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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1962
Page
1
A Las Vegas Bulletin column mentions a kidnapper suspect on the Las Vegas Strip and reports the rescued girl. It critiques local crime, law enforcement, and judiciary effectiveness, arguing crime profits and lax prosecutions feed crime. Continued on Page 2.
Nevada veteran affairs official Powers defeats Matthews in a state-by-state roll call to secure a national post. Matthews urged unanimous election as votes concluded. Vic Whittlesea of Reno elected one of five national vice commanders, joining several other regional appointees.
Boley, once a police informant linked to Lake Headley and Namon Witcher, recants his narcotics frameup allegations. He admits fabricating claims of favors and drugs involving the former deputies, who faced scrutiny after the Clayton Sampson narcotics case and a separate attempted burglary at United Coin Machine Co. Sampson seeks a new trial while the investigation continues.
Sheriff's deputies breached a Strip motel room to rescue Arlene Van Note a 25 year old South Gate tavern owner and arrest Bobby Ray Watts 25 who gave a false name. Watts resisted arrest violently during transport to county jail. Deputies Bell Pyatt Clark and Runkle assisted in the operation.
President Truman tells Legion that the United States must be decisively stronger than the Soviet Union to preserve peace. He notes prior efforts to live at peace with the Russians and work with them as the wind-up session ends.
President Kennedy signed a law raising postal rates and approving a $1 billion pay hike for 16 million federal workers. First class letters rise from 4 to 5 cents, air mail from 7 to 8, and postcards from 3 to 4 cents, with other class increases to follow.
Negotiations for the release of 1,113 Cuban invasion prisoners were recessed indefinitely after U S negotiator James B Donovan left Havana for Miami. Donovan, a New York Senate candidate, sought a last minute meeting with Premier Fidel Castro but could not contact him.
Senate aide Bible touts a $40 million Nevada test site package in the big NASA Atomic Energy Commission program. The funding covers static test facilities demating maintenance radiation effects and component test facilities with Nevada described as essential to the national nuclear space effort. The plan also includes a Nevada tent site allocation and related highway and infrastructure funds.
Mostly clear today with southwest winds 20 to 30 knots. High near 85 and low around 65. Yesterday's high 88 and low 57. Noontime humidity around 13 percent. Sunrise at 6 42 and sunset at 6 11.
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