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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1962
Page
5
The list released by American Airlines names crew members and passengers aboard the Boeing 707 that crashed in Jamaica Bay. It includes pilots, officers, flight crew, and dozens of travelers with full addresses across California New York New Jersey Connecticut and Ireland.
A vacant house owned by Ed Fountain at 209 St Eighth St was badly damaged by fire. Las Vegas firefighters responded at 12 10 am and fought the blaze, with the front of the house destroyed and extensive damage reported throughout the structure.
The State Supreme Court ruled that a Las Vegas firm is entitled to 17 654 dollars for supervising the installation of an air conditioning system at the Stardust Hotel. Justice Gordon Thompson noted evidence supporting the hotel's claim but found substantial evidence backing District Judge David Zenoff's ruling in favor of the Desert York Company's claim.
William Brett, 49, of New York, was arrested Feb 9 in Poland on unspecified offenses against foreign currency regulations with potential penalties of up to three years in prison and $41,600 in fines. Brett, European representative of Westinghouse Air Brakes Corp., was held for two weeks without embassy contact, prompting a protest from U.S. officials.
In Oran French troops fired on stone-throwing Arab mobs to stop a mass Arab incursion into European districts. European mobs later attacked Arabs at Mers-El-Kebir, killing at least four Algerians and injuring several as part of ongoing Algeria violence totaling 28 dead and 52 wounded that day.
ENCINO California UPI Roscoe Ates the stuttering comedian with the rubber face known for Casper Milquetoast and relief in many pictures died of lung cancer at 67. Once a box office draw his later years faded though he last appeared with Jerry Lewis in the Errand Boy. He appeared in Gone With the Wind Cimarron Alice in Wonderland and more. Born in Crane Mississippi he was a skilled violinist with his own band.
Mayor Wagner cited police figures claiming over four million New Yorkers lined the parade route. Flags adorned the crowd as Glenn received the Medal of New Glenn at a Waldorf luncheon, after aerial heroes rode the ticker tape procession down Broadway.
About 150 grammar school children played in a yard as a cloud hung in a clear sky during a British underground test. The blast was not audible at the test site fringes and media were barred from the site observers five miles off at a press gate.
FBI arrested five men in San Diego and Bryn Mawr for stealing 6000 in private and government property from General Dynamics Astronautics. Among the suspects is William Francis Colley 40 director of a local guerrilla group linked to the national Minutemen. Others include Louis A. Flores 40 Charles Robert Graham 21 David Kenneth Levesque 33 and Lloyd Marvin Brock 21. Graham and Flores face 2500 bonds. others await arraignment.
Rescue teams work under floodlights recovering up to 50 bodies from the water after a catastrophic crash. Salvage crews brought up engine parts while the missing flight recorder looms as a potential clue. President Kennedy orders federal aviation officials to the scene as Dwight D. Eisenhower mourns W. Alton Jones, canceled his fishing trip.
In Berkeley, Richard Nixon urged that his deposition in a $1.094 million legal-fees suit against Howard Hughes be open to the public. Hughes Tool Co. attorney Herbert Schwab asked Los Angeles court to seal Nixon and other witnesses, arguing some testimony is political in nature. Nixon is scheduled to testify March 9.
A world brief notes a person with sinus infection returning to Washington after a Palm Beach visit. In Los Angeles a fire and explosion caused about 100000 dollars in damage across three Walnut Park firms. Paris sources say France and the Algerian rebel government will start final peace talks this weekend or Monday.
Chicago borne makeup editor Carl M. Marston died Sunday at age 83. A private funeral was held yesterday. He retired from the Chicago Daily News and had previously worked for the Chicago Record-Herald and Chicago Herald.
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