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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1966
Page
1
Viet Cong terrorists bombed an American billet in Can Tho in the Mekong Delta injuring four people including two U S service members. A small three wheeled vehicle carried the explosives and fled before the blast. Two Americans were not seriously hurt while two Vietnamese were more seriously injured.
Longshot candidate Georgie Ullom paid a $150 filing fee to run in the Democratic primary against Walter Baring. The piece questions Ullom’s funds and chances, noting Ullom’s past roles with BMI and the state Gaming Board and hinting at broader Nevada political intrigue.
Charles Walter Hinman, 37, Malibu real estate holder and weekly newspaper publisher, was arrested at his home. He denied charges as four counts allege he solicited murder by having Chotiner shot. A fifth count is noted. The case centers on Nixon campaign ties and an LA plot.
Gov. Grant Sawyer met with both sides in the long running taxicab contract dispute to set up today’s negotiations at 2 p.m. He indicated progress but gave no settlement timeline. Tonight he spoke at a Men's Club dinner and is to address two conventions and give a keynote Thursday.
A union official warned of a coast to coast railroad strike set for March 31 if firemen’s jobs on freight and yard locomotives are not restored. Terms of a federal arbitration award expire March 30 after 17 000 diesel firemen were laid off, with 95 percent of rail traffic at stake.
A coroner's jury cleared 25 year old Lesley Ann Detmering of blame in the fatal shooting of her ex husband Charles Joseph Gross 34 of Tustin California. Detmering testified Gross threatened her and their five children prompting the Jan 10 shooting.
The Charleston Plaza Shopping Center in Charleston is being sold to Kevanau Corporation of New York. Owner-spokesman Bill Peccole did not reveal the price or reason. Escrow is expected to close by Friday. The center houses 45 stores including Thrifty Mart Skaggs Drug Woolco Theater and ample customer parking.
Barbara Taylor of Barrington accuses Clark County cattleman Francis Taylor in San Francisco court of adultery and seeks $5.5 million in damages plus $7,500 monthly alimony and $1,000 monthly support for each of the couple’s two daughters, Barbara and Mellissa. The couple married in Reno June 27 1950 and separated March 20 last year. Taylor runs Gold Butte Cattle Co and owns Hackett Ranch with holdings in Clark and Lincoln Counties.
The narrative covers January 9 in Cambridge as JFK meets the Massachusetts Legislature and Harvard Overseers, selects Glenn Seaborg as AEC chairman, discusses his White House role with Bundy and Sorensen, and begins drafting the inaugural address with input from Lippmann and others. Kennedy heads north for a final Eisenhower meeting on January 19.
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