Soviet rebuff of Pope Paul VI on Vietnam peace
Moscow reports Pope Paul VI urged peace in Vietnam but Soviet leaders rejected the appeal. Nikolai Podgorny blamed U S aggression for darkening peace prospects and backed North Vietnamese and Viet Cong proposals. Tass quoted Podgorny warning that sterner retribution awaits if aggression continues. Alexander Shelepin echoed harsh US critique during a Hanoi visit.
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Moscow
UPI
Pope Paul
Viet Nam
United States
Nikolai Podgorny
Paul VI
U.S
Tass
Podgorny
Soviet Union
Red China
Alexander N. Shelepin
Kremlin
Hanoi
Shelepin
City Atty to Present Taxi Regulation Plan by Jan. 20
Sid Whitmore will work with Porter to present an ordinance outline to the County Commission PSC and Las Vegas City Commission by January 20. The aim is a permanent solution to taxi industry problems and to clarify PSC jurisdiction. Meetings with the Chamber Taxi Committee and mediation efforts with Governor Sawyer are planned today and later in the Strip hotel.
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Sid Whitmore
Porter Porter
County Commission
PSC
Las Vegas
Porter
Public Service Commissioners
Chamber of Commerce Taxi Committee
Grand Jury Hears Cases as Indictments Considered
Indictments possible for Burton Corwin and aide Jack Crisci after termination following a grand jury probe. Witness testified in a case involving Joseph Rocco Falcone who threatened self harm in Las Vegas with a stolen shotgun and faces grand larceny charges. A West Las Vegas woman is held on rape kidnapping and assault with intent to kill in a related Friday night artex case against Richard Riley.
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Falcone
Richard Riley
Monroe St
Schivo Ends Career With Sahara Hotel
Schivo left town briefly yesterday afternoon only to return later that evening. He said he has no definite plans beyond taking his lane and flying around for months of vacation with his wife Shirley and three children Gary Jeanne and Michael.
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Schivo
Shirley
Gary
Eanne
Michael
Medicine Man Killed by Train Near Red Rock Interchange
A man identified as 65 year old Indian medicine man Albright was struck and killed by a train in Fernley near the Red Rock interchange. Authorities said the incident occurred in the middle of the one mile east of the interchange.
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Fernley
Er Albright
Red Rock
Nixon
Peron Comeback Rumors Rise Amid Border Reinforcements
Reports from Buenos Aires say Argentina tightened northern border surveillance as rumors spread that exiled former leader Juan D. Peron may return. Interior Minister Palmedio dismissed the return claims while sources say border guards were strengthened and inbound flights are being scrutinized.
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Buenos Aires
UPI
Juan D. Peron
Juan S. Palmero
Peron
Gray Named Clark County Projects Assistant in Nevada
Assemblyman R Guild Gray was appointed Clark County projects assistant with a 13500 dollar annual salary. He will obtain federal aid for county projects and serve as liaison with local state and federal agencies. Gray, a Republican, moved to Southern Nevada in 1953 and previously led the Las Vegas School District. His county post was made official on Monday.
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Las Vegas
UPI
R. Guild Gray
Clark County
Gray
Nevada
Sun correction on Palmer Guccione shooting report
The Sun clarifies a July incident involving Harry Palmer and Frank Guccione. It states Palmer was wounded, not someone else, and the shooting occurred at Palmer's home, not Guccione's, with no prior beating attributed to Palmer.
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SUN
Harry Palmer
Frank B. Guccione
Guccione
Mr. Palmer
Palmer
The
Budget Talks Begin for Las Vegas 1966 67
Preliminary talks on the Las Vegas city budget for 1966 67 will start about mid February, according to finance director Hal Laird. State budget preparation forms will be distributed to city departments about the end of this month.
