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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1963
Page
2
A humorous look at how Las Vegas gambling has evolved from old time “bucking the Tiger” to modern double and triple deck games. The piece notes changing rules, lighter social norms, and colorful anecdotes from a Nevada casino culture, ending with a local joke about a magician turned bartender and a Garden Center prank.
Grayson would curb state power over cities as Consoli dated Casino Corp seeks Mint Sahara and Sahara Gun Club assets. Several groups apply to open or invest in hotels and clubs including the Golden Hotel in Reno replacing the prior fire loss, Mason and Eureka properties, and the Miners Club and Hotel Tropicana shares.
Lyette, a child who slipped into the pool at the Hotel Sahara area, was rescued by a lifeguard and taken to Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital in fair condition. The mother and daughter had waited for a room to be ready before the accident, and the girl reportedly cramped before entering the water.
Ground instruments show the X15 pilot approaching the target altitude of 220 000 feet and speed of 3600 mph. Peak altitude reached 223 000 feet and speed about 3477 mph, roughly five times the speed of sound.
NAACP leaders criticize ongoing job discrimination in Las Vegas hotels and motels, noting Negro workers are barred from lucrative positions. They urge action to prevent racial unrest and demand equal opportunity across all departments and levels of state government.
The tax bill would allow deductions for real property and personal property taxes and state and local income taxes. The measure, approved by Ways and Means, aims to raise £500 million in federal revenue and would take effect next January, not applying to this year’s taxes or next spring’s returns.
Effective immediately CK Calhoun says he will no longer be responsible for any debts or contracts other than his own. Published June 19 20 2 22 1963 with the notice date shown.
Mexican star Armendariz, friend of John Wayne, worked in Europe on From Russia With Love and appeared in The Fugitive. He earned Mexico’s top prize for Border River in 1952 and starred in Fort Apache We Were Strangers Tulsa The Torch and The Conqueror. His major Mexican hit The Pearl of La Paz was adapted from Steinbeck.
A bank break in prompt a pursuit as an officer and another patrolman chase a suspect who fled across two parking lots. The fugitive climbed a chain link fence and escaped as the officer declined to shoot, noting the bank break in had been discovered only later and the officer must know a felony is involved.
Nevada legislators react to June 1 defeat of a 3 percent sales tax plan. Senator James Slattery opposes a special session calling it a waste of taxpayer money, warns of constitutional constraints, and questions boosts to education funding and gaming taxes. He cites Washoe and Clark counties and argues against fingerprinting dealers without legislative approval.
Moscow radio at 3 p.m. reported Bykovsky's spacecraft lowest point at 98 miles. At 9 a.m. it listed 101 miles. Valentina's minimum altitude was 108 miles while maximum dropped from 143 to 135 miles in the same period.
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