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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1963
Page
2
The reader notes Friday is linked to ill luck due to its association with crucifixion dates in early history. Adding the number 13 makes this day particularly ominous, prompting caution and a return to bed for those who feel superstitious.
A new motel project in Las Vegas blends hotel glamour with a temporary casino bank branch. Fred and Edward Doumani will run the operation while La Concha serves as the banking hub, offering a novelty in the vivid Las Vegas business scene.
The piece accuses Frank Sinatra of bearing the blame for criminal links in the gaming world while naming Giancana Dalitz Licavoli and others as influential hoodlums. It portrays Las Vegas visits by Mafia figures to entertainers and alleges lax oversight by gaming authorities and a hostile political response.
In Brazil, rebels clash with infantry near the Plaza of the Three Powers while 280 paratroops land from seven transports and guard government buildings. President Goulart flies back to Brasilia as Congress meets. hostage figures and unit sizes are reported with broad rebel activity.
Hettinger escapes danger after a shooting, while Smith, convicted of murder, denies firing shots and claims he could prove innocence if allowed to hire his own trial attorney.
Police say the body of a Canoga Park woman was found in a Highland Park house after an August visit to relatives in Chicago. Officers traced a wall odor and flies to a blood stained bed where the body lay. Daughter Shirley Boder reported the missing person and had said she was in Montana.
An airliner on a non stop flight from Gatwick to Perpignan vanished during incredibly bad weather as storms swept the region. Wreckage was found 5,400 feet up a fog covered mountain. parachutists reported no survivors.
A California crash and fire left several youths dead with two burned bodies. A survivor identified one victim as Arthur Garcia of Colton and another as a possible woman or youth. Ray Martinez of Victorville was linked to the car by DMV records. A witness described the interior as grim with doors smashed and a witness recalling one man trying to escape.
Halfton says West Coast and Mexico alerted. more seizures and arrests expected. Shipments aimed at the East with Hoboken apartment named a major distribution point. Arrested in Hoboken raid were Esteban Cardoves and his wife Georgina, and Armando Enriquez. Cardoves had been in Los Angeles on September 5. The operation followed a six month tip based investigation.
The Nevada Gaming Commission moves to revoke licenses amid charges that Frank Sin at ra and aides pressured officials and offered improper payments. Sinatra allegedly threatened board members with obscene remarks to drop an investigation and an aide tried to bribe audit agents. Cal Neva and Sands Hotel face potential hearings within 15 days to respond and present evidence.
AEC Commissioner James J. Ramey and Gen. A. R. Luedecke urged Congress to authorize 5.1 million to acquire land and create a privately owned community near the Nevada Test Site. The plan would house about 3,000 residents in 800 homes, with rent guarantees and equity protections for up to ten years to attract private investment.
Members of Christ Lutheran Church plan to formally organize as a new congregation at Calvary Lutheran Church 800 No Bruce St Las Vegas. Rev Jerry E Moe will lead the session with Dr Gaylord Falde guiding the process. Services continue at Village Coffee Shop Twin Lakes Plaza Sundays at 1 am with Sunday School at 9 am. future church buildings will be built at Torrey Pines and Fremont in Charleston Heights.
The Nevada State Department of Education reported 0.324 thousand students enrolled on the first day of classes with an initial estimate near 90,000 for the year. Clark County recorded 48,486 enrollments on day one, officials noted increases typically occur after the first week.
Classified notes advertise trading equity in a new three bedroom two bath home for a car boat or cash offer. A gentleman prefers TV and stereo use of a new home. Also listed: furnished studio for $90 monthly with first and last month rent. Contact numbers 384 2087 384 0769 384 7239.
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