Las Vegas Home Show Opens With Record Crowd
Thousands gather at the Las Vegas Convention Center for the 1962 Home Show opening sponsored by the Southern Nevada Home Builders’ Association. Officials cut the ribbon as Max Welling estimates 5 000 on opening night and organizers predict record attendance.
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Las Vegas
Southern Nevada Home Builders’ Association Inc
Max Welling
Jim Fink
Home Build
Green Thumb
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Jayne Mansfield Divorce and Golf Tournament Notes
Column notes Jayne Mansfield divorce headlines mix with golf coverage as Hank Greenspun returns to Las Vegas. The Tournament of Champions is underway and the writer hints at awaiting Greenspun’s picks while urging readers to bet against his selections. The piece ends with a welcome home for the boss.
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Las Vegas
Wise
Hank
Ten Champion Tournament opens with 13 within two strokes
Doug Sanders commented that a 15 way tie could occur as 13 players including Arnold Palmer Sam Snead and Sanders stood within two strokes of each other after the first round at the Desert Inn. Leaderboard shows Palmer Sanders Souchak Middlecoff tied at 69 with Snead Ford Brewer Campbell one behind at 70.
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Sam Snead
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Ojai
Calif
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Jack Fleck
Los Angeles
Jay Hebert
Phil Rodgers
la Jolla
Butch Baird
Galveston
Tex
Gene Littler
Rancho Bernardo
San Diego
Mansfield sues Hargitay for mental cruelty and custody
A 28-year-old blonde actress files in Superior Court seeking custody of two children and alleges extreme mental cruelty by husband Mickey Hargitay. Three hours after filing she returns home then holds a press conference in Sunset Boulevard garb, insisting the marriage had no major clashes and plans to reconcile.
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Sunset Boulevard
Miss Mansfield
Theatre Aide Accused Of Fatal Stabbing
James W. Amy, 21, was returned from Barstow California to face murder questions in Las Vegas after a brutal stabbing of a woman in a hotel room. Detectives Handlen and McCarthy booked him for investigation of murder.
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Las Vegas
B. J. Handlen
John McCarthy
James W. Amy
Barstow
Calif
Amy
JFK Redoubles Efforts To Speed Integration
President Kennedy urged rapid action to end racial discrimination and integrate public schools nationwide. In a telegram to the US Civil Rights Commission education conference, he said constitutional rights must be vindicated and public education strengthened. Attorney General Kennedy also spoke, echoing the call.
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Sawyer's Father Delays Democratic State Convention Opening
The Democratic biennial state convention will recess three hours at 10 a.m. to allow Gov. Grant Sawyer's supporters and family to attend Dr. Harry Sawyer's Reno funeral. Gov. Sawyer and his brother Dr. Peter Sawyer will depart for Twin Falls Idaho for family matters. Clark County delegation plans a 9 a.m. caucus in the Capitol assembly chamber.
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Harry Sawyer
Grant Sawyer
Sawyer
Clark County
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Mike) O'Callaghan
the Sun
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Demos
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San Francisco
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Idaho
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Nevada
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Child Slayer Sentenced to Gas Chamber in California
In Merced California Army Chief Warrant Officer Clarence Ashley was sentenced to death in the gas chamber for the sex slaying of six year old Angie Mae Stewart on August 8 1960. A jury found him guilty after a two hour testimony in which he described abducting the girl from a family camp near the San Joaquin River, molesting her and killing her.
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Calif
UPS
Clarence Ashley
Angie Mae Stewart
Gregory P Maushart
Ashley
San Joaquin River
Congressional leaders push probe of Agriculture Department over Estes fraud case
GOP congressional leaders urged a sweeping investigation into the Agriculture Department tied to the Billie Sol Estes fraud case. In Golden Colorado Teamsters Union President James R Hoffa appeared at a local plant to help distribute organizing leaflets and was met by pickets.
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GOP
Agriculture Department
Texas
Billie Sol Estes
Golden
Colo
Teamsters Union
James RK. Hoffa
North Las Vegas Progress Days Opens With Fireworks Display
The ninth annual North Las Vegas Progress Days kicked off with a grand fireworks show at the carnival grounds on 25th Street and East College Avenue staged by the Showboat Hotel. Young attendees helped inaugurate the fair with opening ceremonies as visitors traded work clothes for Western attire.
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Las Vegas
Helldorado Week Opens With Aerial Act Over Fremont Street
Aerial trapeze act 200 feet above Fremont Street marks the Helldorado kickoff in downtown Las Vegas. Elks Kangaroo Kops will urge wearing Helidorado Buttons for the 28th annual celebration. Center events on Fremont Street with Eddie Gilbreath coordinating shows from 6 p.m. to midnight Friday and 2 p.m. to midnight Saturday.
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Las Vegas
Eddie Gilbreath
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