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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1963
Page
2
A rambled column reflects on frequent LV fires and arson fears tied to insurance delays. It veers into anecdotes about hotel mishaps, bingo promos, tourist tales, a birthday note, a garden center promo, and quirky local chatter.
Governor cites forecast from delegates showing Nevada total employment at 124897 last year with a path to 150000 in two years and 180000 by 1938. Mining remains steady while manufacturing, construction, and transportation sectors rise, aided by a housing boom and new state initiatives. The service industry, including gaming and nuclear testing, also expected to grow.
Obituary notes Robbins Cahill born in Ogden Utah grew up in Nevada. He served in the legislature and held key state posts including secretary to the gaming control board deputy state comptroller and deputy insurance commissioner later chairing the Assembly Ways and Means committee. He studied business economics at the University of Nevada.
In a continuation from page a reader recounts Nancy’s two years in the Peace Corps and her work in Philippine villages. The message praises decency and good breeding, noting Nancy’s fiancé is a Navy lieutenant described as a “living doll,” and expresses wishful thoughts for their future family life.
After three days of heavy rain the Oconee River swelled and eight people drowned. Lamar Thaxton 34 saved 10 year old Jerry Green. A man who fled the scene rescued Mrs Jewett Barnett of Nicholson the grandmother and driver of the car’s children.
Evelyn Davis, a call girl with a three block from the United Nations office and accredited Latin American newspaper correspondent, convicted Wednesday as a prostitute and to be sentenced July 29 in women's court. U.S. attorney in New York probes a cosmopolitan Manhattan set of call girls linked to U.N. parties and delegates lounges. Noted figure Maria Novotny, once arrested in 1961, niece of Antonin Novotny, has connections to British producer Towers and Dr. Ward, tied to the Profumo case.
Kennedy faced a shove that pushed him against a wall during a confrontation with Jth URGES. The incident culminated with Kennedy being knocked to the ground in a car crash but uninjured and asking security to treat the crowd gently as “these are my people.”
The pretrial hearing for Dr. Stephen Ward exposes a web of socialites and alleged exploitation. Witness Marilyn Rice-Davies names Lord Astor and others, mentioning affairs and rented apartments linked to a plush west end brothel. The case ties to Christine Keeler and the Profumo affair’s fallout.
DA MIGHT says he sent an investigator to a strip hotel to obtain stay details of two men including hotel charges and toll calls. Claiborne replies hotels will share records only for official use and by correspondence. Marshall vows action if hotels refuse access, referencing a binding guest register and possible jail.
Belgian C119 transport crashed during NATO Lance exercises after an explosion ripped the aircraft at 750 feet. West German police cite 38 dead of 47 aboard, with Belgian and British authorities debating whether a mortar shell or other fire caused the blast. Eyewitnesses described a tongue of flame as the plane exploded.
In a civil rights filing Giancana alleges FBI agents shadow him at church and on streets, photograph and trail him, and threaten humiliation. Leighton argues the suit aims to curb federal pressure on Chicago crime figures, with witnesses noting prior mob bosses’ ties to police. The case questions FBI conduct against prominent crime figures and their rights against government surveillance.
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