Sunday Bandits Hit Here Again At Local Tavern
Three armed men robbed the 95 Bar on the Tonopah Highway early yesterday taking an estimated 4000 including jewelry wallets and cash. They forced customers to the floor and fled after yanking the phone from the wall. A second robbery nets 20 dollars from Mrs. Paul Jeskie in North Las Vegas as a lone thief imitates a weapon at the Dixie Courts.
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Tonopah
Paul Jeskie
Las Vegas
Dixie Courts
Weather Contrast Marks January Warmth Across Regions
Las Vegas enjoys near summer warmth with a 68 degree high and a forecast 70. While the nation endures a severe storm belt from Florida to Maine, northern areas see springlike winds and scattered snow totals, including Connecticut’s coast and New York City suburbs.
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Florida
Maine
Ohio
Alabama
Texas
Miami Beach
Fla
Billings
Mont
Birming
Connecticut
New York City
Brown Wins High Senate Post In Nevada
In pre session action Sen. Bruce Parks lost a closed Democratic caucus vote to Emerson Titlow a Tonopah freshman independent for a seat on the finance committee. Titlow’s vote will determine control of the evenly split Senate. Parks was named president pro tempore and Floyd Lamb majority whip. Titlow said he did not threaten to join Republicans and changed his stance after local pressure to join finance. Other party moves included Thillew a Republican turned Democrat winning support to lead fish and game and rules committees. The finance panel oversees money bills and about 70 percent of legislation.
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Bruce Parks
Mineral County
Senate
Emerson Titlow
Tonopah
Titlow
Parks
Floyd Lamb
Lincoln County
Lamb
Finance Committee
Thtlew
Fish and Game and Rules
Brown
Nevada
Mystery Summit Parley Hints at East Europe Moves
Warsaw talks draw Soviet leaders Kosygin Brezhnev Malinovsky Gromyko to discuss Warsaw Pact policy amid secrecy and Western speculation of a peace offensive and possible redirection of Eastern European forces. Romanian leaders Gheorghiadej Murer Salajan Manescu reportedly en route. Churchill's condition worsens as vigil continues and prayers rise in Britain.
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UPS
Soviet Union
Europe
Trybuna Ludu
Polish United Worker (Communist) Party
PUWP
Alexei Kosygin
Communist Party
Leonid Brezhnev
Moscow
Marshal Rodion Malinovsky
Andrei Gromyko
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Gheorghe Gheorghiadej
Ion Gheorghe Murer
Leontin Salajan
Cornelius Manescu
Bulgaria
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Hungary
Bucharest
Betsy the hippo lands in Texas turmoil after long voyage
Betsy the irascible two ton hippo arrived in the Lower Rio Grande Valley last night after a 2200 mile trip from Brooklyn. Brooklyn naturalist John Esteves warned the crowd she is mean and fast and could attack anyone if she catches them. Betsy was delivered to the newly established Lower Rio Grande Valley Zoological Society.
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Harlingen
Tex
UPI
Betsy
Texas
Rio Grande Valley
Brooklyn
John Esteves
Prospect Park Zoo
Esteves
Lower
Rio Grande Valley Zoological Society
Leopard Escapes Car Attacks Birthday Guest at Ranch
A 60-pound tame leopard broke its leash at Day Dream Ranch in Paradise Valley and reportedly attacked the birthday guest of honor, Linda Lee Barnum. The animal escaped from its owner's Station wagon and fled before authorities arrived. Barnum was treated for facial and arm scratches at Sunrise.
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Dream
Weather Summary for Today and Recent Conditions
Sunny periods with variable high cloudiness and gentle winds. Today's forecast high 70 and low 43, with yesterday's high 68 and low 42. Noon relative humidity at 30 percent. Sunrise 6 50 and sunset 4 53.
Local Cab Strike Reaches Fifth Day With No End In Sight
Teamster Local 881 strike against Whittlesea Blue Cap enters its fifth day. President C. A. Christmas says no new developments and the 125 drivers remain unsettled. Union charges the company breached its contract by not paying a graduated wage scale tied to active cabs.
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Teamster Local 881
Whittlesea Blue Ca Cp
C. A. Christmas
Vegas Man Victim of Hit and Run
A Las Vegas resident, Frank Hardison, 25, was hit by a driver on the Tonopah Highway near Lathrop Wells and rushed to Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital with a broken leg. Patrols formed roadblocks toward Beatty and Tonopah as investigators sought an out-of-state vehicle. his condition was listed as satisfactory.
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Las Vegas
Lathrop Wells
Tonopah
Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital
Frank Hardison
Cunningham Drive
Soviet parents urge equal raising of children against praise and orders
A Moscow couple, Boris and Mrs. Nikitin, claim four preschool children thrive by treating them as equals, banning pampering and unconditional obedience. They dismiss early schooling and nurses, preferring home arithmetic and joint family decisions, stating discipline through reasoning.
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Boris Nikitin
Nikitin
Institute of Psychology
Academy of Pedagogical Sciences
Nikitins
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