Redd Foxx as Professor Steals Show at Nevada Event
Morrey Zenoff introduces Prof Fuller who turns out to be Redd Foxx in disguise at the Aladdin Hotel. The audience roars as the deadpan gag unsettles many, marking one of the finest comedy bits witnessed. Clark County schools receive high nationwide praise amid local notes on education and community figures.
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Aladdin Hotel
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Fuller
Foxx
Clark County
Cliff Segerbloom
Robin
West Germany
Las Vegas
Don Rowley
Clark High
Suspect Jailed Here For Taking Pay Check
Las Vegas police arrest a local man on a complaint that he posed as an employee of the Horseshoe Club to a payroll clerk and took a paycheck.
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Las Vegas
Services Slated For J. B. Hale
Graveside services are planned for Joseph B. Hale 72 who died Sunday from injuries in an automobile crash. Hale a retired baker WWI veteran and Las Vegas resident for about five months is survived by his wife Mary. Friends may call at Bunker Brothers Mortuary today 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Hale lived at 1917 E Stewart and died after his car allegedly ran a stop sign at 11th and Carson Streets and was hit by another vehicle. Police described Hale’s car striking three others before stopping.
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Carson
Las Vegas
Mary
Charlie W. Smith
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Laxalt Orders Hold On Nevada State Hiring
Gov. Paul Laxalt urged top department chiefs to hold the line on new hirings. At a cabinet meeting he said vacancies should not be filled unless absolutely necessary and the same policy should apply to new jobs.
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Carson City
Nev
UPI
Paul Laxalt
Laxalt
Harper loses appeal in burglary case in Nevada Supreme Court
Carson City Nevada Leroy Harper convicted of first degree burglary in Las Vegas lost his appeal to the Nevada Supreme Court. The high court rejected arguments that an illegal search obtained evidence in the Las Vegas car dealers office break in October 1966.
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Carson City
Nev
Leroy Harper
Las Vegas
Nevada Supreme Court
High Court
Rioting Death Sparks Funeral Wake for Larry Payne
Memphis police and National Guard prepared for the two hour wake of 16 year old Larry Payne who was shot by police during rioting while allegedly looting a store. Negro leaders pledged daily demonstrations as tensions remained high.
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Memphis
Fire in Hornet galley doused with no serious damage
A small fire broke out in the galley area of the aircraft carrier U S S Hornet last night but burned out quickly with no injuries or major harm to the ship.
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San Pedro
UPI
U.S.S. Hornet
Rusk warns of tougher Vietnam fighting ahead
Secretary of State Dean Rusk warned that more hard fighting lies ahead in Vietnam unless Hanoi responds favorably to President Johnson's latest peace bid, signaling intensified U.S. pressure.
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Wellington
New Zealand
UPI
Dean Rusk
Vietnam
Hanoi
Johnson
Jail Escapee Captured Here
A Mississippi jail escapee was nabbed last night while driving down Las Verdes Street. The 29 year old William Ralph Sumrall faced charges for an $8,000 bank burglary in Hickory and unlawful flight to avoid prosecution. Det. Fred Anderson and Det. Ron Neiman made the arrest. Sumrall had been held in Hickory jail with four other burglary suspects when he escaped.
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Las Verdes
Hickory, Miss
William Ralph Sumrall
Fred Anderson
Ron Neiman
Sumrall
Hickory
Casinos Begin Reporting Big Wins Under New Rules
Nevada casinos must report names and addresses of players who win $2400 or more at bingo and $10,000 or more at keno to the IRS effective yesterday. A sliding scale allows partial reporting until thresholds are reached, with later rules expanding to credit-based gambling reporting.
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Internal Revenue Service
Keno
Mercy Plea Keeps Him Out Of Pen
Roy F. McCully a 60 year old Culver City California film technician for Paramount Pictures received a suspended one to five year Nevada State Prison sentence after pleading guilty to second degree burglary at district court. He admitted wandering into the First National Bank Building and taking a wallet from a coat in an unoccupied office as an impulse theft. Harry Reid an attorney and former amateur boxer stopped the theft and placed McCully under citizens arrest until police arrived. Judge John F. Mendoza granted mercy and placed McCully on three years probation after a deputy public defender petitioned for leniency.
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Culver City
Calif
Nevada
McCully
Paramount Pictures
First National Bank
Harry Reid
Reid
John F. Mendoza
Robert Legakes
Powell Admitted To Duke Hospital In Durham
Adam Clayton Powell was admitted to Duke Hospital in Durham last night due to exhaustion. Doctors performed a series of electrocardiogram tests which showed no abnormalities. A second ECG series was planned for this morning with a statement expected around 9 a.m.
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Durham
N.C
UPI
Adam Clayton Powell
Duke Hospital
Arrest Suspect in Las Vegas Station Robbery
Eddie A. Lloyd Jr., 24, of 1209 Cunningham, was arrested by police yesterday and charged with Sunday night's $227 robbery of the American Service Station at 2201 Las Vegas Blvd South. He was picked up in the 1100 block of Elenore by detectives Ron Irving and Bob Hillard, matching the suspect’s description.
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Cunningham
Las Vegas Blvd
Lloyd
Ron Irving
Bob Hilliard
Elenore
Underground water storage tested in Norfolk
Norfolk federal hydrologists and city officials test injecting fresh water into subterranean rock through wells as an underground storage method. If successful, it could have wide applications in coastal regions where surface storage is costly or hard to implement.
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Norfolk
Vietnam Peace Hopes Drive Down Gold Prices in Europe
European gold prices declined as Vietnam peace prospects and monetary talks in Stockholm boosted confidence in the dollar and pound. London reopened its gold market with a $38 per ounce free market rate, while Paris Zurich and Frankfurt showed lower quotes and a firmer dollar in forex trading.
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Vietnam
London
VPI
Stockholm
Paris
Zurich
Frankfurt
Lodge Given Diplomatic Assignment
President Johnson announced Henry Cabot Lodge as ambassador to the West German Republic replacing George McGhee who will become Ambassador at large. Lodge, 65, previously served two terms as envoy to South Vietnam and was a 1960 GOP vice presidential nominee.
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Johnson
Henry Cabot Lodge
West
Lodge
South Vietnam
George McGhee
Bonn
McGhee
GOP
Richard M. Nixon
John F. Kennedy
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