Las Vegas Tropicana Fiesta Showcased by Fashion Elites
A Las Vegas Tropicana party season draws international fashion interest with Oscar de la Renta Dior and Tiffany furs, as Roger of Acapulco and Tom Douglas host midnights of glamour. Designers appear in Las Vegas magazines before retail, with dresses priced from 50 to 3000 dollars.
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Milady
Tropicana
Tom Douglas
Pearlie Mesta
Mexico
United States
Lisbon
Sierra Vista
Tiffany
Roger
Acapulco
Oscar de la Renta
Dior
Las Vegas
el Rancho Vegas
Vogue
Hijacked Nashville Miami TWA Jet To Havana
A TWA jet carrying 38 aboard including Tex Ritter and Mason Rudolph was hijacked by a light skinned Black man and a Black woman, forced to Havana. Passengers and crew freed safely. the incident marks the year’s 20th hijacking.
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Miami
Havana
Havana International Airport
Dennis L. Maloney
St. Louis
House Inter-American Affairs Subcommittee
Houston
Miami National Airlines
Britannica Unveils Ultramicrofilm Plan For 600 Pages
Encyclopaedia Britannica announces Ultramicrofilm a new process to compress 600 page volumes onto a 4 by 6 inch film card. Six tiny trays would fit on a card table and replace 2000 feet of shelf space in the Library of American Civilization. President Charles E. Swanson says a series of research libraries will be developed and seminars held for college librarians.
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Chicago
UPI
Encyclopedia
Brittanica Inc
Brittanica
Charlies E. Swanson
Swanson
Plans for International Cattle Show in Las Vegas Next Year
Jack Linkletter and the Hughes Organization outline a four day event in Las Vegas from December 10 to 14 1969 featuring an international cattlemen exposition with a certification bull show sale Rodeo of Champions and quarterhorse show. The event will mix human judging with computer analysis and aim for 25000 attendees in year one.
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Hughes Organization
Stardust Hotel
Las Vegas
Young Linkletter
North
South America
Europe
Linkletter
Rodeo Cowboy of America
Robert Maheu
United States
Great Britain
Stardust
Howard Hughes
Miami
Sulzberger, longtime Times leader, dies in New York
Arthur Hays Sulzberger 77, chairman of the New York Times Company, died at his Fifth Avenue apartment after a long illness. He led the Times as publisher from 1935 to 1961 and served as president and director until 1957, remaining chairman since 1957. He also chaired Interstate Broadcasting Company (1944–1965) and Times Printing Co. Chattanooga since 1957.
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New York
UPI
Arthur Hays Sulzberger
New York Times Company
Fifth Avenue
Sulzberger
the Times
The
Times Company
Interstate Broadcasting Company
Times Printing Co
Chattanooga
Tenn
Chattanooga Publishing Co
Nevada to Send Laxalt Lead Delegation to Nixon Inauguration
Gov. Paul Laxalt will head Nevada's delegation to the inauguration of President-elect Richard Nixon in Washington on January 20, as announced yesterday by state officials.
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Carson City
UPI
Paul Laxalt
Nevada
Richard Nixon
Washington
NLF appoints high powered negotiators for Paris talks
The Viet Cong National Liberation Front named Tran Buu Kiem as head of its negotiating team for the Paris conference on Vietnam. Special deputies include Mrs Nguyen Thi Binh and Tran Hoai Nam. Saigon opposes equal participation for the NLF. The Hanoi spokesman hinted at potential troop withdrawal talks once talks begin. By 1970, one quarter of U S school children may have vision defects per the American Optometric Association.
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National Liberation Front
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Kiem
Can Tho
Nguyen Thi Binh
Tran Hoai Nam
Algeria
Saigon
U. S
Hanoi
South Vietnam
U.S
American Optometric Association
Dallas Police Officer Knight Murdered in Drive‑In Sting
Floyd Alexander Knight, a Dallas policeman, was shot to death while on stakeout duty in a drive‑in grocery storeroom. The Dallas Times Herald pledged a $500 trust for Mrs Knight and their two children as the city mourns the first line of duty fatality since the Tippit era. The widow, pregnant with their second child, faces hardship as she awaits the birth alone.
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Dallas
UPI
Floyd Alexander Knight
Floyd Knight
Lee Harvey Oswald
J. D. Tippit
Dallas Times Herald
Nixon Inaugural Ball Plan Includes Smithsonian Event
Washington news release outlines six inaugural balls for January 20 honoring President Nixon and Vice President Agnew. Tickets cost 35 dollars, venues include five downtown hotels and the Smithsonian Institution, with black tie optional for guests. Invitations total about 27,000 and orchestras from Duke Ellington to Les Brown will perform.
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Museum of History and Technology
National Armory
Spiro T. Agnew
Evans
Richard Nixon
Chiropractor Dr Kline Opens Nevada Clinic in Las Vegas
Dr Kline a Nevada Association of Chiropractic Medicine member with over twenty years in the state accepts on the job and car accident insurance cases. He is post graduate of Spears Hospital and runs from 9:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M. at 1111 Las Vegas Blvd South Heers Roeder Building for appointments call 382 8594.
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