Britain to Slash Global Military Spending Under Wilson Plan
Prime Minister Harold Wilson unveiled a package saving 2.4 billion over three years. Britain cancels 1 billion dollar F111B fighter orders, withdraws East of Suez forces, ends seven carrier fleet, and halves armed forces by 1971 while safeguarding European projects and major civil programs.
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UPS
Harold Wilson
Britain
Far East
Royal Navy
Labor Party
Laborite
Wilson
House of Commons
General Dynamics Corp
Suez
Persian Gulf
Hong Kong
United States
Asia
Europe
Rhine
English Channel
U S Warplanes Strike North Vietnam Near Hanoi
U S warplanes pounded targets across North Vietnam exposing MIGs near Hanoi. Navy Kitty Hawk aircraft hit Da Chong shipyard and Thuc Hoa bridge spans while Air Force and Marine sorties damaged railroad yard Mo Trang and Hoa Binh installations, all within proximity to Hanoi.
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UPS
U. S
North Vietnam
Hanoi
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da Chong
Haiphong
Thuc Hoa
Air Force
Thailand
Mo Trang
Som Bai
Marine AG
China
Hoa Binh
Ex-Valet Bobby Darin Aide Back In County Jail
Harold Raymonde 47, former valet to Bobby Darin, is jailed as a fugitive from justice. He appeared before Justice of the Peace Herman Fisher for arraignment and the preliminary hearing was set for February 16. A Los Angeles warrant accuses him of April 1967 grand theft linked to jewelry taken from Darin at the Flamingo Hotel dressing room.
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Harold Raymonde
Justice of the Peace
Herman Fisher
Fisher
Raymonde
Los Angeles
Darin
Flamingo
Prince Lees Victims Of Laos Battle
Premier Prince Souvanna Phouma visited 107 government soldiers wounded in battle with Pathet Lao and North Vietnamese forces at Nam Bac in northern Laos. The government has not disclosed casualty figures nor confirmed Nam Bac’s fall as reported by military sources.
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Vientiane
Laos
UPI
Souvanna Phouma
Nam Bac
China
Luang Prabang
Water District delays contract award on $2 million transmission main
Las Vegas Valley Water District directors postponed awarding the Sandhill Tropicana transmission main contract pending a qualification investigation of the low bidder. Charles F. Dorfman of Los Angeles bid $2,261,850 with four other bids submitted. Montgomery Engineers of Nevada to verify qualifications. report due at the February 6 regular meeting.
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Las Vegas
Alaska motel loan split sparks political row
Washington sources say the administration would not comment on reports that a prominent Alaska Democrat received a loan of 894000 to repair his motel after the Fairbanks flood while a Republican linked motel in the Travelers Inn chain received only 623400. The figure and choice of recipients raised questions about partisan influence.
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Washington
UPI
Alaska
Fairbanks
L. Donald Pruhs
Alaska Democratic Party
Central Committee
Travelers Inn
GOP
Walter J. Hickel
Witness change delays JFK probe in Garrison case
Lawrence Howard Jr. of El Monte California shifted his plan to return to New Orleans to testify in District Attorney Jim Garrison's Kennedy assassination inquiry. He now requests a deputy be sent to California to take his deposition.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Lawrence Howard Jr
el Monte
Calif
New Orleans
Dist
Attv
Jim Garrison
Kennedy
Howard
Garrison
Soviet Leaders Return From Secret Warsaw East Berlin Mission
The three top leaders of the Soviet Union returned to Moscow after a five day confidential trip to Warsaw and East Berlin. The visit, believed aimed at coordinating policy for a February 2 Communist conference in Budapest, was kept secret.
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Moscow
UPI
Soviet Union
Warsaw
East Berlin
Budapest
Surveyor 7 Operations Limited by Moon Heat Spells
In Pasadena California a Jet Propulsion Laboratory spokesman says Surveyor 7 on the moon is limited to 20 minute camera spurts due to extreme surface heat. The last unmanned lunar probe faces curtailed activities as temperatures rise.
