Las Vegas World Master Marathon boosts image and pride
A Las Vegas speaker discusses turning a marathon into a catalyst for city promotion. He recalls the Sahara Pro-Am and Desert Inn Stardust events that drew national attention, compares impact to the Boston Marathon, and notes the World Master Marathon started January 21, 1967 drawing international entrants and coverage on ABC Wide World of Sports. He predicts rapid growth and calls on the governor to support the effort.
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Las Vegas
New England
Charleston Square
Woolco
Nevada Southern University
Turkey
Canada
ABC
Wide World of Sports
Nevada
Harley Harmon
More GIs Seek Asylum In Sweden Total 16
A Swedish government panel recommended humanitarian asylum for three American GIs William Percell David Haire and Edward Johnson Jr. Bringing the total deserters in Sweden to 16 police identified three arrivals James Grant Joseph Norwood and John Dowling. Norwood and Dowling said they oppose fighting in Vietnam while Grant said he did not want to kill or be killed.
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Sweden
Stockholm
UPI
Vietnam
U.S
Germany
Aliens Committee
William Percell
Miami
Fla
David Michael Haire
Beaufort
S.C
Edward Kelly Johnson Jr
Cleveland
Ohio
Johnson
Official Aliens Commission
Ray Jones
Detroit
Mich
Haelsingborg
James Grant
Meridian
Miss
Joseph Norwood
San Gabriel
Calif
John Dowling
San Diego
Vietnam Committee
Grant
Clark County invites sealed bids for baggage room ceiling repair
Clark County Nevada invites licensed bidders to submit sealed bids for new plaster ceiling column and ceiling repair and refinishing at McCarron Airport. Bid No 423 68 due February 20 1968 at 10 00 am. Bond requirements include bid bond labor material and performance bonds. Bidder to obtain specifications from the Clerk Purchasing Agent.
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Board of Commissioners
Clark County
State of Nevada
Bank of Nevada
Bridger
Las Vegas
Nevada
Loretta Bowman
Board of Clark County Commissioners
L & Fou
Ton & Block
Wardell & Cedar
Animal Shelter
Discontented Leaders Push Johnson to Halt Vietnam Bombing
Five retired generals and admirals joined a group of business executives urging President Johnson to stop bombing North Vietnam and scale back fighting in the south. A severe winter storm crippled transport and power across the Southeast, delaying business activity. In New York, detective Peter Meenan was demoted for keeping a notebook listing hotels and venues tied to graft payments as part of a department trial.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
North Vietnam
South
New York
Peter E. Meenan
Air Force SR71 Crashes Near Beale AFB
The top secret SR71 reconnaissance aircraft crashed in flames yesterday in marshy farmland about five miles north of Beale Air Force Base in Marysville California. Both crew members ejected safely.
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Marysville
Calif
UPI
Air Force
Beale Air Force Base
Soviet Prosecutor Seeks Prison for Four Dissidents
Moscow prosecutors asked a three judge panel to sentence four Russians to total 15 years for assisting the outlawed National Alliance of Russian Solidarists tied to the CIA. Yuri Galanskov faces seven years, Alex Ginzburg five, Alexei Dobrovolsky two, and Vera Lashkova one.
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Moscow
UPI
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
Gennadi Terekhov
N.T.S
National Alliance of Russian Solidarists
Soviet Union
Kremlin
NTS
Terekhov
Yuri Galanskov
Phoenix
Alex Ginzburg
Alexei Dobrovolsky
Vera Lashkova
Confusion Hits Nevada Housing Talk at UNLV
Las Vegas attendees searched for Governor Paul Laxalt's housing discrimination talk at Southern Nevada University, only to find Room 103 instead of 104 or 1064 in the Social Sciences building, with no such room. The session had been moved or misprinted.
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Paul Laxalt
Southern Nevada University
Nevada
Las
B52s Dodge Missiles in DMZ Bombing Run
North Vietnamese missile teams fired four surface to air rockets at B52s raiding the DMZ area but all missiles missed. Smaller bombers attacked the sites and officials noted five B52s have crashed in two years, with one loss reported to enemy action.
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Saigon
UPS
North
South Vietnam
U. S
Inone
North Vietnam
Air Force
Dmz
Highlands
Obituary for Alane Snowden Funeral Set at Pilgrim Rest
Funeral services for Alane Snowden, who died Wednesday in a local hospital, will be held Tuesday at 11 a.m. in Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church. Burial follows at Memory Gardens Cemetery. Born December 9, 1954, she resided at 805 Weaver Drive and attended Hyde Park Junior High School. She is survived by her parents Lovell and Lovell Snowden, Las Vegas. brother Lovell Snowden Jr., Oakland. sister Patricia Lparraine Snowden, Oakland. grandfather Detroy Williams, Perris. grandmother Estella James, Las Vegas.
