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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1963
Page
1
A lively St Patrick Day tribute mixes cheer with memories of war and romance. The narrator recalls bringing home a war bride from Ireland and ponders life choices, honors the Emerald Isle, and notes Irish humor and temper as part of a larger family tale.
Washoe County Commissioners clash with State Welfare Director Barbara Coughlan over release policies for indigent patients from the state hospital. They seek help from the county delegation and Gov. Grant Sawyer, arguing the state should bear federal funds and responsibility rather than the county.
Sherry Giancantieri, 14, of 581 Marka Street, remained in critical condition at Southern Nevada Hospital after a one car crash that injured three Las Vegas girls Friday.
A private Tri Pacer leaving Las Vegas with four aboard diverted by bad weather and made an emergency landing on Highway 91 near St. George Utah. FAA officials identified the pilot as J M Rathman of the USS Valley Forge San Francisco. No injuries reported.
Nevada Highway Patrol investigators sought to confirm the identity of a man cremated in his car after a rollover on Highway 95 near Charleston and Lee Canyon. The blaze erupted shortly after 12:35 a.m. along the stretch known as the Widowmaker for its high fatality rate.
Yerington Nevada coroner's jury finds 70 year old Charlie Cibley acted to protect two frightened women and declares the shooting of Jack Douglas Archer 27, Citrus Heights California, last Wednesday justifiable homicide after Cibley warned the men nine times. Elmer Muller accompanied Archer. Miller held for assault with a deadly weapon.
A search in Utah and Nevada for a single engine plane with one man aboard focused from Salt Lake City to Wendover. Harry J. Thalman of Salt Lake City piloted the craft, which disappeared Friday en route from Winnemucca to Salt Lake City. The last radio contact was near Wells, Nevada at 1 20 p.m. An unnamed bus driver reported a cream colored plane near US 40 at Timpie, west of Grantsville, prompting western Utah desert search.
Bishop Gorman Catholic High School held classes on Saturday after a second bomb scare in recent weeks. Officials said the move preserved vital work days and could deter further incidents if a student was responsible. The school noted this would be the only Saturday session unless more scares occur.
A four engine Bolivian DC6 vanished over the Andes with 41 aboard including two Americans Robert MacCormack and Leon Bernstein. The flight from Arica Chile to La Paz was due at 1 27 p m EST Friday. Also aboard were Gustaf Westring a former Swedish air force chief of staff and Lars Nilsson a Swedish firm sales rep for South America.
A dangerous intense storm swept from Nebraska and the Dakotas toward Minnesota with tornado forecasts in parts of several south central states. Winds damaged Boulder and Denver areas, ground blizzards hit southern Wyoming, and power outages affected Littleton. Interstate 29 in South Dakota was blocked by 4 to 6 foot snow drifts.
A bus carrying 40 youngsters to Reno Ski Bowl aboard a tightly closed coach emitted deadly carbon monoxide from a faulty exhaust. Nineteen were rushed to Washoe Medical Center with illness but none were seriously hurt and all were released after treatment. Two ambulances and a station wagon transported victims.
The Las Vegas chapter of the Friendly Sons of St Patrick hosts a Patron Saint of Eire banquet and party at the International Room Stardust hotel. A cocktail party begins at 6 with wearing of the green and Irish songs to follow.
The Soviet Union claimed its Mars-1 interplanetary rocket set a new U S record for space communication length. Tass reported that telemetric information was received yesterday, highlighting the achievement in Moscow.
A cloudy day brings rain and snow showers with winds from the southwest shifting to northwest at 15 to 25 mph. Highest near 45 with a low around 30 to 35. Relative humidity at noon 30 percent sunrise 5 49 sunset 5 49.
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