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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1966
Page
1
Las Vegas attorney and former lieutenant governor Cliff Jones dismissed perjury charges in the Bobby Baker explosion case and predicted last night he would be cleared of a three count indictment by a Federal Grand Jury in Washington.
The article portrays Cliff Jones as a colorful, active Las Vegas lawyer and former lieutenant governor with deep ties to politics and business. It notes past clashes with a rival and references involvement in a 1965 grand jury case over payments tied to First Western Financial Corp. and a Washington lobbyist.
Tom Hanley and union members celebrated a decisive NLRB election victory at the Golden Gate last night. Members cheered, some in tears, as the organizing drive secured a foothold for their gaming employees.
Grand jurors in Clark County begin testimony in the Las Vegas Municipal Court scandal after reviewing L Bar L probe material and preparing a report. Indictments are expected to follow next week, with as many as five targets possible.
Seventy Operating Engineers who did not report to work at the Nevada Test Site return to duty as surveyors from Holmes Narver Engineers resume tasks. A union spokesman says the dispute over eight hours pay for seven hours worked in Test Site tunnels will go to arbitration per the November agreement.
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New York City mayor John V. Lindsay pressed crisis talks to end a six day subway and bus strike. Lindsay met with Transit Workers Union leaders who rejected an interim contract and pledged to honor the no contract no work rule.
Five deaths and three missing in the Far West as storms batter the coast threaten new floods in northern California and Oregon. Weather officials warn of renewed wind rain and snow with heavy rain and mild temperatures forecast from Ukiah to Red Bluff.
New York UPI reports actor Peter Lawford and his wife Pat Kennedy sister of the late president have agreed to an amicable separation amid marriage tensions. The couple, residing in Idaho, face a potential divorce as they pursue separate personal paths.
Attorney William Peyton Marin in New York announced the couple has separated while reports of a divorce circulate after Pat Lawford establishes a six week Idaho residence. The Lawfords, married 11 years, have four children and ongoing Hollywood motion picture work.
A three-judge federal panel will hear requests to reapportion the Nevada Legislature or halt a special session until Clark County is adequately represented. Attorney Myron Leavitt seeks state wide reapportionment or a court ordered Legislature to enact a valid plan. Flora Dungan and Dr. C W Woodbury are involved in past suits. Woodbury may join later.
Reports say Teamsters Local 881 and Yellow Cab Co may reopen negotiations with mediation by Mayor Oran Grayson. Union officials deny a meeting is pending though Richard Thomas says they are ready and have offered a proposal. Thomas cites fracas at Union Pacific Depot and warns cabs could be withdrawn if issues persist.
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