Governor Opens Cab Mediation To End Las Vegas Strike
Mediation efforts continue as Sawyer may act as mediator after federal mediation delays. Sheriff Lamb orders cab drivers to obey traffic laws or face arrest and cab impoundment. dispute centers on city and county permit authority and a 5 month strike sparked by Yellow Cab Co. non union drivers.
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Ralph Lamb
Las Vegas
Dick Thomas
Lamb
Bik Mirin
One Man Cab Company
Teamsters Union
Yellow Cab Co
Mirin
John Mowbray
Terants
McCarran
Teamsters
Vernon Dahmer slain by night riders in Mississippi
Civil rights leader Vernon Dahmer died from burns after a pre dawn arson attack on his home and grocery. More than 300 demonstrators marched on the courthouse demanding action in Dahmer's death following his poll tax boycott pledge announced on a local radio station.
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Hattiesburg
Miss
UPI
Vernon Dahmer
Dahmer
Sheriff's Office
Campus Sex Scandal Rocks University Of Oklahoma
At Norman Oklahoma the campus faces a sex and drug probe involving 23 students. Preston Trimble the Cleveland County attorney says 11 students will face charges and three others are under arrest in an apartment near the campus. A nude 18 year old girl was found with a male student in the room amid marijuana and other drugs. Separately university officials confirm 12 athletes in the athletic dormitory had sexual relations with a 16 year old girl during Christmas break.
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Norman
Okla
UPS
University of Oklahoma
Cleveland Co
Preston Trimble
University
California Man Slain in Quarrel Remarriage in Las Vegas
A California man identified as Gross was killed in Las Vegas after forcing entry to confront his ex wife during a dispute over their children. A private guard protecting the woman fired two shots as Gross allegedly grabbed her, while the couple’s children witnessed the confrontation.
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Las Vegas
Gross
Detmering
Union Carbide Co
Tustin
Milk Drivers Contract Talks Edge Toward Settlement
The master dairy agreement drafted July 1, 1950 and amended April 30, 1963 covers Anderson Arden Hi Land Meadow Gold and Vegas Valley Farms. William Campbell of Federated Employers of Nevada Inc will negotiate for management while ce Wynn Local 14 secretary treasurer leads the union committee.
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Dairies
Re Anderson, Arden
Hi Land
Meadow Gold
Vegas Valley Farms
William Campbell
Federated Employers of Nevada, Inc
Ce Wynn
Large Viet Cong group clashed with American paratroopers near Saigon
In the Ho Bo Woods about 20 miles northeast of Saigon, a large Viet Cong force was engaged by the 173rd Airborne Brigade with support from the 1st Infantry Division and Australian elements. Twenty-two Viet Cong were reported killed since Saturday as allied forces pressed their Iron Triangle sweep.
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Ho Bo
Saigon
173Rd Airborne Brigade
1St Infantry Division
Royal Australians
Iron Triangle
Ho Bo Woods
Death of Indian leader Shastri shocks world leaders
Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri died in Tashkent after a long summit conference. Leaders including Britain's Queen Elizabeth and Uzbek Premier Rakhmanqu Kurbanov expressed regrets as Shastri faced heart trouble during crucial talks on Kashmir and peace. His death unsettled the Tashkent summit mood though the agreement with Pakistan was seen as likely to endure. Shastri, 60, had a Gandhi lineage and a reputation for cautious diplomacy and strong organization.
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Shastri
Britain
Elizabeth
Sandringham Castle
China
Tashkent
Kashmir
Dom Priamov
Rakhmanku Kurbanov
New Delhi
Kosygin
Mohammad Ayub Khan
India
Ayub
Pakistan
Andrei Gromyko
Jawaharlal Nehru
Nehru
Shastr
Commerce and Industry
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Uttar Pradesh
Tibet
Gandhi
Chiang Orders Warships and Jets After Defector Plane Downing
President Chiang Kai-Shek angrily ordered a fall alert across Nationalist forces in Taiwan and surrounding islands after a Communist air raid downed an unarmed Nationalist plane carrying three defectors. military officials noted heightened risk and uncertainty in the Formosa straits.
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TAIPE
UPS
Chiang Kai-Shek
Formosa Straits
Matsu
Quemoy Islands
Explosion At Resort Kills 3 in Colorado
An explosion at a ski resort in the Colorado Rockies destroyed a three story administrative building at 9,000 feet. The Colorado State Patrol reported three dead and at least ten injured as rescue teams evacuated victims by jeep, truck, and private car down mountain highways. Authorities said the alpine building could hold up to 100, but far fewer people were believed inside.
