World briefs span extortion cases to space program notes
Frankie Carbo and Joseph Sica await appeal rulings on extortion convictions from Don Jordan's manager in Los Angeles County jail. Khrushchev spends hours on a failure-after-failure report on Soviet farming. John Glenn returns to Spaceport U S A as a living reference for future Mercury flights. Gerald Taylor faces kidnapping rape and robbery counts in Oakland after an alleged attack identified him. Chicago Laundry Workers union votes to affiliate with Teamsters after AFL-CIO expulsion. East Germany and the Soviet Union sign a $2.325 billion trade pact to solidify ties with Ulbricht's regime. The Atomic Energy Commission tells Senator Anderson another underground detonation will occur in New Mexico salt deposits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankie Carbo
Underworld
Joseph Sica
Los Angeles
Don Jordan
NASA 40 Million Rocket Plan For Mercury
NASA proposes a 40 million dollar nuclear rocket development budget for fiscal 1963 tied to the Nevada Test Site. Senator Alan Bible cites Rover and Pluto projects and expects manned space travel to the moon and beyond. Allocations include 20,205,000 for stage static tests, 8,660,000 for maintenance and disassembly, 7,125,000 for radiation facilities, 1,885,000 for components tests, and 2,125,000 for support facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
John Glenn, Jr
Nevada Test Site
Alan Bible
Bible
Senate Appropriations Committee
NTS
Moon
Nevada
NASA
City budget debate over sanitation district costs
Fletcher argues the sanitation district request is excessive due to additional customers. The city shifted costs for the County Health Department Civil Defense and Spring Mountain Youth Camp to the county. Five cents were cut from the proposed budget as it goes to the commission for approval and a public hearing date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fletcher
County Health Department
Civil Defense
Spring Mountain
Commission
City Council Debates Water Fight and Budget Cut
The council discussed a water fight with Muth and the district. It reviewed a 1963 budget proposing a tax rate drop from 1.72 to 1.64, blocked by county and school needs. A Friday 10 a.m. meeting with county commissioners will decide if the county takes more from the tax rate this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muth
Yast
Theft Suspected Juveniles In Caps Incident
Wightman, assigned by Lamb, said the theft appears linked to juveniles. Lamb urged anyone with information to contact the sheriff, noting the caps are easily detonated and present great danger if mishandled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wightman
Lamb
Sheriff's Office
Equal time dispute over Sawyer TV series in Las Vegas
Alvin Wartman and Clark County GOP leaders press KLAS-TV and two other Las Vegas stations to provide equal time for GOP speakers. They accuse Sawyer of bias in his weekly program and note increased campaign activity since November. Station officials vary in stance on policy and sponsorship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin Wartman
Clark County Republican, Central Committee
Klas-Tv
Las Vegas
Sawyer
Wartman
Ande Beggerly
Ed Tabor
Alex Gold
Ksho-Tv
UN Troops Attack Kamina as Congo clash erupts
Katanga president Tshombe accused the United Nations of a sudden major assault on the Kamina base in northern Katanga. UN officials denied any large attack and said only minor patrol activity occurred near Kamina. A separate report described a brief clash near Mukolo with a Ghanaian patrol and Katanga gendarmerie, with no confirmation of a broader engagement.
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Elisabethville
Katanga
the Congo
UPI
Moise Tshombe
United Nations
Kamina
Leopoldville
Tshombe
New York
Mukolo
Jose Roiz-Bennett
Leopldville
Plane Crash Echoes NYC Collision Tragedy In Storm
A DC 7C en route from Mozambique to Lisbon crashed in a jungle swamp near Jamaica Bay after takeoff in a violent thunderstorm. The flight, operated for Trans-African Aircoach and leased from Sabena, carried 10 crew, 98 adults, and 3 infants. authorities cited turbulence as a probable cause. The accident mirrors a recent American Airlines 707 crash near New York that killed 95.
