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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1962
Page
1
A Las Vegas airwave column describes a calmer morning routine featuring Richard Hittleman’s Yoga For Health on KLAS Channel 8 at 8:30, aimed at reducing morning household chaos. It touts yoga as calming for housewives and promises smoother starts with health and fashion segments following.
An amnesia victim found on a Las Vegas flight was identified by custom made shoes as Alvin Winkelman of Oak Park Michigan. Police traced the man with help from Rabbi Harry Sherer and a Tran World Airline ticket from Chicago to Las Vegas. The man recalled some east coast cities but not his past, and had only $16.50 in cash. The report notes a prior wartime action in Saigon and a separate UPI brief about military casualties but focuses on the amnesia case.
A head-on crash on Gibson Road near Sunrise Road in Paradise Valley left one man dead and another in critical condition. Herman D Arrington 21 Las Vegas was booked for involuntary manslaughter after being treated at Rose de Lima Hospital Henderson. Clarence W Good 66 Townsite of Henderson died on arrival at the same hospital.
Astronaut Deke Slayton underwent a private examination by Dr. Paul Dudley White to assess his future in the space program. White declined to comment and will report only to NASA. Slayton was slated for the second orbital flight but was replaced by Scott Carpenter after a minor heart irregularity surfaced. Billie Sol Estes faced questioning before about 150 of his 564 creditors in El Paso Texas.
Sheriff detectives nabbed two armed bandits in Barstow California after a golf betting incident involving Hollywood tourist George Haden. The suspects allegedly robbed Haden in a downtown bar before forcing him to a desert location where a gun was pressed to his nose. They were booked on armed robbery in connection with Las Vegas authorities.
City Traffic Engineer Al Bossi launches a six week study beginning Monday to observe driver behavior at 30 intersections across Las Vegas. The intensive survey aims to tally 25 000 to 30 000 driving incidents and may lead to more police presence and tighter enforcement. Bossi plans to evaluate stop sign adherence and the need for additional traffic signals.
Clark County vies for two top posts as the Nevada Democratic Party meets at Hotel El Cortez for its first central committee session. Ethel Woodbury and Virginia Catt contest the vice chairwoman post, with M. Gene Mattence for vice chairman. Chair Springer proposes expanding the committee with non voting addors if Clark County gains ex officio picks, as nine permanent and three special subcommittees are named and 1962 legislative election plans discussed.
Las Vegas Jaycees plan the 42nd annual convention expected to draw about 12 000 delegates. About 2 000 members are in city as officials report 5400 hotel rooms reserved and No Vacancy signs up for the week. The event opens Monday 5 30 p m with a chuck wagon party at Cashman Field and features Strip entertainers and visiting dignitaries.
A second straight day of near record cold in Las Vegas with a 52 degree morning low and a high around 80. Forecasters attribute the dip to a low pressure center and cold front passing through the area with showers possible later. Continuous June heat is forecast to ease to the mid 80s after a cool start.
Otto Ollila 56, an overnight garage employee, was critically injured after stopping a truck thief. An iron bar crushed his skull as police investigate a potential murder case. Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital officials indicated his condition remained extremely serious.
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