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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1964
Page
1
A Fremont hotel owner refuses to answer Senate questions amid ongoing inquiries into Bobby Baker dealings. The article notes tightened scrutiny and the political fallout as investigations proceed.
Air searchers locate the scattered wreckage of Paradise Airlines Constellation on a Sierra Nevada ridge after the plane vanished in a heavy snowstorm. All 85 aboard are confirmed dead as snowdrifts hinder access and officials await an FBI official before body removal.
Joseph Clyde Amsler testified in the Los Angeles court that he lied to the FBI about taking part in the kidnapping of Frank Sinatra. He said mastermind Barry Worthington Keenan ordered the lie and claimed he expected to be released after the plot backfired. Amsler was the first of three men on trial to testify, with prosecutors challenging his credibility.
Las Vegas gambler Ed Levinson refused to disclose dealings with Robert Baker before the Senate Rules Committee. He claimed harassment and alleged wiretapping by federal agents and Central Telephone of Nevada. Levinson sought to bar cameras and microphones from the hearing as uncomfortable.
The article argues for improving Red Rock Canyon as a recreation site with better access roads and picnic facilities. It ties tourism to local economic health, noting the Fair and Recreation Board's room tax revenue and bond debt, and proposes spending about 700000 yearly to retire bonds and boost regional appeal for hotels, motels, and commerce.
Tomorrow the City Commission will hear arguments on a commercial zoning request for Highland Drive and Owens Avenue in a West Las Vegas area zoned for ranch estates. Rev. P. S. Walker and P. L. Jefferson seek a complex including bank offices and a mortuary, drawing protests from about 140 nearby property owners and mixed support.
Las Vegas leader Charles Kellar faces a bar examination battle as the Nevada Supreme Court weighs nine new exhibits the Board of Bar Examiners says bear on his fitness to practice law. Attorneys for Kellar argue the board seeks to base moral character on uncertified information and aim for a fishing expedition into letters from his Brooklyn practice.
An early morning boiler explosion on the third floor of Sears Roebuck at 601 Fremont St sent the store manager to the hospital. Fire Prevention Chief Otto McFarland said Ray Thorn the manager and Lou Capine the head bookkeeper apparently tried to light the car burner that heats the boiler and triggered the blast.
Defense lawyers unleashed a rapid sequence of motions and a contempt citation in the Jack Ruby trial, demanding a mistrial and change of venue while Judge Joe E. Brown overruled and fined Tomnhill for contempt. Ruby sat through the disruption as the panel narrowed to two jurors, with chamber exchanges about a national epilepsy group and hospital reports on officials. A blast in the courtroom and subsequent damage disrupted Sears, with repairs and a projected late reopening.
Winds lashed Las Vegas yesterday causing shattered windows and traffic disruption. Aircraft at McCarran Field switched to instrument landings as blowing sand and reduced visibility hampered movement. Several minor accidents were reported with no serious injuries.
Iron Workers Local 433 representing about 1530 men at the Nevada Test Site announced support for Operating Engineers Local 12 yesterday and would try to honor a picket line. Sanctions against six drilling firms on Pahute Mesa were pending a trades council decision. Snow and near blizzard conditions slowed work as Teamsters and others honored the strike. fringe-benefit disputes centered on 56 cents an hour for about 100 workers.
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