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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1962
Page
1
Dr. Richard H. Laub of Clark County Medical Association urges all residents to receive Sabin oral polio vaccine during the Victory Over Polio program today and tomorrow. The oral vaccine is swallowed with distilled water, avoiding needles, and offers strong protection alongside Salk shots.
President Kennedy announces resumption of U S atmospheric nuclear tests by late April unless the Soviet Union accepts a fully effective test ban. He offers to meet Khrushchev and Macmillan in Geneva if negotiators are ready. The move follows a large Soviet test series last fall.
Wilt Chamberlain scored 16 points to tie the all time scoring mark as the Philadelphia Warriors defeated the New York Knicks 169 to 147. He shattered his own 78 point pro record and tied Frank Selvy’s 1954 100 point NCAA mark, plus setting two other NBA records in a night of historic scoring.
Tass said the Soviet Union rejected Kennedy's nuclear test ban proposal as the inspection terms were deemed completely unacceptable. The comment followed Kennedy's offer to meet Khrushchev and Macmillan at Geneva for disarmament talks beginning soon.
District Judge George Marshall dismissed a habeas corpus petition for Pauline Vandam 31 in connection with the robbery and shooting of casino executive Al Garbian. The ruling cited her apparent best interest to protect her from further brushes with the law.
Native instructors offer Learn A Language records for home study at 900 Main St with hours Mon Fri 8 am to 5 pm Sat 8 am to 8 pm Sun 9 am to 12 noon. Cost is $1.25 plus seven consecutive SUN coupons for access to four language courses.
FAA chief Najeeb Halaby says early findings point to a mechanical failure in the control system of the American Airlines jet that crashed into Jamaica Bay killing all 95 aboard. He ruled out sabotage or pilot error and cautioned that wreckage and bodies remain unrecovered.
In Rangoon Burmese army commander Gen Ne Win toppled the government in a pre-dawn coup amid 2 am clashes that killed one person. Troops surrounded Premier U Nu and key leaders and adjourned Parliament while the capital stayed calm as business continued. Ne Win, 55, British-educated, has twice replaced U Nu since 1958 amid anti communist stance and anti corruption moves.
A touch of spring returned as temperatures rose to 61 degrees by 4 p.m. in the Las Vegas Valley after a cold spell. Traditional March winds gusted up to 30 mph at various times.
A New York man, Edwin Ford, 40, was found unconscious in a Strip hotel room after a beating and robbery. Ford is in serious condition at Sunrise Hospital with severe head injuries. Deputies set a McCarran Field dragnet after learning the assailant sought a mutual female friend and stole $1200.
UPI reports negotiations between steel workers and management halted late night with no basis of understanding, delaying a potential resumption until after May 1. A winter storm dropped up to three feet of snow from the Pacific to the Rockies, closing dozens of schools and halting cross country highway and rail travel in California’s High Sierra.
An extensive air search expanded in the Southern Nevada region within a 200 mile radius into California Arizona and Nevada. The operation was ordered by the 4th Air Rescue Squadron at Hamilton Air Base California with two Nellis Air Force Base planes surveying restricted zones. A T 33 was involved.
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