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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1962
Page
1
Former North Las Vegas official Earl Hartke sought a district attorney investigation amid allegations involving two Las Vegas water drilling contractors who allegedly lost well digging contracts with the city. The dispute centers on past business relationships and possible misconduct within local government dealings.
President Kennedy told a Milwaukee crowd that the 1960s will bring burdens and danger from international crises but urged confidence in an ability to endure. He outlined land, sea and air military preparations for potential action in Southeast Asia if Laos deteriorates, as spectators packed the Milwaukee Arena.
Public urged to join a morning reception for six visiting Japanese governors arriving at McCarran Field at 10 48 a m for a 24 hour stay in Las Vegas part of a two week nationwide trip. Gov Grant Sawyer Mayor Oran Grayson and Nellis AFB escort will greet the delegation with Hyde Park Junior High School band providing music.
Pro Communist rebels drove the Royal Laotian Army from northwestern Laos into Thailand triggering President Kennedy to consider possible U S military intervention. A task force of the Seventh Fleet with a Marine battle group was en route from the Philippines toward the Gulf of Siam as Air Force units in the U S and Okinawa were readied for possible deployment. Kennedy met with Secretary of State Rusk and aides including Defense Secretary McNamara and General Lemnitzer after in country surveys of Southeast Asia. No decision yet on sending troops into Laos but tough choices may come in days. The U S is already deeply involved in South Vietnam with about 5 000 military personnel advising and flying support missions. In Saigon sources said 28 U S Marines and soldiers helicopters flew South Viet
The Soviet cosmonaut Gherman Titov said he did not believe in God while touring the United States, arguing the rocket was built by people, not divine aid. The remark sparked editorial voices predicting a growing reaction and a test of Communist ideology as Titov faced questions in public.
CAPE CANAVERAL UP I reports astronaut Scott Carpenter disclosed he named his orbital capsule Aurora-7 partly due to growing up near Aurora and Seventh streets in Boulder Colorado. He is set for a May 19 launch for a three orbit mission similar to John Glenn's previous flight.
Norma Riddle of Las Vegas won 100 silver dollars as the first daily Scent-a-Rama winner at the Flamingo Hotel. She is among six finalists for the 1000 dollar grand prize. The event drew 586 entrants sniffing their way through the whiskey exhibit as two barrels travel for public judging.
Tomorrow the SUN will feature a daily bridge column by Alfred Freddy Sheinwold. Known as Freddy to peers, he has won more masterpoints yearly than required for life master status and led his team to five consecutive Reisinger Bridge Trophy titles.
Helldorado Village begins a family night with a barbecue at 6 p.m. at Cashman Field outfield. Elks will run three pits serving all you can eat for 1.50 per person, plus a livestock show sale western costume dance whiskering contest fast draw exhibition and a giant carnival with a half mile midway.
An audit of Washoe County surplus equipment records began after County Commissioner Richard Streeter sought help from Congressman Walter Baring. UPI reports two days of inventory were conducted in the surplus properties procurement division of the Civil Defense Agency, with the review expected to continue into next week.
Charles W. Furnish a 29 year old machinist confessed to slaying his 18 month old daughter Starr by placing a plastic bag over her head in her crib. He said he believed the child was breaking up his marriage and officers booked him on suspicion of murder.
London officials announced last night that a national dock strike planned to start at midnight today has been cancelled. In New York Secretary of the Treasury Douglas Dillon flew to Rome to attend the American Bankers Association monetary conference opening Tuesday.
President press secretary Pierre Salinger spent a day in the country with Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev, signaling continued high level talks. The brief encounter in Moscow was described as a routine courtesy visit amid ongoing diplomatic exchange.
Las Vegas Cub Scouts competed in the Elks Helidorado Scout Beard contest drawing 500 Scouts and parents to the Convention Center. Twenty three Cubs vied for prizes with James Ewing of Cub Pack 74 winning first prize: airplane ride with Alamo Airways tickets to Disneyland Anaheim and a Cub Scout prize package.
The United States detonated nuclear devices yesterday both in the air over the Pacific and underground at the Nevada test site. The releases described both explosions as intermediate yield. The Pacific test marked the 10th in the current series and was dropped from an aircraft near Christmas Island.
In Manhattan Beach California a 47 year old woman Mrs Margaret Wy choff died by suicide after leaving notes found by her brother in law Raymond Wy choff of El Segundo A note blamed herself for spoiling her daughter and failing as a mother saying I can't face Mother's Day Police described a sleeping potion as the method and cited lines about a mother's disappointment in her married daughter and a wish she had let her daughter suffer for her errors
The Nevada Gaming Control Board in Las Vegas will review ten major gaming applications including Frank Sinatra seeking to reopen Cal-Neva Lodge at Lake Tahoe for the summer. Sinatra partners include manager Henry Sanicola and Sanford Waterman of Miami Beach. The board’s three members meet at 2 p.m. Monday, with action recommended to the Nevada Gaming Commission which convenes Tuesday at 10 a.m. All sessions are at 515 Las Vegas Blvd.
Partly cloudy with northwest winds 20 to 25 mph. High 74, low 50. Yesterday’s high 73, low 56. Noontime humidity 17 percent. Sunrise 5 36, sunset 7 37.
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