Youth Forum Highlights Clark County Teens
The Las Vegas SUN describes its seventh year Youth Forum with about 500 students from Clark County, grouped into discussions on teenage behavior, education, national affairs and religion. State championships for Rancho and Boulder City high schools are noted as other events, with coverage on KLAS TV and a Convention Center session.
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Las Vegas Sun
SUN Youth Forum
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Clark County
Eac
SUN
Rancho High School
Reno
Boulder City High School
Convention Center
Convention Hall
Fire Devastates Autry Ranch and Sanitarium in Los Angeles
A massive brush fire swept through Placerita and Hasley canyons near Los Angeles destroying Gene Autry’s Melody Ranch major structures and forcing evacuation of 700 patients at Olive View and other residents. The blazes burned over 11,000 acres with 1,000 firefighters aided by heavy equipment and bombers. No injuries were reported as arson squads investigated possible causes.
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Los Angeles
Apt
Gene Autry
Melody Ranch
Placerita Canyon
Hasley Canyon
California
Bel Air
Los Angeles Civic Center
Sylmar
San Fernando, Valley
Autry
Cowboy Ranch
Hassey
el Potrero
Name Kept Secret in Grand Rapids Murder Case
Sheriffs detectives unearthed a suspect in the murder of An Gaines a 65 year old Desert Villa Motel clerk at 607 North First St The killer fled with $44 and investigators fear public disclosure could endanger the suspect Police discreetly search for the man who may tie the case to a later robbery involving John Staciauskas a 27 year old in Grand Rapids Michigan
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An Gaines
North First St
Desert Villa
Gaines
John Staciauskas
Grand Rapids
Mich
Hank Greenspun for Governor Headquarters Ad
Pick up Hank Greenspun for Governor buttons badges souvenirs and a cup of coffee at 726 Las Vegas Boulevard North. Signs for lawn or fence and bumper stickers in colors available. Drap in.
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Governor
Hank
Governor Headquarters
Las Vegas Boulevard
North
US Appeals Sparks Nugget Gold Rooster Verdict
Federal attorneys filed a notice of appeal from a district court ruling that a 15‑pound solid gold rooster at the Sparks Nugget casino is a work of art exempt from the 1934 gold reserve act. The case centers on ownership by Dick Graves and the statue’s use as a publicity feature.
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Carson City
Apt
U.S. District Court
Sparks Nugget
Asst
U.S. Atty
Tom Wilson
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
San Fransco
Dick Graves
Nevada Crash Kills OSU Student Near Highway 40
A 21-year-old Iranian exchange student, Dari ash Benhbehani, was killed when his small foreign car struck a parked tractor trailer on Highway 40, 32 miles east of Nevada. His Cuban roommate Amin Houry, age 1 5, was injured. Both were Oklahoma State University students returning from summer jobs at Lake Tahoe.
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UPS
Oklahoma State University
Highway 40
Here
Nevada Highway Patrol
Iran
Dari Ash Benhbehani
Amin Houry
Havana
Cuba
Lake Tahoe
Hoover undergoes major surgery at Columbia-Presbyterian
Former President Herbert Hoover underwent a three hour operation to remove a growth from his upper intestine at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center. The biopsy will determine if the tissue is malignant with lab results expected in two to three weeks.
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New York
UPS
Herbert Hoover
Rudolph N. Schullinger
Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center
Hoover
Schullinger
Sower Union rejects new western nuclear test ban proposal
In Geneva Deputy Foreign Minister Kuznetsov said the Sower Union will not consider new western proposals demanding blast inspections in space, atmosphere, and underwater. Ambassador Ho Dean remained hopeful Russia has not ruled out West’s terms. In Sunchon Korea at least 137 died when the Ok-Chon river flooded a city overnight. In Istanbul Vice President Johnson arrived after Ankara stopover and attended American Days at Izmir fair.
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UPS
Vasily V. Kuznetsov
Sower Union
Arthur Ho Dean
Russia
West
Sunchon
Korea
Ministry of Information
Istanbul
Turkey
Lyndon B. Johnson
Ankara
Lymir
Military leader awakes backing for Ben Bella voiced
Algier spokesman for military leaders warned yesterday that a 55 410 percent army backing Ahmed Ben Bella must be consolidated as the political struggle continues.
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Algier Siuph
Ahmed Ben Bella
Oil Scandal Witnesses Take Fifth in Texas Hearing
In Dallas two oil men invoked the fifth amendment during a hearing into a massive slant-hole oil theft ring in east Texas. State officials say a $58,000 bribe to a former state official enabled illegal wells and that more than $40 million could be tied to the scheme described as the largest theft in Texas history.
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Dallas
UPI
Will Wilson
East
Texas
David McAngus
L. D Murphy
Railroad Commission
Rocket Builds Space Hopes
Pasadena California report says the Mariner 2 spacecraft steadies its interplanetary course toward Venus for mankind’s first closeup exploration, giving the United States hope for a major space triumph over Russia.
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Pasadena
Calif
UPIL
United States
Russia
Venus
Dispute Ends Early in City Downtown Improvement Project
An early end to a jurisdictional dispute halted Wells-Stewart Construction work on the city downtown improvement district project. City workers level streets to remove hazards as engineers are pulled off site. The 89 percent complete project faces a $165 daily penalty if未completed by October 19.
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Wells-Stewart Construction Co
Max Welling
Associated General Contractors
the Sun
Richard Sauer
Public Works Department
Sauer
Ogden
Fremont
Carson
Wells-Stewart
Farmers Action to Drive Up Food Prices Nationwide
More than 70,000 cheering farmers in Des Moines approved a plan by the National Farmers Organization to hold crops off the market beginning at midnight Friday. The action aims to pressure processors to bargain in the marketplace for live stock grain and soybeans and guarantee higher returns for farmers.
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Des Moines
Mesquite Gaming License Request Heard Again in Vegas Court
Dist. Judge John Sexton reviews George Harmon bid to compel state Gaming Commission to grant a Mesquite Valley Inn gambling license after a prior denial in the states best interests. Harmon had sought mandamus from Judge Richard Waters who ruled licenses are a privilege, not a right.
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Mesquite Gaming
Vegas Court
John Sexton
George Harmon
State Gaming Commission
Harmon's Valley Inn
Mesquite
Harmon
Ormsby Dist
Richard Waters
Commission
Greenspun Primary Victory Predicted by Nevada Journal
The Las Vegas Journal predicts Hank Greenspun will win the Republican gubernatorial nomination, with Greenspun potentially heading a ticket including William Wright for U S Senate. The Reno GOP rally is cited as showing Greenspun drawing strong applause and uniting factions after earlier tensions.
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Donewal
Hank Greenspun
Las Vegas
Greenspun
Paul Laxalt
GOP
Journal
Hahot
William Wright
US Senate
Gragson
Clark County
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