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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1963
Page
1
A humorous yet tender reflection on 19 years of marriage between a couple with strong characters. The husband jokes about time, open warfare, and the thrill of staying together as their four children and a forthcoming high school graduation shape their family life.
Federal judge rejects delay in admitting Vivian Malone and Dave McGlathery to the all white University of Alabama. Gov George Wallace vows to block enrollments by force if needed, signaling another tense clash over race and higher education. Malone plans to attend Tuscaloosa main campus, McGlathery to Huntsville extension center. Both target the June 10 summer term.
President Kennedy saluted the astronaut as crowds thronged Pennsylvania Avenue and Congress gave a standing ovation. The 36 year old astronaut read a 53 word space prayer thanking God for the flight and asking guidance for future missions and for families to be comforted.
Washington notes dismiss the Soviet demand to ban all nuclear armed submarines in the Mediterranean as typical propaganda aimed at NATO talks in Ottawa. The State Department asserts the plan would remove a key NATO counter to Soviet threats and is designed to provoke international tensions.
Sparks in Utah report three children Stephen Curtis age 2 Michelle Curtis age 4 and Victor Curtis age 7 died in an apartment fire. Their mother was rescued by Ronald Vance an Air National Guard fireman who brought her down a ladder from a second story window. She suffered cuts and burns while Vance was stunned but unharmed.
A federal grand jury in Los Angeles resumed the inquiry into an alleged demand of $60,000 from Palm Springs hotelman Ray Ryan. Fifteen witnesses, possibly including underworld figures, were subpoenaed to testify as the hearing continued after a start last Tuesday.
Martial law spread to Ankara Istanbul and Izmir after loyal forces crushed a revolt led by ex Colonel Talat Ayde mir. The government announced his capture and that of three senior aides. Casualty reports indicate at least seven killed and twenty four wounded in Ankara and additional injuries outside Istanbul.
A forecast notes variable cloudiness today with southerly winds 13 to 18 mph. The high reaches 95 degrees and the low 64. Yesterday's high 98 and low 66. Noontime humidity at 9 percent with sunrise 5 31 and sunset 7 49.
The Nevada Gaming Commission approved eight non restricted gaming licenses and rejected one. Approvals include Harold Valentine for a 10 percent $300000 interest in the Las Vegas Showboat, and Bill Harrah for a $3 million Reno casino restaurant. Other licenses cover Sands Hotel stock, a poker table in Yerington, and a Mesquite Valley Inn table games expansion with a shoe arrangement.
Testimony in the Mack Nations income tax trial connected former Kansas Gov. Fred Hall to a $510,000 payoff tied to the parole of Anna Brown Nations. Nations says he handed Hall an envelope from an attorney for the convict, while prosecutors claim he failed to report income from the exchange.
A UPI report says a federal grand jury in Nashville indicted four more defendants including Henry F. Bell vice president of the ILA and three Huntington West Virginia detectives for allegedly bribing or trying to corrupt jurors in James R Hoffa s million conspiracy trial. The investigation began January 17 and has not yet been completed with Hoffa and six others previously indicted.
Soviet First Vice Premier Anastas Mikoyan, 68, has been ill in a hospital for weeks after contracting flu in Murmansk while welcoming Cuban Premier Fidel Castro. He now faces complications and has not appeared at Kremlin events since May 3.
The San Francisco Examiner reports that all or part of 7.5 million in negotiable Treasury certificates missing from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco may be on deposit in a Swiss bank. Bank officials say the certificates disappeared last fall and were probably burned inadvertently during a transfer of securities.
California Governor Edmund G Brown renewed his opposition to a state operated lottery but hinted at supporting legislation to legalize church bingo games and raffles. He said churches are hard to prosecute and proposed a legal framework around church bingo and raffles, while not backing a full lottery bill. He warned state lotteries invite illegal numbers games and cited New Hampshire's recent enactment as likely to cause trouble.
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