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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1963
Page
12
Twenty five elite Scots Guards at Windsor Castle walked out in protest over poor grub and harsh discipline while the Queen and Prince Philip were away. By nightfall 24 were in custody. five returned later and a few others turned themselves in. The provost marshal cautioned against striking.
A mock review notes Alfred Neves and Clyde Grosscup with Grin By the Wall and a Paris letter to Jay. It cites a Winslow Homer postcard and a cardboard cover dividend, offering aphorisms about sincerity and welfare in a brisk, opinionated mini column.
Mitchell Bell invites calls to the Nevada TR and Health Association at 721 Fremont to share information and announce new West Side facilities. Beverly Bell, manager of Ambassador Apartments on Rexford Drive, entertains prospective tenants with a Betty Boop voice. Curt Wilson offers free golf trick shot shows at the Dunes driving range on Saturdays. The Thunderbird hosts an electronic golf game with a ladies’ coat-holding scene. Nevada Industrial Commission chair A. Heckethorn is pictured in Kennecott Copper coverage. Sandi Scott shines at Nevada State Bank.
A lively downstairs party prompted by SPICE IS THE LIFE OF L.V-R hosts. County staff additions include Mrs. Shelly Sanzo as girls supervisor and Richard Price with James Finley leading the boys side. John Springgate becomes intake officer at the detention home aiding Perry Dell with Spring Mountain Youth Camp releases. A tiki vibe mixes with local eateries and a new lounge group with Tobi Barranco Louis Barranco Bob Garcia and Peggy Lovett to feature Bossa Novo.
A local leader predicts a population surge to over one million in ten years and a boom in hotel capacity, with 50 000 rooms in five years as the area aims to become a premier convention center surpassing New York and San Francisco. A ground breaking is noted for Hortensias FC near the Convention Center, plus local figures like Ted Hawkins and Judy Hicks are mentioned in a mosaic of community life and transit delays on Fourth Street.
The Soviet government plans a 272 foot monument on Poklonnaya Hill in Moscow. Tass reports a Russian soldier will trample a Fascist swastika in the sculpture.
The Ministry for Refugees announced that 678,000 people moved from Algeria to France between January 1 1962 and February 24 of this year. About 542,000 of the arrivals receive government financial support. nearly all are European except for about 30,000.
London reports the government plans to replace gas lights outside No 10 Downing Street with electric lighting. Prime Minister Harold Macmillan’s residence will feature the new electric public lighting.
Describes a historic shift as desirable land becomes scarce across the United States. Traces the evolution from primogeniture to free transfer of property, estimates private real estate value, and notes the rise of national land development firms and mortgage systems. Mentions prominent developers and the role of land development in U S growth.
Billy Sol Estes, once a feared cotton magnate, faces a federal trial in El Paso on 16 fraud counts related to a $150 million farm empire collapse. He pleads innocent, was free on $135,000 bond, and could face up to 85 years if convicted. defense seeks a delay amid an ongoing state appeal and prior Tyler, Texas, conviction.
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