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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1963
Page
1
Fragmented newspaper front page shows Las Vegas Nevada edition dated March 1 1963. Mentions Jones Ridicu and KO talk in sports on page 26 with listings for Souther Nevada’s home owned daily newspaper and other filler copy.
Washington AP S reports Russia has conducted long range aerial reconnaissance over U S carrier groups in the Atlantic and Pacific for over a month. Defense Secretary McNamara says the flights originated in Soviet territory and were routine with no hostile intent.
Alderman Benjamin F. Lewis a powerful Chicago Democratic figure was found shot to death in his new political headquarters, a former mortuary, in a case investigators call a possible political assassination with hyphenated ties to gang-era violence. Police consider robbery unlikely. The coroner cited no robbery motive as official lines probe the motive and suspects.
The text indicates there is no column today and mentions pleasant weather with no further details.
Police arrested a 19 year old suspect at a area high school after a church rite incident. Detective Hawkinson noted the case looked promising as detectives seized a butcher knife and clothing for the statement. Mary Louise Beil, a Roman Catholic girls high school student, was found dead in Minnehaha Park with multiple wounds and a fractured skull. The coroner indicated no rape.
Investigators said a test missile explosion at a General Dynamics plant in Pomona California did not involve a warhead or propellant. Twelve men were injured and about 50000 dollars in damage occurred. A company spokesman cited a test equipment malfunction during high acceleration shock testing of electronic guidance portions.
Dr. Sidney J. Tillim senior psychiatric consultant for the Nevada State Hospital collapsed and died of an apparent heart attack at 64 while visiting the state prison with Deputy Warden Lee Brawner. He led Sparks hospital for 16 years until 1961 resigning after a maladministration scrutiny. A Medical Association survey praised his work, with no brutality findings. Governor Grant Sawyer called him a valued public servant. Born in Lomza Poland on August 28 1898 he graduated from Indiana University Medical School in 1923 and joined the Nevada hospital in 1945 after work in California and Arizona.
Senate Republicans in Carson City rewrote the governor’s reorganization plan by stripping key agencies from the Department of Administration and dissolving the Department of Public Works. An amendment moved to merge the Highway Department into Public Works and then fold public works into Conservation and Natural Resources, while exempting the State Park system and excusing the Department of Education.
Police investigated a daylight disappearance of a 78 passenger school bus from a Grammar School. Driver Clarence Chile said he had the keys and was conversing with a friend when the bus vanished, later found in front of Western High School with a transportation department handler claiming orders to pick it up for improper operation.
Communist China rejected what it called Soviet peace moves and renewed its ideological battle by accusing Russia of jamming Chinese broadcasts. It demanded an open debate of policy differences and greater clarity in relations.
The March and April Sun Want Ads promote a contest with 19 cash prizes and a top award of $500. The paper invites readers and advertisers to read full details inside for a chance to win by submitting stories of their own Want ADventure.
New York Post breaks from the publishers association and announces it will publish Monday on a day by day basis during the printers strike. Other publishers reject the move calling it a great mistake and unwise, fearing broader fallout in the 83 day blackout.
Defense Secretary McNamara warned at a news conference that the United States will not tolerate Soviet combat operations in the western hemisphere including any move to quell an uprising in Cuba. He indicated the administration would respond to such actions.
Carson City reports a bill to create a Southern Nevada Water Authority with strict control over ground water and Colorado River water for the Las Vegas valley. The measure proposes centralized management and prioritization of water resources.
Variable high clouds and gentle winds mark the day. High around 70 degrees, low near 40, with noontime humidity around 19 percent. Sunrise at 6 11, sunset at 5 35.
Carson City Nevada faces a toned down civil rights bill in the Assembly offering civil courts for discrimination victims. The measure drops criminal penalties for violations, with a $500 maximum fine remaining. NAACP leader Charlies Kellar says progress is real but vigilant as legislators decide.
In Carson City the Nevada Assembly resisted a proposal to raise the gross gaming tax to bolster the general fund. Committee chair Cyril Bastian signaled a move, but opponents like Vernon Bunker and Ray Kinsley argued against higher taxes on the gambling industry.
Miami attorney Charles Ashmann charged that Fidel Castro’s sea commandos abducted ten Cuban exiles and two Americans from the Bahamas on February 21 and 23, executing four. He cited unnamed Cuban sources and said the captives were stranded after fishing trips and seized on two Bahamian islands.
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