Air War Briefing and Nick the Greek Feature
Military spokesmen report dogfights with MIG17 and MIG21s amid raids on Hanoi while Viet Cong attacks in South Vietnam claim American and South Vietnamese lives. The second item profiles Nick the Greek, Nick Dandelos, famed gambler portrayed as king of high stakes and recounting his dramatic fortune and illness.
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U. S. Air Force
Navy
Saigon
North Vietnam
Hanoi
South Vietnam
Train Crash Injures Twenty Five in Chicago Skokie Route
A CTA rapid transit car crashed into a barrier at the Skokie Swift west terminal on Dempster Street injuring about 25 to 35 riders. Ambulances moved injured to area hospitals as the derailed train blocked the platform and damaged windows. Authorities described a sudden lurch and derailment at 7:37 p.m. with several hospitalized and passengers escaping on foot.
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Chicago
UPI
Chicago Transit Authority
CTA
Skokie Swift
Dempster Street
Skokie
Auto Agency
Valley High teacher Langley faces Clark County School Board hearing
John Langley, a Valley High School teacher, and attorney David Canter argued about the board’s jurisdiction at a Clark County School District hearing. A motion to dismiss was already pending after a prior board ruling, with Dr. James Mason serving as hearing officer as the session continued.
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Valley
Clark County School Board
John Langley
David Canter
Canter
Langley
James Mason
Clark County
Mason
Atomic test scheduled at Nevada site on Dec 21
The Atomic Energy Commission announced a giant thermonuclear device named Greeley would detonate at 7 30 am near Beatty Nevada as part of the Nevada Test Site program. evacuees were ordered from Beatty and a nearby Exchange Club building due to potential collapse.
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Hiroshima
Nevada Test Site
Atomic Energy Commission
Nevada
Beatty
Nev
Ground Zero
AEC
Exchange Club
Indians on Warpath Here For Money From Bureau
A California Indian war party gathered at the Stardust Auditorium to denounce the Bureau of Indian Affairs led by Robert Bennett. They demanded a financial investigation and reforms, vowing to pressure Interior Secretary Stewart Udall and seek congressional representation to address reservation problems.
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California
Stardust Auditorium
Piutes
U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs
Sunfote
Bureau
U. S. Bureau of Indian Affairs
BIA
Bennett
Stewart Udall
Michael Rogers
Owens Valley Plate and
Rogers
Educators Get the Facts on Narcotics Education Drive
Las Vegas lawmen targeted junior and senior high schools with an educational program for teachers and counselors. Police Chief Lorin Bunker and Sheriff Ralph Lamb outlined lectures on narcotics types, detection signs, and ongoing juvenile drug crackdown. They stressed school surveillance and warned of Mexico sourced marijuana entering the area.
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Ralph Lamb
Bunker
Lamb
Weather: variable cloudiness but gentle sunshine expected
A day of variable high cloudiness with periods of sun and gentle winds. Today's high 60 and low 35 with sunrise at 6 44 and sunset at 4 28. Noontime humidity 38 percent following yesterday’s high 60 and low 37.
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U. S. Headquarters
King of the Gamblers
Luck
Nicholas Andreas Dandelos
Nick
Nick the Greek
Dick Donovan
Collier’s Magazine
Earth
Los Angeles
Benny Binion
Joe Bernstein
Binion
New York
Hot Springs
Montreal
Hi Moh
Hank Greenspun
Albert J. Smith
Smith
BOARD
Midnight Oil
Greeley
Virgin Valley
Spring Mountain
Murray Hoyt
Federal Fund
Commission
Bill Briare
Sary
Romeo Bucknell
Hoyt
Office of Economic Planning
Corps of Engineers
Kyle Canyon
Mount Charleston
Ann Landers
Boulder City
Tiveteek Ae Editorial Cee
Paul Price Goren
Nsceen
Robert Bennett
Wisconsin
Flamingo Road
Police
Lorin Bunker
Las Vegas
Southwest
Mexico
East
Midwest
Hotel & Casino
E. Fremont
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