Johnson Blames Communists for Peace Aid Delay
President Johnson charged the Communists with blocking a Southeast Asia settlement and warned they misjudge U.S. resolve. He spoke off script at Truman Center ceremonies, reaffirmed readiness to bargain, and stressed U.S. principles and allies.
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Johnson
Harry S Truman Center For the Advancement of Peace
Israel
Truman
Washington
Dean Rusk
W. Averell Harriman
United States of America
Missouri
Rusk
Harriman
U.S
Analysis of Municipal Court Fixing Probe Raises Frustration
Clark County Grand Jury report describes investigations as largely frustrating and cites evidence of bar tender involved in fixing traffic cases. The piece notes delays due to statute of limitations and alleges a cover up while criticizing local officials and media dynamics. The article hints at further details on page 2.
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Clark County Grand Jury
Assassination of Labor Boss Shocks Las Vegas
Labor leader James Alsup 53 was slain as he entered his home at 2353 Warm Springs Road. A lone assassin fired a single No. 4 shotgun blast from behind a pickup, shredding his arm and chest. Deputies scoured the desert as Alsup’s wife Berneice found him in a bloodied driveway around 11 pm March 15, 1954. Sheriff Ralph Lamb led the manhunt.
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Las Vegas
James Hartley
Sheet Metal Workers Union
Alsup
Paradise Valley
Warm Springs Road
Ralph Lamb
Berneice
Kennedy's First Cuban Crisis
The article outlines JFK's initial Cuban challenge after 77 days in office and how he handled the crisis. It notes the nation approved his decision while the President felt defeat, previewing the chapter in Schlesinger's A Thousand Days in a TV series episode.
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John F. Kennedy
Arthur Schlesinger
Jfk
Life of Ralph Alsup Ended by Assassin’s Shot
A Las Vegas union official Ralph Alsup known for a violent career and a 1950 labor hall shooting faces death after a shotgun blast. Once pardoned for an armed robbery conviction in Texas, Alsup returned to lead plumbers and was linked to earlier shootings and a police blotter presence.
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Ralph Alsup
Alsup
Plumbers’ Union
Nevada
Las Vegas
Texas
Labor Hall
Ray Folsom
Painters’ Union
Missing nuclear bomb feared after Spain crash
UPI reports a SAC B52 crashed near Palomares Spain while on refueling with unarmed nuclear weapons aboard. Spanish official says one atomic bomb still missing. Air Force says no danger to public health but blackout postponed details. All four KC135 crew members died.
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Palomares
Spain
UPI
U.S. Air Force
Strategic Air Command
Here
Air Force
Granada
SAC
Cab talks report progress in strike mediation
Gov. Grant Sawyer announced substantial progress after late hour talks in the current cab strike. He will head mediation conferences between Yellow Cab Co and striking Teamsters Local 881 with no deadline set.
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Grant Sawyer
Teamsters
CAB
Correction issued in Las Vegas Sun over misnamed defendant
The Las Vegas Sun apologizes for a January 18 1966 story error identifying a defendant as Dan Reed. The correct name is Dana Reed, a Las Vegas power consultant not connected to National Chem Plastics Corp or the California district attorney suit.
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The
Las Vegas Sun
National Chem Plastics Corp
E. Charleston Blvd
Las Vegas
Dan Reed
Dan J. Reed
Royal Crest
National
Chem Plastics
California
Viet Cong Step Up Attacks During Lunar Truce
Viet Cong forces continued to fire on American patrols as the Lunar New Year truce entered its second day. UPI reports light American casualties in scattered skirmishes across the country. Viet Cong did not observe their own cease-fire. A helicopter evacuation near Ba To Special Forces camp was targeted during the truce.
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Saigon
Quang Nghai City
Las Vegas Preacher Warns Of Hellish City Salvation Plea
Rev. Bob Harrington known as the fire breathing Chaplain of Bourbon Street tells Las Vegas crowds that the city is Satan's Utopia and urges a saving revival. He plans a two week Viet Nam visit in March and a meeting with President Johnson in April before returning to New Orleans. He says his flock includes dancers and longshoremen and wants a giant rally in the Convention Center.
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Bob Harrington
Bourbon Street
Las Vegas
Satan
Harrington
Convention Center
New Orleans
Nevada
Viet Nam
Johnson
French Quarter
Red Light
Sweet Water
Ala
Vegas
Pipefitters Strike Continues at NTS Nevada Test Site
About 135 pipefitters expected to stay away from work at the Atomic Energy Commission's Nevada Test Site ending a week-long walkout in solidarity with 31 men fired Monday. Union reps demand reinstatement with full pay and retroactive wage adjustments. the company rejects the terms as ruling on the dispute looms.
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Atomic Energy Commission
Nevada
Reynolds Electrical and Engineering Co
525
Dave McGinty
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