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American Airlines
New York
Jamaica Bay
Sabena
Belgian World Airlines
Caledonian Airways
Trans-African Aircoach Co
Washington
Douglas Aircraft
Mozambique
Douala
Lisbon
Caledonian
Trans-African
Boulder City teens killed in desert crash
Dr French said the Phil lips youth suffered severe brain injuries but the others endured fractures and shock. Esther Roseann McCarran Marty Jones Patricia Kelly died after the high speed crash on a wrong side road into a desert gully.
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Keefe
S.B. Phillips
French
Boulder City
Kelly
Park Rangers
Las Vegas
Nick Janise
Phillips
E College
Mike Hughes
Hughes
Hearing Set In School Fraud Case
A former Clark County School District purchasing agent Chester W. Howard and his wife Ruth appeared in Justice Court on fraud complaints and were ordered to return for a preliminary hearing May 28. They face charges of receiving commissions on two checks from a Phoenix supplier totaling 269 and 956 dollars. They were released on recognizance after 21 years in Las Vegas.
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Clark County
Justice Court
Chester W. Howard
Ruth
Phoenix, Ariz
Howard
Howards
Las Vegas
Power awards Bendix to crew of record Hustler flight
SAC General Thomas Power presented the crew with Distinguished Flying Crosses upon return as they claimed the Bendix Trophy for the west to east leg. The round trip unofficial time was 4 hours 43 minutes 51 seconds with a half hour refueling stop over the East Coast. The mission, ending at Idlewild Airport in New York before a Los Angeles return, set speed marks and backed plans for faster B70 projects.
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SAC
Thomas S. Power
Omaha
Idlewild
New York
Los Angeles
Atlantic
Navy
Richard F. Gordon
Ontario International Airport
Brooklyn
Floyd Bennet Naval Air Station
Health Studio Damaged by Weekend Vandalism
Police said Health Studios on Charleston Boulevard suffered extensive damage over the weekend as vandals sprayed soap and rubbing alcohol on equipment and walls and ignited a shower curtain. A loss of $287 in machinery was reported by Bruno Latschkowski of the Globe Health Studios. The attempted fire did not ignite the building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruno Latschkowski
Globe Health Studios
Charleston Blvd
Judd calls for resuming nuclear weapon tests
Rep. Walter H. Judd of Minnesota says the United States should never have suspended its nuclear weapons test. He voiced Sunday that resumption is necessary, urging policy change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Tenn
UPI
Walter H. Judd
R-Minn
United States
Wrong Man Murder Trial Delayed to May 7 1962
James Autrey Johnson known as Lil Jamie faces a murder charge for the fatal shooting of William Johnson 43 in a West Las Vegas cafe. Prosecutors say he targeted James Pinkney 19 and shot Johnson by error while on probation from California for a shotgun assault.
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West Las
Las Vegas
James Pinkney
Johnson
California
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UPD
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Tion
Cape Canaveral
John H. Glenn Jr
U.S.A
America
Glenn
Oakland
Calif
Gerald D. Taylor
Walnut Creek
Chicago
Laundry, Dry Cleaning and Dye House Workers Union
Jimmy Hoffa
Teamsters
Laundry Workers
Afl-Cio
Leipzig
East Germany
Soviet Union
Walter Ulbricht
Atomic Energy Commission
Clinton P. Anderson
D-N.m
New Mexico
Mercury
Carol
Wb Carol
Down
Frans
Congo City
St. Christopher's Catholic Church
James H. Sheehy
Patricia Kelly
Palm Chapel
Jim Bridger
James Kelly
James
Stella
Palm Mortuary
Esther Roseann McCarran
Sunset Funeral Chapel
Boston
Mass
Edward
State Highway Department
Fresno Calif
Martin E. Jones
Michael
Woodlawn Cemetery
Phoenix
Regent
Bonanza Am Lines
Power
Air Force
Defense Department
Health Studio
Maico Hearing Center
The
Hearing Aid Service Center
Carson
Marlene Dietrich
Louis Armstrong
Jack Cathcart
George Arnold
Billy Williams
Jimmy Burgett
Twisters
Gloria Tracy
Marty Heim
Joe Maize and
the Chordsmen
Hickory Room
Mera
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