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Newspaper

Las Vegas Sun

Location

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America

Date

Sep 02, 1963

Page

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Labor Day Traffic Fatalities Rise Across Nation

National Guard alerted after youths riot Clark crosses fingers no holiday fatalities. Clark County reports 42 hours into Labor Day weekend with no traffic injuries. One fatality in Goldfield a 79 year old man Dominique Martin died in a car overturn near Coaldale Junction. Nationwide traffic deaths run at six per hour. NSC warns up to 630 could die by end of holiday.

Clark County Dominic Martin Goldfield Coaldale Junction The National Safety Council Seaside Ore UPI Mark Hatfield National Guard

Japanese Riots Over Atom Sub Visits Across Japan

Tens of thousands protested in Yokosuka and Sasebo against U S nuclear powered submarine visits. Largest rally in Yokosuka drew about 60 000 Socialists and leftists with red banners. 40 000 gathered near Sasebo. Organizers included the Japan Socialist Party Sokyo Labor Federation and the Japanese Communist Party. Chief speaker in Yokosuka was Tomomi Narita.

Yokosuka Japan UPI Sasebo U.S U.S. Navy Tokyo Tokyo Bay Tokyo-Yokohama Kyushu Japan Socialist Party Sokyo Labor Federation Japanese Communist Party Tomomi Narita Social

Tragic stunt ends in Calexico girl’s death

In Calexico at the Dove Hunter’s Fiesta a girl named Marilyn, performing with her father Milo Ploof, was struck on the forehead by a bullet during a chalk-between-teeth act. She died at Calexico Hospital. Ploof, 45, may not be charged as investigators treat it as an accident.

Milo Ploof el Centro Marilyn Calexico Hospital Calexico Los Angeles Ploof

Intervention Pleas After Dixie Terror

Police and state troopers on horseback repelled hundreds of civil rights demonstrators Saturday night. Sixty nine people were arrested. James Farmer of CORE reported 15 children injured and two hospitalized, condemning hoses and electric prods as brutal. Integration leaders awaited attorney general word with no planned protests.

James Farmer New York Congress of Racial Equality CORE Farmer Kennedy Farmes

Train derailment near Grand Junction with no injuries

The California Zephyr, a Rio Grande passenger train with about 300 aboard, derailed in a rugged canyon on the Colorado Utah border late Saturday. Rail officials said there were no injuries. The canyon lies about 26 miles from Grand Junction and 55 miles east of Thompson Utah, near Moab.

Grand Junction Colo UPI Denver and Rio Grande California

Buddhists Seek Refuge In Embassy In Saigon

Three Buddhist priests reportedly sought asylum at the U S embassy in Saigon with two others leaving the U S Aid Mission. Vietnamese authorities arrested hundreds during a crackdown and pressed for the return of the priests while Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge declined requests to hand over the sheltering priests.

Saigon South Viet Nam UPI U.S U. S Henry Cabot Lodge

Taylor and Burton head for Mexico amid onstage romance

Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton depart for Mexico to stay together while he films The VIPs. Taylor withdraws from a California project to avoid a first separation since meeting during Cleopatra. Burton earns equal billing on The VIPs as tabloids note their unlikely real life union.

London UPI Elizabeth Taylor Richard Burton Mexico Burton Miss Taylor California Rome Anatole de Grunwald V.lp Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Out-of-Control Race Car Leaps Into Packed Stands

Roseburg Oregon reports a racing car lost a wheel and jumped into the crowded bleachers at the Roseburg speedway. Two men from Winston cited as dead, 19 injured including the driver. racer Bud Van Osten in good condition.

Roseburg Ore Dell Ray Peirsol Orval Bell Winston Bell Peirsol Roger Mills Marion Bud) van Osten van Osten al Welker

Miners Final Effort To Reach Trapped Worker At Mine

In Sheppton Pennsylvania a high speed drill breached rock to reach Louis Bova 52 trapped since August 13 in a collapsed mine chamber 300 feet below ground. Rescue teams plan to lower a TV camera and send a volunteer into an 18 inch hole if safety allows. if no signs of life appear authorities may seek court guidance.

Sheppton UPI Louis Bova Bova H. Beecher Carribury

Metrinko Sisters Stand Out In National Beauty Contests

Michele Metrinko, 18, from New York City, crowned Miss USA after a two week pageant and earns a trip to London for Miss World. Her sister Marsha, Miss New York City, competes in Miss America beginning in Atlantic City, with Marsha not a twin and brown-haired.

Huntington W. Va UPI Metrinko New York City Michele Metrinko Marsha Michele Atlantic City N. J Georgetown University Coed London

Weather Report Quiet and Warm with Clearing Skies

Mostly clear conditions with gentle winds. Today's high reaches 100 and low near 65. Yesterday's high was 9 percent humidity and low 63. Noontime relative humidity around 19 percent. Sunrise at 6 13 and sunset at 7 07.

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