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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1963
Page
1
The piece reveals publisher Hank Greenspun preoccupying a break from the Sun with weather notes and cryptic lines about a vacation a baited hook and a grand jury. It hints at plans for a forthcoming column as readers are invited to page 2 for continuation.
Two 60 foot long crevasses opened along the Var dar river banks after a devastating quake. Geologists barred access and warned resettling could trigger further collapses. Dynamiters sealed earthquake damaged buildings to entombed remains. Seventeen were freed after three days. seven others died.
American troops and South Korean police killed four North Korean infiltrators near the demilitarized zone. A U S soldier Cpl Georges F Larson Jr from Davison Michigan was killed along with a South Korean policeman. The unit also faced casualties from an ambush earlier in the day as UN Command blamed Red Chinese efforts to raise Asian tensions. A search party located the infiltrators after a sighting north of Munsan Hi.
Mostly clear today turning partly cloudy in the afternoon. Southwest winds 15 to 25 mph. High around 107 and a low near 76. Yesterday's high was 106 and low 74. Noontime humidity four percent with sunrise at 5 47 and sunset to follow.
London reports Izvestia granted political asylum and Soviet citizenship to Harold Philby, former diplomat and intelligence chief, who vanished from Beirut six months ago. The Foreign Office offered no immediate comment on the defection of the once top U.S. counter intelligence official.
President Kennedy won his first congressional victory in advancing the civil rights program. Georgia Governor Carl Sanders warned that if the Public Accommodations bill passes, voluntary desegregation could be constrained and the Negro push for equality might suffer without federal authority to enforce integration.
About 40 carloads of pickets including housewives gathered at the Nevada test site entrance to protest government interference in test site labor and Las Vegas workers' wage rates. By afternoon fewer than a dozen men remained as 106 degree heat pressed the Nuclear Rocket Development station and the Building and Construction Trades Council continued the strike protest.
Nathan Wise a 14 year old, who threatened the Justice Department in Washington and escaped from the state hospital in Phoenix after an auditorium dance. He had been committed April 30 after a sanity hearing and had previously escaped a county hospital detention ward. Authorities were searching for him.
The House Ways and Means Committee approved a bill to keep the national debt limit at 309 billion dollars through November 30, overriding GOP opposition. The panel also rejected a Republican bid for a 307 billion dollar ceiling through October 31, setting up potential partyline votes in the full House.
Nine astronauts head to Stead Air Force Base near Reno for a five day desert survival course as part of Project Gemini training. Maj. Donald K. Slayton coordinates the program at Manned Spacecraft Center Houston. The group will also undergo water survival at Pensacola Naval Air Station later in the month.
Bruce Thompson of Reno won Senate Judiciary subcommittee approval for a Federal District judgeship in Nevada. The 52 year old Democrat would replace the late John R. Ross who died in Portland. Thompson noted for long service including roles as assistant U S attorney and special deputy attorney general.
A two car crash at South Third Street and Bonneville Avenue killed milk truck passenger John Cortin, 26, of Sahara Mobil Home Park. The truck owned by Hinies Dairy rolled over after a collision with another auto, pinning him beneath the vehicle. The truck driver was 20 years old.
Congressional resistance to President Kennedy's plan to let the Interstate Commerce Commission handle rail disputes grows. Democratic Rep. Harley O. Staggers warns it could lead to government ownership, while a Republican critic argues it would harm free collective bargaining. The debate centers on ICC intervention in the rail dispute.
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