State Department urges cease fire adherence in Middle East
The U S State Department pressed Israel and Jordan to stop ceasefire violations and sought concrete evidence that Soviet influence is promoting peace. Ambassador talks followed with Rabin and Sharaf as Washington warned of regional dangers and reaffirmed support for Gunnar Jarring’s peace efforts.
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Washington
UPI
State Department
Israel
Jordan
Department
United States
Middle East
Yitzhak Rabin
Abdul Hamid Sharaf
Middle
McCloskey
Gunnar Jarring
United Nations
Israeli Jets Bomb Iraqi Troops Deep in Jordan
Israeli jets pounded Iraqi expeditionary troops and radar sites inside Jordan on the fourth day of clashes with Jordan and Egypt voicing concerns. Jordan said six military deaths and 14 wounded. Israel reported one plane lost. Attacks centered near Irbid Mafrak and other Jordanian towns amid cross border artillery exchanges.
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Jerusalem
UPI
Jordan
Jordan River
Damiya Bridge
Irbid
Israel
Mafrak
Kfar Assad
Secret Paris talks fail to seal accord on expanded Vietnam talks
American and North Vietnamese negotiators held three hours of secret sessions in Paris and failed to agree on final arrangements for expanded peace talks. U S officials urged North Vietnam to withdraw troops from the DMZ and halt shelling before substantive discussions could begin.
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Paris
API
Vietnam
Vance
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
North
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
U. S
Harriman
Lau
United States
Hanoi
U.S
Former Grid Star Nabbed For Gambling
Donald Horn, 30, Detroit, a 1958 Iowa Big Ten champion fullback, awaits federal gambling trial after a November arrest in Flint. He and Milton Largent, 45, Detroit, allegedly led a Detroit area football and horse betting operation, with 19 conspirators charged under state law and three with armed robbery. Police seized 2,000 sports bet tickets, 15 cars, one pistol, about $2,000 cash, weekly horse race tickets, and operation records during raids by multiple agencies after a yearlong probe.
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Milton Largent
Detroit
Farmington Township
Taylor and
Dearborn Heights
Spreen
Michigan State Police
Internal Revenue Service
Nixon Talks With S Viet President Over Paris Peace Efforts
President elect Nixon has urged South Vietnam to cooperate in Paris talks and assure Thieu a strong voice in their future. Ziegler says Nixon contacted Thieu through diplomatic channels after the election and may appoint Henry Cabot Lodge to attend negotiations, with Harriman to meet Nixon today.
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New York
UPI
Richard M. Nixon
Nguyen van Thieu
Vietnam
Paris
Ronald Ziegler
Nixon
Thieu
Saigon
United States
Henry Cabot Lodge
Paris Vietnam
Averell Harriman
Ziegler
Johnson
Harriman
America
Robert D. Murphy
Henry A. Kissinger
Mile of Pennies drive opens to aid retarded children
Clark County charity project by Epsilon Sigma Alpha International opens at Charleston Plaza Shopping Center to raise pennies for the Opportunity Center for Retarded Children. Volunteers staff two booths from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. through Sunday, aiming to collect 844.80 dollars in pennies to fund one year's tuition and supplies.
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Clark County
Charleston Plaza
1800 FE
Charleston Blvd
Epsilon Sigma Alpha International
Cecelia Buscher
Alpha Iota Chap
Opportunity Center
S. 4Th St
Clark County Association For
Buscher
Las Vegas
Phoenix
Ariz
Alpha Iota
Ideal Asphalt Company Wins Canal Contract
Ideal Asphalt Paving Co of Las Vegas won a 133 298 dollar City Commission contract to dig the Alta Algiers Drainage Channel across the western city. The channel runs from Charleston Boulevard and Algiers Road to Vegas Wash, following a roughly 1 1 2 mile route with a meander past Vegas Creek and near the proposed Downtown Expressway. The commission also awarded Tiberti Co a 74 405 dollar contract to fence the channel and approved 6500 dollars for water meters along West Charleston Boulevard.
