The Needle and International Hotel Clash in Las Vegas
A rambling Las Vegas column foresees The Needle as a protracted, costly venture needing vast funds to sustain rent until it succeeds. It argues The International Hotel complex will integrate layouts for efficiency, notes two large casinos require single cashier facilities, and critiques U.S. treasury strain and political missteps. The author ends with New Year wishes and luck on the scene.
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Howard Hughes
Treasury of the
United States
Nature Ie
Las Vegas
World News Briefs Summary of 1968 Traffic Fatalities and Global Events
Tokyo reports 14 255 traffic fatalities in 1968, up 351 from the previous year. Jakarta notes rivers flooded central Java up to six feet, destroying at least 250 homes. Helsinki says about 200 Finnish fishermen may work in Soviet waters this winter under a decade-old treaty. Budapest reports 1968 population rise of 3 percent after decline. Ioannis Phokas dies of a heart attack during vacation. Turin lists Giovanni Agnelli as Turin's richest man with 358 400 income and 183 040 taxes. London Heathrow fog forces incoming flights to divert to Frankfurt. Rome police and zoo officials search for multiple animal thefts at the Rome Zoo. Sydney reports quadruplets born at a hospital. three died.
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Jakarta
UPI
Jama
Turin
Italy
Giovanni Agnelli
Fiat Motor Co
Polish trucker's ice cream haul funds horse wager fail
A Polish truck driver secretly sold a load of ice cream to place a bet on a horse. The gamble failed as the horse finished second. The report appeared in Slowo Powszechne. Funeral services were held yesterday in Athens.
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Warsaw
UPI
Slowo Powszechne
Athens
Catholic Protestants clash mars Northern Ireland march ending in Londonderry
Rioting during a four day civil rights march from Belfast left at least 119 injured including six police and several women. Police used water cannon and nightsticks to separate Roman Catholic demonstrators from militant Protestant factions near Londonderry as crowds of largely Catholic and Protestant marchers dispersed.
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Londonderry
Northern Ireland
UPI
Belfast
Selma
Ala
Shipquay Street
Guild Hall
FTC to crack down on money games at gas and food stores
The Federal Trade Commission announced a crackdown on unfair and deceptive money games promoted by gas stations and food stores. It proposed rules to curb rigging and misrepresentation and to disclose prize counts, with hearings set for February 24.
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Washington
UPI
The
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Nation's Weather: Bismarck Records 25 Below Zero
The U S Weather Bureau reported the lowest temperature outside Alaska and Hawaii at 25 degrees below zero in Bismarck North Carolina. The high reached 89 degrees in Long Beach California.
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United Press International New York
UPI
U. S. Weather Bureau
Alaska
Hawaii
Bismarck
N. C
Long Beach
Calif
Helena
Honolulu
Houston
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Miami Beach
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
New Orleans
New York
Oakland
Omaha
Paso Robles
San Francisco
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
Albuquerque
Portland
Anchorage
Atlanta
Rapid City
Bakersfield
Red Bluff
Reno
Boise
Sacramento
Boston
St. Louis
Salinas
Il Chicago Salt Lake City
Cincinnati
San Diego
Cleveland
Denver
Santa Ana
Des Moines
Santa Barbara
Detroit
Seattle
Eureka
Thermal
Spokane
Fort Worth
Fresno
Washington
March Of Dimes Campaign Aims For A Happier New Year
Leland P. Kendall announces the Clark County March of Dimes drive launching with the goal of helping 250 000 newborns yearly through research and medical facilities. Kendall praises local support and urges generous contributions to aid future children and families.
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Leland P. Kendall
Falcom Lane
Kendall
Clark County
Brink's workers suspended after Boston truck hijack
Three Brink's Inc employees assigned to a hijacked Boston armored car were suspended following the robbery. Richard Haines remained with the truck while John Gillespie and Joseph Kelly took a coffee break. Police noted a locked truck procedure may have been bypassed.
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Boston
UPI
Brink’s, Inc
Thomas F. Horrigan
Richard Haines
Tewksbury
John Gillespie
Joseph Kelly
Gillespie
Kelly
North End
Haines
Quincy
Horrigan
Dr Kline Chiropractic Office Adverts Nevada Care
Dr Kline, a Nevada Association of Chiropractic Medicine member with over twenty years in Nevada, accepts on the job and car accident insurance cases. Open 9:00 AM to 7:00 PM. Call 382 8594 for appointments. Offices at 1111 Las Vegas Blvd South Heers Roeder Building corner.
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Wheare I Stemel
World News
Tokyo
Helsinki
Budapest
Ioannis Phokas
Mars
Phokas
London
Heathrow
Frankfurt
Rome
Sydney
Ae Foster
No. 3Rd St
Jay's Jewelers
TLTC
FLTC
Frontier Hotel
FIC
Money Games
Dehart & Braide, Inc
Dehart & Braide
Commission
Cortuay
L.W. Blvd
Roy G. Dehay
Second Baptist Church
V.C.L. Coleman
Woodlawn Cemetery
Althea Zigman
Father Waldner
Woodlawn
Zophey Riskus
Bunker Brothers
Melvin Pekrus
Adeline Bowen
Bishop M. Lee Earl
Memory Gardens
Bruce Keachie
Sylvan Green
Edward Birch
Jane Doe Mitchell Banach Roy Fulbright
Brink
Brink’s
Irving Kline
WBA
Vorice
Las Vegas Blvd
Foxy’s
Hildrencs
FID
Garden Center
William R. Perry
Kings Way
Bank OF
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Bank OF Ana
F.D.I.C
Ann NeiTs
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