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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1962
Page
2
Jaycees will showcase activities and Las Vegas plans to be shown throughout the Jaycee world during the next year. The high-spirited young men, many of whom will become leaders of tomorrow, begin arriving in Las Vegas as early as next Thursday, O Brien said, though the convention does not officially open yet.
Joyce Carol Salzman, 22, crowned Miss Clark County at Rancho High School, with Betty Lou Mathis and Elizabeth Stutz as runners up. Born in Brooklyn, she previously held Miss Press Photography title and sang talent in the Miss America preliminaries. Local North Las Vegas Junior Chamber of Commerce sponsors expect her to fare well in state and national contests.
President Kennedy earns credit for fostering military unification by regular meetings with the Joint Chiefs of Staff and consulting the Army Navy and Air Force secretaries. Naval Capt Paul Schratz argues this shift reduces civilian overreach and could create a truly unified structure without new legislation.
Las Vegas preview highlights place for the Salk Institute with Dr Jonas Salk as lead researcher. About 20 senior fellows and 400 specialists will join, drawing experts worldwide to pool knowledge on life’s basic secrets with lifetime appointments. Public fund drive planned. Lilian Collins and Mrs George Brookman named on committees to spearhead solicitation efforts.
In Taylor township a $22,000 bank robbery ended with the deaths of two bandits after a car chase and gun battle. Suspects Robert Chalmers and Orie Wyatt fled after robbing the Wyandotte Savings Bank and were pursued by police and a bystander. The ensuing shootout left one outlaw dead and the other mortally wounded.
United Press International notes wet baking soda eases pain from burns and insect bites. The tip suggests applying a paste or wet dressing to affected skin for soothing relief.
Watson denounces shootings by Soviet sector guards as crimes of the utmost gravity. He warns such acts threaten U S relations and law and order in Berlin, condemning East German officials for backing criminal actions and praising perpetrators.
Bonanza Air Lines starts June 15 adding three daily nonstop Las Vegas to Reno flights. Flight 182 leaves 7 00 a m arrives 8 35 a m flight 134 at 12 15 p m arrives 1 50 p m flight 136 at 5 10 p m arrives 6 52 p m. Sunday morning 132 does not operate.
U S Embassy and Austrian security officials search for an American and his German wife who vanished after May 30 near the Austro Czech border. Mr and Mrs Raymond Harold of Rhode Island were last seen eating a picnic lunch then drinking at a small cafe near the border before a walk. Border patrol warned them away from barbed wire area but they did not return. Identity attempts over the last ten days have failed to confirm who they are.
Las Vegas businessman Robert Glinski will interpret in a divorce case before Dist. Judge William Compton tomorrow. A prior interpreter was furnished by Jeek-Lair Buks, a Strip hotel butcher, but his wife Ita and her attorney Stanley Pierce refused, prompting Glinski’s appointment.
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