Las Vegas World Masters Marathon Draws Global Runners
The Las Vegas Sun promotes the World Masters Marathon starting at 12 noon from Nevada Southern University with 225 top amateur runners. The event adds Olympic flavor, draws international entrants, and aims to boost Las Vegas image beyond fortune seeking. The course runs 26 miles 385 yards to Woolco, via North Las Vegas, with large spectator turnout expected.
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SUN'S World Masters Marathon Opens At Noon In Las Vegas
The 26 mile Sun sponsored World Masters Marathon begins at 12 noon on the Nevada Southern University campus. Runners will traverse Las Vegas main thoroughfares and finish at Charleston Plaza Shopping Center 180 East Charleston near Woolco department store.
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Nevada Southern University
Las Vegas
Charleston Plaza
East Charleston
Woolco Department Store
GOP Convention Strategy Mapped Across Nine Western States
Republican chairmen from nine western states meet in Las Vegas to urge uncommitted delegates to attend the Republican National Convention in Miami Florida this August. Nevada GOP Chair George Abbott announces the plan on day one of a two day meeting claiming the nine states hold over two hundred convention votes. The Sun sports section notes the World Master Marathon second annual event with 40 000 spectators, runners ages 10 to 70 from across the U S Hawaii Alaska and several foreign nations. Awards at 6 30 p m in the Las Vegas auditorium include the Marathon Queen title.
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Nevada
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Sweden
Belgium
Ireland
Mexico
England
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Lucky License bumper sticker offer from Las Vegas Sun
Readers are urged to call the Las Vegas Sun Circulation Department at 382 3078 to request a Lucky License bumper sticker. Details appear in the side advertisement.
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Variable Clouds with Rain Possible
The forecast calls for variable cloudiness with some chance of rain. Southerly winds 15 to 25 mph. Today's high around 60 and low near 40 with noontime humidity about 21 percent. Sunrise at 6 45 and sunset at 5 02.
North Koreas Air Activity Rises Over Pueblo Crisis
North Korea announced the Pueblo crew of 83 are in good health after capture. Pyongyang cited an interview with Cmdr Bucher praising North Korean authorities. Seoul said MIG jet flights increased near the border as Enterprise nears and U.S. aircraft bolster bases. Washington warned Pyongyang against treating Pueblo crew as criminals.
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Enterprise
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Pot Party Raid Nets Teens and Five Arrested
Clark County deputies raided a Warm Springs Road residence and arrested two teenage girls and five adults on narcotics possession charges. Detectives Orduno and Angione executed the stakeout at 2443 Warm Springs Road, seizing an undetermined amount of marijuana.
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Warm Springs Road
Ralph Orduno
Russ Angione
Scott J. Montgomery
Roseville
Barbara Louise Shay
Garden Grove
Calif
Karen Thomas
David M. Turner
Frederick Loran Irgens
Wallace for President committee contact in Clark County
The Southern Nevada Wallace petition drive leaders are Gene Sandusky and Evelyn Sanford. No official Nevada Wallace for President committee office address exists, but Sandusky can provide additional information. Mrs Elaine Jewell’s inquiry is noted. Contact Sandusky at 149 South 26th Street or Sanford at 520 Holmby Avenue.
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Clark County
Elaine Jewell
Evergreen Ave
Las Vegas
Nev
Evelyn Sanford
Holmby Ave
Gene Sandusky
S. 26Th St
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Sandusky
Pueblo Release Demanded In UN Plea Over Pueblo Seizure
United States accuses North Korea of seizing the USS Pueblo in international waters 21.3 miles off shore. It asks the United Nations Security Council to act immediately to secure the ship and crew release.
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North Korea
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Johnson Warns of Action Over Pueblo Crisis
President Johnson told Americans the United States stands ready for any contingency if North Korea does not release the USS Pueblo and its 83 crew. The UN Security Council met after the seizure, calling the act a serious breach and pressing for immediate action while diplomacy continues.
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UPI
Johnson
United States
America
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Arthur J. Goldberg
Pueblo
Goldberg
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North Korea
Automobile Dealers Gather in Las Vegas for 1968 NADA Meet
About 15,000 new car dealers from across the nation arrived in Las Vegas for the 1968 National Automobile Dealers Association convention. The event opens at the Convention Center with workshops on diagnostic centers sales traffic management controls and labor problems.
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National Automobile Dealers Association
Public Hearings on Copper Rift Bid by Admin Panel
A Special Administration panel ordered public hearings into the 195 day copper strike. After six hours with top Labor Department officials the panel decided the first move since appointment by President Johnson. Hearings start Tuesday in Washington and run through Friday.
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UPI
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