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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1963
Page
1
An opinion column argues Reed Whipple will win the Las Vegas city commission primaries with a large majority. It praises his 16 years on the commission as stabilization and criticizes past cliques and scandals while urging voters to exercise their franchise.
The Leap Forward, an 11,432 ton Chinese Communist freighter, sank 167 miles west of Cheju Do while sailing from Tsingtao to Mojo Japan. The Itsaki Maru rescued 59 crewmen in three lifeboats after torpedoes hit the engine room, four hours before sinking. Sam suspected a navigational error.
Two destroyers the Boyd and Wiltsie collided during exercises off the Southern California coast. The incident occurred late Monday night in a non disclosed area. A board of inquiry met to determine causes and will not release findings until the investigation ends. Both ships returned to San Diego Tuesday night with no severe damage reported.
Sir Winston Churchill announces retirement from the House of Commons after 60 years of service citing reduced mobility from a fall in Monte Carlo. The 79 year old statesman, praised by Doris Moss of the Woodford Conservative Association, plans to leave ahead of the looming general election. He attends a Royal Academy dinner aboard after a Riviera holiday.
Two memorial freedom walks began with police arrests as Alabama authorities detained the first group under jurisdiction. A larger second group departed Chattanooga with fanfare and is expected to reach the Alabama line Saturday. Governor Wal? receives updates on the unfolding protests.
Reno Mayor Bud Baker announced he was leaving town and quitting the city council race. He filed as a candidate for the at large seat to blunt Dick Diamond’s chances in the upcoming primary. Diamond then made a late campaign switch.
Thomas Lee Bean pleaded innocent to the torso killing of British Olympic skier Sonja McCaskie. A trial date was set for June 24 by Judge Grant Bowen. Bean’s attorney sought court-ordered psychiatric evaluation due to his claimed inability to pay for experts.
Today's forecast shows sunny skies and southwest winds at 13 to 18 mph. High near 90, low around 60. Yesterday's high 87 and low 64. Noontime humidity about 10 percent. Sunrise at 5 47, sunset at 7 28.
Nevada business activity fell 7.5 percent from January, with declines in bank debits and retail employment, while unemployment compensation rose 9.7 percent. The February index rose 29.4 percent over February 1962, with Las Vegas up 12.3 percent year over year and Reno down 5.3 percent month to month. Elko dropped 17.8 percent from January and 4.3 percent versus February 1962.
In Moscow on May Day, Khrushchev raised Fidel Castro’s arm atop the Lenin mausoleum as Soviet troops paraded missiles taken from Cuba. Castro’s shouting salute and the slogan Cuba Si Yanqui No echoed, while U.S. envoy Kohler and staff boycotted the parade for the first time since 1933. The event was televised for viewing at home.
Superior Judge Harry Neubarth commuted Ralph Kroeger’s death verdict to life imprisonment and sentenced his wife Iva Kroeger to the gas chamber for the first degree murder of Mildred Arneson and her ex husband Jay. The couple strangled the victims and hid their bodies in the Kroeger home.
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