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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1962
Page
6
The Titan 2 rocket's first stage produced immense thrust and pierced cloud cover within forty seconds. It carries a large upper stage capable of hurling a nuclear warhead halfway around the globe, with early tests highlighting its intercontinental range and future use for Gemini missions to orbit.
The article notes Khrushchev boasting a missile capable of flying around the world and striking any target, linking it to Soviet and American satellite capabilities. It argues satellites can be placed into orbit and reentered anywhere, challenging radar warning systems and suggesting broader threat implications.
Emergency surgery was ordered after a crash between a Mercy Ambulance and a car injuring attendant Dave Rubles 26 and prompting hospital care for his partner Michael McGuire 26. Willie Reynolds 35 of 209 Jefferson Ave was the car driver. Rubles remained hospitalized with a neck injury while McGuire received treatment at Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital.
In a 1 hour 25 minute Kalinin district speech amid unopposed election, Khrushchev touted new Soviet rockets and global missiles able to strike any target, dismissing US warning systems and urging disarmament as the only protection. He mocked radar belts and warned Americans of looming consequences.
At the United Nations Security Council Adlai E Stevenson rejected charges by Russia and Cuba that the United States plans a new invasion of Cuba He said the big lie tactic is unacceptable. The council adjourned without ruling on Cuba’s request for an international court review of the OAS expulsion. Chile signaled it would not block the majority vote despite its dissent.
Boulder mother Florence Carpenter of Scott Carpenter says she will not worry until the flight day. She notes her son wanted to be prime pilot and seems happy. Carpenter's father, Dr M Scott Carpenter, says it is about time and he is not worried.
Las Vegas mayor Oran Gragson escaped injuries after a two car crash outside a Strip hotel on Highway 91 South. Nevada Highway Patrol said no citations were issued to Gragson or 23 year old Leslie Clark Long of Phoenix. Long was turning into the Stardust Hotel driveway when the collision occurred at 9 15 p m both cars traveling south.
A St Patrick’s banquet honored a Yale Law School graduate and former FBI member. President Kennedy declined a dinner invite due to pressing government duties. Special assistant Kenneth O’Donnell sent District Judge John Mowbray a message regarding the event.
City Manager W Lowell Fletcher announced the resignations of recreation chief Bruce Trent and his assistant Marine effective March at and that applications are being accepted for their vacated posts The shakeup stemmed from a plan to consolidate five departments under a Public Welfare director and Trent and Marines resignations followed the move being sidelined The banquet mentions and awards related to St Patrick events in Las Vegas are noted with various speakers and entertainment details
Wesley Severson testified that co defendant Roger Leonard admitted owning the gun used in a Los Angeles restaurant shooting. Leonard allegedly told Severson details of the incident as the murder conspiracy case against Mickey Cohen and four others proceeded. Gene Autry was acquitted of drunken driving by a Van Nuys municipal court jury after a short deliberation. Autry, owner of the Los Angeles Angels, was arrested December 6 for erratic driving.
Mrs Nelson Rockefeller flew in from San Francisco after a Reno divorce from New York governor Nelson Rockefeller. Four men met her at Philadelphia International Airport and escorted her by car to a relative’s home.
Thunderstorms in the western Pacific hampered a large air and sea search for the Flying Tiger Airliner with 107 aboard en route to South Vietnam. The four engine plane vanished without a trace. The flight carried 93 U.S. Army Rangers. Nixon charged extremists on both sides divided the American people during a speech in San Bernardino California.
Gessner, born in Homestead Pennsylvania, was arrested March 23 1961 in Panama City Panama by Pan American police for lack of registration certificates. He was handed to US Army counter intelligence and later to military authorities for court martial over desertion and alleged furnishing restricted military information to Communist agents at the Russian embassy in Mexico in late 1960 and early 1961.
In Clark County Nevada the state summons notifies Darrell Dale Brown to answer the complaint filed by Josephine Brown within 20 days of service. The action seeks a divorce and dissolution of marriage with the clerk Helen Scott Reed issuing the summons. The notice lists attorney Judith Leavitt and dates in 1962.
Lou Walters complains Tropicana management would not raise his pay to match the Carillon but says his experience there has been pleasant and congenial.
Leona, a 34 year old Las Vegas woman described as 5 foot 7, 125 pounds with brown hair and eyes, was last seen on September 6 1961. She was four months pregnant at the time and known as a legal stenographer and housewife. She had a short third finger on her left hand.
A reward is offered for information proving her whereabouts or identifying the person or persons who know the cause of her disappearance. Write to P. O. Box 864, Madison, Wisconsin.
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