Big Weekend Draws Tourists to Las Vegas and Beatty
Tourists flood Las Vegas for a busy holiday weekend with many Strip shows by Nat King Cole, Lena Horne, Harry Belafonte and Norm Crosby. Beatty hosts its annual wild burro races as Clark County residents plan to migrate there. Weather calls for sunny skies, 100 F high and 74 F low. Schools reopen after Labor Day with 72,000 Clark County students returning to classes. Sheriff Ralph Lamb urges cautious driving and school-zone safety. UNLV classes start Sept 22. Boulevard Mall and Wonder World stores set special weekend hours. Lake Mead beaches stay open with lifeguards on duty through Labor Day.
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Beatty
Clark County
Nancy Sinatra
Lena Horne
Harry Belafonte
Norm Crosby
Ralph Lamb
Lamb
University of Nevada
Las Vegas
Boulevard Mall
Nevada
Wonder World
Vegas Village
Harvest House
Flaming Pit
Hickory Farms
Lake Mead Recreation Area
Lake Mead
Kennedy wife’s miscarriage noted amid auto death probe
News recounts Mrs. Joan Kennedy’s third miscarriage announced July 25 as Senator Kennedy faced a national TV briefing on the July 18 car crash death of 28 year old Mary Jo Kopechne. In Nantucket, doctors treated her after a minor procedure. the Kennedy family already faced prior losses in 1963 and 1964.
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Kennedy
Washington
Mary Jo Kopechne
Hyannis Port
Kara
Edward Jr
Patrick
Squaw Island
Nantucket Island
Robert F. Kennedy
Stephen Smith
Leonard Smith
Smith
Nantucket
Joan Bennett
Bronxville, N.Y
Officials Criticize National Selective Service Board
New Britain Connecticut United Press International reports outgoing chairman Henry J. Gwiazda criticizes the National Selective Service Appeals Board saying it no longer serves its purpose. He cites hundreds of docketed appeals and says the board has not operated since July.
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New Britain, Conn
UPI
National Selective Service Appeals Board
Presidential Appeal Board
Henry J. Gwiazda
Gwiazda
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service System
Hershey
Carpet gift controversy in Nevada prompts political scrutiny
Nevada lawmakers and party officials weigh alleged carpet gift solicitations tied to Laxalt administration. Critics accuse poor practice and potential conflicts of interest while supporters call for transparency. Laxalt denies direct improper influence despite a Las Vegas official linked to the governor’s office.
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Laxalt
Harvey
Dickerson
William Swackhammer
Battle Mountain
Jim Gibson
Henderson
Reno
Robert Rose
Clark Russell
Las Vegas
Police Girding For New Turmoil
Pittsburgh police braced for counter demonstrations by hundreds of white construction workers angered by halted city projects worth 200 million dollars. About 400 workers marched around city hall chanting that they want to work as they protested the Negro leaders and the work shutdown.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
City Hall
Five West Side brothers die in Vietnamese battlefield blast
In Manchester New Hampshire five young men from the Blanchette Genest Beaudoin Robichaud Raymond families were killed when a mine struck their truck during a Vietnam War deployment. The town mourns as parents and siblings prepare funerals and flags fly at half staff.
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N.H
UPI
Blanchette Brothers
Guy
Christian
Edgar Genest
Richard
Gaetan J. Beaudoin
Gaetan
Robert E. Robichaud
Robert
Vietnam
National Guard
Sylvia Blanchette
West Side
Gerard Blanchette
197Th Artillery
Virginia
Robichaud
Susan
Raymond
Yvonne Raymond
No vote again blocks Caesars takeover in Nevada
A county gaming panel rejected Lum's bid to acquire Caesars Palace with a unanimous vote needed for approval, delaying consideration to September 10. Commissioner Broadbent challenged Florida based Lum's lack of local involvement and control, while Lum's executives defended the offer and pledged to invest locally.
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Lum’s, Inc
Caesars Palace
Bob Broadbent
Nevada
Florida
Dist
Atty
George Franklin
Lum
Broadbent
Jim Ryan
David Bernstein
Lum’s
Hijacking of TWA Jetliner Sends Region Into Alarm
Flight 840 was hijacked at 3 40 p m with Captain Ben Carter steering toward Tel Aviv then Damascus after being forced to divert. Passengers and crew evacuated safely as Syrian officials investigate the blast in the cockpit and PFLP claims Che Guevara squad ties.
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Ben Carter
Rome
Tel Aviv
Lydda
Carter
Beirut
Lebanon
Damascus
Cairo
Guevara Division
Palestine Liberation Organization
TWA
Free Palestine
Popular Front
R. W. Davis
H. Oakley
H. C. Tomlinson
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
PFLP
Guevara
Ernesto
Che) Guevara
Ministry of Civil Aviation
Marine Jets Pinch Reds In Valley
UPI reports Marine jets killed at least 48 North Vietnamese soldiers attempting to move from Que Son Valley after two weeks of heavy fighting. About 80 Americans have been killed and over 200 wounded in the area. U.S. spokesmen cited 50 to 60 enemy spotted near An Hoa. Inside the valley 13 Marines died and 42 wounded in two battles. at least 18 North Vietnamese were killed.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S
Que Son
Hanoi
An Hoa
U.S. Command
Coroner's jury clears deputies after bar raid shooting death
Deputies cleared in the Vasquez killing after a coroner's jury ruled the shooting justified under escape, saying the deputy gunfire occurred during a robbery at Friendly Fergie's bar. Kosakowski, a second suspect, surrendered after a struggle while patrons and deputies faced danger.
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Reid
Howevr
Vasquez
Gary Alan Kosakowski
Kosakowski
Kosa
the Sun
Gene Clark
Jack Deeger
Sheriff's Office
Anthony Decker
Friendly Fergie’s
William Smith
s.O.b
Brown
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