Cancer-Driven CT AR Fang Wins Lifep Lif
In a dramatic turn, CT AR Fang celebrates a hard fought victory as Hank Greenspun notes the unfolding events. Lee stands by as observers report on the tense scene and the broader implications for the case.
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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1963
Page
1
Nevada to seek higher gaming tax at special session
Gov. Grant Sawyer will propose a slight increase in the Nevada gross gambling winnings tax at a special legislative session to begin around July 1. The plan would raise revenue by about 500 thousand dollars, with the present tax yielding roughly 11.9 million last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada
Las Vegas
Grant Sawyer
Carson City
Sawyer
Palace denies Charles drank at hotel bar
Buckingham Palace rejected a Daily Telegraph report that Prince Charles drank cherry brandy in a Stornoway hotel bar on the Isle of Lewis Monday night. A palace spokesman said the story is completely untrue and no drink or bar visit occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
UPI
Buckingingham Palace
Prince Charles
Stornoway
Isle of Lewis
Palace
Daily Telegraph
Telegraph
Gordonstoun School
UCLA Hospital Star Armendariz Dies After Suicide
Armendariz, 51, noted for The Fugitive and Three Godfathers, shot himself in the chest with a personal .357 revolver at UCLA Hospital. His wife Carmen found him dead after returning from lunch. he had been diagnosed with cancer of the lymph gland and told he had about a year to live. He had not yet begun chemical treatments since admission on June 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armendariz
U. S
St. Francis
Carmen
Latin America
Las Vegas NAACP seeks action over job discrimination
The Las Vegas NAACP chapter led by Rev. Marion D. Bennett calls for an emergency meeting with business, labor and religious leaders to address persistent job discrimination against African Americans. Officials say negotiations with employers have yielded limited gains and warn of possible demonstrations if progress stalls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Las Vegas
Marion D. Bennett
National Association For Advancement of Colored People
Oran Grayson
The
NAACP
Labor and Industry Committee
Bennett
House Group Okays Income Tax Changes
The House Ways and Means Committee voted to limit state and local tax deductions on federal returns. If approved, the restrictions would bar deducting taxes paid on gasoline, auto tags and drivers licenses, cigarettes and alcohol, and other beverages. Individuals who itemize would be affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Kennedy Uses Phone Push to Ease Jackson Race Tensions
Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy through personal calls helped restart racial talks in Jackson Mississippi and averted new demonstrations in Danville Virginia and Cambridge Maryland. Mayors and Negro leaders discussed concessions including hiring six Negro policemen eight school crossing guards and improving city job opportunities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson, Miss
UPI
Robert F. Kennedy
Jackson
Danville
Cambridge
Thompson
Kennedy
New Air Force X15 Pilot Misses Astronaut Wings
Air Force Maj. Bob Rushworth flew the X15 to just over 42 miles in Edwards AFB test, aiming for astronaut wings. Faulty instruments forced him to gauge altitude and speed by timing and engine thrust, withholding official wing status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Force
Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
API
Bob Rushworth
America
Rushworth
Resort Guard Saves Child From Drowning
A four year old Colorado girl was saved from drowning at a Strip hotel pool by lifeguard Don Sylvester. The Western High School senior performed mouth to mouth after pulling Levette Gnises from the bottom of an eight and a half foot pool. The girl, daughter of Mrs Beatrice Gnises of Boulder, was found floating near the drain of the junior pool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Don Sylvester
Western High School
Levette Gnises
Beatrice Gnises
Boulder
Colo
Profumo Returns Home Amid Verbal Clash and Shame
Former War Minister John Profumo arrives in London with his wife Valerie Hobson after the sex and security scandal. He expresses remorse as onlookers circle outside his home, amid talk of President Kennedy’s upcoming visit. The couple had been away in hiding near Stratford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Profumo
Regents Park
London
Profumo
UPI
Kennedy
Valerie Hobson
House of Commons
Christine Keeler
Eugene Ivanov
Italy
Strafford
Tene
Soviet Space Couple Pushes Records Longer in Orbit
Moscow reports Valery Bykovsky and Valentina Tereshkova advancing in space with Bykovsky on his fifth day and Tereshkova surpassing American orbit totals with about 36 orbits and 850000 miles. A cryptic Seagull message hinted at data recording during descent while Vostok V and VI descend toward Earth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valery F. Bykovsy
Andrian Nikolayev
Valentina Tereshkova
Bykov
Sky
Valentina
London
Russians Dilly Dallying On Cuba Troop Removal
The State Department said only a few hundred Soviet troops have left Cuba since February and that no change in overall Soviet strength there is evident. President Kennedy noted estimates of thousands departing Cuba in late 1963 but cautioned on exact figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
Washington
UPI
State Department
Richard J. Phillips
Phillips
Kennedy
Soviet Union
Gaming Chiefs Okay Licenses
The five member state gaming commission approved non restricted gambling licenses after a discussion on registering the 12 000 casino workers with a central state agency proposed by Gaming Control Board Chairman Ed Olsen. He said the move would help authorities weed out undesirables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Gaming Commission
State Gaming Control Board
Ed Olsen
Weather Summary Mostly Clear With Warm Highs
Mostly clear weather today with southerly winds 15 to 20 mph. High 108 and low 70. yesterday peaked at 105 and dipped to 72. Noontime humidity 18 percent. sunrise at 5 23 and sunset at 8 00.
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BY Hank Greenspun
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UCLA
Europe
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Birmingham
East
Down South
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Western Savings and Loan Association
Bob Kennedy
Allen C. Thompson
Henderson
Price
Paul
Moscow
UPS
Earth
Gaming Chiefs Okay Licenses
Breakfast Club
Wildcat
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