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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1963
Page
1
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Editor argues state Gaming Control Authority hearings show rising costs and staff without tighter oversight. He notes dealer registration aims to fill background gaps, while many counties already require employee registration and fingerprints. The piece questions legal grounds and effectiveness of proposed dealer registrations.
Gov. Grant Sawyer announced a July special legislative session after a 2 to 1 defeat on raising the state sales tax to 3 percent. He plans specific proposals to let local governments address needs locally, possibly allowing county level sales taxes excluding food and drugs.
Civil rights leader James Evers was killed after a rally, shot as he stepped from his car in Jackson. His wife Myrlie and three children rushed to his side as a rifle weapon was found nearby. Rewards totaling 15000 were posted for the arrest and conviction of those responsible.
Nevada lawmakers indicate no need for a special session after defeating the sales tax increase. They note 94 days of regular session wrangling over revenue options before endorsing the tax package, with Cyril Bastian saying, I think we shot our best shot.
Hollywood actress Dolores Hart 24, known for portraying St. Clare in a St Francis biography, has entered a Roman Catholic convent in New England. A spokesman withheld the exact location, and she will be a postulate for a year before becoming a nun. She had been briefly engaged to Les.
Soviet sources say a woman will be launched into space possibly within days to coincide with an International Women's Congress opening June 24. No official confirmation, but capital's mood matches that of prior manned missions as officials anticipate a major space event.
Elmer Bones Remmer, a famed Bay Area gambling kingpin whose operations spanned San Francisco, East Bay, Peninsula, and Nevada, died in Alameda after a glandular illness. He had been paroled from Terminal Island two years prior after a five year sentence for income tax evasion. He was 65 and survived by his wife Helen of Emeryville.
NASA Director James E Webb announced in Senate testimony that no more one man flights will occur. The next U S crewed mission will be the two man Gemini flight, with NASA signaling a realignment to allow Holmes to return to industry.
Inside pages highlight two exclusives. An investigation by Ken Bouton on local home building practices appears on page eight. A five part series begins on page twenty eight detailing a Las Vegas woman’s chilling visit to East Germany as told to Gloria A Reible.
London reports that Prime Minister Harold Macmillan secured cabinet support for his handling of the Profumo affair. A cabinet endorsement appeared to shore up his position as MPs discussed fresh developments and the potential for resignations remained uncertain amid rapid crisis evolution.
The House rejected Kennedy's bid for more federal aid to fight chronic unemployment, voting 209 to keep the aid ceiling at 379.5 million and block an increase to 835 million. Administration efforts failed after GOP efforts to limit the program were rejected on non record votes.
The forecast calls for mostly clear conditions with southerly winds at 15 to 20 mph. High temperatures reach 99 and a low of 57 with yesterday's high 88 and low 57. Noon relative humidity at 15 percent, sunrise at 5 23 and sunset at 7 58.
President Kennedy spoke over an hour with former President Eisenhower seeking Republican backing for his civil rights program and outline of forthcoming legislation. The discussion covered civil rights problems and political strategy.
In Martinez California a judge granted an interlocutory divorce to Renee A. Killeen 38 from Walter A. Killeen 38 after testimony describing adultery occult charms and visits to a sorceress. Both admitted consulting occult forces but blamed the other for the idea. A shoe linked to a paternity suit was involved in the sorceress case.
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