Cleaning Plant Blast Kills 7 and Injures 25
A report details a deadly blast at a cleaning plant killing seven and injuring twenty five workers. The incident prompted investigations and prompted safety questions for industrial sites in the region.
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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1963
Page
1
Nevada Assembly kills corporate gambling license bill
The Assembly Taxation Committee killed SB-225 which would let nationally traded corporations invest in Nevada gaming without individual background checks. Some members urged interim study and a major revision, fearing a shift from individual permits to corporate licensing and potential stock promotion risks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carson City
UPI
Assembly
Nevada
The
Gaming Commission
Ray Kinsley
D-Lovelock
James Wood
R-Reno
Explosion at Tucson cleaning plant kills seven
An explosion and ensuing fire leveled Supreme Cleaners in Tucson injuring about 25 others. Up to 50 people may have been in the building. six bodies were reported at Reilley’s Funeral Home with two identified Cecilia Aros 22 and Fred Conger. The blast hurled debris including a 220 pound concrete slab toward Musselman Cycle Shop. Officials seek cause. two workers said the explosion likely originated in the steam boiler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucson
Ariz
UPT
Supreme Cleaners
Reilley
Cecelia Aros
Fred Conger
Musselman Cycle Shop
Engravers and publishers in New York hold strike talks
Holdout photoengravers and publishers met for 45 minutes at city hall to consider contract changes in hopes of breaking a 12 day old New York newspaper strike. Mayor Robert Wagner asked negotiators to draft proposals and submit by midnight for review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York
UPI
City Hall
Robert Wagner
US demands full explanation of Cuban Mig attack on ship
The United States demanded a full explanation of the Cuban MIG attack on the U S freighter Floridian after Cuba said the fighters probably fired in error The State Department sent a note to Cuba as Kennedy and aides met regarding the incident in international waters about 20 miles north of Cuba The Floridian captain reported the MIGS fired at least once and then withdrew
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPT
United States
U.S
Cuba
State Department
Kennedy
Miami
Congress Blasts Fidel Attack On U.S. Vessel
Rep. William Cramer accuses Castro of dangerous aggression after a MIG jet attack on the U S merchant ship Floridian off Cuba. He urges full quarantine and hot pursuit to cut off Cuban military supplies and calls Castro a present danger to the Americas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Congress
U.S
Cuba
William C. Cramer
R Fla
Castro
Hemisphere
Americas
Cramer
Florida
Soviet hints at arming ships bound for Cuba
Moscow warned the United States of possible arming of its merchant ships headed to Cuba after Cuban rebel raids on the Russian freighters Igor and Baku. Premier Khrushchev pledged aid to Castro if further trouble arose, signaling escalating tensions over Cuba attacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
UPS
Soviet Union
United States
Cuba
Nikita Khrushchev
Igor
Baku
Miners Rally in Lens Threatens Wider France Clash
About 60 000 to 70 000 coal miners joined a Lens march as part of a 29 day strike refusing wage raises. The protest occurred as 120 000 state utility workers staged a two day wave of stoppages, halting power supply and disrupting factories and transit. Police controlled traffic while unions mobilized nationwide for concessions from the Gaullist government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
UPI
France
Lens
Charles de Gaulle
Lightning strikes plane on London to New York flight
A TWA Boeing 707 carrying 110 passengers including 22 Methodist ministers from a Holy Land tour was hit by lightning eight minutes after leaving London. The nose cone was damaged but the jet landed safely at London and later proceeded to New York after refueling and repairs. Passenger list included Warren Beatty and Robert O'Brien.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lpi
New York
Holy Land
Trans World Airlines
TWA
England
Warren Beatty
Metro-Goldwyn-!layer Film Company
Robert O’brien
Engr
Government Troops Attack Communist Units Near Saigon
About 3,000 Vietnamese government troops launched a large offensive against Communist units at the eastern edge of the Plain of Reeds, roughly 35 miles south of Saigon. The US spokesman noted most forces were near Ap Bachamiet, site of a hard-fought January clash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
South Viet Nam
UPS
Plain of Reeds
Ap Bachamiet
Lawmakers Defuse Civil Rights Picket Around Nevada Capitol
Five pickets marched briefly around the Nevada state capitol before being persuaded to leave by lawmakers. The event followed about 100 hymn singing protesters circling the capitol Thursday in opposition to the defeat of a bill to strengthen civil rights laws. Assemblywoman Flora Dungan said Lt. Gov. Paul Laxalt urged Senate action on a plan for a special study of civil rights problems with a six month report to the 1965 session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada
Assembly
Carson City
State Capitol
Paul Laxalt
Senate
Legislative Civil Rights Committee
Nevada Legislative Commission
Nab 8 Negroes After Voter Rights March
In Greenwood Mississippi police halted two more attempted Negro voter registration marches. Eight ringleaders of an earlier demonstration received four months in jail and $200 fines. A courthouse roadblock barred a mass approach to the Leflore County registration office. About 40 would be applicants split into small groups and were allowed to proceed. One youth, Donald Harris 22 of New York, was arrested for disturbing the peace. Police said he chose a third route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenwood, Miss
UPI
Leflore County
Donald Harris
New York
Sunny with high clouds and mild southerly winds
Weather report notes sunny conditions with high cloudiness and southerly winds at 15 to 25 mph. High near 75 degrees, low around 40. Yesterday hit 75/41. Noontime humidity around 25 percent. Sunrise at 5 30, sunset at 6 00.
AEC Triggers Small A Bomb At Nevada Test Site
The Atomic Energy Commission reported a low yield nuclear device was detonated yesterday at the Nevada test site. The last underground test in the current series occurred on February 21, and yesterday marked about the 63rd underground test since September 15, 1961.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Nevada
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Gina Lollobrigida
Theda Bara
Gina
Theda
Joe Kennedy
Neada
Engravers Battle
Fidel
Russ
de Gaulle
SUN News Bureau
Flora Dungan
D-Clark
Boulder
Entertainment
Henderson
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