Five men convicted in Friars Club gin rummy fraud case
A federal jury found Maurice Friedman and four others guilty of conspiring to cheat show business figures and guests out of more than 400000 in rigged gin rummy games at the Friars Club. Evidence tied signaling devices and ceiling peepholes to fix games involving Tony Martin Phil Silvers Zeppo Marx and Harry Karl. Friedman faced 19 counts including conspiracy and interstate fraud. Separately Teamsters Local 881 struck Ace Cab Company as owner-drivers balked at a new contract offering 20 dollars a day with no low book wage floor.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Teamsters
Ace Cab Company
Hour Artillery Duel Roars Along Israeli Jordan Front
Jordanian and Israeli artillery clashed for about three hours along the widest front since the Middle East war. Gun flashes lit the Beisan and Jordan valleys as Jordanian fire hit at least ten Israeli settlements with no Israeli casualties reported. Israel had earlier raided Jordanian territory destroying two bridges and said it retaliated for Arab guerrilla raids. Israel also announced plans to resettle up to 15,000 Israelis in the Golan Heights.
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Jerusalem
UPI
Middle East
Beisan
Jordan Valley
Golan Heights
Syria
Memo to Hank on SUN Youth Forum engagement
A Tongue in Cheek plea for adult involvement in youth affairs. The author criticizes apathy from local leaders while inviting residents to a luncheon on December 11 at the Sahara Hotel where 14 SUN Youth Forum summaries will be presented from 700 high school students. The piece notes logistical issues and mocks plan details, urging genuine listening and action.
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Hank
SUN Youth Forum
Wth
Sahara Hotel
Mayor Indicates Consolidation On Limited Basis
Mayor Oran K. Grayson signaled partial consolidation of some Clark County government functions within communities, suggesting a 60 to 90 day window. He urged annexation of the Strip and other Paradise Valley urban areas, and noted a Local Government Study Committee meeting set for the county courthouse.
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Clark County
Oran K. Grayson
Las Vegas
Strip
Paradise Valley
Grayson
Weather summary with mild northwesterly breeze
Sunny today with a northwesterly wind of 10 to 20 mph. High 55 and low 30. Yesterday’s high 51 and low 37. Noontime humidity 18 percent. Sunrise at 6 35, sunset at 4 26.
Sixty Three Perish In Alaskan Lakefront Plane Crash
A smok ing twin engine airliner crashed onto Foxes Lake shore during a snowstorm near Iliamna Lake 175 miles southwest of Anchorage killing 39 people aboard. Victims include William Horsford 43 Anchorage supervisor of the magistrate program Alaska State court system. A Elmendorf AFB helicopter tied to gusting winds confirmed the tragedy. wreckage lay partially in water as volunteers prepared a makeshift airstrip five miles south of Pedro Bay with no signs of life.
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Anchorage
Alaska
UPI
Foxes Lake
William Horsford
Elmendorf Air Force Base
Pedro Bay
Ace Cab Faces Union Contract Deadlock After Strike Threat
Ace Cab rejects an area-wide contract as unionized drivers from Ace and other firms like Whittlesea Blue Yellow and three small companies remain under separate labor agreements. Since last August after the old pact expired the union has held many meetings with Ace, with a driver strike threat looming after a meeting held last week. The Teamsters gave until 5 p.m. yesterday to sign, which was declined.
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Ace Cab
Whittlesea
Blue Cab
Yellow Cab
Ace
Pandolfo
Tafter
Teamsters
District merges could push 11 month school year in Lincoln Clark
Clark County School District Superintendent Dr. James I. Mason says a merger of Lincoln and Clark County districts might yield an 11 month school year. He notes a pending Supreme Court integration decision could reopen West Las Vegas schools and bus Negro students elsewhere, but no decisions have been made.
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Clark Counties
Clark County
James I. Mason
Mason
State Supreme Court
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U. S
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Beverly Hills
Tony Martin
Phil Silvers
Zeppo Marx
Chicago
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Harry Karl
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Larry Pandolfo
Teamsters Local 881
Mike D'Errica
Mario Bonanni
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Sunfoto
Israel
Jordan Front
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Lou Maestas
James Brennan
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Alaskan Peninsula
George Fay
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Ane
Showboa
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Ann Landers Bridge
Henderson Horoscopes
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Ralph Pearl
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