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Breckenridge
Colo
UPI
Colorado Rocky Mountains
Colorado State Patrol
Kashmir Pact Seen as Peace Step with Vietnam Impact
President Johnson praised the India Pakistan Kashmir agreement reached with Soviet Premier Kosygin in Tashkent as a peace step. U S officials pondered whether the accord could affect Vietnam peace talks by boosting the Soviet Union in its contest with Communist China for influence in Asia.
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Dent Johnson
Kashmir
U.S
Russia
Viet Nam
Alexei Kosygin
Tashkent
Soviet Union
China
Asia
Gromyko Likely To Visit Pope Paul VI Next Month
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko may visit Italy next month and possibly meet Pope Paul VI to reply to the pontiff on Viet Nam peace talks. Vatican sources say he would be the first top Soviet official to visit the Vatican, a move that could ease strained church bloc relations after Poland barred Cardinal Wyszynski from traveling to Rome.
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Vatican City
UPI
Andrei Gromyko
Italy
Paul VI
Russia
Gromyko
Vatican
St. Peter
Poland
Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski
Paratrooper Shoots Dominican in Santo Domingo Clash
An American paratrooper shot a Dominican civilian during a street demonstration in downtown Santo Domingo while troops broke up the protest. The civilian was wounded by a 12 gauge shotgun load of birdshot after allegedly trying to wrestle a fellow soldier into a building on El Conde Street.
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Santo Domingo
UPID
el Conde
Poverty War Need Increases Says House Manager
Washington reports Rep. Sam Gibbons says the War on Poverty needs at least 500 million more next year. He estimates 2 to 2.5 billion as a workable level, with 3 billion possible, while last year Congress funded 1.5 billion. Gibbons notes Viet Nam spending may affect poverty funds, but no clear outlook yet.
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Washington
L-1
P .I.dent Johnson
House
Sam Gibbons
D-Fla
Rockbottom
Gibbons
Congress
Johnson
St John’s students cheer strike over professor firings
New York UPI reports St John’s University students yesterday cheered student leaders who accused the Roman Catholic school's administration of unjustly firing 31 professors. The move triggered a teacher strike and student boycott on the Jamaica Queens campus. Dennis Smith urged the crowd, calling the firing a gross act of injustice that precipitated the strike.
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New York
UPI
St. John’s University
Dennis Smith
Jamaica, Queens
Mink Coat and Jewelry Stolen From Home in Oakey District
Pearl Condon returned from travel to 1325 West Oakey Boulevard and found a forced front door. She reported a mink coat and assorted jewelry valued at $650 were taken while she was away since December 22.
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Pearl Condon
W. Oakey Blvd
World briefs outline Cold War tensions across capitals
Reports from Warsaw Cairo Jakarta Colombo and Lagos describe clashes between church state and protests over prices. Officials discuss Kennedy assassination plots in Cairo while Vietnamese peace talks surface in Egypt. Wilson heads to Lagos where African leaders push for military action in Rhodesia.
Burundi Expels U S Ambassador and Two Aides
Burundi ordered the ouster of U S Ambassador Donald Dumont and two staff members for alleged contact with anti-government conspirators. The State Department summoned Burundi’s ambassador to protest the action and potential damage to bilateral relations.
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Washington
UPI
Burundi
U.S
Donald Dumont
State Department
Leon Ndenzake
Nimitz shows gradual improvement at Oak Knoll hospital
UPI reports Fleet Adm. Chester W. Nimitz is experiencing gradual slow improvement as a spokesman at Oak Knoll Naval Hospital provides the update. In Washington, Rep. Albert H. Quien urged in depth probes of poverty programs in Chicago and Los Angeles as part of oversight by a Powell committee subpanel. United Mine Workers President Boyle postponed an executive board meeting to today while handling an unauthorized Illinois walkout. In Tucson, Frank Borman received a hero’s welcome on Frank Borman Day with a parade amid confetti as thousands cheered the Gemini 7 astronaut in downtown streets.
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Oakland, Calif
UPI
Chester W. Nimitz
Oak Knoll Naval Hospital
Washington
Albert H. Quien
R-Minn
Chicago
Los Angeles
Quien
Adam Clayton Powell
D-N.y
House Education and Labor Committee
United Mine Workers
W. A. Boyle
Boyle
UMW
Illinois
Tucson
Ariz
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