Verification Snafu May Delay City's Vote On Firemen Pay Hike
City Clerk Edwina Cole said only one third of the required 15 percent signature verification has been completed two working days after the filing deadline. Without a master voter list and with thousands of invalid signatures, certification may miss the next May ballot, delaying the pay raise initiative. County Election Board delays on supplying the master list hinder authentication.
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Edwina Cole
County Election Board
Cole
the Sun
Election Board
Reds Begin Pullout From Prague
Moscow says Czechoslovak leaders met with the Kremlin and will remain in power while Soviet troops stay in Czechoslovakia for a period. Early today Prague rang with gunfire as armor and curfew were enforced and crowds awaited Ludvik Svoboda and Alexander Dubcek returning from Moscow.
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UPI
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Tass
Alexander Dubcek
Czechoslovakia
Prague
Ludvik Svoboda
Communist Party
Draft Kennedy Campaign Grows At Democratic Convention
At the Chicago opening, Kennedy faces pressure from a growing draft movement while Humphrey leads in Nevada. Key supporters Sen Howard Cannon and Sen Alan Bible rate Humphrey at 18 of 22 Nevada votes, with McGovern gaining backing from Virginia Gianotti in Sparks.
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Humphrey
Kennedy
Massachusetts
Howard M. Cannon
Alan Bible
George McGovern
Virginia Gianotti
Sparks
South Dakota
Ruby S. Thomas School Named Among Nation's Top Eleven
Ruby S. Thomas School in Las Vegas is highlighted as one of the ten best elementary schools in the United States by a panel for Ladies Home Journal. The Las Vegas campus, noted for small class contact and student worth, has 850 pupils, low per pupil cost at 485 dollars, and serves as a model of representative excellence according to educators from Washington State University and Albuquerque.
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Ruby S. Thomas
Las Vegas
The
Ladies Home Journal
Journal
Price accuses Briare of using county workers for personal job
Democratic candidate Paul Price alleges Clark County Commissioner Bill Briare violated state law by personal use of county employees. Archie Adams swore that three county trucks and four workers logged 24 hours doing a "clean up crew" at Briare's residence. Briare denies knowing Adams and calls for facts to be presented at a public hearing. Price urges a grand jury probe and public access to Briare’s books.
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Paul Price
Clark County Commission
Bill Briare
Price
Archie Adams
Briare
Weather Summary With Temps And Winds
Variable cloudiness and southerly winds 10 to 20 mph bring scattered showers. Today's high 95 and low 75 compare with yesterday's 99 and 74. At noon humidity 21 percent with sunrise at 6 08 and sunset at 7 16.
Riviera Selects Mack As Proxy Of Strip Resort
Harry Silbert named chairman and Jerome Mack president of the Riviera Hotel at the annual stockholders meeting. New board members include David Merrick Frank Watts and Edward Torres. Merrick and Watts receive VP and secretary roles. Goodman honored posthumously. he led the company as president since 1964 until his death July 21.
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Riviera
Mack
Harry Silbert
Jerome Mack
Riviera Hotel
David Merrick
Frank Watts
Edward Torres
Merrick
Watts
New York
J. Dee Goodman
Goodman
Eisenhower's Condition Worsens With Recurrent Heart Irregularities
Washington UPI report shows former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, 77, in critical condition at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Doctors note increasing heart irritability and extra beats with frequency, four of seven past heart attacks in four months, guarded outlook, but survival possibilities improve with modern care. Mamie Eisenhower nearby as reports emphasize unpredictable but cautiously improving signs.
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Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Eisenhower
Mamie
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