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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1963
Page
1
Rescue teams from three departments battled darkness and freezing cold to free snowbound motorists stranded on Mt. Charleston after a heavy snowfall. A roadblock was set at 3 p.m. to prevent worsening conditions as crews struggled to untangle the mass before nightfall.
Police blamed the outlawed IRA for the blast at the Mars St Patrick celebration but ruled out an assassination attempt on the president. They said the motive was to embarrass the president during the Irish tribute, as crowds celebrated shamrock decorated festivities and religious reverence.
Los Angeles Bolivia report describes wreckage sighting at 14 500 feet on an Andean peak in southern Peru. No life signs detected among 41 aboard the Bolivian Airlines DC6. Cuban diplomatic couriers among the dead. Cuban ambassador to visit site for possible papers feared to fall into unfriendly hands.
A San Diego man and a Clovis man were involved in two similar shooting incidents as victims stood by the street and were shot from a car. Police do not believe the shootings are related. One victim, 19 year old Robert Guthne, was an Eastern student.
Las Vegas mayoral hopeful L E Ty Tyson says rumors he is out of the race are false and he will decide shortly after March 28. He notes registration for the city administrator position opens March 28 and closes April 5.
Four people including a two month old baby were trapped for over 12 hours in cold rain after Airman Harry Gibbs took a shortcut toward Las Vegas. Deputies found them near the Papco Mine around 4:20 a.m. Gibbs said he ran out of gas at the dirt road end as rain began and temperatures dropped.
Buckingham Palace rejected reports that it had ordered an investigation into Queen Elizabeth II's tour of Australia during her royal visit. No official inquiry was announced or confirmed by the palace.
Severe weather sweeps through Lebanon and Brent causing major damage. Four feet of floodwater in Lebanon flows with 2.62 inches of rain in hours. Brent suffers multiple destroyed or damaged houses and mill damage. One hospitalization and several minor injuries reported. Elsewhere near Villa Rica Georgia tornadoes touch down with no injuries. News notes royal tour coverage in London papers contrasts on Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip reception.
Famed blues singer Lizzie Miles died peacefully in her sleep at Lafon Old Folks Home in New Orleans at 9:30 a.m. She was 67 turning 68 on March 31. Harry Souchon of the New Orleans Jazz Club called her a blues shouter in the Bessie Smith tradition.
Jo Lynn Graf of Las Vegas was killed when the car she rode in rear ended a semi trailer near Littlefield Arizona. Driver Donna Louise Graf, 18, Santa Clara Utah, was hospitalized at St George Utah. Police said the car apparently failed to stop.
Cuban exile leader Dr. Luis Conte Aguero says a Soviet submarine departed Havana last month with arms and food for guerrillas in Venezuela Panama Nicaragua and Honduras. He also cites plans to send saboteurs into the United States and links medicines from a $53 million Bay of Pigs ransom to the cargo. The Cuban underground report, allegedly from a Centinelas De Las Libertad informer, describes a Feb 16 loading in Havana at 1 45 a.m.
Partly cloudy with gentle winds and scattered showers reported. High today 60 and low 35 follow yesterday's 55 and 36. Noon relative humidity 54 percent. Sunrise at 5 46 and sunset at 5 51.
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