Bank Manager and Two Tellers Slain in Overton Nevada
In Overton Nevada a bank manager Larry Staley and two female tellers Vera Walkington and Betty Heitmann were shot in the head during a vault robbery. A 24 year old construction worker Terry Lynn Conger was arrested on murder and robbery charges after a chase from a bait shop robbery nearby and recovery of about 2 000 dollars. Staley planned to manage a new Mesquite branch next month.
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Overton, Nev
Norman Shurtliff
Larry Staley
Vera Walkington
Betty Heitmann
Overton
Bank of Las Vegas
Terry Lynn Conger
Moapa
Carbon County
Ken Sullivan
Sullivan
George Franklin
Adella Maxey
L A Smog Reported as Worst in Decade
Los Angeles faced eye choking smog described by the U S weather bureau as the decade’s worst. An ozone reading of .70 parts per million topped levels since 1955 and a smog alert was issued for the third time this year.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles Basin
U. S. Weather Bureau
San Gabriel Valley
Williams wins Mississippi governorship nomination in conservative surge
Rep John Bell Williams defeats William Winter to secure the Democratic nomination in Mississippi. Williams rallies segregationists and middle-of-the-road voters while attacking liberalism and Johnson administration policy. The result deepens white candidate victories and thwarts Negro voting hopes, with Williams leading by about 60 000 votes as precincts close.
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Miss
John Bell Williams
Mississippi
Congress
Williams
William Winter
Winter
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Ruchel Phillips
G.O.P
Johnson
Washington
Jimmy Swan
Grenada
Charles Sullivan
Clarksdale
Roy Black
Nettleton
Sullivan
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Texas
Virginia
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
Raymond
Coup Rumors Circulate On Nasser Purge Of Officers
Reports from Arab capitals say Egypt President Nasser foiled a coup by detaining Marshal Abdel Abdul Hakim Amer and up to 150 senior officers. Western diplomats caution on second hand info while noting pre emptive house arrests amid Nasser's Sudan summit absence.
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Nasser
Abdel Abdul Hakim Amer
Middle East
Cairo
Sudan
Resourceful Teen Finds Fender Savings On Car
A teen spots a crumpled fender on the family car and teases a lucky break as insurance payments may be saved. The line captures humor and parental reaction in a light, domestic moment.
Rockwell's Body Unburied Amid Army Crisis in Virginia
In Culpeper and Arlington an Army halt halted the planned burial of Nazi leader George Lincoln Rockwell. Soldiers barred the funeral, while Nazi followers lingered outside the cemetery and the Pentagon denied new burial requests. Rockwell was slain last Friday by a sniper, and the Army warned any burial would follow strict regulations.
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George Lincoln Rockwell
Thena'pena
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Rockwell
Culpeper National Cemetery
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Hitler
Carl Turner
Arlington
Turner
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Pentagon
Algeria nationalizes five U.S. oil firms
Algeria's government moves to seize American operated oil firms Esso Standard, Esso Africa, Esso Saharienne, Mobil Oil Nord Africaine and Mobil France from Wednesday. The decree promises indemnities to be fixed later and places all listed firms under state control amid tensions with Washington during the June war.
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API
Algeria
Esso-Standard
Algerie
Esso-Africa
Esso
Saharienne
Mobil Oil-Nord
Africaine
Mobil-France
U.S. Observers Arrive for Vietnam Election Mission
A 22 man U.S. delegation arrives in Saigon with heavy security to observe South Vietnam's elections. Officials greet them including Ambassador Bunker and Gen. Westmoreland as observers from over 23 nations attend under military government auspices.
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UPS
U.S
Johnson
South Vietnam
Ellsworth Bunker
Vietnam
William Westmoreland
Quang Ngai
Red
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Civil Service Work No Bar To Candidacy
Cedar Rapids attorney David McGuire says Senate File 484 does not remove civil service workers' right to file nomination papers for public office. He notes the bill grants no council authority to grant leaves of absence, which are automatic. The issue arose as Fireman Charles Schmitt and Assistant Police Thief Vaude Fellwock filed papers for public safety commissioner, prompting a caution to candidates to verify rules with counsel.
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Cedar Rapids News
Cedar Rapids
David McGuire
Senate
Civil Service
McGuire
Charles Schmitt
Public Safety
Vaude Fellwock
Civil Service Commission
Belle Plaine Driver Killed in Accident
Charles D. Andrews 23 of Belle Plaine died at the scene when his car struck the west end of a bridge on highway 212 three miles west of town about 8 45 p m He suffered fatal head injuries and was alone in the vehicle The Tama county medical examiner Dr Charles Maplethorpe said he died at the scene He is survived by his wife Beverly Novot ny a son Russell his mother Winifred Pearson Erie Til his father Jack Andrews Cedar Rapids and a brother Jack San Fernando Calif The body is at Hrabak funeral home.
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Belle Plaine
Charles D. Andrews
Charles Maplethorpe
Tama County
Andydrews
Andrews
Beverly Novotny
Russell
Winifred Pearson
Florida teachers resign en masse in Pinellas County
Pinellas County Florida opens the new school year with about half of 3500 teachers prepared to resign. The Pinellas Classroom Teachers Association claims to represent around 90 percent of teachers and submitted 1605 resignations Tuesday with more expected Wednesday.
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Fla
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Pinellas County
Pinellas
Clearwater
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Southard
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National Education Association
FEA
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Phil Constans
State Association
Constans
County Association
Lynda Bird Johnson Ended Romance With George Hamilton
Lynda Bird Johnson tells close friends the romance with actor George Hamilton is over after more than two years. They last saw each other in London last July and had been linked to a potential marriage. Anda Bird is now seen with White House aide Marine Capt. Charles Robb in Delaware weekends.
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Lynda Bird Johnson
George Hamilton
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Hamilton
London
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Warren
Ohio
George
Philadelphia
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