Hughes Aide Sees Las Vegas as World Aviation Center
Howard Hughes aide Francis Fox urged support for planning a Las Vegas area supersonic airport. He said $2 billion needed nationwide for airport improvements and that intercontinental travel costs about $500 million to build a new facility. Fox predicted Las Vegas could become the aviation center of the world with Hughes and Kerkorian backing.
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Hughes’ Nevada Operations Airlines
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Las Vegas
Fes Wheels In Motion To Bring Hicks Back For Trial
Gov Paul Laxalt signed extradition papers to return Kenneth Hicks from California to Clark County for trial in the murder of North Las Vegas cab driver Glenn Christiernsson. Hicks, 35, is imprisoned in San Quentin on another charge.
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Kenneth Hicks
California
Paul Laxalt
San Quentin
Clark County
Glenn Christiernsson
Las Vegas
Goodfellows
SUN
Bill Sherwood
SUN Firemen
Las Vegas Sun
Goodfellow's
Sherwood
Ted Nehmelman
Clark County Fire Department
Clint Wright
Antique furnishings destroyed in Paradise Valley fire
Lubertha Johnson, director of Operation Independence in Las Vegas, saw her 10 room ranch home at 2241 Sunset Road gutted by a fire that caused an estimated 25000 dollars in damage. The blaze destroyed most of her antique furnishings and crockery collected over a decade. The rambling 15 acre property suffered extensive fire, smoke and water damage.
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Operation
Independence
Sunset Road
Rene Germanier
Paradise Valley
Las Vegas
Weather summary for today and yesterday
Cloudy with southerly winds 15 to 25 mph. Today's high around 60 and low near 25. Yesterday's high 59 and low 32. Noontime humidity 21 percent. Sunrise at 6 41, sunset 4 27.
Israeli pilots down Egyptian MIG over Red Sea clash
Israeli military says its fighters shot down one Egyptian MIG and damaged another over the Red Sea near Ras Mohamad at the Gulf of Aqaba entrance. The downed jet crashed into the sea while the other veered toward Egypt. Jordanian officials reported anti aircraft fire near Mafraq.
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Tel Aviv
UPI
Gulf of Aqaba
Ras-Mohammad
Sinai Peninsula
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