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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1963
Page
1
A veiled report reveals an allegation linking a charge union to a night club ring. Hank Greenspun is named in the context of the inquiry as the investigation proceeds.
President Kennedy, amid fanfare in Germany, vowed the United States would risk its cities in an atomic war if needed to defend Europe and its allies. He assured continued American troop presence, receiving a thunderous welcome from Frankfurt crowds and a large-scale reception in Wiesbaden.
On opening day seven jurors seated for cause with 15 dismissed by Judge Grant Bowen. Bean, 17, is tried for the April 5 decapitation of former Olympic skier Sonja McCaskie, 24, with insanity as a potential defense and the death penalty sought if sane. Det Atty Harry Anderson noted Bean may plead innocent and sane.
The Senate Investigations subcommittee urged Labor Secretary Wirtz to compel the American Guild of Variety Artists to comply with U.S. law. It accused the union of cheating its members on welfare and Social Security benefits and defrauding the federal government of revenue.
Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce hears Gen. Boyd Hubbard unveil an Air Force film on weapons usable in jungle and brushfire warfare. The showcase includes Sidewinder missiles Bullpup rockets and a 20 millimeter Gatling gun with dramatic footage of aircraft and a Maj. Frederick Kyler bombing mishap.
The Kennedy administration weighs a 60,000 plus manpower cut to reverse rising defense costs. Proposals include withdrawing one Army division in Korea, trimming European support forces, reducing Navy carrier forces, and accelerating retirement of B-47 bombers, with broad production cuts under consideration.
A London based inquiry led by Lord Denning moves into Britain's sex and security affair. Macmillan orders public input to July 8 while investigations broaden across Whitehall and Washington.
Cloudburst floods smashed dikes and swept through eastern Nebraska farm country isolating towns and leaving hundreds homeless. At least three dead in the Valparaiso area include Eleanor Divis Jane Kolar 13 and Walter Love. Damage measured in the millions as storms shifted and new lines of thunderstorms arrived later.
East German communists announce Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev will visit East Berlin on Friday, two days after Kennedy’s West Berlin trip, with no stay length given. Observers see it as a move to counter Kennedy’s reception, not a Khrushchev Kennedy meeting. Border guards slowed Berlin-bound traffic during Kennedy’s visit.
NASA reports from Goddard identify four additional Soviet space probes that failed after launch. The crafts were described as planetary or lunar missions, with three breaking up and one returning to Earth, fate unclear for crew. No destinations or crew status confirmed.
Clear today with south west winds 15 to 25 mph. High around 8 dollars? low 66. Yesterday’s high 95 and low 62. Noontime humidity at 12 percent. Sunrise 5 25. Sunset 8 62.
A Las Vegas truck driver died when his lumber-laden tractor-trailer veered off Interstate 15 and rolled after leaving the main road near Sloan. Nevada Highway Patrol said William Hogan likely fell asleep at the wheel while Las Vegas Freight operated the rig.
Phillip Kosey a 24 year old Canadian resident was arrested in federal custody on $2 000 bail after arraignment for threatening to plant a bomb on a United Airlines jet. FBI agents nabbed him Monday night at Mc Carran Airport as he waited to board a Los Angeles to Toronto flight via Las Vegas and Chicago.
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