Youth Forum panel favors UN membership
Bob Everhart of Las Vegas High School outlines the Seventh Annual Youth Forum. Students favored retaining United Nations membership as they discussed international affairs. The panel framed the world’s trouble spots as a Communist versus Capitalist conflict, noting Southeast Asia is backed mainly by Red China.
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United Nations
Bob Everhart
Las Vegas High School
Southeast Asia
Red
Bowden s Fate Deliberated By Las Vegas Jury
A Las Vegas jury weighed the fate of Edward J. Bowden in the murder trial of his wife. Alternate jurors, dismissed after the trial’s start, found Bowden guilty, while the nine jurors and three women on the panel debated the death sentence.
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Bowden
Las Vegas
Edward J. Bowden
Albert Stewart
Bank Heist in Montreal Leaves Two Officers Dead
Gunmen disguised as Santa Claus attacked a suburban Montreal branch of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. Two police officers Constables Claude Marineau and Denis Brabant were killed in a brief gun battle. A fourth suspect fled in a car amid a hail of bullets after forcing entry and grabbing cash. Police mobilized quickly after an employee pressed an alarm during the robbery.
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Montreal
UPI
Santa Claus
Claude Marineau
Denis Brabant
Andre Leduc
Moonlet battery problems force tests cancellation
UPI reports a weak battery power aboard NASA's new relay satellite led space officials to cancel all communication tests and demonstrations. An NASA official warned of a possible malfunction after the moonlet sent its first orbit report from Cape Canaveral Florida following Thursday night launch.
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Washington
UPI
America
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Yale Stamp Popularity Triggers Printing Halt
Postmaster General J Edward Day halted Christmas stamp printing due to high demand. He ordered red, green and white stamps off presses at midnight to ensure last 150 000 stamps with a green fir wreath design reach post offices for the heaviest mail day in U S history next Tuesday. About 780 million pieces of mail expected.
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Washington
UPI
J. Edward Day
Day
Officers Hunt TB Parole Violator in Boston
Authorities search for Richard Joseph Medara a 41 year old parole violator in Boston Massachusetts with active tuberculosis who escaped an isolation ward at the county hospital He previously worked as a restaurant dishwasher for eight to nine months and has a suspended six month sentence with two years probation for a bad check The case involved U S Parole and Probation officer Hugh Boyd and a dispute over jurisdiction with Nevada authorities.
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Boston, Mass
Richard Joseph Medara
Medara
Hugh Boyd
U.S
Boston
Civil Defense Speedup Urged by Governor Sawyer
Gov Grant Sawyer urged local officials to accelerate civil defense preparations saying leaders are closest to the people and bear major responsibility for successful state and national programs. The message emphasized rapid action and completion at the local level.
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Carson City
UPS
Grant Sawyer
Eastern Cold Blast Eases Slightly
A nine day siege of crippling snows and bitter cold eased but death tolls climbed above two hundred. Florida sets cold records as the semi tropical state assesses losses from the freeze. Snowbound cities in Michigan Indiana Ohio and New York faced severe winter conditions as thousands awaited rescue from isolation.
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Florida
Michigan
Indiana
Ohio
New York
Clues Emerge in Mysterious Sky Fireballs Case
San Bernardino sheriff detectives conclude the fireball reports may stem from a device found on a city outskirts lawn. A housewife reported three large polyethylene bags about 12 feet long filled with material resembling natural gas. Flares and highway emergency components were attached, designed to ignite by a cigarette.
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San Bernardino
Calif
California
Water Cut Off Hits 400 Homes In Las Verdes Heights
A digging crew damaged a 10 inch water line on Valley View Drive causing about 400 homes to be without water for nearly four hours. Service was restored at noon. Officials said repairs are temporary and a permanent fix was to be completed today.
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Las Verdes Heights
Valley View Drive
Water District
Edie Adams Denies Kovacs Estate Charges
Edie Adams refutes claims by Mary Kovacs about mismanagement of Ernie Kovacs estate. In London she said there is absolutely no foundation to the charges and noted her emotional stress since Kovacs’ death. Adams plans to return from England next week.
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Hollival
LPI
Edie Adams
Ernie Kovacs
Miss Adams
London
Mary Kovacs
Kovacs
Plane With 50 Aboard Missing Over Amazon Jungle
A Panair do Brasil four engine airliner carrying 50 people including three infants vanished last night in the Amazon. Government searches sent four planes toward the area near Manaus, where reports from Manaus were confusing. The last sighting had the craft about six minutes from Manaus around midnight.
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Rio DE Janeiro
API
Amazon Jungle
Air Ministry
Panair Do Brasil
Amazon
Panair
Manaus
Belem
Brazil
China Begins Large-Scale Withdrawal from NEFA Border
India reports Chinese forces are pulling back from NEFA areas reached as far as 86 road miles inside the disputed border. Ladakh in Kashmir is not mentioned. Indian scouts will verify the withdrawal and indicate whether reoccupation by India will occur.
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New Delhi
UPI
India
Northeast Frontier Agency
NEFA
Ladakh
Kashmir
Peking
Nevada ministers seek law to curb couples trading in weddings
The Clark County Ministerial Association urged a state bill to require annual certification for wedding ministers. Dr Roger Sawyer of First Methodist testified that current certificates last indefinitely and can be revoked only if a minister’s status changes. He cited cases where churches replace ministers yet former ministers continue officiating marriages.
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Clark County
Weather Summary for Today
Clear with gentle winds. Today's high 60 and low 30. Yesterday also reached 60 and 30. Noontime humidity 16 percent. Sunrise 6 44 and sunset 4 26.
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