East German unrest and border tensions rise near Berlin
Western intelligence reports indicate worsening shortages and discontent in East Germany as the Berlin Wall's anniversary nears. Muted mutinies, reinforced border patrols, and tighter meat rationing are cited alongside reports of police actions and protests near the wall.
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Berlin
UPI
Berlin Wall
Germany
RIAS
Halle
Ohen
Bild Zeitung
Kassel
Lauchroeden
38Rd
ADN
Zehlendorf
West Berlin
Henderson Man Killed In Wreck
John H. Buchanan an 82 year old Henderson resident was killed in a Boulder Highway crash Sunday night. Leonard Blake 48 of Alcalde California was booked for investigation of involuntary manslaughter. Blake said he was traveling 35 to 40 miles an hour and was not to blame for the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Buchanan
Henderson
Boulder
Leonard Blake
Alcadena
Calif
Buchanan
Sash Road
Blake
George Crisler
Crisler
Enjoin Strip Restaurant Sale Halts Foreclosure Action
Clark County obtained a court injunction to stop the foreclosure sale of Wolfies Restaurant and Delicatessen. The district attorney indicated the county would seek priority on about $6,000 in labor claims before other claims are resolved. Agnes Griss, widow of Ted Griss, had slated the sale.
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Clark County
Wolfie
Agnes Griss
Ted Griss
Dep Dist
Charles Garner
Nevada
Weethday
Ae Fans Sapper Heers Brothers, Inc
Beverly Hills
Conty Commission
Chris Sales
Nevada Real Estate Comision
Heers
al Olsen
Norman White
Robert Baskin
Lou LaPorta
Harley Harmon
Fairway Gardens
Pair Arrested Using Fake ID At Boulder Tavern
Sheriff deputies said two men were jailed after using fraudulent identification to enter a Boulder Highway tavern. Timothy Jay Kraus 19 was jailed on charges of using fraudulent ID and aiding Carl James Baker 21 who was charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
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Boulder Highway
Timothy Jay Kraus
Carl James Baker
Afghan King Zahir Leaves for Eight Day Soviet Visit
King Mohammad Zahir of Afghanistan departs Kabul for an unofficial eight day visit to the Soviet Union by invitation of Premier Nikita Khrushchev.
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Kabul
Afghanistan
Mohammad Zahir
Shah
Soviet Union
Nikitai Khrushchev
Teen runaway and 30-year-old lover detained in Clark County
A 14 year old runaway described as brown haired was held at the Clark County Juvenile Home after her 30 year old lover was jailed for contributing to her delinquency. The girl accused Thomas Corkery of living with her in a North Las Vegas motel and of a drunken encounter with three men. Corkery faces charges of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and statutory investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark County
Robert Runkle
Las Vegas
Thomas Corkery
Corkery
Thief Poses As Plumber In Strip Hotel Burglary
Sheriffs deputies investigated a Strip hotel burglary where a bandit posed as a clean cut plumber. Mrs Henry C Edrington and her retired husband of San Gabriel California were victimized of 25 dollars and several credit cards while the thief tested the shower before fleeing with the purse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheriffs
Henry C. Edrington
San Gabriel
Calif
Reward Offered For Lost 12-Year-Old Collie
A brown and white collie, 12 years old, missing near Tropicana and Sand Hill roads. The short nosed male dog is on a special diet and needs medication. Call RE 53 2694 or DU 2 319 with any information on its whereabouts.
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Tropicana
Sand Hill Roads
Bigger Community Fair Promises Record Exhibits
Roland Payment, general chairman, says the Ninth Annual Community Fair will far exceed past events with more than 200 draped commercial exhibits in the Exhibit Hall area. Highlights include a flower show, culinary art display by Las Vegas chefs, boat and trailer displays, and foreign and domestic cars. The Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus is featured, with Junior Chamber co sponsors and eight civic groups backing the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland Payment
Jaycee
The
Food Executives and Culinary Association
Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Plane crash near Knoxville leaves 71 aboard unhurt
An American Airlines turboprop with 71 people on board crashed at the Municipal Airport during a violent thunderstorm near Knoxville Tennessee. The Electra Flight 414 from Little Rock to Washington and New York touched down as the storm hit. All 66 passengers and five crew members were soaked but unharmed and were taken to the terminal. The Weather Bureau reported gusts up to 44 mph as rain and lightning reduced visibility.
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Knoxville, Tenn
American Airlines
Here
Tne
Electra Flight 414
Little Rock
Dallas
Washington
New York
Weather Bureau
McGhee Tyson
Ai Port
Integration Speedup Sets Desegregation Pace in New Orleans
The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ordered removal of all racial restrictions from first through third grades in New Orleans public schools starting September 1963 and required abolition of the dual white and Negro school system for those grades by 1964. The desegregation pace will then proceed at one grade per year.
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New Orleans
UPS
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
New Strip Annexation Turned Down
The Clark County Board of Commissioners rejected Las Vegas and Langston Construction Company’s bid to annex a large Strip area west of Osville Drive and south of San Francisco. The board ruled the petition failed to prove title to the land and criticized the city for overstepping authority.
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Lasecas
Clark County
Inchester Town
Board of County Commissioners
S Oville Drive
San Francisco
Langston Construction Company
Las Vegas
Arrest Youth For Larceny
Frank Kelly twenty one was arrested yesterday and charged with grand larceny after Marie Steverson reported he entered her home at 4 am, saying he was getting a drink of water, and stole $130 from her purse.
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Frank Kelly
Grand Sa Preceniy
Kelly
Marie Steverson
Paul
Change Count Against LV Peeping Toms
Las Vegas city attorney completes paperwork to amend one charge in the Peeping Tom case naming Edward J. Allen and Paul A. Wagner. The possession charge moves from Statute 609-210 to 201-250 Nevada revised statutes to align with the case, awaiting arraignment and further court steps.