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Pasadena
Calif
UPI
America
California Institute of Technology
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Surveyor
Convention Authority Debates Recreation Funds Allocation
Clark County and city leaders clash over the formula for recreation money with Lee Canyon park set to receive 65 000 of the 84 126 53 available. Proposals to adjust shares and possibly fund a regional project trigger strong dissent among officials. A finance meeting is planned for Monday at 9 a.m. to decide the allocation.
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Convention Center
Robert Faivre
Phil Mirabelli
Lee Canyon
Darwin Lamb
Mirabelli
William Taylor
North Las Vegas
Clark County
Boulder City
Jury Trial Today On Narco Transfer Case in Las Vegas
A Las Vegas man Pete Johnson Jr is set for a jury trial in U S District Court on Unlawful Transfer of Marijuana indicted by a October 1965 grand jury for selling 33540 grams to Federal Narcotics Agent W H Turnbull Also indicted LaFayette Wood ex Mint Hotel dealer who was convicted March 10 1967 and sentenced to five years The case is on appeal Both defendants are represented by Atty Charles Kellar.
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Las Vegas
U. S
Pete Johnson Jr
W. H. Turnbull
Mint Hotel
LaFayette Wood
Wood
Atty
Charles Kellar
Dodd Wins OK To Sue Columnists Over Docs
Federal judge allowed Senator Thomas J. Dodd to sue columnists Drew Pearson and Jack Anderson for using stolen documents leading to his Senate censure. The ruling found him lacking standing to claim invasion of privacy due to his status as a public figure.
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Washington
UPS
Sen
Thomas J. Dodd
Drew Pearson
Jack Anderson
Senate
U.S
Alexander Holtzoff
Connecticut Democrat
Dodd
Guilty Plea in Morals Case in Las Vegas Court
Las Vegas man Elmo Leonard LeVasseur pleaded guilty in District Court to a charge described as jewdness with a minor. Two counts of an infamous crime against nature were dismissed. The case involved two eight year old boys and sentencing was scheduled for February 16.
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Las Vegas
Elmo Leonard LeVasseur
Global zoos and aquariums draw 333 million visitors yearly
The world operates about 500 large permanent zoos and aquariums that collectively host an estimated 333 million visitors each year. This figure highlights the broad appeal of these institutions across regions and reinforces their role in conservation and education.
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London
Cambodia Tightens Security For Tito Visit
Pro Peking backed plot to assassinate Yugoslav President Tito and Cambodian Prince Sihanouk is investigated as Cambodian forces mobilize to protect the visitors. Tito’s advance party checked security in Phnom Penh ahead of his arrival Wednesday and authorities disclose a stockpile of grenades near Angkor Wat.
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Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Norodom Sihanouk
Cambodia
Sihanouk
Tito
Phnom Penh
Las Vegas World Marathon attracts top runners and national exposure
The Las Vegas World Marathon aims for major league status in two years as top American runners including Tom Laris and Lou Consiglio vie for a starting gun. Skip Houk of Reno shines with a 2 21 Pt. Reyes win while Edmonton’s Morris Aarbo set last year’s course pace at 2 23.
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Pasadena
Tom Laris
Walnut Creek
Calif
Lou Consigilio
Washington, D. C
Chriss Miller
Palo Alto
Mike Kimball
Santa Barbara
Tom Osler
New Jersey
Nevada
Skip Houk
Reno
University of Nevada
Pt. Reyes
Kimball
Morris Aarbo
Edmonton
Las Vegas
London Victoria line to extend under Thames to Brixton
The Victoria line will be extended 3 miles south with a tunnel under the Thames to Brixton. The $45 million project is set for completion in 1969. Also noted is the first US oil well at Titusville, Pennsylvania.
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Thames London
London
Thames
Brixton
United States
Titusville, Pa
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