Britain to Place Army in Charge of Northern Ireland Security
Prime Minister Harold Wilson announced that the British Army will assume full responsibility for security in Northern Ireland. Lt. Gen. Sir Ian Freeland will command all forces, including the Royal Ulster Constabulary and the 8,000 strong B Specials. The move preserves partition and aims to stabilize a grave situation. Home Secretary James Callaghan will visit Northern Ireland to assess the crisis.
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London
UPI
Harold Wilson
Northern Ireland
Britain
Ian Freeland
Royal Ulster Constabulary
Wilson
James Chichester-Clark
Ireland
Special Constabulary
Casino Guards Sought By New LV Labor Union
USION union negotiator Posner says petitions for elections are filed with the NLRB as the group seeks bargaining rights for casino guards on the Las Vegas Strip. The effort involves ex Teamster organizer Benny Bautista and targets venues including Circus Circus, with plans for training and improved job security.
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Ates
American Federation of Teachers
PEN
SUN
Benny Bautista
Teamster
Teamsters Local 995
Dick Thomas
National Labor Relations Board
Mint
Teamsters
James Ryan
Hodcarriers and Laborers Local
Jack Ruggles
Ted Marshall
Posner
USION
Ruggles
Hadcarriers International
Afl-Cio
Circus Circus
Las Vegas Strip
Ralph Lamb
Pesner
Soviet Fleet Reaches 69 Vessels in Mediterranean
The Soviet fleet in the Mediterranean topped 69 ships, a U.S. Navy spokesman said. The helicopter carrier Moskva joined the group, with four vessels leaving later. NATO sources suggested exercises or redeployments as possible reasons for the buildup.
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Naples
Italy
UPI
Mediterranean Sea
U.S. Navy
Moskva
Black Sea
NATO
Soviet Union
Mediterranean
Hanley Indicted for Extortion at Nevada Club Casino
Grand jury charged Hill 34 with conspiring to obtain wage payments and continued employment through threats of harm. Nevada Club license held by 105 Casino Corp. Foreman Effie B. Ouimet. Arraignment set before U S Commissioner Gus Blad. Conviction ranges: extortion up to 20 years and 10000 fine. conspiracy up to five years and 10000 fine. labor racketeering up to one year and 10000 fine.
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Clut
Hill
Nevada Club
105 Casino Corp
Effie B. Ouimet
U.S
Gus Blad
Hurricane Camille Toll Rising Across Gulf Coast
The disaster toll from Camille rises as officials warn the final death count may reach 1000 while relief funds reach 1 million for Mississippi. More than 200000 people are homeless from Alabama to Louisiana as towns vanish and Highway 90 is destroyed. Coroner Emile Piazza reports multiple fatalities around Bay St. Louis and Waveland. A relief plane crash near Lakefront Airport kills four. Camille struck with 190 mph winds, the strongest mainland hurricane on record, as residents evacuate or refuse to leave and some hold hurricane parties.
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Nixon
Mississippi
Alabama
Lousiana
Gulf Coast
Hancock County
Emile Piazza
Bay St. Louis
Waveland
Miss
Aff Lakefront
New Orleans
Camille
Audrey
Texas
Louisiana
Probation Woes For Battaglia
A federal judge in Los Angeles ruled John Battaglia known as the Bat violated his five year probation. He was convicted in 1964 of defrauding Las Vegas racebooks and used a past post time scheme. The judge ordered Battaglia taken into custody immediately citing three probation violations.
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Los Angeles
John
the Bat) Battaglia
Las Vegas
Battaglia
U.S
Harry Pregerson
Pregerson
Tucson
Ariz
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Matt Byrne
Newton S. Pfeffer
Meeting Tomorrow On Downed Copter
The Korean Military Armistice Commission will hold the 292nd meeting at Panmunjom tomorrow to discuss the fate of three American servicemen shot down in a helicopter over North Korea Sunday. The United Nations Command announced the session.