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Las Vegas
Tom Pursel
Edward J. Allen
Commerce St
Paul A. Wagner
Pursel
Walter Richards
US Supreme Court
Los Angeles
California
Richards
Charles Miles
Bud Sutton
Sutton
Wagner
Woman Faints Behind Wheel Triggers Head On Crash
A 22 year old woman fainted at the wheel on South Main Street causing a driverless car to crash nearly head on into Guy H. Mickelson's vehicle. Mrs Gearlidine Jacobs of 505 Fredericks St was taken to Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital with undetermined injuries. Officer Andy Daly said the car crossed the white center line after she fainted and collided with Mickelson's car as he swerved to avoid impact.
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South Main Street
Andy Daly
Gearlidine Jacobs
Fredericks St
Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital
Daly
White Center Line
Guy H. Mickelson
Mickelson
City of Hope Event Tonight in Las Vegas
The City of Hope Las Vegas Chapter hosts a charity gala at 8 p.m. in the Camellia Room of the Hotel Thunderbird. District Judge William Compton leads the program with awards and a Winner's Choice drawing benefiting the City of Hope National Medical Center Duarte California.
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City of Hope
Las Vegas
City of Hope National Medical Center
Hotel Thunderbird
William Compton
Hawaii
Henrietta Kamm
City of Hone Las Vegas
Pat Kubik
Florence Coskey
al David
al Coskey
Selma Jacobson
Jacobson
Compton
Duarte
Calif
State of
Nevada
Albany Negro Registration Drive Faces Rejection
Albany Georgia registration drive by local Negro leaders falters as early registrants are rejected for literacy test failures or living outside city limits. Registrar Mrs. Jennings Parrish notes only 18 of 37 qualified and says clerks gave every opportunity to pass. A motorcade to Washington joins the push to seek White House intervention.
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Albany, Ga
UPT
Jennings Parrish
Albany
Fr Crowley to Speak at FOY Luncheon Tomorrow
Reverend Richard Crowley former St Viator's pastor and current Springfield Illinois parish priest will attend a FOY lunch tomorrow at noon at the Elwell Hotel in Las Vegas where he is currently on vacation.
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Richard Crowley
C.8
St. Viator’s Church
Foy
Elwell Hotel
Crowley
Las Vegas
Springfield
St. Viator’s
Till-Tapping Charges Filed
Grand larceny charges were lodged against Manuel Baker, 29, following a till tapping at Gilbert Bros. Liquor Store on 322 W. Bonanza. Lieut. Paul Gulas reported $156 taken from the cash register. Det. Mike Whitney and John McCarthy made the arrest.
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Manuel Baker
Mike Whitney
John McCarthy
Gilbert Bros
W. Bonanza
Paul Gulas
Police Arrest Theft Suspect in Nevada Extradition Case
Murray Ray Freeman aged 26 of 5721 Idle Ave was booked as a fugitive from California by Las Vegas police. Lieut. Paul Gulas said Freeman was arrested at his home by Lieut. B J Handson and Detective Don Hanly. Barstow police forwarded a felony warrant charging him with grand theft and he signed a waiver to be extradited to California without formal proceedings.
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Murray Ray Freeman
Idle Ave
California
Las Vegas
Paul Gulas
B. J. Handson
Don Hanly
Freeman
Barstow
Calif
Gulas
Reno Painters End Five Week Strike With New Contract
Local 567 of the Painters Union voted 82 to 3 to end a five week strike that began July 1. The three year agreement includes an 85 cent per hour increase over the period with 15 cents added to a vacation fund and the rest rising on the current 3.85 hourly wage.
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Reno
UPI
Painters Union
Gene Crumley
Nevada regent candidate withdraws from District Three race
Joseph L. Sheeketski a 58 year old Lake Tahoe gambling club employee dropped out of the University of Nevada Board of Regents race in District Three which covers 15 counties. Secretary of State John Koontz said Sheeketski refused to comment on his reasons for withdrawing. He is a former University of Nevada football coach and filed for the non partisan post on July 18, the last day of filing.
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Carson City
UPI
Joseph L. Sheeketski
Lake Tahoe Gambling Club
University of Nevada Board of Regents
John Koontz
Sheeketski
University of Nevada
Wolf Pack
Four Teens Arrested in Series of Burglaries
Four teenagers were arrested in connection with a spree of 17 house burglaries and petty thefts reported over recent weeks. Two youths were taken into custody over the weekend, while the other two had been held on charges related to dynamite theft from a cemetery.
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Carson City
UPD
Las Vegas man freed after car theft and wreck charge
Joseph M. Po lednak of Las Vegas posted bail on 2,075 dollars after being charged with stealing and wrecking a 14 thousand dollar car owned by stage star Marie Wilson.
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Reno
UPI
Joseph M. Polednak
Las Vegas
Marie Wilson
Bill Would Fund Interior Programs in Nevada in 1963
Congress passed a measure authorizing 11.06 million dollars for the Interior Department in Nevada for fiscal year 1963. The bill covers all department programs in the state except those run by the Bureau of Reclamation and awaits the President's signature.
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Washington
UPI
Interior Department
Nevada
Congress
Department
Bureau of Reclamation
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Doris Walker
Wanda Wilkins
Connie Wright
Patt Woodard
Nancy Fredericks
Diane Herman
Clark County Firefighters
Credit Women's Breakfast Club
Epsilon Sigma Alpha
Sheriff's Jeep Posse
Sigma Gamma Fraternity
Commission
Fr. Crowley Foy Guest
US Department of Health, Education and Welfare
F. W. Hunter
Washoe County
Polednak
Staton
North Lake Tahoe
Miss Wilson
Nevada Tax Commission
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