Nevada Senate History Reflects Rise With Bible Cannon
A Nevada political history notes peaks from Key Pittman to Alan Bible and Howard Cannon. The piece praises Bible and Cannon for elevating the state's reputation in Washington and cites Washington press sentiment as evidence of improved representation. It mentions Robert S Allen's letter speculating on future senate moves and signals continuation on page 2.
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United States
Nevada
Key Pittman
Alan Bible
Howard Cannon
Washington
Bible
Robert 5. Allen
Capital
Allen-Scott
Allen
Jon
Soviet Union Accepts U.S. Hot Line Proposal
The Soviet Union agreed to set up a Moscow Washington hot line to reduce the risk of accidental nuclear war. President Kennedy and Premier Khrushchev could confer instantly if needed. Tsarapkin called it the first practical result of the disarmament talks.
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Geneva
UPI
Soviet Union
U.S
Moscow
Washington
United States
Kennedy
Nikita
Khrushchev
Semyon K. Tsarapkin
Charles C. Stelle
Tsarapkin
Watts Found Not Guilty Of Kidnapping
Bobby Ray Watts known as Jack The Stripper was found not guilty by a Federal Court jury of kidnapping. Assistant U.S. Attorney Mel Close Jr. said Watts, 25, will likely be returned to California to face state charges including rape robbery and kidnapping in the same case after a three hour jury deliberation.
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Bobby Ray Watts
Jack the Stripper
Asst. U.S. Atty
Mel Close, Jr
Watts
California
Fight Looms For Seats on Commission
Former Justice of the Peace Myron Leavitt filed his candidacy for Las Vegas mayor just before the 5 p.m. deadline in a Democratic challenge to Republican incumbent Oran Grayson. Leonard Sperling and Harold J Buck also filed for city commission seats three and one respectively, with Leavitt’s filing filed by his wife Shirley. Leavitt had surgery at Sunrise Hospital yesterday and will be confined for about 10 days.
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Justice of the Peace
Myron Ft. Leavitt
Las Vegas
Oran Grayson
Leavitt
Leonard Sperling
Harold J Buck
City Commission
Shirley
Sunrise Hospital
County Commissioner Art Olsen to resign next week
County Commissioner Art Olsen announced plans to resign next week to enter private business. A former deputy district attorney and justice of the peace, Olsen was elected to the county commission in 1958 and re elected last general election. The governor will appoint a successor to fill the post. Olsen intends to become general manager of a venture seeking to lease county land at the airport. Under Nevada law he cannot do business with the county while serving in public office.
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Art Olsen
Olsen
Aetive On
Nevada
British Chase Cuba Raiders Near Andros Island
British authorities in the Bahamas report a small group of men believed to be anti-C Castro Cubans near a remote airstrip off Andros Island. A police and Royal Marine party departed Nassau to investigate the sighting after the embassy issued the alert.
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Washington
UPI
Bahamas
Andros Island
Royal Marine
Nassau
Lolita Sweeps Harvard Lampoon Awards
Harvard Lampoon awarded Sue Lyon for False Modesty as Lolita and gave Lolita the Worst Movie Song prize for Ya Ya. Otto Preminger received the Worst Directing award while Charlton Heston was named Worst Actor for Diamond Head and The Pigeon That Took Rome. Jane Fonda dominated the rest of the honors.
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Cambridge, Mass
UPI
Charlton Heston
Jane Fonda
Harvard Lampoon
Sue Lyon
Lolita
Otto Preminger
W. W. Corrigan
Heston
Rome
Miss Fonda
Argentine Navy Surrenders End Four-Day Revolt
Clarin reports rebel navy chiefs accepted terms including surrender of the largest naval base and deep cuts to marine strength to halt Argentina's four-day revolt. The plan also allows June 23 elections with Peronist supporters voting under government oversight as retired generals’ rebellion ends.
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Buenos Aires
API
Argentina
Clarin
Navy
Juan D. Peron
Benjamin Menendez
Mule Deer as Nevada Official Animal Sparks Senate Drama
Senate floor debate over AB451 to designate the mule deer as Nevada’s official animal erupts in parliamentary wrangling. Sen. Charlies Gallagher notes past official designations, recalling 1915 sagebrush and a failed bluebird choice amid shifting federal rulings and seasonal migration.
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Carson City
Nevada
Senate
Assembly
Charlies Gallagher
White Pine
Hedda Hopper Named in Three Million Dollar Suit
British actor Michael Wilding sues Hedda Hopper for three million dollars in a Los Angeles Superior Court filing. Also named are James Brough and publisher Doubleday & Co for allegedly false statements about Wilding in a book and a disputed passage about a conversation with Elizabeth Taylor.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Hedda Hopper
Michael Wilding
James Brough
Miss Hopper
Doubleday & Co
Wilding
Bidault agrees to quit fight for asylum in Brazil
Lisbon reports Brazilian Ambassador Francisco Negrao de Lima says Georges Bidault, 63, will abandon efforts to overthrow Charles de Gaulle in exchange for asylum in Brazil. Bidault had previously rejected West Germany refuge and left Lisbon after visa approval with conditions tied to ceasing anti Gaullist activities.
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Lisbon
UPI
Georges Bidault
Charles de Gaulle
Brazil
Francisco Negrao de Lima
Bidault
West Germany
National Resistance Council
CNR
de Gaulle
de Lima
Rio de Janeiro
Eight-Year-Old Held in Fire Deaths of Four
An eight-year-old boy, son of actress Evelyn Keller of the Sound of Music road company, was charged with juvenile arson and held for 35 days after a hotel blaze killed four and injured 27. Judge Connolly postponed the case to May 9 as police questioned the child and his mother at Boston police headquarters.
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Boston
UPI
Evelyn Keller
Sound of Music
Minneapoli
Baltimore
Massachusetts Youth Service Board
John J. Connelly
Frank Zachs
Suffolk County
Weather Summary for Today and Yesterday
Sunny today with south easterly winds 15 to 25 mph high around 78 and low 55. Yesterday’s high 74 and low 50. Noontime relative humidity 22 percent. Sunrise at 5 20 and sunset at 6 06.
French Miners Return to Work After 35 Days
French coal miners resumed work after a three day strike with scattered groups protesting union orders. In the northeast about 15 percent refused to return, while in Lorraine and central France nearly all miners went back to the pits amid wage talks. Affected sectors included radio staff and postal workers continuing rolling strikes.
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Paris
UPI
Lorraine
France
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