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Las Vegas Sun

Location

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America

Date

Sep 06, 1963

Page

12

Concrete pour tops five million cubic yards in Colorado River

The North American Newspaper Alliance reports the final portion of a massive concrete pour, totaling about five million cubic yards, is being laid into the Colorado River near Page Arizona. The project continues to shape the riverbed area, with officials overseeing the operation and documenting progress.

Alliance Page Ariz Colorado River

Glen Canyon Dam Nears Completion and Topping Off Plans

A major Arizona project nears completion as Glen Canyon Dam nears its top ceremony planned for October fifteen. The structure rose TI feet amid a vast construction effort begun in 1956 with labor, materials, and an ice-based concrete process powering the giant hydro plant and creating Lake Powell behind the dam.

Glen Canyon Dam Kennedy Page Lake Powell

Art Show at College Promotes Cubism Exhibit

A September display at the Nevada Southern Art Gallery Grant Hall features Cubism Now from the San Francisco Art Institute Art Bank. The show highlights young San Francisco painters and dual image theory with lectures by Mary Cady Johnson and slides of Georges Braque. Most works are for sale but no commission is taken. Open hours are weekdays nine to five.

Nevada Southern Art Gallery Grant Hall Nevada Southern South Maryland Parkway Art Bank of the San Francisco Braque Picasso Mary Cady Johnson Art History Department Georges Braque

There Is Hope For Paraplegics In War Injuries

Dr. A Estin Comarr of Long Beach Calif says new techniques let paralyzed veterans be discharged to return to school work or home. He noted about 100000 people have spinal cord injuries with 5000 veterans from World War II and Korea and that auto accidents are now the primary cause. He spoke at Chicago Medical School lecture series.

Chicago UPI A. Estin Comarr Long Beach Calif Comarr Veterans Administration Hospital Korea Chicago Medical School

Perry Mason Loses First Court Case

Phoenix judge awards 1085 to George J Shaheen against Raymond Burr for a 1949 California debt Burr was not in court when the ruling was issued by Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Charles C Stidham The case marks Burr first legal defeat on the radio TV character turned real life matter

Phoenix UPI Raymond Burr Charles C. Stidham Maricopa County

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