Where Stand By Hank Greenspun
Publisher Hank Greenspun remains on vacation delaying his return to town. No column today.
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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1963
Page
1
Publisher Hank Greenspun remains on vacation delaying his return to town. No column today.
J L Butler principal of K coln High says Coach Henry Crosby and Assistant Principal Joseph Cuillier were forced at gunpoint after cashing state payroll checks at Marrero Guarantee Bank. The bandits drove them to a New Orleans intersection and fled with $20 and $100 bills, leaving the faculty unpaid.
If you have unused items from Fibber McGee closets and crowded storerooms, list usable gear, toys, clothing, and baggage and call 385-3111 to place a SUN classified ad. March and April offer a chance to win extra by entering the Want Adventure Contest with details in today’s paper.
Mostly clear with northerly winds 20 to 30 mph. High near 60 and low around 40. Yesterday’s high 76 and low 42. Noontime humidity 7 percent. Sunrise at 6 09 and sunset at 5 36.
Dock Boss Anthony Tough Tony Anastasia died of a heart condition. About 12,000 dockworkers idled the Brooklyn waterfront in silent tribute and many planned to return tomorrow. The Greenpoint section remained active under Irish Local 755. He was brother to Albert Anastasia of Murder, Inc., and to Rev Salvatore Anastasio.
Ronald Leroy Steeves a 19 year old reformatory parolee confessed to killing 15 year old Mary Louise Beil in a wooded lovers lane area near Minnehaha Falls. He had initially blamed an 18 year old companion but changed his story after being taken to the scene by detectives.
Syndicated columnist Hy Gardner visiting Las Vegas promotes Publisher Hank Green in the Las Vegas Sun on page 4. Gardner also notes a hospital visit to South Pacific producer Monte Proser in today's column.
Yesterday the Atomic Energy Commission ordered white collar and construction crafts members at the Nevada Test Site to return to work. James Ryan, business representative of the laborers union, acted as mediation in the pay cut enforcement.
CIA Director John A McCone testified that over 1500 Latin Americans have been brought to Cuba for training in subversion sabotage and guerrilla warfare with more on the way He said Kennedy warned Argentines that the hemisphere faces unfinished business to guard against subversion and foreign activities He doubted a Cuban revolt against Castro is likely
At Cape Canaveral an advanced Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile lifted off in a test flight described as a space laboratory effort. The silvery missile carried experimental equipment and instruments designed to study orbital support systems.
Cowboy singer Stuart Hamblen shot a dangerous black panther that escaped from Jungleland private zoo in Thousand Oaks California. After dogs flushed the animal from under a building, shots ended the pursuit as deputies and trackers searched the area. The 60 pound two year old panther had escaped Thursday morning and roamed the zoo grounds before Hamblen intervened.
United Press International reports a Sayre Pennsylvania home fire claimed 12 children and 18 year old Allen Johnston. Five younger siblings and their teen rescuer died from suffocation after he tried to reach trapped siblings. Fire hydrants were frozen and temperatures were nine degrees hampering firefighters.
Clark County delegation introduced a bill to form a fifth assembly district to include North Las Vegas. The plan would elect two assemblymen at large from North Las Vegas, reducing Las Vegas by two of its nine seats in Distriet 2.
In Carson City the Nevada Assembly debated AB 338 giving the Equal Rights Commission power to investigate racial discrimination. The civil rights measure would allow civil suits for up to 500 dollars for public housing employment and accommodations discrimination and grant cease and desist authority with court enforcement if needed.
Rep. Paul A. Fino charges congressional opponents and “hypocrites” who buy illegal Irish sweepstakes tickets. He leads a coast to coast raffle campaign and has mailed thousands of 23 page booklets promoting his national lottery proposal. His bill, introduced in 1953, has languished without action.
A 13 year old Las Vegas boy, Marion Kenneth Jeldy Jr., died after his bicycle was struck Thursday night by Frank Joseph Gould, a 19 year old carpet layer cited for speeding. Jeldy died at Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital four hours later. Gould allegedly traveled 43 mph in a 35 mph zone.
New York journalist Lee Mortimer, amusements editor and columnist for the New York Mirror since 1932, died at his Beaux Arts Hotel apartment from a heart attack. He had spoken at a Society of Professional Investigators dinner night before and had a history of heart troubles.
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