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Alane Snowden
Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church
W. Adams Street
Memory Gardens
E. C. Kline
Alane
Weaver Drive
Hyde Park Junior High School
Lovell Snowden
Las Vegas
Lovell Jr
Oakland
Calif
Patricia Lparraine Snowden
Detroy Williams
Perris
Estella James
James C. Maxwell
LDS
Robin & Washington Sts
Richard Bunker
Mary Jane Ashworth
8Th
Franklin
Lds Chapel
Kendall Jones
Jeston Douglas Dehlin
Graveside
Woodlawn
West Adams St
Pamela Jobson Graveside Services Held in Paradise Gardens
Pamela Jobson, who died Wednesday in a local hospital, will have graveside services at 1 a.m. tomorrow in Paradise Gardens Cemetery. She is survived by her husband Ray T. Jobson, two sisters Kathleen and Terry Ann Jobson, all of Las Vegas, her grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Raymond L. Jobson, Sr. of Las Vegas, and her grandmother Mrs. Sophie Kalinowskis of Holland New York.
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Pamela Jobson
Paradise Gardens
Ray T. Jobson
Kathleen
Terry Ann Jobson
Las Vegas
Raymond L. Jobson
Sophie Kalinowskis
Holland, N. Y
New York
Arabs Hygiene Pioneers in Baghdad 10th Century
The article notes early public hygiene in the Arab world with a 10th century Baghdad initiative sending physicians to various locations. Doctors visited jails daily and traveling clinics emerged in the 11th century under vizier orders.
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Baghdad
Iraq
Governor Praises Nevada Gaming Chief George Dickerson
Gov. Paul Laxalt lauded Nevada Gaming Commission chair George Dickerson for his dedication and workload. He noted 1967 as a peak year with new accounting rules and resort closures, and defended midnight meetings aiding Howard Hughes and Del Webb amid industry pressures.
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George Dickerson
Nevada Gaming Commission
Paul Laxalt
Laxalt
Nevada
Dickerson
Howard Hughes
Prison Dorm Remains Largely Vacant Despite New Build
Warden Carl Hocker said the $450000 dormitory for 144 inmates at the State Prison will stay about two thirds empty for 18 months. He noted a $100000 staffing request was rejected by Gov. Paul Laxalt during the special session considerations.
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Carson City
UPI
Carl Hocker
Paul Laxalt
Four-Car Collision Injures Two Women in Las Vegas
A four-car crash at Las Vegas Blvd South and Bonneville left two women with minor injuries and extensive damage to all vehicles. Marie M. Aufill, 46, and Lottie A. Mack, 34, were involved. both were treated and released from Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital. Aufill was cited for disregarding a red light.
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Las Vegas Blvd. South
Bonneville
Marie M. Aufill
St. George St
Las Vegas
Lottie A. Mack
S. 4Th St
Mack
Aufill
Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital
Miss Aufill
Israeli Troops Kill Arab Saboteur Aimed at Oil Pipeline
Israeli forces shot and killed an Arab saboteur who tried to blow the Elath Haifa oil pipeline causing minor damage. A security crackdown led to demolition of shacks in a Gaza refugee camp as talks of a prisoner exchange with Egypt circulated in press reports. SCA divers prepared to free 15 ships trapped in the Suez Canal amid ongoing war aftermath.
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Jerusalem
APS
Israel
Elath
Haifa
Mizperimon
Gaza Strip
Egypt
Geneva
Red Cross’ International Committee
al Ahram
Suez Canal Authority
SCA
Middle East
MacMillan urges joint action to contain China
Former British prime minister Harold MacMillan told Columbia University he sees China as the real global threat, not the Soviet Union. He urged the United States and Russia to cooperate inside and outside the United Nations to seek world stability amid China’s social revolution and internal pressures affecting global affairs.
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New York
UPI
Harold MacMillian
Britain
United States
Russia
China
MacMillan
Columbia University
United Nations
Harrah Plans 24 Story Reno Hotel on Golden Site
William Harrah, Reno and Lake Tahoe casino owner, will construct a 24 story hotel in downtown Reno this year on the former Golden Hotel site now part of Harrah’s casino complex between Center Street and Virginia Street.
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RENO
UPI
William Harrah
Lake Tahoe
Harrah
Center Street
Virginia Street
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