Peking People's Daily editorial hinted that differences may be delayed rather than resolved now, signaling a possible future reconciliation without a formal split.
The Nevada Supreme Court appoints counsel for indigent prisoner William Alexander in a habeas corpus appeal over a life sentence for a bludgeon murder. Justices order trial transcript provided by Washoe County and consider whether proceedings violated due process and fair trial rights. Alexander, 32, of Martinez California, was convicted in June 1962 for the stabbing death of Clyde Starr near Reno.
Labor Secretary Wirtz met privately with railroads chief negotiator J E Wolfe at the Labor Department to discuss the four year dispute over work rule changes. Neither official disclosed topics, but the meeting followed the President's vow to seek legislation to avert a nationwide rail strike.
A Long Beach family of six John D Whyte Maude Whyte and their four children all under years old were reported missing after a prospecting trip. The group had been sought in a blistering Southern California desert with an aerial search before returning home yesterday. Their 12 year old car had a history of breakdowns.
Federal grand jury in Reno indicted Frederick E. Paszek Kenneth N. McKim and Daniel E Knight on charges of kidnapping Mrs Erna Worland Barber from her Lakeridge Estate home on the south shore of Lake Tahoe last May The case says they abducted her and forced her to cash their checks in Nevada casinos she reportedly escaped in a Reno casino.
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