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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1963
Page
1
The passage blends personal reflection on mortality and faith with a critique of a gaming industry scandal. It contemplates fate and duty, noting a publisher’s death at 44 and a sense of moral reckoning amid broader social ills. The narrator hints at soul searching and calls out hollow boasting over benefits to humankind.
Carson City reports Nevada gaming officials propose forcing registration of all casino staff with the Gaming Control Board to curb cheats. A public hearing is set for June 18 in Las Vegas to discuss issuing identification cards to identify and blackball problematic dealers.
The Alabama Supreme Court rules the three Birmingham commissioners must yield power to a new mayor council government led by Albert Boutwell. The decision comes as 1081 Negro students barred for demonstrations are readmitted under federal court order, and the Justice Department asks the Supreme Court to keep troops in Alabama.
The Northern Nevada Central Labor Council united in opposition calling the one cent sales tax a tax on the least able to pay. Secretary Gene Crumley said the measure targets working people and criticized the tax package. the bill was among several approved by the legislature for a June 11 special election. The tax would fund school aid and elder care among other local government revenues.
The Senate passed a bill by 68 to 19 to replace silver certificates with federal reserve notes backed by 25 per cent gold. President Kennedy is expected to sign, ending the government’s long standing silver backing as silver costs rise. The Treasury will stop buying silver and use bullion to mint new coins for up to 18 years and may sell silver to other agencies. Senator Robertson defended the move as not depleting gold reserves.
A Las Vegas couple, Bernie Aud aged 27 and Kim Aud aged 28, died in a Boulder Highway roll over blamed on excessive speed. The car rolled five times after losing control, Mrs Aud ejected first and Mr Aud ejected last as the vehicle landed upside down. Witnesses said the car rose higher than a freight truck beside it.
Partly cloudy today with southwest winds 15 to 25 mph. High 95, low 66. Yesterday’s high 90, low 72. Noon relative humidity 15 percent. Sunrise 5 29, sunset 7 46.
A beer drinking gunman charged into the Iowa statehouse agriculture offices and held workers at risk for an hour claiming they “sent me up and I’m going to kill them” as he menaced staff with a loaded semi-automatic. Detective Chief E. J. McCarthy posing as an armed guard captured Raymond Carroll Beighler, 22, who said he fought injustice from his Army years and singled out the mill as the source of his anger.
Bandleader Eddy Howard, 48, known for the hit "To Each His Own," was found dead yesterday at his Eldorado country club home in Palm Desert California. The 1946 song sold more than two million copies and his recordings totaled about 15 million.
The SUN unveils UNIPAX from United Press International allowing near real time photo dispatch. Readers see Gordon Cooper’s ticker tape parade and Broadway show appearances within minutes after a shot is taken. The new service promises faster visuals from Congo Viet Nam and other global events.
L. Gordon Cooper arrived in Houston after a long orbital mission, greeted by about 300000 cheering fans in 83 degree heat. Senators and congressmen met him at the airport as placards read Welcome, Gordo, and his family celebrated with nightclubbing after late New York celebrations.
The House approved equal pay legislation by voice vote to ban wage discrimination between men and women for the same work. The bill, already approved by the Senate, would apply to workers under federal minimum protections and seeks to align wage scales regardless of sex with little opposition during debate.
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