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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1963
Page
1
In 1954 Las Vegas eyed a Rocky Marciano vs Don Cockell title fight. A meeting in the Sands Gold Room chaired by Doc Kearns laid out a plan for large guarantees, hotel support, and arena use to turn Las Vegas into a boxing powerhouse.
A British ore carrier sank in fog on the St. Lawrence River after a collision with a small British freighter. Twenty three men are missing, seventeen survivors were rescued, and seven crew members were hospitalized as rescue craft searched the waters forty miles east of Quebec City.
MOSCOW UP I reports Sino Soviet peace talks collapsed in final failure with Chinese delegates returning to Peking convinced that war and revolution are the only path for Communism. Khrushchev remains committed to peaceful coexistence while the rift between Moscow and Beijing deepens amid bitter recriminations.
Forty six counts of fraud and an arrest warrant were issued for Harry Kay a local investment broker. Bail set at 5000. Kay has been missing since the start of May. U S Attorney Bonner filed charges under the Commodities Exchange Act.
Labor Secretary Wirtz opened renewed talks with unions and management to seek a voluntary settlement of the four year old railroad rules dispute. He said sessions could continue into the early hours if progress is shown as Kennedy prepares to seek legislation to avert a nationwide rail walkout planned for July 29. He emphasized collective bargaining as the right course.
An Athens paper claims it identified a top British official in a sex party, reportedly in a mask and apron. The London press has refrained due to libel laws, following the Profumo affair rumors of another minister involved.
Emilio Pucci, Italy's noted sportswear designer, predicted that within a decade women will wear topless bikinis on public beaches. He noted that private sunbathing already shows more skin and said bare breasts on beaches would no longer be considered strange or scandalous.
Partly cloudy today with potential afternoon and evening thundershowers. Southwest winds 15 to 25 mph. High near 104, low around 80. Noontime humidity 9 percent. Sunrise 5 39, sunset 7 54.
Gov. Nelson Rockefeller said he would rather be right on civil rights than be president. The conference chair announced a recommendation to place civil rights on the agenda for debate and ongoing study by the executive committee. Rosellini noted his proposal parallels Rockefeller but favors unanimity for approval, a rule Rockefeller opposes.
Former President Harry S. Truman writes a major exclusive piece in The Sun examining the current tense relations between Soviet Russia and the western powers. The analysis aims to map attitudes shaping global politics and is presented on page 19 today.
In Cambridge Maryland National Guard troops and military police were rushed in after a threat of renewed demonstrations by integrationists. About 900 guardsmen were on duty as Negro leaders said their violence moratorium would end with protests.
Consolidated Freightways employees gained an extra holiday after a strike that began Tuesday in Denver and spread to eleven states was settled Friday. Ned Rockwell, Terminal Manager, said workers stayed idle Saturday due to backlogged freight in Chicago Denver Salt Lake City and San Francisco. More than 2500 employees were affected as the grievance case filed by the Teamsters Union sparked the stoppage.
Wise viewers watched the solar eclipse on television as the American Medical Association warned of possible permanent blindness from direct viewing. The event began around 1 p.m. and ended at 3 p.m. with partial coverage varying by city including Boston at 94.4 percent and Seattle at 62.3 percent.
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