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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1963
Page
1
Moscow reported that top Soviet naval commanders said the fleet has been rebuilt around atomic powered submarines carrying nuclear missiles capable of striking any target worldwide, signaling a major upgrade in strategic forces.
A four engine Comet with 52 passengers and eight crew vanished after reporting on descent to Santa Cruz amid heavy monsoon rain and low clouds. An air and sea search, aided by a frigate and other craft, followed a sighted oil slick as weather hindered recovery efforts.
Charles de Gaulle signals a lone policy on nuclear testing likely rejecting appeals to join the Moscow test ban. He meets the press in a rare conference as sources say he will stand firm against joining the agreement. London reports indicate most nations are expected to sign the partial test ban treaty.
Sweltering rescuers broke through hotel ruins to reach survivors after 60 hours trapped. Officials count near 1,000 bodies recovered. death toll may reach about 2,000 in the Skopje quake. US aid teams and field hospital were deployed as thousands flee the Macedonian capital.
Britain's Ward trial enters final hours as defense plans an 11th hour move possibly calling a top security official to testify. Jurors may reach a verdict within two days as defense identifies further witnesses to counter charges of procuring young girls for men in high places.
Tulsa faces clean up after a freak four hour downpour dumped 8.7 inches of rain in a single storm. Cool air pushed eastward as Tulsa residents began recovery from city history’s hardest rain event. The weather pattern also sent relief to the northeastern seaboard and other regions.
An NAACP official told Malcolm X there would be no violence at the planned August 28 civil rights demonstration in Washington. Malcolm X appeared at a suburban St. Albans rally of about 500 people organized by NAACP and CORE to protest alleged discrimination against Negro workers at a housing project.
New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller charges President Kennedy with a futile bid to shelve civil rights at the Miami governors conference. Rockefeller says Kennedy underestimated moral issues and public opinion, and denies calling the civil rights plan blackmail.
In Hyannis Port Mass UPI reports Jacqueline Kennedy celebrated her 34th birthday on Cape Cod. The First Lady appeared in radiant health while awaiting the birth of her third child within a month and enjoyed a Barnstable County Fair visit with Caroline who rode a merry go round and received cotton candy. A quiet family dinner followed with Caroline and John Jr present.
A well dressed Negro was detained briefly by secret service agents as he approached President Kennedy’s car and tried to toss a message to him after Mass at St. Francis Xavier church in Hyannis Port Massachusetts. He was released after questioning and walked away smiling with a bag over his shoulder. Kennedy later went swimming in Nantucket Sound with his daughter Caroline after a yacht cruise with the Honey Fitz family.
A weather note reports clear conditions today with gentle morning winds and southwest winds around 15 to 25 mph in the afternoon. High temperatures reach 107 with a low around 7 percent humidity. yesterday’s high was 105 and low 76 with noontime humidity at 5 percent. Sunrise is 5 45 and sunset 7 48.
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