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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1963
Page
2
A speaker urges responsible community leaders to mediate disputes and reject extremism. He warns against violence in protests, notes Nevada's enlightened stance, and calls for reasonable people to diffuse tensions and prevent dangerous outcomes for families and society.
A mother and four children shelter amid debris as soldiers distribute milk to displaced families in the city. A father, with an injured arm, shares bread with his kids before returning to the ruins in search of relatives, while volunteers guard field children nearby.
A quaking Skopje railway hub badly damaged as the Hellas Express Athens to Dortmund vanished with hundreds of foreign tourists aboard. West German Railway officials said no contact had been made with the Athens to Dortmund train and fate of passengers remained unknown.
A pickup cab was struck by a two car Boulder Local train as a youth and father approached the crossing south of the old McCarran Airport. Engineer Larry Haygood said the crossing signal worked and warning blasts were sounded well before the crossing. Local officials note rising car usage, citing 41 million drivers in the nation.
Miss Barrett testified before Justice Sir Archie Marshall at the Old Bailey. She said she visited Ward’s flat about 20 times and that he kept sums paid for services, claiming he saved them for her. She stated the market rate for whipping a man was one pound per stroke, provoking Ward to denounce her testimony and plead guilty if true.
Tokyo reports Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Mitsubishi Shipbuilding and Engineering, and Mitsubishi Nihon Heavy Industries plan a merger to form the largest Japanese business group. The three firms, once split by U S occupation authorities, aim to unite on equal terms by next year, preserving a vast prewar influence.
An earthquake centered on a Tito era square collapses the 187 room Macedonia Hotel and devastates Skopje. Army and civilians rush food water and medical aid as 100 000 people are left homeless and looting is checked. Survivors and officials describe widespread damage and fires.
Thurmond accuses the Kennedy administration of coercion as the Senate Commerce Committee weighs a bill to outlaw discrimination in privately owned public accommodations. He notes South Carolina towns show improving race relations near Camp Lejeune and Cherry Point. The panel plans another hearing with governors to be questioned.
Fidel Castro marked the tenth anniversary of the revolution by accusing the United States of blocking the prisoner swap with 1118 inmates from the April 1961 invasion. He said the American Red Cross and lawyer Donovan were prevented from fulfilling promises and demanded $10 million from the U S government. He also protested seizure of the U S embassy building in Havana.
District officials report reservoir reached full capacity Friday night amid ongoing heat. Renshaw urges residents to avoid waste and water lawns moderately during the extended heat spell. Average water use over two weeks exceeds 55 million gallons daily with 38 million from wells and 18 million from Lake Mead pipeline. Last year’s peak daily use was 49.8 million gallons.
Barefoot Betty Jean Salters, age 16, walked into the Brussenville police station and threatened a bank robbery to get arrested and escape home. She confessed to multiple unsolved break-ins in the northwest Alabama town.
Wanted assistance for general housework and help in a Wedding Chapel. Women with neat appearance and references preferred. Contact L.V Siva, St So. at phone 384-1614 or 735-36.
Southside CL miscellaneous sale ad lists a piang, sections, divan, bookcase, edi table, lamp table, platform rocker, wrought iron chair, bedsprings, child rocker, desk and swing set. Also welding equipment, shop tools, showcase with lights, formica top desk, tile cabinet, chair, counter with drawers, dollies on casters and more. Open Sundays after six weekdays. Tommie's Welding Accessories, Boulder Highway and Sunset Road.
An elderly widow in Kingsport left the postman Earl Goins ten thousand two hundred dollars in her will, the largest bequest in the estate. The remainder was divided among local charities.
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