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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1963
Page
1
Director John Montgomery says he was forced to resign as part of a pre election political move after a closed session commissioners supported Fletcher with a pay raise. Montgomery says he faced charges he could not defend himself and alleges a rushed resignation deadline.
Chicago police say Isaiah Lyons a 51 year old father of 16 shot Laura Denton 50 behind the left ear at a police station area after accusing her of involving his neighborhood in rumors she was the mother of his 12th child. Denton died at hospital. Lyons was arrested on charges.
A columnist argues for shorter hours and sympathy for unions after a New York newspaper strike, noting a 35 hour week, a 15 minute daily cut, and costs of 364 million dollars. The piece contrasts worker and boss burdens, recalls starved wages, and questions the modern business illusion of easier work through grouping labor and management.
Three members of the House Commerce subcommittee pressed for action after evidence suggested a stranglehold by audience measuring firms. Proposals include licensing and stronger enforcement of federal laws as hearings examined the services’ influence and accuracy. Nielsen Co., the dominant service, is cited as controlling 75 to 90 percent of television networks.
A San Francisco Superior Court jury found Iva Kroeger and Ralph Kroeger guilty of first degree murder in the strangulation deaths of an aid er iary invalid and his ex-wife. The eight woman and four men panel deliberated five hours twelve minutes before the verdict in Judge Harry J. Newbarth’s courtroom. Mrs Kroeger, 44, interrupted the trial with courtroom outbursts and had pleaded innocent by reason of insanity. a sanity trial will follow under California law.
A bumbling bandit robbed the First Trust and Savings Bank in Davenport Iowa yesterday. His getaway car failed to start causing $650 in loot to be dropped. He was nearly run down crossing a street on foot. Police held an unidentified suspect for questioning.
A weather update notes cloudy conditions with showers and winds shifting from 20 to 30 mph. Highs near 58 today, 66 yesterday, lows around 40. Noontime humidity 23 percent, sunrise at 5 58, sunset at 5 43.
Four units of the Modderfontein Explosives factory in Johannesburg blew up in a sequence of blasts. A white worker and two African workers were killed, initially feared higher casualties. 19 workers were wounded, two seriously, and a black mushroom cloud rose above the area.
Flood waters rose and threatened to spill over riverbanks in parts of Ohio as arctic air drove temperatures below freezing across the upper Mississippi Valley and Great Lakes. Fremont, Ohio, remained under a state of emergency as relief efforts continued.
Ernest Capps, 34, an unemployed writer in Hollywood, shot himself while on the telephone with his estranged wife. He left six suicide notes totaling 223 pages and was in critical condition at General Hospital after surgery. A note dated March 5 was found at his home.
Western diplomats report the Soviet Union has armed and trained Castro forces to crush any internal uprising even after withdrawing troops. Informants from Cuba confirm Washington's estimate that several thousand Soviet troops will depart, leaving about 17,000 still on the island.
After long Soviet aid program Cuba has created a strong military with more than 100 jet aircraft. The assessment notes rapid arms buildup and growing capacity of Cuban forces.
Younger Frank Sinatra Jr. about 19 will become a regular member of the Tommy Dorsey orchestra, a spokesman said yesterday. He plans to sign a contract Monday with the Dorsey aggregation now led by Sam Donahue. The elder Dorsey guided the band when Sinatra first rose to fame in the early 1940s.
The pro Nasser military junta said it overthrew the Syrian government without firing a shot and planned to open Syria’s borders soon. It announced a 21 member cabinet as it consolidates control in Beirut based reports.
A Wildcat strike by electricians at the Nevada Test Site shows no settlement in sight. Union leaders say more picketing Monday after weekend talks yielded little progress over the firing of 68 radiation monitors. About 200 pickets marched at the gate of the atomic proving grounds.
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