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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1962
Page
5
Truth Daily reports anti Communist leaflets in Canton on June 1 4 and 5. A food riot broke out when rice rations failed to be distributed and a crowd clashed with guards after an elderly woman was pushed down. Riot squads opened fire on the crowd.
Las Vegas City Commissioners invite sealed bids for Special Assessment District 100-51 Units 2 and 3. Bids due by July 6 1962 at 8 00 PM with 5 percent bid bond. Required performance and payment bonds, licenses, and sworn financial statements may be requested. Public reading of bids at Council Chambers follows.
Three Lao princes unite communist neutralist and right wing factions with Souvanna Phouma as premier to end civil war. Coalition faces foreign ties with China the Soviet Union and Viet Nam and uncertain prospects for peace as U.S. troops in Thailand seek to curb expansion. Boun Oum excluded while Souphanouvong becomes vice premier. Formal announcement follows daylong session in rebel capital.
Thunderstorms hit portions of the Midwest while the nation enjoyed pleasant weather. In Rome, municipal elections showed Premier Fanfani's Christian Democrats losing ground to smaller democratic parties, amid a leftist alliance with the Socialists. In Geneva, East and West remained deadlocked on a nuclear test ban as the 17 nation conference nears a recess, with no talks likely this week. Western submarine committee delegates warn further meetings would bring more propaganda exchanges.
Hollywood reports 20th Century Fox trimmed producer Walter Wanger from salary on the 30 million Cleopatra in Rome as delays from Elizabeth Taylor illness threaten the project. Wanger denies accepting a cut, while New York lawyers prepare talks with studio and Wanger’s representatives. The studio also weighs changes to Something's Got to Give after Marilyn Monroe’s firing and Dean Martin’s demand for Monroe as co star.
The plan proposed a 22 300 mile high orbit where satellites would circle once daily and seem stationary. Three to ten satellites would act as instantaneous repeaters for ground stations. The Army Advent version weighed about 1300 pounds and would use Atlas Centaur boosters. Development delays push Advent launch to 1966.
Roofers Local 224 accepted a two year contract with an immediate 20 cent per hour raise and a further 20 cent rise next year bringing top wages to 4.30 an hour. Clark and Lincoln counties not included. Carpenters strike continues with planned mediation. Safeway clerks barred from picketing by court order seeking raises and benefits.
Detective Jay Boren pursued a suspect in an alleged wound incident until the capture on West San Francisco Avenue. The suspect, Crouch, was found not wounded and had been the focus of a weeklong search by Boren, who handles out of state warrants. The pursuit involved a vehicle believed to be stolen.
In Hellin Spain during World War I era local report says Manuel Gil Hernandez 88 a Spanish-American War veteran wed for the fourth time on Sunday at age 75, his first three wives having died.
Four Japanese destroyers will visit Apra Harbor on Wednesday as the first stop of a 10 week training cruise. The ships will later proceed to Australia and New Zealand.
A concise note states that stucco on metal lath provides a waterproof finish for exposed porches breezeways and porticos.
Mullooly, 6'5" and 250 pounds, surrendered his firearm to a railroad patrolman without resistance. Gay was rushed to a hospital. He claimed the gun jammed when he attempted a second shooting and admitted fearing a cop when he first planned the attack.
Planning items include Monta Vada Trailer Park expansion and a mountain cabin setback adjustment in Las Vegas area plus a restaurant sign, a group barn project, a sign near a cart, an apartment building with pool, and a garage on various streets. Police report details a separation and a fatal shooting linked to a man who had been dating his coworker.
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