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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1962
Page
2
The DC-7 airliner carrying about 100 passengers including South Africans Rhodesians and Europeans crashed on takeoff from Douala airport. The American built four piston engine plane was en route from Mozambique to Luxembourg via Lisbon. Wreckage lay about 1.5 miles from the runway end.
A hotel housewife recovering after a hospital assault described waking in a coma as deputies pursue a robbery motive. She was found by her husband Carl and a chambermaid after leaving the casino area to rest, ending a 24 hour bedside vigil.
Local newspapers report Sun Classifieds drive reader engagement and revenue through targeted listings and affordable insertions. Business owners note increased inquiries and sustained traffic as advertisers leverage concise notices to reach a broad audience.
The initial boycott led Reynolds to adjust policies such as waiving additional butter charges and delivering warmer meals. The current boycott targets food quality with spokespeople noting few grievances were resolved previously. Officials reportedly refused a meeting with Reynolds to discuss the pending protest, though workers say it is not a work stoppage.
A brief note describes the use of manned telescopes and gear to enhance stargazing in a planned celestial survey. It hints at an earlier related story on page 30 and signals ongoing astronomical work.
A 70 year old Las Vegas woman was hospitalized in serious condition after a two car collision at Paradise and Flamingo. Francis Brewington of 1805 Walnut St is treated at Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital. The other driver is 72 year old Anne Brewington and Clyde Baker, 20, of East Las Vegas. The woman was thrown from the car as officers reported.
A frightened woman ran into the Hyde Park Market to tell meat department manager Les Martin what she had seen, according to sheriff's deputies. Nellis authorities halted rescue missions after discovering that sky jumpers had been in the air using flares during jumps.
Tamara Andreeva helps readers with language quirks from taxi mix ups to Cannes brochures in Russian. Quickies note Reno’s Washoe Times delivery model. A Las Vegas minister’s church news draws attention. Stiles joins SUN as others praise the Guild Theater and a Reno bound medical defends malpractice. An orchid goes to Jim Griffith for censoring indecent magazines.
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MAX LERNER discussed a trans national type of thinking at an ASCD convention in Las Vegas praising five major world forces including nuclear weapons revolutions and world communism. The gathering of nearly 3 000 educators heard Lerner's remarks as the week long convention aims to shape future curricula and teaching practices.
A 1954 four door vehicle ridden by Marty Jones and three Rancho High School friends crashed five miles west of the Boulder Beach ranger station. Kelly Morgan died at 11 30 am after being taken to hospital. Injured are Donnie Ray Phillips 16 in critical condition Jay Morgan 15 and Rose Mary Dexter 15 with serious injuries. Authorities say speed and driving on the wrong side of the road caused the crash. Park Rangers transported the injured and deceased to the hospital. No missing persons reports were filed. The driver’s father owned the car used.
Clark County medical leaders report 55 000 people received the polio serum on Saturday and 46 000 on Sunday as the drive exhausted all doses. Centers in Las Vegas Henderson Boulder City Nellis AFB Overton Mesquite saw large turnout including Moapa Valley Indians and 2000 Las Vegas visitors. The program used 2500 volunteers with police scouts and mercy ambulance support. Second dose planned April 14-15 and final dose May 26-27.
Ullom was stopped by a highway patrolman and taken to a birthday party after a conflicting transfer. Sheriff Lamb later picked Ullom up at the home and the incident prompted numerous calls to the Clark County Sheriff's Office. State Senator Brown and Las Vegas Police Chief Kuykendall contacted officials as investigators review what happened.
The Cuban solon criticizes Miami Cuban refugees center aid to families, praises US government support, and calls for unity among exiles to defend Cuba. He notes Batista's ouster as past and cites ideology pressure from the Reds as the revolution's driver.
The Las Vegas Sun publishes mornings including Sundays from 000 South Main Street Las Vegas Nevada with H M Greenspun as president and treasurer and Barbara Coren spun secretary. It lists staff roles and advertising management and notes affiliation with United Press International and publishers associations. Subscriptions cost daily ten cents and Sunday twenty cents with monthly mail rates.
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