Sailors Vanish With Blank Navy Pay Checks in Texas
Denison Police report two sailors missing from the USS Renville in Sasebo attempted to exchange 1 000 blank U S Treasury checks found at a Sherman rooming house They were nabbed while trading a 7500 bright red sports car for a flashier model Navy says 2 000 checks may have been missing for mustering out pay and re enlistment bonuses
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Newsom
Renville
Sasebo
Navy
Borum
Bus Tragedy at Welfare Island Hospital Shuttle
Survivors include Jeanne Miller and Adele Valdastri from Goldwater Hospital. Fire Lt. Frank Ritz swam 30 feet to recover driver John Albert as eight aboard the blue shuttle bus plunged from a Queens side road into the East River. Four bodies remained trapped when a crane lifted the bus from the water.
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Jeanne Miller
Adele Valdastri
Goldwater Hospital
Fire Dept
Frank Ritz
John Albert
Robert Perez
Catherine Quann
Rosa Tate
Beatrice Sturcdevant
al Reicheldt
Rose Porter
US. Army Engineers
Welfare Island
Queens
Manhattan
East River
Pet fish popular in United States stores in 1962
UPI reports Americans bought a record number of live aquarium fish in 1962 with millions sold nationwide. Woolworth alone sold more than six and a half million fish, reflecting the boom in home aquariums amid myriad fish suppliers.
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New York
UPI
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F. W. Woolworth Co
Zanuck forecasts Cleopatra profits and Hollywood focus
Darryl F Zanuck says theater owners bid up Cleopatra first run to as high as 5.50 with $20 million in till before release. He notes a New York theater offered $1.25 million and Houston $400,000 while acknowledging Cleopatra’s $37 million cost overruns. He cites Hollywood as the primary production hub and cites The Longest Day’s overseas shoot time and earnings nearing $30 million. He warns against oversea delays and contrasts with Rome Paris Madrid showing active production.
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Paris
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Synanon program spurs Nevada funding and prison reforms
The Nevada Senate debates a $60,000 appropriation for Synanon's rehabilitation work at Nevada State Prison. Warden Fogliani supports the grant, noting progress since the foundation began assisting inmates. A Synanon honor camp operates on Peavine Mountain near Reno and inmates self govern in open-cell housing.
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Nevada State Prison
Santa Monica
Calif
Synanon
Nevada
Jack Fogliani
Nevada Education Budget Sparks Legislative Friction
Nevada lawmakers clash as Assemblyman William Ames denounces the education department as “too fat and sassy.” He urges more services for the same funding and questions excluding schools from a proposed health and welfare department.
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Steller
Stetler
William Ames
D-Goldfield
University of Nevada
Nevada
Ames
Education Department
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Sun delivers cheaper price with weekly collection claim
A Las Vegas Sun delivery boy writes an unedited letter arguing the Sun costs less than the Journal and gives more, detailing how weekly collection could save customers money and proposing punch cards for drivers while urging action from readers. The note ends with a plea to be noticed and respected.
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SUN
Jim
Las Vegas Sun
Widowmaker Highway Dangers Highlighted by Police Chief
Patrol chief Stenovich cites fatigue as the principal cause of the high death toll on the Widowmaker highway. He notes early rising workers, long drives, and alcohol as factors. He expects police cars to increase and highway widening soon to cut fatalities.
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Stenovich
Apartments for rent and related notices in CL listings
Classified ads list furnished and unfurnished 1 bedroom units near town and university with amenities like pools and heat pumps. Offers include duplexes and mobile homes, prices from 85 to 160 monthly, plus rental searches for 2 or 3 bedroom houses in Paradise Valley and Sunrise areas. Contact numbers and addresses included for properties in CL 29 through CL 73 sections.
Easter hens lay colored eggs charms readers
A quirky note highlights the Steele household keeping hens that lay green blue and pink eggs. The writer Mary and Ruthe D. share amusement and call them Easter hens as a light daily feature.
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Steele
Steele’s
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