Meador in kidnapping case linked to multiple escapes
Santa Monica man Meador faces kidnapping and jail escape charges after a spree across Arizona and Nevada. He, with two accomplices, overpowered a deputy, abducted a Las Vegas woman and her daughters, and raped a resident after a prolonged pursuit ending in Mesquite. He had prior escapes and was under psychiatric care.
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Byrne
Florence
Gladah Anderson
Beaumont
Calif
Las Vegas
Fremont Street
Meador
Cedar City
Utah
Arizona
Bes
Mesquite
Clark County
Oscar Abbott
LV Art Lover Steals Statue
Las Vegas police report a 3-foot tall Chinese statue valued at 870 was stolen from the porch of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin J Schiff at 2325 W. Charleston Blvd. The theft occurred after they returned home Sunday afternoon.
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Las Vegas
Marvin J Schiff
Charleston Blvd
Schiffs
Welfare probe targets Clark County official over budget
Clark County welfare chief Barbara Coughlan faces criticism from Select Committee members and local officials who accuse her of dictatorial policy and seek her removal. They argue a lack of budget cripples ability to meet duties, endorse creating a separate Clark County facility for dependent children, and note a grand jury would not curb issues without resources. Bourke defends Coughlan's efforts while acknowledging disagreements. He compares potential grand jury actions to show limits of money in county programs.
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Welfare Department
Barbara C. Coughlan
Clark County
David Zenofft
Jean Boman
Las Vegas
Bourke
Coughlan
Spring Mountain
Zenoff
Bourne
Americans lift 817 Bay of Pigs prisoners to Florida
The report details 817 ransomed captives airlifted to south Florida from Cuba with 471 still in Cuba. Flights faced delays near the San Antonio de los Banos airbase and at Homestead Base as 36 MIG jets observed. Pan American planes carried 109 and 108 passengers in early flights, part of a two day operation valued at $70 million in supplies.
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Brigade 2506
America
Castro
San Antonio de Los Banos
South Florida
Pan American World Airways
Freedom
Homestead Air Force Base
Homestead
Miami
Cuba
Giron Beach
Havana
Barret Prettyman, Jr
Washington
New York
James Donovan
Hopec
Hoffa Faces Taft Hartley Charge and Tampa Case
The 49 year old Hoffa faced a misdemeanor charge for doing business with a trucking firm using Teamster labor. A heavier charge of mail fraud tied to Florida real estate is pending in Tampa, with trial expected next year. Federal grand juries have returned 50 indictments against Teamster officials, 18 convictions, four acquittals, and 30 awaiting trial.
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Hoffa
Tampa
Fla
Florida
Teamster
Robert F. Kennedy
Silent Dock Strike Halts Cargo Holds Across the Waterfront
Skeleton crews and dock watchmen kept ships stationary as cargo remained loaded in crates boxes bales and bins. The strike left millions of tons of goods secured at anchor or alongside deserted docks with no unloading activity.
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Tegal
State OF Sex
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H. Millard Sioen
County of Clark
Nevada
State of
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Weiler
Tecti
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Dericco
State OF Nevada
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Cottage Grove Builders
Jet Clark
Siete
M.D
Porone
Baguee Elmo
DeRiCoo Bio Engineer
Otis
Hickey-Freeman
Hickey -Freeman
Hollywood Clothes
el Portal
Fremont
SNIF
Southern Nevada Industrial Foundation
Grant Sawyer
Los Angeles
Western Airlines
Nashville
Holla
Betty Grable
Dan Dailey
Alan Gale
Lola Fisher Lapsie
Maxie Rosenbloom
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