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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1963
Page
1
The column by Hank Greenspun discusses writer delays in interpreting Kennedy tax reforms and the Internal Revenue Service. He recalls past tax issues, jokes about liens, and the burden of federal taxation on taxpayers and the IRS, with personal anecdotes involving Mortimer Caplin and banker friends. The piece ends noting a continuation on another page.
A mud and rock slide swept down a hillside near Plan-Du-Var about 15 miles from Nice burying homes and blocking the Vesubie Canal. At least two people were killed and many were injured as police and fire brigades cleared debris and searched for victims. rising canal waters hampered rescue and may cut Nice water supply.
Washington announces intensified steps by the Coast Guard FBI INS and Customs to stop anti Castro refugee raids from U S soil. Officials say more personnel ships and planes will be deployed to prevent attacks on Cuban ports that could provoke armed reprisals against the United States.
Federal judge granted a stay of execution four hours before the scheduled kill. Carolyn Lima, 20, and Leslie Ashley, 25, were convicted in the 1960 slaying of real estate man Fred Tones at a Houston sex party and burning his body. The delay allows defense time to argue suppression of insanity evidence at trial and hearing set for either Houston or New Orleans.
A week-long Communist sponsored Hate America Congress in Rio de Janeiro sputtered to a close and drew criticism from observers. Tension rose between pro American Governor Carlos Lacerda and President Joao Goulart. Reports also noted a rivalry over Marxist theory between Luis Carlos Prestes and Fidel Castro. Goulart deployed troops and Marines. the event moved from Rio to Niteroi after Lacerda banned the gathering.
U S jets positioned near the vessel Floridian within 35 minutes of word that Cuban MIGs fired on the ship. The Floridian SOS went to the Coast Guard first. the captain says jets arrived 55 minutes after the incident. Military officials outline the 6:35 p m timeline with jets at 30 000 feet ready for action.
Four year old Er relinde Schito told police Ezio Troisi fired six pistol shots at him in RACALE Italy yesterday, missing each time before realizing his mistake and apologizing for the error.
Investigators hunted clues after a blast and fire ripped through the Supreme Cleaners building in downtown Tucson killing six and injuring at least 25. About 50 people were inside when it occurred. owner Harris Salinke and his son were reported missing. Police and fire officials cite a basement steam boiler as the likely cause. Four injured remain in critical condition at St Mary’s Hospital.
Izvestia accuses anti Castro Cuban guerrillas of shelling Soviet merchant ships with American approval. It hints freighters could be armed or escorted and cites attacks on Lgov and Baku in Cuban ports. Nikolai Polyanov calls U.S. denial a crude lie and says the shellings were provocations tied to a split attempt.
In New York the last holdout Photoengravers Union prepares to vote at 10:30 a.m. on a revised two year package worth 12.63 dollars, aimed at ending a 13 day strike and returning papers to city newsstands. Other labor actions include Missouri steelworkers talks and ongoing Cleveland paper strikes.
Six former Nazi officers were convicted in Bonn for World War II concentration camp murders of about 150000 Polish and German Jews. Sentences ranged up to 15 years with most also losing civic rights. six peers were acquitted and released.
Edward J Dwight Jr 29 was named among 14 candidates for the Air Force aerospace research pilot program at Edwards Air Force Base in California. He is the first Black candidate selected for such training and his parents say the milestone honors their family and Eddie's space goals. His sister Rita Wilson was the first Black student at Ward High School.
Clear skies with southerly winds 15 to 25 mph. Today's high unknown but near 0 with a low around 45. Yesterday's high reached 76 and low 43. Noontime relative humidity about 17 percent. Sunrise at 5 28, sunset at 6 01.
Texas Ruby Owens known as the Sophie Tucker of feminine folk singers died in a trailer fire near Nashville the home of the Grand Ole Opry. Her husband Curley Fox a star fiddler on the Opry was on air when the mobile home fire swept the trailer, cause still undetermined.
The federal government filed suit in Oxford demanding Greenwood officials stop alleged voter intimidation against Negro applicants. It seeks a temporary restraining order and release of eight jailed demonstrators after marches on city hall and clashes with police during a county registration drive.
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