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Las Vegas
Hal Laird
Shastri Death Sparks World Mourning in 1966
India and the world mourn the death of Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri who died of a heart attack in Tashkent. His body was flown home on a Soviet IL-18 and cremation will be held at the Jumna River near Nehru’s tomb. Leaders from across the Iron Curtain sent condolences as Acting Premier Nanda pledged to uphold the Tashkent accords with Pakistan. The Bharat Ratna was posthumously awarded to Shastri for his peace efforts.
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New Delhi
UPI
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Soviet Central Asia
Jumna
Jawaharlal Nehru
Shastri
Tashkent
Alexei Kosygin
Kosygin
Mohammad Ayub Khan
Sastri
India
Johnson
Sr. Radhakrishnan
Ayub Khan
Ayub
Rawalapindi
Pakistan
Johnson vows Great Society push amid Viet Nam costs
AFL CIO head George Meany said President Johnson assured him the Great Society would proceed with no cutbacks in non military welfare programs in the new federal budget. Johnson reportedly stated he would press ahead to fund both the Vietnam war and domestic social and economic programs.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Aflcio
Great Society
Whle
U.S
Viet Nam
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Meany
Chhef
Floods Force Rio Into State of Calamity
Rio de Janeiro faces 220 dead and thousands homeless after 10 inches of rain in 18 hours. Guanabara declares calamity as slums collapse, 1,000+ injured, 500+ orphans, and 40 ambulances struggle to aid victims.
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Rio DE Janeiro
UPI
Rio
Guanabara
Francisco Negrao de Lima
Paraozinho
Smoking Warning Fails to Curb U S Cigarette Use After Two Years
After the surgeon general linked smoking to lung cancer two years ago consumption remains at an all time high. A United Press International survey shows declines in some states followed by a rise, with Americans smoking an estimated 532 billion cigarettes last year and more this year despite warnings and higher taxes.
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United Press International
America
Department of Agriculture
Department
Emerson Foote
National Interagency Council On Smoking and Health
Congress
Foote
California
John B
Washington
Manhattan
Chicago
Mrs Kennedy and Children to Geneva Ski Trip
Mrs John F Kennedy and her children Caroline and John will arrive in Geneva Friday for a skiing vacation combined with French lessons for the children. The U S mission in Geneva announced the trip noting the Kennedy party will fly direct from New York to Geneva.
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Mrs. Kennedy
Geneva
Gustard
Switzerland
John F. Kennedy
Caroline
John Wll
U.S
Playboy Playmate Jo Collins Visits Viet Nam Troops
Miss Collins from Eugene Oregon arrives at Bien Hoa field HQ with the 173rd Airborne Brigade delivering Playboy subscriptions. She wears tight jeans and a bunny sweater, tours a helicopter base, and learns Lt Jack Price was wounded and evacuated.
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Bien Hoa
Viet Nam
UPI
Jo Collins
Playboy Magazine
173Rd Airborne Brigade
Saigon
Miss Collins
Eugene
Ore
Hollywood
Collins
Bravo Company
503Rd Infantry Brigade
John
Jack) Price
Oklahoma City
Las Vegas Sun Masthead and Staff Roll
The Las Vegas Sun lists editorial and business staff including editor H M Greenspun publisher, executive editor Bryn Armstrong, managing editor Vince Anselmo, womens editor Gerry Appleby, advertising director Jack Davenport, circulation manager William Sherwood, classified director Burt Bay, national retail advertising manager Haney Womack, and officers HM Greenspun president Ray Geryvain vice president Ruthe Deskin secretary Barbara Greenspun treasurer. The paper notes post office entry, second class matter status, and memberships in trade associations.
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Las Vegas Sun, Inc
South
Commerce Street
Las Vegas
Nevada
Ruthe Deskin
Bryn Armstrong
Vince Anselmo
Bil. Fitzgerald
Gerry Appleby
Jack Davenport
William Sherwood
Montager
Burt Bay
Haney Womack
HM Greenspun
Ray Geryvain
Barbara
Newspaper Subscription Rates and Plans
The notice lists single copy and Sunday prices with carrier delivery at 2.00 per month. Mail subscriptions are offered: one month 3.00, three months 9.00, six months 16.00, twelve months 30.00. Rates apply to the continental United States and must be paid in advance.
