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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1963
Page
3
President Kennedy named Ralph T. Seward James J. Healy and Benjamin Aaron as the boards public members to arbitrate key railroad work rules disputes. The panel will decide crew size and whether firemen are needed on freight and yard diesel locomotives after union and management stalemate.
Miss Arkansas Donna Axum won the bathing suit title and Miss District of Columbia Rosanne Tuttler captured the talent award at Atlantic City as part of the 1963 Miss America preliminaries. Virginia and Alabama winners followed the prior night, with final results due tomorrow night.
Clark County officials clarified scooter horsepower rules for youths under 16. Scooters over 644 horsepower are banned for new purchases, even with governors. Existing riders with preowned high power cycles remain allowed if a governor limits speed to 35 mph.
Two Texas men were arrested by Las Vegas police with about 6200 in cash. Edward Britton of Fort Worth was freed on a writ of habeas corpus while David Hagler of Dallas remained in custody on Dallas county warrants for bad checks. Hagler linked to a 1954 Oklahoma murder case but later acquitted.
New York UPI reports the United States witnessed a 1.9 percent increase in marriages in 1962, marking the fourth consecutive year of growth.
A 44 year old man Lennart Turnquist was found on railroad tracks near Route 128 with a completely severed right arm. A 13 member surgical team at Massachusetts General Hospital rejoined the limb and restored circulation seven hours after surgery began. Police found him after Wakefield officers and train crews reported a man on the tracks.
Charles L. J. Wyatt, 32, of Las Vegas, becomes the Nevada Highway Patrol’s first Black officer, assigned to the Clark County office. Wyatt ranked in the first five of 130 applicants and previously served four years with the Las Vegas Police Department, seven years in the U.S. Air Force, and completed criminology training.
Surviving Bartley Siamese twin David Bartley off critical list at Children's Hospital Glendale. Born August 9 joined Daniel, who died days after a three hour separation operation. Parents Rebecca and David Bartley to take care of him. future surgery for a massive abdominal hernia planned in about a year.
Gov. Grant Sawyer warned at a California Nevada veterans affairs conference that freedom in America is endangered by those who refuse new ideas. He urged addressing the causes of disloyalty and criticized labeling dissenters traitors or communists as unhelpful to democracy.
NBC will replay Shakespeare's The Tempest as the first Hallmark Hall of Fame program of the season. Maurice Evans Richard Burton Lee Remick Roddy McDowall and Tom Poston star in the 1960 telecast originally shown February 3 1960. The repeat airs October 20 from 6 to 7 30 p.m.
The State Department limited non essential travel to South Viet Nam for U S officials and dependents as a precaution amid unrest. About 50 armed forces dependents were affected along with some diplomatic and foreign aid personnel. Cases on leave or assignment will be decided individually with no impact on military replacements.
Cromer Parish Church in Norfolk plans to repay 37 cents borrowed in 1664 to cover repairs. A Berkshire church and a Wilkshire church similarly avoided charging interest on their loans.
Police report thieves who robbed a food market safe of 3000 dollars also stole large meat quantities including 180 pounds of weiners 200 pounds of bologna 20 hams 100 pounds of pork loin 80 pounds of side meat and 10 pounds of cheese in Anna Illinois.
Store promotes a wide selection of colorful prints for every family member. Emphasizes low prices to help budgets with repeated sales language and stock up messaging.
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