Las Vegas Crime Drops as Clearances Rise in 1965
Police chief Loren Bunker reports a six percent drop in Las Vegas crime in 1965 with nearly half of major crimes cleared by arrests. The city joins the over 100000 population category in the RI crime report due July, noting many out of state offenders.
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Loren Bunker
Nevada Parole and Probation Division
Georgee J. Reed
Chicago
America
Nevada Council of Churches Conference
Bunker
Grant Sawyer
FBI
Nevada
Johnson says peace bid gains evidence of Hanoi hostility
President Johnson said a heavy weight of evidence shows North Vietnam will continue hostility despite his month-long peace offensive. He spoke in Washington as the UPI report notes the stance.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Senate Leader Calls for Immediate Resumption of Bombing in North Vietnam
Sen Russell Long urges restarting air strikes on Communist North Vietnam while backing troop reductions in Europe. He and Sen Ellender diverge from President Johnson on escalating Vietnam costs. Johnson responds that the U S must not increase troops or danger without negotiable progress.
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Russell B. Long
United States
Viet Nam
Long
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
City of Hope honors Judge Foley Man of the Year
Retired U S District Judge Roger T Foley is named City of Hope Man of the Year in a Las Vegas dinner honoring his longtime service to community state and nation The event also salutes his late wife Nell Foley as the woman behind the man and recalls his rise from difficult years to federal judiciary appointment by Franklin D Roosevelt.
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City of Hope
Judge Foley
Foley
Helen
Nell) Foley
Nell Foley
Las Vegas
Alsup Murder: Shotgun Stock Found in Hunt for Assassin
Las Vegas labor leader Ralph Alsup Sr. was killed in a shooting. Searchers found a shotgun stock about a half mile from the crime scene. A Friday discovery yielded a 12 gauge Marlin Model 55 bolt action barrel, described as an inexpensive, common gun sold for under 40 dollars.
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Las Vegas
Ralph Alsup Sr
City Cab Ordinance On Track For Feb 2 Session
City commissioners plan a Feb 2 session to consider an ordinance granting city and county control over cabs and drivers, challenging the Nevada Public Service Commission which lacks staff to enforce current rules.
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Nevada Public Service Commission
Public Service Commission
Pat Carver
Yellow Cab Co
Sahara bid hit by labor union dispute at Hotel Sahara
The NLRB resumes a hearing on a union petition for a consent election at Hotel Sahara. Culinary Local 226 intervenes claiming representation, while other groups press to be recognized. A federal court dispute over a contractual labor agreement adds to the tension as parties await the next ruling.
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National Labor Relations Board
Hotel Sahara
Culinary Jorke Local 226
Change Girls
American Federation of Gaming and Casino
Sahara-Nevada Corp
Consolidated Casinos Corp
Casino Corporation
Culinary Local
Casino
Communists Riddle Cease-Fire as Truce Nears End
An Allied spokesman said at least 78 Communist incidents shattered the new year cease-fire in Vietnam. About 50 targeted American and other non Vietnamese troops, including an attack on a U S helicopter near a Mekong Delta outpost 75 miles southwest of Saigon where six Viet Cong were killed. The rest hit South Vietnamese forces and civilians as the 78 hour and four day truces were set to end at midnight.
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Saigon
U.S
Mekong Delta
Missing A Bomb Scare Spreads Radioactivity
National police and villagers in CUEVAS DE ALMANZORA area are checked for contamination after a B52 bomber crash. Traces of radioactivity found on several guards near wreckage as U S Air Force and Navy search coastal waters for a missing nuclear bomb linked to the Broken Arrow incident.
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Spain
UPI
Strategic Air Command
Here
U.S. Air Force
U.S. Navy
Air Ministry
Mediterranean Sea
Foley Named City of Hope Man of the Year at Dinner
Federal Judge Roger T Foley, longtime Nevada resident, to receive the City of Hope Man of the Year honor at an installation dinner in the Gold Room of the Convention Center. Judge Foley, appointed in 1945 and recently retired, will be recognized by District Judge John C. Mowbray with William Southard Jr. as toastmaster. New officers and trustees of the local City of Hope chapter are listed, with Edwin S. Pomerantz as president and a slate of vice presidents, secretaries, and trustees elected for one to three year terms. The ceremony also features dinner and dancing with the Dave Burton Orchestra.
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City of Hope
U.S
Roger T. Foley
Roger T Foley
Gold Room
Foley
Nevada
Goldfield
Las Vegas
John C. Mowbray
William Southard Jr
Coskey
Annette Tabic
Julius Samuels
Jean Tucci
Pauline Sweet
Sol Shapiro
Maude Fraser
J. Kell Houssell
Welles Miller
D. Baker
Dave Burton
Kennedy and De Gaulle meet during Paris visit in 1961
The record describes President Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy visiting Paris with General de Gaulle in 1961. It highlights the U S stance on West Berlin and previews rediscovery of the famous conference in Schlesinger's A Thousand Days.
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Kennedy
Paris
de Gaulle
Jackie
United States
West Berlin
Arthur Schlesinger
Weather snapshot with mild temps and sunshine
Mostly clear today and tonight. Predicted high 18 and low 30 to 35. Yesterday's high 44 and low 24. Noontime humidity 22 percent. Sunrise at 6 48 and sunset at 4 58.
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