Flight Extends Gemini Mission Toward Eight Days
Astronauts Gordon Cooper and Charles Conrad win a further day in orbit aiming for an eight day flight. They will attempt a simulated rendezvous with an Agena rocket as rehearsal for Gemini rendezvous ahead of the Apollo effort.
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Commies Caught Napping in Kontum Sweep
U S paratroopers advance 40 miles into Kontum province as a surprise break through clears path for the first convoy in five weeks to Kontum city. Airborne troops sweep northwest of Saigon while Marines mop up south of Chu Lat base. guerrillas overrun a government unit near Saigon.
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Robber Pair Steal Over $4000 From Safeway Clerk
Two men robbed a Safeway cashier at the 25th Street and Take Mead Boulevard store around 9 05 a m Sunday, taking more than four thousand dollars as she prepared to open her register. Detective Jerry Hickey identified the time and scene of the crime. The suspects demanded the money and left before police arrived.
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Carpenters Return To Job At Caesars Palace
A union carpenters' strike ends for now as about 50 carpenters resume work on Caesars Palace with more to follow later this week. Arbitration between Local 1780 and R Johnson and Associates yielded a short term agreement, easing the seven week dispute on the stalled hotel project. Johnson, a leading contractor, leads a large firm allied with the Federated Employers in the Big 4 group. The project is a joint venture with another entity for the new hotel and casino.
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Vegas Valley Farms accused of bribery by dairy rivals
The State Dairy Commission orders a Las Vegas dairy to show cause after Vegas Valley Farms Inc files a complaint. On July 28 Anderson Dairy Inc is charged with offering bribes to Vegas Valley dairymen to halt routes and with distributing literature criticizing Vegas Valley’s 10 pack milk carton to sway customers to switch to Anderson’s bottled milk.
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City Council to weigh tightened indecency ordinances
North Las Vegas mayor Bill Tayvinr backed revisions to boost a bare bosom ban in night spots. City Atty Bill Barker prepared the changes, defining indecent conduct and show or performance and proposing stiffer penalties. A public hearing on a multimillion dollar Nellis Industrial Park improvement district is also planned.
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Gemini-5 upbeat after 33 orbits amid fuel heater woes
United Press International reports astronauts Conrad and Gordon Cooper celebrate NASA approval to continue beyond 32 orbits, joking about heater issues, sleep, and water intake while ground control notes public interest and ongoing experiments during the Gemini-5 mission.
Death claims former LV radio TV personality Jean Paul King
Las Vegas mourns the sudden death of Jean Paul King a longtime LV radio and TV figure aged 6 His eight year local stint included the Weekly Forum Show and NBC voice of Menior He left the area six years ago and founded King Enterprizes with offices in Flamingo Heel Washington born King had a broad media career including Highway Patrol The Jerry Lewis Show Nightline and Bat Man sales work multiple networks and hundreds of sales films and recordings
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GOP Outlook for 1966 Darkens as Democrats Lead Grows
The first session of the 89th Congress strengthens the Democratic edge for the 1966 off year elections. A cross section shows 58 percent for Democrats and 42 percent for Republicans with many undecided voters. The shift echoes trends since 1952.
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Battle for a Lady My Fair Lady finally lands Warner rights
The final installment of My First Hundred Years in Hollywood recounts how Jack L. Warner spent six years securing movie rights for My Fair Lady. The saga unfolds with studio drama and persistence, culminating in a landmark deal.
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