North Las Vegas 1967 Ends With Hughes Buy
The city faced legal fights and political turmoil in 1967 with indictments of city officials and disputes over urban renewal. Amid turmoil, the sale of North Las Vegas Air Terminal to Howard Hughes promised a brighter future and plans to annex nearby lands for a major aviation hub.
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North Las Vegas
North Las Vegas Air Terminal
Howard Hughes
Rancho High School
North
Ralph Englestead
Nellis
Clay Lynch
Robert J. McNutt
Telvik Turegun
Justice of the Peace
Herman Fisher
Hughes
City of Las Vegas
United States
Rivers urges prisoner exchange as precondition to bombing halt
Rep L Mendel Rivers a leading hawk and chair of the House Armed Services Committee calls for an immediate prisoner exchange or inspection of U S prisoners held by Hanoi as a precondition for any halt to bombing in North Vietnam. He proposes the International Red Cross conduct the inspection, noting the group has been blocked from visiting American detainees.
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David Branch
Council
Washington
UPI
L. Mendel Rivers
U. S
Hanoi
North Vietnam
South Carolina
Democrat
House Armed Services Committee
Congress
Johnson
Dogwood Ave
Las Vegas
Kenneth D. Hicks
San Diego
California
Hicks
McCarran Field
Christiernssen
Marvin Shumate
25Th St
Shumate
Sunrise Mountain
Curtis Wheeler
Louis Crockett
Bizarre Crimes Dominate 1967 County Headlines
Sensational murders and spectacular crimes topped year’s crime news. Notable events include the Overton bank robbery slayings, Orbit Inn motel blast, Las Vegas Sgt. DeWeert’s murder, cabdriver disappearances, a kidnapping scheme, and arson-homicide cases. The Sahara Hotel extortion threat, seven Strip executives’ indictments, and Rose Mapel Arbill’s death also feature in the top list.
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Larrie Schmidt
SUN
Overton
Orbit Inn
Las Vegas
Paul DeWeert
Glenn Christiernssen
Marvin Shumate
Curtis Wheeler
Rose Mapel Arbill
Sahara
FBI
Dever
Richard Paris
Hollywood
California
Paris
Chris Jne
Investigors
George Franklin
Verton
Bank of Nevada
Barry Staley
Vera Walkington
Betty Heitzmann
Jerry Lynn Conger, Jr
Warm Springs
Conger
Morrow
Paul “Pappy” DeWeert
Las
Divorce Prevalence Tops Marriage Licenses in 1967 County
Contra Costa County records show 3,055 divorce or annulment filings versus 2,614 marriage licenses in 1967. Clerk Walter Paasch notes suburban bedroom communities dominate the area east of San Francisco Bay and that divorces outnumber licenses for the eighth straight year. Georgia meanwhile lacks an official nickname despite several popular monikers such as Peach State and Empire State of the South.
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Martinez
Calif
UPI
Contra Costa
Walter Paasch
San Francisco Bay
Paasch
Georgia
South
Spider Kill Gives Pupils Friday Off
One biology teacher found a dime sized brown recluse in a Mattoon High School desk prompting exterminators to kill hundreds of dangerous spiders. The school closed for the day and remained shut until at least Monday as crews worked.
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Spider Kill
Mattoon, Ill
UPI
Mattoon High School
Lucky License bumper sticker promotion by Las Vegas Sun
The Las Vegas Sun advertises a bumper sticker offer mailed after requesting Circulation Department at 382-3078. See side ad for details.
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Las Vegas Sun
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