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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1962
Page
1
A Nevada university audit reveals illegal tuition charges and new fees raising costs for residents and non residents. Documents show increased summer session rates, a $5 admission fee, and a mandatory Las Vegas fee at Nevada Southern amid auditor findings and calls for student record access.
Thousands of soldiers and 800 marshals deployed in Oxford Mississippi to guard James Meredith at the University of Mississippi. About 3,400 soldiers and 800 marshals patrolled streets and dug foxholes while 1,900 infantrymen stood near the Alabama border. Lt General Hamilton Howze oversaw operations with 101st and 82nd Airborne Divisions in Oxford.
A handwritten tirade comments on Edwin Walker amid seditious conspiracy charges and Bircher links. It claims the administration sought to undermine the Constitution and mocks extremist groups while criticizing the author’s portrayal of Walker as a defender of Americanism and a target of Reds.
Las Vegas Republican candidate Carlton Adair accused Walter Baring of acting as a spokesman for the John Birch Society. He said he will document Baring's Birch influence and challenge him to a televised debate. Adair linked Baring to radical anti liberal stances and questioned family ties to the Birch Society.
The United Fund of Clark County launches its 1963 drive with a kickoff breakfast at the Hotel Thunderbird. More than 100 volunteers attend, eight executives are loaned by local businesses, with Gov. Grant Sawyer and civic leaders expected to join. Sam Boyd and Robert DeLangie, vice presidents, also participate. RN Beatty warns of the drive’s importance at a recent loan executive meeting.
Washington report says space agency and contractors press the Atomic Energy Commission to study a Nevada federal rocket city to accelerate nuclear powered spaceship development similar to Oak Ridge Tennessee built during World War II to spur atomic bomb work.
Two former airline stewardesses testified before a House subcommittee that they were allowed to fly passenger aircraft with people on board. Margaret Donotry described flying an Eastern Constellation from Atlanta to Charlotte in 1958. Margaret Sweet said she flew a Pan American plane for five to ten minutes in 1955 and explained how she altered altitude by sighting the horizon.
Federal Aviation Agency Administrator N E Halaby told the seventh national meeting of the Air Traffic Control Association that the United States has the finest air traffic control system. He opened by addressing women attendees and husbands, calling each husband a very important person performing a complex task with rare competence and dedication. He then criticized the system in later remarks.
Cora Galenti Smith testified in her federal fraud case now in its third week. The 64 year old defendant defended her youth rejuvenation claims as Asst. Atty. Mei Close and defense counsel William Morse clashed over facts. Judge Roger Poley Jr. had ordered a break but reopened proceedings as the cross examination continued and the case awaited jury deliberation.
A husky 38 year old former paratrooper pleaded not guilty to first degree murder in the July 17 slaying of Allan B Foutz 36 operator of the Nevada Towers at the California Nevada state line. Trial set for Friday. Atty Harry Claiborne and James Scherer appeared for the arraignment. The state was represented by Vern Albright. Scherer allegedly shot Foutz four times after an argument over a telephone at the tavern. Police found four more weapons in Scherer s car after the getaway wreck at Lermnot.
National American Legion headquarters were established in Las Vegas for the week long 44th annual convention. More than 100 staff arrived on weekend via TWA planes to set up offices in the Las Vegas Convention Center.
Robert J. O'Connor, 3, of Hollywood California, pleaded guilty in municipal court after being arrested for running a red light at Commerce and W Charleston. Officers said he thought he was in Los Angeles and he received a $50 fine or a 125 day jail sentence for the drunken driving incident.
Springfield Missouri UPI reports former Maj Gen Edwin Walker is held awaiting trial at the Federal Prison Hospital after failing to post 100 000 bail. He faces charges of rebellion insurrection and seditious conspiracy tied to rioting at the University of Mississippi.
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