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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1963
Page
2
Ken O’Connell of the Retail Merchants Bureau shows Las Vegas figures for the year across the big three retail sectors. Eating and drinking places top $100 million, food stores rise over 31 percent, and automobiles jump 63 percent as new residents buy cars. The data reveal a tourism and population growth pattern in the city.
On Jan 31 Dist Judge David Zenolf dismissed a $30 000 civil action by Crawford who alleged Lamb revoked his badge and discharge due to union activity. The judge ruled no rights were infringed and that the sheriff may discharge any subordinate without grounds. An appeal was not filed to date. Election at Thunderbird to decide union representation for casino deputies follows NLRB ruling.
Carl Jensen, a Las Vegas High School graduate with a service stint, started as a bank messenger on January 6, 1958, at the Bank of Las Vegas and climbed to assistant cashier. He epitomizes cheerful, customer friendly staff, a message the branch invites readers to sample in person.
Gentile recounts a San Cataldo youth who allegedly joined the Mafia and was returned home embalmed in a coffin. He said mob chiefs placed a diamond ring on the finger, explaining the family’s need and motive behind the ring rather than money.
Patrols followed disturbances at a motel near O Fre airport where jets roar. No injuries reported. A patron noted a window smash but returned to sleep. Damages about 1000 dollars. The venue built by ex convict Manny Skar, linked to a crime syndicate, opened in June 1962 and Autry bought Sahara in July after Skar defaulted on a 4.7 million mortgage.
The chemical industry began in 1635 when John Winthrop Jr opened a saltpeter and alum plant in Boston. Today about 13,500 chemical plants produce roughly 10,000 products across the United States.
New York UPI reports that American Express estimates over 98 million Americans will spend about 26 billion dollars on domestic trips this year. Spending rises from 24.9 billion last year as travelers favor out of state destinations.
The heiress cut her husband’s rights as power of attorney. Gamble’s Zurich attorney Eigen Curtin confirmed the move. The pair wed in Hendersonville North Carolina in April 1990 ending a long court battle led by Miss Benedict to halt the romance and protect the fortune. They previously eloped to Paris and faced a wide search before revealing they married in Kentucky.
Father Vincent Healy visiting assistant pastor at Sacred Heart Church presided as the quintuplets received Holy Communion. Berbos said the mother, smiling from a wheelchair in the nursery corridor, would likely go home Friday, Saturday, or Sunday.
The small woman, described as wearing a cloth hat and ratty mink, visited a jewelry store where salesman John D. de Leeuw showed loose diamonds from a safe. She left with a leather case containing more than 2,000 diamonds after claiming she needed to discuss the purchase with her husband.
Chicago story notes Americans eat about 21 billion hamburgers yearly, roughly 116 per person. Maur ice R. Kay of Henry's Drive-in cites beef-consumption data showing 5 billion pounds of hamburger sales annually. hot dogs were once named the American dish by observers.
The Manufacturing Chemists' Association reports today's collar bill lasts 39 percent longer due to a new currency paper made from cotton linen fibers and melamine plastic. The paper marks the first change in currency since 1929.
Americans increasingly travel abroad to meet new friends. In the last year 1.5 million traveled overseas, up 14 percent, while about 700,000 foreigners visited the United States. People to People sponsored 62 overseas tours this summer.
In Pittsburgh a new home builder markets a built in hobby center for men featuring a modeler's bench potting cabinet work bench and a movable table plus power tools. The home sells for about 38500 dollars.
The writer recalls Sinatra organizing benefit concerts in Mexico City Tokyo Hong Kong Greece England France Israel and Italy that raised funds for crippled children and orphans with no expenses deducted. He questions the Gaming Control Board’s actions and warns against broad license revocation without scrutiny.
Plastering and insulation services offered for interior and exterior surfaces. All colors and block walls available. Sovead terms and contact number 384-8448 anytime.
Mixed classifieds list vacancies for a female housekeeper and a nanny, apartment offers, houses for sale, furnished apartments, a Pontiac Grand Prix for sale, plus a legal notices section detailing a Clark County auction of used addressograph equipment with bidding rules and inspection contact. The notice dates reference 1963 publication.
The case sought about $150,009 from nine state officials and the Desert Inn. It was dismissed in Federal District Court but reversed by the Circuit Court of Appeals which sent it back to federal court for trial. The Black Book figure figures in another case as state gaming investigators probe reported visits of Sam Giancano to Frank Sinatra's Cal-Neva Lodge at Lake Tahoe. Sinatra's gaming license is under review by the State Gaming Commission.
Nancy Malone, once a Powers child model, rises to acting on CBS television via The Guiding Light, marking a transition from early career modeling to a notable TV acting path with the network.
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