Billions In Federal Funds Earmarked To Help Airports
At a Las Vegas aviation forum Senator Howard Cannon outlined a proposed Aid to Airports Act providing 2.5 billion for air traffic control and at least 3 billion in 50-50 local matching funds for airport development. The session, attended by pilots, airport officials, and airline reps, debated fuel taxes and refunds while detailing Clark County and McCarran tax flows and allocations to state and local airports.
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Howard Cannon
Senate
Las Vegas Convention Center
Aviation Committee
Greater
Ernie Newton
The
Nevada Taxpayers Association
Newton
Nevada
Clark County
McCarran International Airport
Regional Streets and Highway Commission For Development of
Civil Air Patrol
Years of service hailed at Baskin testimonial dinner
Several hundred friends gathered Saturday night in the Colosseum Room of Caesars Palace for a testimonial dinner honoring Robert Baskin former public official and longtime Las Vegas businessman Baskin served on the Clark County Board of Commissioners and the Las Vegas City Commission.
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Carrol Ann Spraguer
Las Vegas Day School
Bob
Rose Baskin
Baskin
Caesars Palace
Colosseum
Robert Baskin
Las Vegas
Clark County Board of Commissioners
Nixon Vietnam Policy Sparks Moderate Public Support
A cross section survey shows 82 percent favor phasing out U S combat troops and Vietnamization, while fear that ARVN cannot replace U S forces remains. Public accepts Nixon aim to end U S involvement though skepticism about success persists. The survey contrasted Nixon to Johnson and noted lingering doubts about peaceful settlement timing.
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Vietnam
U.S
Saigon
South Vietnam
Novoindes
Paris
U. S
Johnson
Lovers and ex-boyfriend killed in rural New York double murder
A former boyfriend shot and killed a newlywed couple in Port Crane, then killed himself as Deputy John West listened by phone. The victims were Charles Jarrard, 37, and Helen Jarrard, 35, and Arthur Reynolds, 37, all slain by shotgun blasts. a clawhammer lay nearby. The two were married December 1.
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Binghamton, N.Y
UPI
Charles Jarrard
John West
West
Jarrard
Port Crane
Here
Helen Bowman
Arthur Reynolds
Biggest Bash 'Of All Time' Now History
The Rolling Stones free concert at Altamont Speedway near Livermore drew an estimated 300 000 fans over Saturday and Sunday. Debris filled the hills as four people died including a stabbing drowning and two traffic fatalities amid a six hour post concert traffic jam.
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Livermore
Calif
Altamont Speedway
Inferno destroys two Z2LV Warehouses in Las Vegas Valley
Firefighters battled a massive blaze at two adjacent warehouses in a single building with eight to ten men and two high pressure hoses. The roof collapsed nearly trapping them, but training kept crews safe. Investigators began debris analysis while authorities closed North Main and Washington Boulevard. A separate brush fire in Lorenzi Park charred five acres earlier.
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McKesson
Miller
Sam Cooper
E. H. Nightwonger
North Main
Washington Boulevard
Lorenzi Park
Las Vegas Valley
Ex-Veep urges blue ribbon panel on My Lai massacre
Former Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey called for a presidential commission to probe the My Lai massacre and its impact on moral structure. He urged an inquiry akin to the Warren Commission and proposed a panel of renowned citizens, lawmakers, and executives. He spoke in Los Angeles at a Jewish National Fund Hanukkah event and attended the Rams Vikings game.
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Blue Ribbon
Massacre
Los Angeles
UPI
Hubert H. Humphrey
My Lai
Humphrey
Nixon
Warren Commission
Kennedy
John Stennis
D-Miss
Senate Armed Services Committee
Congress
Jewish National Fund
Los Angeles Rams
Minnesota Vikings
Vikings
Jewish Sympathizers Aid Alcatraz Indians in Transfer Hope
Dean Chavers 27 an Indian spokesman said three Congressmen floated a non partisan bill to transfer Alcatraz property to a nonprofit controlled by Indians. Reps George Brown Jr Philip Burton and Ogden Reid discussed seeking co sponsors to authorize the transfer for an Indian Cultural Center.
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Alcatraz Indians
Dean Chavers
Chavers
George FE. Brown Jr
Philip Burton
California
Ogden Reid
Cops and burglars busy weekend in Las Vegas valley
Burglars hit the Las Vegas area weekend sparking several thefts. A Fireside Inn bookkeeper found a $6600 loss from a safe, a Dunes Hotel catering manager's home lost $2935 in jewelry plus a pistol, a Strip hotel guest reported $2000 in jewelry missing, and a Nellis AFB couple found a portable TV tape player and clock radio stolen after a pried front door.
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Fireside Inn
Tonopah Highway
Robert Miller
Dunes Hotel
Jean Pardini
Deauville
Robert C. Cage
Eagle Pass
Tex
Roy Wieland
Nellis Air Force Base
Battle lines Forming For Special Ballot Battle
A special Board of Trustees meeting at 5 p.m. today in the hospital conference room will set ground rules for a secret election to decide representation for the Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital operating engineers. Two petitions with majority signatures contested two invalid signatures in the first petition. a second majority petition seeks representation by another body. Earlier charges against hospital administration by engineers were raised at the last board meeting and will be discussed.
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Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital
Board of Trustees
Americans freed after nine months describe captivity in China
Simeon Baldwin and Bessie Donald recount nine months in Chinese custody amid the Lunar New Year yachting incident. They say they faced confessions for entering Chinese waters, were held in Heung Chau then the Happy People's Commune, and read Mao thoughts while walks kept them healthy.
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Hong Kong
UPI
Communist
China
Happy People’s Commune
Simeon Baldwin
Laguna Beach
Calif
Bessie Hope Donald
Bristol
Macao
Baldwin
Communist New China
Donald
Heung Chau
Happy People's Commune
Canton
Red Star People’s Commune
Mao Tse-tung
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al Landsman
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