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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1963
Page
1
A 1963 Carson City tax plan to raise sales tax by half failed amid broad voter opposition. The author criticizes lawmakers for dodging responsibility and ridicules arguments used by proponents, noting anger over higher gaming taxes and the impact on everyday citizens. The piece warns against political posturing and defends taxpayer resistance.
Prime Minister Macmillan chaired a second crisis session with ministers, asserting he would lead the government into Monday's crucial parliamentary clash with Harold Wilson. A source says the emergency was mastered and predicts a customary Commons majority, as Wilson returns from Moscow.
Franklin D. Campbell, 20, was whipped 20 times with a Sam Browne belt on the order of City Court Judge Walter G. Tanner for cruelty to animals after dousing a stray puppy with gasoline and striking a match. He received 60 days in jail, a $100 fine with $90 suspended, and expressed remorse citing anger over the dog bothering his chickens.
Unofficial reports suggest an imminent Soviet spaceflight possibly a two ship mission with a male cosmonaut and a woman, aiming for up to eight days in orbit. No official details exist, but publicity efforts and secrecy surround the plan.
CAPE CANAVERAL UP I reports the USS Lafayette, a new nuclear submarine, firing two Polaris missiles from about 25 miles off Cape Canaveral. The craft surfaced after a 75 foot dive, opening a hatch to launch from one of its 16 tubes in a dramatic demonstration of stealth and power.
Nevada official Walter Wilson of the Nevada Gaming Commission says the state is a piker in legalized wagering as six states and Pennsylvania surpass Nevada in gambling revenue. He cites Pennsylvania’s 50 day racing season at Liberty Bell park, with projected gains of 3 million and future 200 day meets totaling about 11.9 to 12 million net from wagering.
Two Arizona prison escapees, John DeWayne Burrell and Bobby Favors, were captured after a gunfight with officers in northwest Phoenix following a stolen car pursuit. Burrell, 24, wounded, had a long history of escapes. Favors, 22, serving 10 to 18 years for robbery, remained at large with three others in rugged terrain near Superior.
Chicago report from UPI says Reno received a certificate of achievement for high performance in traffic engineering. The National Safety Council cited Reno among 51 municipalities, 29 states and Puerto Rico for outstanding traffic safety in its 1962 inventory.
President Kennedy won a no discrimination pledge from AFL C IO leaders and sought their backing for a five point plan to create more jobs for Negroes in a big summer of determined effort. About 300 labor chiefs met at the White House and pledged to wipe out job discrimination down through local unions.
Mostly clear conditions with gentle winds and a chance of showers near the mountains. Forecast high around 90 and low near 60, yesterday's high 87 and low 61. Noontime humidity at 18 percent, sunrise 5 23, sunset 7 58.
Violence erupted during a Negro demonstration in Jackson sparked by the Medgar Evers murder. A Negro leader who urged non violence warned the flare up could ruin the peaceful plans for Evers funeral.
A construction crew severed a vital telephone cable at Flamingo Road and Las Vegas Boulevard South. The outage affected the Flamingo Hotel Dunes Fire Department US Weather Bureau and surrounding apartments. The company could not confirm outage duration while rerouting calls to other fire units.
Assemblywoman Fiora Dun outlined a four point tax package to be fast tracked in a Nevada special session. She proposed a referendum to remove sales tax on drugs and groceries, raise the sales tax on other items from 2 to 3 percent, give the tax law more teeth to normalize property valuation at 35 percent for tax purposes, and commission an external study of possible gaming industry revenue without harming small operators. The plan follows a recent defeat of the 3 percent proposal and Gov. Sawyer's call for a July special session.
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