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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1962
Page
3
Brushing up on foreign languages becomes popular as linguists increase in Las Vegas. The SUN Learn A Language program offers seven languages Spanish French Russian German Italian Japanese and Hebrew plus an English brushup and a space flight record of Astronaut John Glenn. The space record requires seven consecutively numbered coupons plus one dollar.
Boulder City High School joins a national tour by 60 administrators from 27 states for an Airborne Workshop on school construction. They will visit Boulder High on July 14 as Educational Facilities Laboratories, Inc. sponsored by the Ford Foundation conducts the tour from July 9 in Massachusetts to July 20 at Stanford University with a three day discussion on building schools.
North Las Vegas driver Calvin Gerald Covert 26 allegedly failed to brake his 1954 sedan when turning and crashed into two parked trucks owned by J. Davis at 1108 E Owens. He was treated for head cuts at Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital and cited for reckless driving. A July 10 citation hearing is scheduled.
A second confession in the Sam L. Resnick murder case was presented as Earnest Spurlock, 29, testified that he and four others abducted the 61 year old retiree north of Phoenix and strangled him in the desert on March 1. Spurlock said a rope was tied around Resnick’s neck and pulled tight by two defendants, who then broke it. The defendants say Resnick hired them to murder him due to cancer.
No state action will be taken in the three sided dispute over the Gate 14 area if North Las Vegas Las Vegas and Clark County reach a peace settlement. Atty Gen Roger Foley agreed to delay proceeding pending negotiations among the cities and county. Mayors Grayson Taylor and LaPorta met to discuss boundary compromises and a plan revising claims and voiding Thunderbird. North Las Vegas relinquished its annexation petition on 14.7 square miles after a judge ruling.
The First Methodist Church prepares a farewell weekend for Rev Ralph Kofoed who will depart for Trinity Methodist Church in San Diego starting July 8. Sunday features two services with sermons and special music by John Lancaster and Chance Choir, plus a 7 p.m. vesper on mastery over heartbreaks.
Mrs Ida Crocker from North Las Vegas is enrolled in a two week graduate workshop Advanced Instructional Methods in Reading at Arizona State College Flagstaff during the first five week term. Dr Norma Baker of San Jose State College directs the session in education.
At Vandenberg Air Force Base California the Discoverer satellite capsules were launched and then recovered in the Pacific Ocean area nicknamed the ball park.
NASA plans to establish a manned space flight center in Houston spurred research by Rice Institute and the University of Houston. Texas A&M, 90 miles north, decided to set up an engineering course in space technology.
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