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Las Vegas Sun

Location

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America

Date

May 20, 1963

Page

2

Helldorado parade ends with spotless cleanup crew

A seven street sweepers unit plus eight pickups four bulldozers and related city workers cleared the parade route behind the Rancho High School Band. Judges including Pasadena Mayor Lewis Edwards and H W Bragg evaluated the event with a separate panel reviewing mounted riders.

Helldorado Rancho High School Lewis Edwards Pasadena H.W. Bragg C. Norman Cornwall Art Harris Don E. Ashworth

Bomb Explodes at Garuda Airways Office in Hong Kong

A bomb damaged an office of Garuda Indonesian Airways in Hong Kong. Police suspect retaliation for recent anti-Chinese riots in Indonesia and report only slight damage with no injuries.

Hong Kong UPI Garuda Indonesian Airways Indonesia

Songfest Tragedy As Bus Drowns In Canal

In Belle Glade Florida a labor bus carrying 42 migrant farm families crashed into a canal. Twenty seven people died including seven teens and three girls. Survivors recount the panic as police recovered bodies from the 25 foot depths.

Belle Glade Fla Florida Boy Slim

Toll at 87 as Gunung Agung eruption floods villages

Officials estimate at least 87 dead after Gunung Agung hurls sand and gas over the volcano area near Tianjar Ukuk Tjegi and Pengalusan. Authorities appeal to Jakarta for aircraft to drop supplies to about 4 000 stranded villages while police patrol the disaster zone.

Tienjar Tianjar Ukuk Tjegi Pengalusan Gunung Agung Jakarta Bali UPI Gunong Agung

Mounted Riders Winners Listed by Henderson Chamber

Henderson Chamber of Commerce announces winners in mounted riders events. Men top three include J Allen Ginn Jr Ray Odom and Jimmy Rand, with Henderson mounted women led by Pearl Ginn Benny Jean Landis and Rita Dougle earning spots.

Henderson Chamber of Commerce Mounted Riders J. Allen Ginn Jr Ray Odom Jimmy Rand Pearl Ginn Benny Jean Landis Rita Dougle

Nevada NAACP banquet cites civil rights progress and awards

The Nevada NAACP honored Flora Dungan and Steela Fears for civil rights work. Governor Grant Sawyer attended as speakers praised changes after 1963 while Andrews criticized ongoing inequality and linked education to federal troops in Mississippi. Michigan rail network note closes the report.

Ciety Andrews Oxford Mississippi Flora Dungan Clark County Nevada Steela Fears

Cooper predicts no more Mercury flights before 1964

Dr. Robert C. Seamans of NASA said a second one man Mercury flight this year is unlikely and may not occur until October 1964 at the earliest. He noted a decision on another Mercury mission must come within a week or so.

Federal Space Agency Robert C. Seamans Ioral Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA U.S Seamans

Gemini Flight Schedule Delayed to Late 1964

D Brainerd Holmes, head of the Manned Space Flight Center, says the first manned Gemini flight will not be scheduled until the last three months of 1964. A decision on a potential Mercury flight is due within a week.

D. Brainerd Holmes Manned Space Flight Center

Indonesian rescue plane joins hunt for missing ship

An Indonesian Air Force rescue plane and a Shell Company motorboat haver begun a search for a ship with 50 passengers aboard missing in the Makassar Strait, according to Antara News Agency.

Jakarta Indonesia UPL Shell Company Makassar Strait Antara

Classified List of Clerk and Technical Office Roles

A dated roster lists numerous positions by gender including male clerks accountants bookkeepers draftsmen and technicians, plus female secretaries typists cashiers and switchboard operators. The compilation also mentions roles like traffic clerk registry technicians and escrow secretaries in a broad office staff catalog.

Wight Burroughs Overstar

U S Convoy Harried in Berlin

A Berlin bound U S Army convoy of 70 men in 22 vehicles faced two lengthy Soviet checkpoints delays. The convoy, part of five heading to Berlin after three weeks of field training, with 633 soldiers in 111 trucks and jeeps, was briefly detained at Marienborn and Babelsberg before passage.

Marienborn Berlin Babelsberg West Germany

Alabama city braces as weekend violence sparks widespread tensions

Police mobilized about 1200 officers including local, state, and county units over the weekend. Racial rumors circulated while no major arrests occurred. Rev A D King’s home and a Black motel used by integration forces were damaged as riots erupted against responders. King was away during the demonstrations.

Moore Jefferson County Rev A. D. King Martin Luther King King

McNamara Brought In To Shield NATO Delegates

After FLQ threats to bomb hotels housing NATO delegates, security was tightened for the visiting diplomats. McNamara will stay at Chateau Laurier with Rusk at Butterworth residence, while External Affairs Minister Paul Martin confirmed heightened precautions.

FLQ NATO Chateau Laurier U.S. Defense Robert S. McNamara Dean Rusk Rusk U.S Canada W. Walton Butterworth Montreal Paul Martin

Dawn Raid Targets Two Cuban-Linked Boats

Exile and Caracas sources report a dawn attack on two motorboats tied to Castro militiamen. Reports vary on casualties while exile outlets claim a secret Caribbean base. In Caracas a four-organization communique hailed the raid as successful marking Marti's anniversary and noting a flag raised at the site.

Ing Caribbean Caracas Venezuela Jose Marti Cuba Carlos Manuel Desesperes

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