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Seoul
UPS
Korean Military Armistice Commission
North Korea
United Nations Command
UNC
Panmunjom
Tear Gas Disperses Czechs On Invasion Anniversary Eve
In Prague near King Wenceslas statue about 10,000 protesters faced riot police. Tear gas volleys followed clashes after traffic blocks and insults. police, soldiers in helmets watched as helicopters and armored units had earlier failed to disperse the crowd.
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Prague
UPI
Wenceslas
Gestapo
Wenceslas Square
Nine GIs Killed as U.S. Tank Shells Own Troops
Nine American soldiers died and five were wounded when a U S tank fired on its own troops during a Communist attack near Quan Loi, 60 miles north of Saigon. Four crewmen and photographer Oliver Noonan were among the dead in separate helicopter losses. B52 raids hit six provinces near Cambodia as U S 25th Infantry men suffered additional casualties near Saigon.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S
1St Air Cavalry Division
Quan Loi
Associated Press
Oliver Noonan
Norwood
Mass
Cambodia
U.S. Command
Binh Long
Phuoc Long
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
Nevada Governor Defends Flamingo Skimming Incident
Gov. Paul Laxalt said a possible skimming case at the Flamingo Las Vegas will boost Nevada’s image by showing action against casino tax evasion. IRS probes $300,000 in unreported markets linked to junket manager Bernard Cohen. Kerkorian not implicated. New 1968 regulations aim to tighten markers audits and curb undesirables arriving by plane. The Gaming Policy Board may set further rules to improve accountability.
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Carson City
UPI
Paul Laxalt
Flamingo
Las Vegas
Nevada
Laxalt
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Bernard Cohen
New York
Kirk Kerkorian
The
Cohen
Kerkorian
Junket
State Gaming Policy Board
State Board of Health to Ignore Henderson Pollutants in Las Vegas Wash Standards
Nevada health officials will set Las Vegas Wash water quality standards that exclude pollution from the Henderson industrial complex. An inter agency task force debated sources, with officials noting the need to curb algae growth in Lake Mead while awaiting Boyle Engineering findings.
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State Board of Health
Las Vegas Wash
Las Vegas
Henderson
Ernest Gregory
Bureau of Environmental Health
Lake Mead
William R. Hampton
Basic Engineering & Construction Co
James I. Gibson
Pacific Engineering & Construction Co
Gregory
Boyle Engineering
Boyle
Basic Management Inc
Desert Research Institute
Henderson Complex
Wash
Las Vegas Public Works
Rich
Ard Sauer
Lake Tahoe
Colorado
Sauer
Inter-Agency
Youth booked for murder in friend's death
Authorities said a youth was booked after a friend died in a dispute that began in a room and ended with attempts to resuscitate. Michael collapsed, was taken to Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital, and pronounced dead on arrival. Funeral services are set for 11 a.m. Thursday in Palm Chapel. Survived by mother Charlene Collier, stepfather Melvin Collier, and brother Herbert, all of Las Vegas.
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Webster
Michael
Herbert
Shaw
Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital
Palm Chapel
Charlene Collier
Melvin Collier
Las Vegas
State seeks $1 million bail in Gilbert murder case
The state moves to revoke or raise bail for murder suspect George Gilbert to $1 million at a justice court hearing. Gilbert, a 44 year old electronics engineer, is wanted in Massachusetts for killing his wife and has not posted the prior $50,000 cash or $100,000 property bail. He later turned himself in after earlier extradition disputes, with ongoing efforts to return him to Massachusetts.
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George Gilbert
Justice Court
Justice of the Peace
Boy Wooster
Massachusetts
Gilbert
Paul Laxalt
Porter
Thomas O'Donnell
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N. Ireland
Hanley
U.S. Weather Bureau
Civil Defense
Communist Party
Czechoslovakia
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KLM
Royal Dutch Airlines
Alexander Dubeek
Husak
Skimming’ Co
State
Gaming Control Board
Frank Johnson
Johnson
Friend
Alan Johns
Tad Porter
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