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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1962
Page
2
Major William R. Becker, 1962 USAF Command and Staff College graduate, will appear at Nellis through Oct. 19 as part of the 1962 USAF speaker program touring Tactical Air Command bases. A San Francisco native, he earned the Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters for 52 combat missions in Korea.
The joint task force reports fragments from a destroyed nuclear device fell on Johnston Island after a test shutdown. Most fragments show some Alpha contamination, but no injuries or hazard to personnel are anticipated. Cleanup has begun and operations remain on schedule.
A federal grand jury returned an indictment after ten months of hearings with 39 witnesses. Judge Edward S. Northrop set bond at $10,000 for each defendant amid alleged efforts to block the prosecution of Edlin. The Miami Beach resident pleaded no contest to mail fraud and just finished a prison sentence.
The Weather Bureau's 30 day outlook calls for below normal temperatures in the western United States, above normal in the middle and south Atlantic states, and near normal elsewhere. Precipitation should exceed normal across most of the country except for below average in the far Southwest and near normal in the Pacific Northwest, Northern Plains, and east of the Appalachians.
The Public Health Service announced that administration officials and congressmen will address the conference in December. About 75 speakers are listed, including Welfare Secretary Anthony J Celevrezze Surgeon General Luther L. Terry and Representatives John E Fogarty Kenneth A. Roberts and Paul F Schenck.
The State Department said it protested the arrest of Robert Roy Budway by Czech authorities on spy charges. A protest note was delivered in Prague, noting Budway was arrested after traveling to Czechoslovakia to visit relatives.
A letter extols George Foley for defending Pauline a woman on bail for narcotics charges and a Federal kidnapping. It claims she remains fearless, commits crimes openly, robs a man, and shoots for more money while praising her conduct as exemplary and urges release on own recognizance.
Miller Goldwater and Wilson urge voters to demand policy change via the November 6 election. They warn Republicans must highlight dangers of current course and offer a resolute foreign policy opposing retreat and Castro.
The singer Everly refused to discuss his illness saying he did not know. Mitch Dewood, a traveling companion, described him as suffering physical and nervous exhaustion and denied an overdose. Idlewood stated Everly and his wife were newlyweds and that Miss Stevenson is pregnant, denying any brotherly rift.
A garbled set of classified items lists help wanted entries for women and mature live in caregiver roles with menial tasks, several apartment rentals Granada and Webster addresses with utilities and features, a large appliance ad, dogs and cats listing, and a furnished house with 3 bedrooms 2 baths. Contact numbers 878 6967 878 3070 and 12 3193 32 6026 appear for varied services.
Khrushchev expected to push for committee endorsement on Berlin moves after a three hour meeting with new U S ambassador Kohler. Kennedy aides discuss placing a United Nations representative in Berlin to ease tensions, a plan unlikely to win Soviet approval due to Moscow’s control of the eastern sector. Gromyko’s talks with Kennedy and Bonn’s Schroeder aim to align positions ahead of Nov 7 discussions with Adenauer and potential White House talks with Macmillan or de Gaulle.
Pauline fled before a July 10 court appearance after posting bail set at 25,000 dollars. William Embry originally posted the bond but received an extension on the 90 day period allowed for a bondsman to secure a client.
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