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Las Vegas Sun

Location

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America

Date

May 09, 1963

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Classified cargo alert prompts Rhode Island security watch

UPI reports authorities were alerted to monitor a truck carrying highly classified material on a route from Boston to Groton Connecticut. In Moscow Fidel Castro’s arrival at Tashkent was hailed with a welcoming poem praising him as a dear brother.

Hope Valley R. 1 UPI Rhode Island Boston Groton Conn Moscow Fidel Ca Tashkent

Boston's Mad Strangler Strikes in Cambridge Deaths Rise

The body of Beverly Samans a 25 year old Beckley West Virginia graduate student was found in her Cambridge apartment near Harvard Square. Police report she was strangled with a stocking tied behind her back and may have been raped. Her death marks the tenth such Boston area slaying in 11 months raising fears of a serial killer.

Cambridge Mass UPI West Virginia Boston Beverly Samans Beckley W. Va Boston University Samans Oliver Chamberlain

Renoite Named For Judge Post

Bruce R. Thompson a Reno attorney from a prominent Nevada family was recommended as a U S federal judge for Nevada to fill the vacancy created by Judge John R Ross s death in Portland Oregon Thompson 51 a Reno native is a University of Nevada and Stanford Law School graduate and is with Springmeyer Thompson and Dixon He was submitted to the White House by Senators Alan Bible and Howard Cannon and faces Senate confirmation.

Nevada Bruce R. Thompson Reno U. S John R. Ross Carson City Thompson Gordon Nevada Supreme Court Rueben Thompson University of Nevada White House Alan Bible Howard Cannon Ross Portland Ore Johan Squire Drendel Wiliam Woodburn Kennedy U.S. Senate Stanford University Law School George Springmeyer Springmeyer, Thompson and Dixon Senators

Webb Shifts Multi Million Dollar Hotel Headquarters to Las Vegas

A Del E Webb Corp subsidiary moves its hotel division from Phoenix to Las Vegas. Executives arrived from Phoenix to finalize arrangements in a 2,500 to 3,600 square foot office at the Industrial Arts Building 3133 Industrial Rd. Negotiations seek warehouse space in the Riley industrial complex near a railroad siding. The group already operates hotels in Phoenix Scottsdale San Francisco Fresno Los Angeles San Diego and Las Vegas.

Webb Las Vegas Phoenix Industrial Arts Riley Scottsdale Ariz San Francisco Fresno Los Angeles San Diego Calif

Balloons Popped at Tonopah Test Range

Three large balloons used in a joint U S United Kingdom non nuclear program on the Tonopah Test Range were destroyed by unusually strong winds while moored at Stone Wall and Cactus Flats northwest of the Nevada Test Site. One balloon belonged to Ae Corporation and two to the United Kingdom. Five other balloons had been lost in April during similar mishaps.

United Kingdom Tonopah Test Range Nevada Test Site Atomic Energy Commission Stone Wall Cactus Flats Ae Corporation

JFK Doubts Signing of Test Ban Pact

Washington based report says President Kennedy expressed pessimism about a formal test ban treaty in Geneva. He warned the United States and the Soviet Union may resume nuclear testing if no pact is signed. Aimed at curbing tests, the remarks emphasized ongoing concern over arms control prospects.

JFK Kennedy United States Russia Geneva

Grand Jury Plans Jail Inspection Next Week

Clark county grand jury, awaiting special investigators findings, plans a required inspection of county jail systems next week after a policy session Tuesday. Foreman W. T. Geary said procedures are set and a committee will inspect outlying jails due to the countys size and limited one room facilities.

Clark County Grand Jury W. T. Geary Geary

Nevada May Trigger Full Scale A-Tests At Nevada Test Site

The Las Vegas AEC office announced three planned det detonations at the Nevada Test Site in May for Department of Defense purposes. Two surface detonations involve nuclear devices with one at ground level and one shallow underground shot. A third detonation uses a chemical high explosive with radioactive tracers. Off-site radiation will be kept below criteria and this marks the first above-ground test since July 17.

Kennedy Russia United States Las Vegas The Atomic Energy Commission Department of Defense Aec-Dod Nevada Test Site AEC

Shaky Truce Prevails in Birmingham

In Birmingham the fragile truce over racial violence seemed to endure after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was released from jail and praised by President Kennedy. Later, King was convicted and jailed on month-old charges for leading a segregation protest march, causing mixed reactions among Negro leaders.

Birmingham Ala UPI Martin Luther King Jr Kennedy King

Rocky Pastor In Trouble With Church

A Presbyterian governing body in White Plains will meet on May 24 to determine disciplinary action against Rev. Marshall Lee Smith for marrying Gov. Nelson A Rockefeller and Mrs. Margaretta Fitler Murphy without permission. The move responds to a ceremony in Pocantico Hills, New York, last Saturday and underscores church rules on marriage by clergy.

White Plains N. Y UPI Presbyterian Church Marshall Lee Smith Nelson A. Rockefeller Margaretta Fitler Murphy Pocantico Hills Joseph P. Bishop the Hudson

Navy Stands Guard Off Haiti Shore

The United States evacuated nearly 200 Americans and moved Caribbean naval forces close to Port au Prince amid rising tensions. Most evacuees were dependents of embassy and military personnel, and an Army warrant officer expressed relief at rescuing his family before violence escalates.

Port AU Prince Haiti UPI United States U.S U.S. Army

Returnees Describe Quick Death During Haiti Flight

Two planes evacuated 195 Americans from tense Haiti on a mothers mercy flight. Refugees mainly wives and children reported shootings, mobs and arson. A 14 year old boy recounted seeing two bodies on a street as soldiers stood over them with guns still smoking. The crisis eased somewhat after the evacuation.

Miami UPI Haiti

Minsky's Wife Wins Divorce in Sealed Nevada Proceeding

Rosemary Dardy Minsky, sister of Lili St. Cyr, obtained a divorce from Harold Minsky on mental cruelty grounds in a sealed Las Vegas proceeding before Dist. Judge David Zenoff. She offered no custody comments, though the settlement followed two hours of testimony. Temporary alimony of $1,000 monthly was ordered for the wife.

Rosemary ‘Dardy Minsky Harold Dist David Zenoff Lili St. Cyr Zenoff Paul Larsen Harry Claiborne

County approves hotel project opposite Sands Resort

County commissioners approved an application for a new two story hotel with a casino convention hall and theater to be built by Jack Greene of Sacramento. The site lies north of the Sans Souci hotel and hinges on Clark County Fair and Recreation Board approval.

Sands Clark County Fair and Recreation Board Jack Greene Sacramento Calif

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