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Ideal Asphalt Paving Co
Las Vegas
City Commission
Alta- Algiers
Spring Mountain Range
Charleston Boulevard
Algiers Road
Vegas Wash
Washington Avenue
Vegas Creek
Rancho Road
Tiberti Co
Public Works Department
West Charleston Boulevard
Highland Drive
Upland Boulevard
Driveway Dispute Hearing Reset By City Commission
City Commissioners re set a hearing to December 18 on Ann Greta Jones request to approve disputed driveways to a proposed shopping complex at the southeast corner of Washington Avenue and Decatur Boulevard. The delay allows traffic studies and follows a prior zoning decision on limited commercial use.
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Ann Greta Jones
Washington Avenue
Decatur Boulevard
Washington
Commission
Liquor License Switches Okayed
City Commission approved transforming Ringside Liquor Inc at 1516 Las Vegas Blvd South into a tavern after relinquishing a package and beer license. Clyde House Jr Albert Spino Jr and Rinaldo Bartolo were the successful applicants. A bid by Gordon Shelton and William Schardein to swap Black Orchid Tavern for a package beer operation failed. Huntridge Liquors at 1116 F E Charleston Blvd received a 60 day closure extension.
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Clyde P. House Jr
Albert Spino Jr
Rinaldo D. Bartolo
Ringside Liquor, Inc
Las Vegas Blvd
Gordon Shelton
William Schardein
Black Orchid Tavern
Huntridge Liquors
Charleston Blvd
Las Vegas Police Woman Solves Case
Las Vegas police woman helps resolve a kidnapping case involving Brenda Castile. Detectives traced an APB and a Las Vegas Sun report, leading Needles officers to confess finding a khaki shirt and cap in the Castile vehicle. Brenda was identified and reunited with her parents the next day with help from a 24 year old police clerk typist.
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Las Vegas
Governmental Cooperation Group to Meet on Consolidation
Clark County officials plan a 8 a.m. meeting in the county administrator’s office to decide on adopting a resolution that seeks formation of a task group to speed consolidation of local governments. The plan calls for a 15 member commission with mayors, a mayor elect, a councilman and eight citizens plus two county commissioners.
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Clark County
County Commission
David B. Henry
Clark County Commission
Clark Board To Hear Consolidation Proposal Tonight
Report of Lincoln and Clark Counties school district consolidation studies will be presented to the Clark County Board of Trustees tonight. Preston Price said Clark County officials promised autonomy in hiring, and denied valley students would be moved. a five Clark two Lincoln board would form, expanding to seven Clark and one Lincoln in 1971. Assemblyman-elect Grover Swallow cited Dodge Formula allows low spirit counties to keep their systems with slightly higher per pupil funding. Nye Esmerelda White Pine Lincoln counties identified as low in spirits.
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Lincoln
Clark Counties
Clark County Board of Trustees
Preston Price
Lincoln County
Alamo
Pahranagat Valley
Solidate
Clark
Grover Swallow
R-Lincoln
White Pine
Dodge
Caliente
Nye
Esmerelda
Peewee I Nuclear Reactor First Full Power Run
Peewee I a test reactor at NRDS near Las Vegas ran at mid power for 90 minutes with over 500 MW on two cycles. The run achieved 4000 F temperatures and used uranium fuel costing half as much as earlier reactors. Its purpose is to test fuel elements for NERVA style engines, not to power a flight reactor.
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Peewee I
Nuclear Rocket Development
Las Vegas
Peewee
NERVA
LASL
Westinghouse Astronuclear Laboratory
Aerojet General Corporation
Reston Lecture Disrupted by Pro-Viet Cong Demonstrators
Student demonstrators carrying Viet Cong flags disrupted a Reston talk to about 500. A man in a pig mask sat beside Reston as he retreated, while hippies chanted obscenities. Reston appeared shaken and said he would decide about returning tomorrow. police arrived after the radicals left with no arrests.
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Reston
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