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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1962
Page
3
The annual Scout Fair runs 3 to 10 p.m. at the Exhibit Hall featuring about 100 booths with derbies, space exploration, safety, crafts, photography, and more. Cub Scouts, Scouts, and Explorers from the Boulder Dam Area Council display activities. proceeds go to concession services and a missing persons information center.
U S armed services attend Las Vegas meeting to commit troops bands and heavy equipment for the October American Legion parade set to span four to six hours from Las Vegas Blvd South to Cashman Field. Attendees include Brig Gen Boyd Hubbard and Col R L Merritt of Nellis Air Force Base with secretary of defense officers and Legion officials.
District Judge John Mowbray appointed Attys Gordon Hawkins and Tad Porter to represent Thomas Arthur Eisentrager in his appeal of a 10 year to life murder sentence. The ruling followed denial of a motion for a new trial after the information charging Eisentrager was deemed defective. Eisentrager, 38, was convicted of second degree murder in the May 4, 1959 slaying of his paramour Ardis Mayo at their apartment at 222 North Fifth Street.
Airman Basic Robert M. Lampson son of Senior Master Sergeant and Mrs Robert L Lampson Henderson is assigned to the USAF technical training course for missile electronic specialists at Lowry AFB Colorado He completed basic training here and was selected for the advanced course on the basis of his interests and aptitudes The high school graduate is a former student of Nevada Southern.
The Schenley’s Scent-a-rama opens at noon at the Flamingo Hotel for six days. Las Vegans and visitors sample aged whiskey aromas from two whiffing barrels and vie for daily prizes of 100 dollars and a grand 1,000 dollars for best sniff estimates.
Las Vegas sees a fresh gas war with independents cutting regular to 26.9 cents and ethyl to 29.9 cents while majors hold firm. Attendant laments price swings as stations vary over the last three weeks and next moves remain uncertain.
The SUN promotes a Learn-A Language program for children to obtain foreign language records including Lt. Col. John H. Glenn’s space flight. Seven sequential coupons plus a dollar or $1.25 fetches a record with a language learning manual. Pickups are at SUN Circulation, 900 S. Main St., 8 am to 5 pm weekdays, 8 am to 2 pm Saturdays, 9 am to noon Sundays.
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