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Newspaper

Las Vegas Sun

Location

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America

Date

May 11, 1963

Page

1

Castro seeks peace role with Russia and Red China

Fidel Castro told ABC in Havana he aims to mediate between the Soviet Union and Red China and hopes for a summit with President Kennedy and Premier Khrushchev. He said Russians in Cuba are technicians training his army but would fight Cubans against any aggressor. He spoke to Lisa Howard two weeks before the broadcast.

Cuba United States Kennedy Nikita Khrushchev Castro Havana Lisa Howard American Broadcasting Company ABC Red China Khrushchev

Double shootout thwarted by brother in law at city police station

Ernest McClodden, 80 Levy Lane, held on charges of assault with a deadly weapon and federal firearms act violations after firing at his wife Mattael inside the city police station. Her brother Henry Washington, 26, knocked the weapon away, averting a possible double murder as the wife sought protection behind a deputy city attorney. Mrs McClodden, wounded in the left arm, is in satisfactory condition at Sunrise Hospital.

Ernest McClodden Levy Lane Mattael Joe Pawlikowski McClodden Enee SUN Notos Ken Jones

Bruce Thompson’s Nevada federal judge nomination praised by Sun editor

The Sun lauds Bruce Thompson of Reno for federal judgeship, calling him an outstanding choice with honesty, ethics, and high legal competence. The piece cites his Nevada bar stature and family ties to prominent local figures, and notes a front page photo mix up at the end.

Nevada Alan Bible Howard Cannon Bruce Thompson Reno Thompson

Europe May Ban U S Air Lines

Britain threatens to bar U S airlines from its airports after midnight Sunday over the CAB fare dispute. France and possibly other European countries indicate they will follow, forbidding Pan American and Trans World Airlines from landing on European soil due to the 5 percent transatlantic fare increase.

London UPI British Aviation Ministry U.S Britain U.S. Civil Aeronautics Board CAB Paris France Pan American World Airlines Trans World Airlines

Navy Bullseye For New Model Polaris Shoot

CAPE CANAVERAL UPI The Navy fired the Polaris A-3 missile to a test area 1 600 miles away with the fourth success in 14 firings. The land based launch aimed to study basic missile development as the solid fueled rocket showed a clean ascent and staged ignition.

Cape Canaveral UPI U.S Navy Polaris

Red Missile Spy Death Sentence Demanded in Moscow Trial

Soviet prosecutors urged the firing squad for Lev Penkovsky and sought ten years for British businessman Greville Wynne as they face charges of passing rocket and troop secrets to the West. Prosecutor Artem Gorny accused British diplomats and others of involvement in the spy ring.

Moscow UPS Greville Wynne Wynne Leog Penkovsky United States Britain Artem Gorny Penkovsky East Germany

Chicken Pox Scare Shocks Nevada County Students

White Pine County conducts mass vaccination after a high school girl’s illness triggers smallpox fears. Clinics operate in Ely Ruth and McGill with 640 teachers and students at White Pine County High School vaccinated. Blood samples sent to state lab and CDC as tests proceed.

Ely UPS White Pine County Ruth McGill White Pine County High School Daniel Hurley Reno State Health Department U.S. Public Health Service

Race Riot's Back Broken After Truce

White and Negro negotiators reached an integration agreement in Birmingham Alabama ending five weeks of racial demonstrations. The protests led to 2200 arrests and the crisis in the city once called the most segregated in America. A six man bi racial committee will oversee the plan.

Birmingham Ala UPI America

Battle in Nashville Over Segregation Injures Many

In Nashville Tennessee Negroes and whites clashed with bricks and bottles during anti segregation demonstrations. Police reported multiple injuries including 15 year old Ewingella Bigham who lay in the street for 15 minutes before ambulance and claimed a policeman struck her with a night stick. Reverend J Metz Rollins and Carolyn Smith both injured with others hurt.

Nashville Tenn UPI Ewingella Bigham Hubbard Hospital J. Metz Rollins Tennessee Carolyn Smith Rollins

Welfare department role reduced in foreign adoption cases

California Senate approves a bill to remove the state department of social welfare from pre adoption investigations of foreign born children. The measure by Sen. John A. Murdy passed 27 to 1 and now moves to the assembly. The change aims to shift home study duties away from state involvement in immigration-adoption procedures.

Sacramento APS State Department of Social Welfare Senate John A. Murdy Santa Ana Assembly Department United States

Black Muslim Claims Police Brutality in 1962 Riot

A Black Muslim youth testified in Los Angeles that police roughing and strip searches occurred after a riot on April 27, 1962, when one member allegedly shouted to line them up and shoot. Troy Augustine, 22, among 14 defendants, recounted the incident amid trials.

Los Angeles UPI Troy Augustine

Haiti Minister Welcomes OAS Probe On Haiti Tension

Haitian Foreign Minister Rene Chalmers said Haiti would welcome and cooperate with an OAS fact finding mission to probe repression claims. He spoke after a 45 minute meeting with Secretary of State Dean Rusk and said Haiti would allow the on the spot inquiry and reaffirmed cooperation with OAS peacemaking efforts amid Caribbean tensions.

Washington UPI Rene Chalmers Organization of American States Chalmers Dean Rusk OAS Francois Duvalier Haiti Dominican Republic State Department U. S Rermeh Caribbean Rusk Jose A. Mora

Weather Forecast With Mild Wind and Warm Temperatures

Partly cloudy skies today with southwest winds 15 to 25 mph and gusts to 35 mph. High near 88 and low around 60. Relative humidity at noon around 12 percent. Sunrise 5 38. Sunset 7 34.

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