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Continental
United States
Ex Klansman recounts burnings and beatings at Klan event
John H Gipson a 29 year old logger from Sidell Louisiana testified before the House Committee on Un American Activities detailing Klan violence including plans to burn Negro churches in Slidell and a beating of a white man Clarence O Berry who failed to support his family Gipson said he quit the Klan this month saying he could not stand the violence He described himself as having taken a Klan oath and feared retribution Gipson's testimony drew praise from committee members for bravery and patriotism
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George W. Ball
U. S
North Viet Nam
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Adm
Wiliam F. Raborn
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Washington
UPI
Ku Klux Klan
House Committee On Un-American Activities
John H Gipson
Sidell
Klan
Gipson
Invisible Empire
Slidell
Methodist Youth Center
Providence Baptist Church
Clarence O'Berry
O'Berry
Harold
Brakefield
US soldiers held in Berlin for aiding escape through wall
Two U S Army enlisted men Pfc Michael R Herman 21 of Portland Oregon and Spec 4 William G Taylor 22 of Hermitage Tennessee were arrested by West Berlin police on charges of supplying uniforms to help three East Germans escape through the Berlin Wall. A West Berlin lawyer said Mary Hellen Battle 25 a Tennessee theology student arrested in East Berlin on Nov 24 is held on charges she aided escapes. The men of Co B 3rd Battalion 6th Infantry face possible court martial for the incident reported last month.
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William G. Taylor
Hermitage
Tenn
6Th Infantry Regiment
West Berlin
Domingo Has More Trouble
Dominican troops killed one demonstrator and wounded another in downtown Santo Domingo after students stoned an army truck. A U.S. spokesman said an American military jeep patrol was fired upon. The disturbances disrupted business as rock-throwing targeted shops and vehicles and prompted jeeps to disperse large groups.
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Santo Domingo
UPS
Santo Domin
U.S
Cold air masses and political notes cross nation
A cold mass spreads across the middle reaching the Gulf while New England faces warnings and hazardous driving from freezing rain. Rep Reinecke questions the Lower Colorado River project dams' revenue potential. Governor Brown hails California Supreme Court approval of reapportionment and prepares for elections and 1967 legislature. St Johns University endures faculty strike student boycott and study-in without disrupting classes.
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Gulf of Mexico
New England
Dakotas
Upper New York
Washington
UPI
Ed Reinecke
R-Calif
Colorado River
Reinecke
Bridge Canyon
Marble Canyon
Interior Department
Sacramento
Edmund G. Brown
State Supreme Court
California
New York
St. John's University
Big French museum art heist tops two rooms stolen
Thieves looted two exhibition rooms near a central police station in Belancon France taking Rembrandt Tiepolo Veronese and Tragonard works valued at about two million dollars. It is one of France’s largest art thefts with the August 1961 Cezanne loss as a prior benchmark.
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Belancon
Trance
UPI
France
Rembrandt
Tiepolo
Veronese
Tragonard
Cezannes
Aix En Provence
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Sahara Hotel
Hubert H. Humphrey
Dean Rusk
John Keneath Galbraith
John Sherman Cooper
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Gulzarilal
Nanda
Kashmir
State of Union
House
Chhief
Southeast Asia
Capitol
Mansfield
Far East
GOP
Everett M. Dirksen
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Cyrus Vance
Russell B. Long
Russell
Donnybrook
Favela
Copacabana
the Weather Bureau
Marshall
California Board of Equalization
Viet
Tasweep Osun
H. M. Greenspun
Berlin
Domingo
Ors
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World Briefs
Mijuana
Mexico
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