Ten Nabbed In Clark County Drug Raids
Clark County Sheriff's deputies and narcotics agents arrested ten people in two related raids late Friday. At Calcaterra Circle 521 and 522 McKellar Circle six people, including a 17 year old, were taken into custody after a stash including heroin and pills was found. Californians at a Strip hotel—David Freeland, Linda Duke, William Cole, and Susan Dean—were later booked on heroin, dangerous drugs, and marijuana charges after authorities found drugs in their room.
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Clark County Sheriff's Department
Calcaterra Circle
McKellar Circle
Patricia Rose
John
Nelson R. Carlock
S. Industrial Road
Carlock
Carl Albright
John Darby
William D. Pike
McKellar Drive
Albright
Constance Pike
Florence Paul
Paulette Damrata
Patrick Butler
Pike
David M. Freeland
Linda Duke
William D. Cole
Susan Dean
Purses stolen from five women in four Las Vegas hours
Las Vegas police search for a thief who took five purses from women gambling in downtown casinos over four hours late Friday night. Victims included Mrs Mary Fowler and Willetta Pitts, with losses from $2 to $415 plus cards, checks and airline tickets.
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Las Vegas
Mary Fowler
Staten Island
N.Y
Los Angeles
Lucy Vitolo
Fullerton
Calif
Fowler
Jeanette Conant
San Jose Ave
Why Did We Devalue The Franc
Paris reports that France devalued the franc by 12.5 percent triggering union protests and higher prices. President Pompidou went on vacation after brief cabinet talks as Brussels meeting with Europe’s Common Market partners looms. The move, the first since 1958, surprised all six Common Market members.
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Paris
UPI
Agricul
Tural
Georges Pompidou
Pompidou
France
Brussels
Charles de Gaulle
Train Conductor Is Wounded By Mystery Gunman
A Union Pacific conductor, David W. Morris, 52, of Milford Utah, was wounded by flying glass when an unidentified gunman shot at a Las Vegas bound train about 10 miles north of Moapa. Three or four shots hit the moving train as a car traveling alongside fired from the window. Morris received treatment at Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital. Deputies have not determined a motive.
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Union Pacific Railroad
Las Vegas
Clark County
Defection of Czech Officer Brings CIA Ties to West
Vienna newspaper Kronen Zeitung reports a high ranking Czechoslovak secret service officer defected to the West with names of 29 Communist spies. He fled to Austria with his wife and two children, was hidden near Vienna, and then handed to American authorities. A Slovak diplomat also vanished from Beirut.
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Vienna
UPI
United States
Kronen-Zeitung
Austria
Wolfsthal
Bratislava-Vienna
Frantisek Augusta
Beirut
Lebanon
Vegans Tie Marks to State Board Leadership in Reno
Mark Smith and Taylor Vines of Las Vegas were elected chairman and vice chairman of the Local Government Employee-Management Relations Board at its inaugural Reno meeting. The board operates from the State Building at 215 E Bonanza Road.
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Mark Smith
Taylor Vines
Las Vegas
Local Government
Reno
State Building
E. Bonanza Road
North Vietnam Bypassing Talks Aims at U.S. Public
An Allied official in Paris says North Vietnam and the Viet Cong have bypassed U.S. delegations by addressing American public opinion. He notes the Hanoi and Viet Cong delegates have refused real negotiation, pressing for U.S. withdrawal and Saigon overthrow. South Vietnam backs internationally supervised elections. the Viet Cong rejects that, demanding Saigon’s overthrow as a precondition.
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Paris
API
North Vietnam
U.S
Hanoi
South Vietnam
United States
Viet Cong
Saigon
Astronauts Leave Quarantine After Moon Mission
Aldrin, Armstrong, and Collins exit 21 days in a lunar quarantine lab. Doctors report no lunar germs found and say postflight immunity may be lowered by isolation, raising illness odds after release. Public appearances and parades await the crew.
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Aldrin
Apollo
John McLeaish
Armstrong
Collins
Berry
Nixon to Name Fortas Successor This Week
President Nixon announced in California that he will nominate a new Supreme Court justice to replace Abe Fortas who resigned amid disclosures of fees from the Louis Wolfson Foundation. He noted only two people know the pick, and may send the nomination to the Senate before this week’s recess.
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San Clemente, Calif
John Mitchell
Orange County
White House
Nixon
Fortas
Louis Wolfson Foundation
Louis Wolfson
Mitchell
Senate
Fire Breaks Out At Witcher Home
A fire yesterday morning damaged a closet and roof at Las Vegas Police Chief N D Witcher home due to a short circuit in an air conditioning unit. Witcher’s maid Gladys Pottes was treated for shock at Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital.
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Las Vegas
N.D
Pete) Witcher
Witcher
Gladys Pottes
Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital
Sam Sheppard Wins In Wrestling Debut
Sam Sheppard, the former osteopath released after wrongful conviction appeals, won his wrestling debut in Waverly Ohio by pinning Wild Bill Schell in seven minutes before 2500 fans in the high school gym. Schell, retired three years, showed early offense but was defeated as Sheppard countered with a decisive finish.
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Sheppard
Sharon Tate Murder Case Ties to California Home Scene
Police reported bodies found at a Bel Air home near Sunset Boulevard with injuries suggesting stabbing and gunshots. Miss Tate identified by her agent. Garretson, his arrest record linked to Lancaster Ohio, was found at the premises along with a handgun fragment. Garrettson reportedly in Europe. Miss Tate’s husband Polanski absent.
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Miss Tate
Polanski
Europe
Hollywood
Bel-Air
Sunset Boulevard
Garretson
Miss Chapman
Bill Tennant
Lancaster
Ohio
James Shannon
West
Italy
Richland
Washington State
Kim Novak
Tony Curtis
Jeff Corey
Charles Conrad
Mia Farrow
Sebring
Miss Farrow
Malibu Beach
Sharon Tate
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D-Mo
Terry
William Garretson
Monsieur
N. Viet
Washington
Vietnam
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Marilyn
Kenneth J. Bolivar
Worcester
Mass
Hoover Dam
Bolivar
Stella
Janice
Sharon
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