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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1963
Page
1
Columnist criticizes the Liston bout performance and Patterson’s strategy calling the heavyweight title fight a poor spectacle. Lists Patterson’s lack of defense and suggests he prioritized purse over victory, noting Liston’s power and Patterson’s exposed weaknesses.
Defense counsel alleges Manny Rice-Davies used the name of Doug Fairbanks Jr to add glamour to a case involving alleged playmates. The report notes connections to Viscount Astor and Peter Rachman as part of prosecutors’ framing of the matter.
Dapper Russian born Joseph Harris known as Doc Stacher, 62, was indicted by a Los Angeles federal grand jury on two counts of income tax evasion. He was arrested at his Beverly Hills home and released on $10,000 bail. Arraignment tentatively set for August 5 before U.S. District Judge Thurmond Clark. The probe spanned several years with ties to world gambling interests in Las Vegas Reno and other cities.
At the 55th National Governors Conference in Miami Beach the Democratic majority refused a formal Civil Rights declaration while endorsing giving the issue top priority. Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller claimed a victory saying the body largely achieved his aims without advancing a presidential bid. The executive committee was tasked with locating the Civil Rights study to be pursued next year.
In Carson City UPI reports teen killers Thomas Bean and Lester Morford moved to death row cells after Bean received a death sentence for the murder rape and dissection of Sonja McCaskie in Reno last April Morford 18 from Santa Rosa California was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to die in the gas chamber for abducting and killing Jack Foster in Reno last August Two other men Jack Rainsberger and Joseph Miles Walker remain on death row awaiting appeals.
New York film executive Spyros P. Skouras says he will file a libel suit against Walter Wanger over statements in the book My Life With Cleopatra. The action will be added to a counter-claim in Wanger's suit against 20th Century Fox Darryl Zanuck and Earl Wilson, with Wanger seeking lost pay for the 40 million dollar Cleopatra project.
Israeli and United Arab Republic jet fighters clashed in the Sinai during celebrations. An Egyptian spokesman said one Israeli plane was shot down, as Cairo announced new missiles including a two stage guided rocket believed able to reach Israel.
In Saigon a 67 year old Buddhist nun Dieu Hue, mother of a noted Vietnamese scientist, outlined plans to burn herself to death to protest government religious discrimination as 400 pro government demonstrators gathered outside a pagoda and scuffles erupted at the gate.
A. J. Liebling, back in New York after visiting Las Vegas, calls the city the craziest part of Nevada and hails the Las Vegas SUN as one of the most colorful papers. He cites Hank Greenspun and international coverage while planning to cover the Liston Patterson fight, noting the story lies in the dressing rooms and post bout remarks.
Congressional leaders urge more time as Kennedy proposals stall and a strike looms. J E Wolfe notes work rule changes take effect 12 01 a m Tuesday July 30 unless Kennedy emergency rails legislation is enacted. Five rail unions threaten to strike when rules take effect as AFL CIO president Meany weighs in.
Mostly clear today with southwest winds 15 to 25 mph in the afternoon. High near 110 and a low around 78. Yesterday reached 110/84 with noontime humidity about 10 percent. Sunrise at 5 04 and sunset at 7 52.
William Schmidt a 29 year old blind man in San Gabriel Calif saved his three year old daughter Peggy from drowning after her mother Meta slipped into the pool. He pulled Peggy from the water performed mouth to mouth resuscitation and she began to cry, signaling she was alive.
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