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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1962
Page
1
Two senators announced a plan allocating 135 million dollars with 110 million earmarked for the National Transportation System project. The funding aims to support the expansive NTS initiative and related infrastructure efforts.
A Nevada governor and lieutenant governor race sparks crossfire over parading and travel costs. Governor Sawyer accuses rival Rex Bell, while Bell is praised for frugal campaigns. The column notes taxpayer expenses and party lines ahead of primaries.
Governor Sawyer will meet with a pharmacist committee at 3 p.m. in the state building amid talks of an independent prescription facility run by the strikers. Union sources say the plan aims to secure a special license from the Nevada State Board of Pharmacy. Teamsters Local 631 approves the proposal.
Ronald White, 14, was killed instantly and his father Jos White, 36, injured after a daytime collision on Highway 95, 15 miles south of Goldfield. The family connected to the Golden Nugget, including wife Bonnie and casino partner Cappy Edwards, rushed to Nye County Hospital as details emerged.
Pan American and Eastern Airline flight engineers threaten a 2 p.m. EDT strike after deeming a Tuesday TWA settlement unacceptable. Ronald Brown of the Flight Engineers International Association cites three issues, including licensing requirements, as unsafe and disagreeing with mediation results.
An auto registration fee of 127.79 charged for a 1956 Chevrolet station wagon triggered an investigation of DMV tax estimation procedures. A $115.01 error duplicated 1,600 times statewide due to a misplaced digit on an IBM machine affecting certificates for 1956 Cadillacs Chevrolets and Buicks. Substitutes were issued to those affected while Hal Bennett D M V chief prepares Las Vegas notes Monday.
The Joint Congressional Committee on Atomic Energy recommends a 135 million dollar budget for the Nevada Test Site for the next fiscal year starting July 1. It also earmarks 9 million for widening Highway 95 between Las Vegas and Mercury into a four lane freeway, dubbed the widow maker due to NTS employee fatalities on that route. The proposal, part of the Atomic Energy Commission bill, was released yesterday by Senators Alan Bible and Howard W. Cannon.
Two men were booked on suspicion of manslaughter after a head on collision on a dirt county road near Henderson. Herman D. Arrington and Art Langley were involved in a drag race when Arrington's car crossed into Clarence W. Good's vehicle on Sunset Road near the Boulder Highway in Paradise Valley.
Doug Blankenship of College Park Georgia wins the 42nd National Jaycee Convention presidency by 13 votes over Rex Flint of Riverside California. Blankenship 32 and a Mason, serves as vice president of the U S Junior Chamber of Commerce and heads Georgia state and metropolitan operations while employed by Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co. The result caps a 12 hour campaign ending at 4 30 yesterday morning.
Air France 707 crashed in a tropical storm while circling for landing on Guadeloupe yesterday. All aboard perished, including prominent crew and passengers. the disaster ranks as one of the worst in commercial aviation.
A chartered DC 7C crashed near Douala Cameroon in March killing 111 people including 11 children. Air France N Cha teau de Chantilly carried 101 passengers and 10 crew with no U.S. citizens aboard. Captain Andre Lesieur, 43, highly decorated WWI veteran, led the flight.
Cleveland delegates report a taming of the Ford Motor Company stoppage that had idled about 75,000 workers nationwide. Details of the accord were not immediately released.
Vandenberg base report states the Air Force launched its third secret satellite within six days amid ongoing space tracking. Further details continue on Page 2.
The Air Force will assemble 50 specialists to determine the causes of two separate F105 Thunderchief crashes near Las Vegas this week. Both pilots ejected safely. Maj. Gen. Perry B. Griffith at Norton AFB announced Col. James P. Hagerstrom will chair the accident board with Griffith joining later.
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