Why He Confessed After 23 Years
Samuel Collins now 51 recalls the 1940 killing of farmer Robert Wilcox in Missouri after being hired to kill him for $1,000. He describes leaving Missouri, drifting to the Northwest, and settling in Las Vegas where guilt led to his confession in a SUN exclusive interview.
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Samuel Edwin Collins
Las Vegas
Robert Wilcox
SUN
Collins
Wilcox
John Reible
Samuel Collins
Midwest
Missouri
Northwest
Hawthorne Casino Owner Denies Discrimination Claims
The El Capitan Casino Restaurant owner Lindsay Smith defends himself against accusations of denying service to Negro Western High School band members. The Western High band supervisor says the group refused service, prompting a walkout. Smith argues two students were told not to play slot machines, and the incident is portrayed as unfair by both sides.
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el Capitan
Hawthorne
Western High School
Lindsay Smith
Tonopah
Nevada
The
Lindsay
Glenn Quits Space to Run for Ohio Senate
Senior astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. resigned from NASA today to seek the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate from Ohio. The 42 year old Ohioan leaves behind a famed space career and plans a Columbus news conference to announce his campaign, potentially facing Rep. Robert Taft Jr. in a pivotal statewide race.
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Houston
UPI
John H. Glenn, Jr
America
U.S
Ohio
Glenn
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Columbus
Stephen M Young
Cleveland
Charles A. Lindbergh
Atlantic Ocean
John Glenn
Senate
Rep
Robert Taft, Jr
Robert R. Gilruth
Manned Spacecraft Center
Space Agency
Leo D'Orsey
Miami
Fla
Nell House
D’orsey
Friends of the Astronaut
Sawyer Warns of Action Over Racial Discrimination
Gov. Grant Sawyer warned that the state may act on a racial discrimination complaint from Western High School of Las Vegas against the El Capitan restaurant in Hawthorne. He told the restaurant owners public licenses bind them to non discrimination and cited a Black band member who said he was refused service. He said the case prompted the state's potential action in the matter.
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Carson City
UPI
Grant Sawyer
Western High School of
Las Vegas
Hawthorne
Sawyer
el Capitan
Southern Nevada Human Relations Commission
Lindsay Smith
Infant dies in Goodsprings fire tragedy
A six month old, Dale Everett Rice, perished and sister Carmina Rice injured when a frame home burned in Goodsprings yesterday afternoon. Bobby Rice, four, allegedly started a mattress on fire. The blaze destroyed the house before Las Vegas fire crews arrived. Carmina is hospitalized in Las Vegas with second degree burns. services for Dale are pending.
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Carmina
L‘e
Las Vegas Hospital
Bobby
Testimony Details Threats By Las Vegas Mob Figure
Ryan testified that Marshall demanded fifteen thousand dollars for protection and warned of retaliation if not paid. Dandolas claimed he was cheated of over a half million in a Las Vegas card game. Ryan fled from two of three men as Marshall alias Caifano pressed for payoff and threatened to kidnap him.
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Marshall
Las Vegas
Nick
Dandolas
Robert Kennedy
United Press International
Palm Springs
Calif
Marshall Caifano
Bobby Kennedy
Desert Inn
Nevada
Los Angeles
Charles del Monico
Miami Beach
Fla
Allen Smiley
Beverly Hills
Thomas Sheridan
Phicas
Mirin Faces Third Arrest Over Cab License Charge
Beleaguered William Mirin, fighting to keep his one car cab operation, was arrested Tuesday night for operating without a county business license. He also faces jail on an old license charge and must appear in Ormsby County District Court for a permanent injunction against the Nevada Public Service Commission.
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William Mirin
Mirin
Ormsby County
Nevada Public Service Commission
Teamster Union
William Carter
Justice of the Peace
Tom Pursel
Justice Court
The
First US nuke of 1964 fizzles near Las Vegas test site
The Atomic Energy Commission fired a low intermediate yield shot estimated between 20 000 and 200 000 tons of TNT. Officials warned Las Vegas could feel it but residents reported no sensation as the blast occurred at the remote test site.
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UPS
United States
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Las Vegas
Gambling City
Desert
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Dodie
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