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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1963
Page
1
A fragment from Hank Greenspun discusses a maritime stand by sail, noting tensions at sea and the stance taken by involved parties. The column frames the incident as a civic or political moment shaping public opinion.
Thirteen Negro representatives left a city racial grievance session in Jackson after Mayor Allen Thompson condemned integration efforts. Thompson urged peaceful settlement but insisted no demonstrations would be allowed, leaving four Negro participants as civil rights leaders warned outcomes could trigger mass protests.
A parent reflects on 1963 graduation season, noting the shift from detached advice to heartfelt concern. The speech warns graduates face a vast, hopeful yet perilous world, with science shaping peace and peril, and parents fearing loss of dependence as youth depart for college, marriage, or work.
The Supreme Court in a unanimous ruling criticized southern communities for slow progress in desegregating schools a decade after the order. Justice Arthur J. Goldberg said all deliberate speed did not mean indefinite delay and ordered Memphis to desegregate parks libraries and museums promptly, sending the case back to the 6th Circuit.
Four Navy fliers from the aircraft carrier Kearsarge, who helped return two astronauts, were presumed dead after their S2F tracer plane crashed during antisubmarine exercises about 150 miles south of Honolulu Hawaii. All four crew members were from California.
Rodney Dee Brodie, the first person to survive separation of head twins, died after an 11 year struggle. His twin Roger Lee died in the historic operation. Malnutrition, doctors say, contributed to his death as his brain remained protected by a plastic cap.
Atty. Gen. Kennedy urged about 40 theater owners of America in the South to integrate movie houses to head off Negro protests and possible violence. He hoped local solutions would prevail with no immediate group comment from the association representing about 80 percent of southern cinemas. John H. Stembler noted owners must make individual decisions.
Two Americans were flown to Kathmandu for frostbite treatment after Everest ascent where five Americans and a Sherpa planted U S flags on the summit. The team completed a twin ascent via West Ridge and South Col with Dr Thomas Hornbein uninjured. Piggyback rescues carried three frostbitten climbers down to Namche Bazaar.
Louis Lipsky, founder of the American Jewish Congress, died at his New York home at age 86. He authored books on Middle East and Jewish affairs and his son Eleazer Lipsky led the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Rabbi Joachim Prinz called Lipsky an inspiring leader and architec t of the congress movement.
Adzhubei, editor of Komsomolskaya Pravda, rejects an American report alleging Soviet cosmonauts died in space. He boasts that Soviet cosmonauts have outstripped U.S. crews, disputing names such as Serenty Shiborin and Dolgov, whose death was later attributed to a paragliding jump in 1962.
Weather summary notes partly cloudy skies with southerly winds 13 to 15 mph. High near 90 and a low around 70. Yesterday reached 90 with a low of 62. Noon humidity at 10 percent. Sunrise 5:27 and sunset 7:49.
A fog shrouded morning crash on the New Jersey Turnpike near Newark killed six truck drivers and seriously injured seven others. Fifteen tractor-trailers and cars piled up in a leap frog sequence, scattering cargo from chickens to steel pipe across the roadway. damage estimates run about half a million dollars as the highway was closed for nine hours and rescue crews worked to separate the wreckage.
A three-doctor team attends the 81 year old pope as internal hemorrhages weaken him. Blood transfusions and treatments are reported as fears grow for his life. Officials say his condition has improved but Vatican aides note he remains lucid and unable to attend a Corpus Christi procession.
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