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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1964
Page
2
A Nevada community column snips social security records and Easter poodle parade hype while praising Bank of Las Vegas for its slogan The Best. The piece pokes fun at bugs resisting insecticide and notes the national reach of Social Security data with Mae Welch and Lucille Smith cited.
Dr. Samuel Sheppard, serving life for the 1954 Bay Village murder, asked the Ohio parole commission for a new parole hearing. The panel may advise commutation or parole. Gov Rhodes would decide. He has a habeas corpus case seeking a new trial or release and could be eligible for parole by fall with good conduct.
Mrs. John F. Kennedy appeared at a Pan-American Union luncheon to urge support for the John F. Kennedy Memorial Library in Cambridge. Puerto Rico and Venezuela each pledged $100,000 toward the project, which aims to cost about $10 million with over $4 million already promised. Robert F. Kennedy and Edward M. Kennedy accompanied Mrs. Kennedy, as she watched a film of her husband’s Latin American and German travels, becoming tearful and moved by the outpouring of support from Latin American officials and audiences.
Mrs Josephine Hoffa wife of Teamsters president James R Hoffa learned of his conviction on two counts of jury tampering while in a hospital bed. She had heart surgery in 1961 and is under observation with a heart condition. Her doctor said she took the news calmly and remains convinced of his innocence awaiting appeal results.
In Guayaquil a dead man's hand grafted onto sailor Julio Luna has developed dry gangrene and blackened fingers. A panel of 13 surgeons reported the graft is likely to require amputation as Luna remains under close hospital observation to assess the spread.
James Stephen Johnson 31 of Framingham along with three other Americans a British girl and a Spanish woman are tried for a Nov 22 1962 killing during a robbery attempt. Wagner 22 of Union Beach N J admits using a hammer. Johnson Hand Alfaro Velasco and others face death or prison in a Spanish case with consular interpreter dispute.
Moscow observers say a judicial review of Stalin era mass treason trials and executions is likely. Exonerations have occurred for some leaders, while Khrushchev hinted that many charges were fabricated and linked to power consolidation after the Kirov murder.
Detroit based Jewish scholar Dr. Joseph Lichten, head of inter-cultural affairs for the ADL, argues Pope Pius XII aided Jews in Nazi-occupied Europe and defends him against the Broadway play The Deputy. He says judgment over silence is subjective and notes Hochhuth’s motivation may skew history.
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