Youthful Las Vegas Runner Aims for Master Marathon Victory
Jim Darraugh, 17, trains for the SUN Masters Marathon at Nevada Southern University. He set a record as the youngest to run the 26 miles 385 yards last year in 3 hours 43.9 minutes and hopes to finish under three hours today. The Valley High School student balances academics, work, music, and service while pursuing Naval Academy nomination and delivering the SUN.
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Las Vegas
Valley High School
Jim
Vegas Soldier Killed During Viet Skirmish
Army Private George J. Holly III became Southern Nevada's first Vietnam War casualty in 1968 after dying from gunshot wounds near Song Be. He was 21, a Bishop Gorman graduate, and is survived by his parents and nine siblings. funeral arrangements were pending.
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Song Be
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Ronald Mayberry
Palm Mortuary
15000 Automobile Dealers Meet in Las Vegas Today
The National Automobile Dealers Association gathers 15000 dealers in Las Vegas with an equipment exposition opening at 9 a.m. Speakers include Gov. Ronald Reagan, former Rep. Walter Judd, former Gov. LeRoy Collins, and Newsweek’s Osborn Elliott. Judd leads Sunday worship at 11 a.m. Collins speaks Sunday at 2 30 p.m. Reagan gives Monday address at 10 a.m. introduced by Gov. Paul Laxalt.
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Ronald Reagan
California
Rep
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Minnesota
LeRoy Collins
Florida
Newsweek Magazine
Osborn Elliott
Judd
Collins
Tampa
Nada Industry Relations Committee
Reagan
Paul Laxalt
Nevada
World Peace In Danger and Nevada Convention Highlights
U N Security Council discusses Pueblo seizure and North Korean aggression while Nevada convention opens with Archie Pozzi Jr chairing and James I Gibson delivering the invocation. Newsweek panel features Elliott Cannon and Mel Elfin as auto industry executives attend exhibits and workshops continue through the week with a separate women’s program featuring Dr Judd Anna Fisher Rush Rob Barker and Sergio Franchi.
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Dr. Judd
Anna Fisher Rush
McCall’s Magazine
Rob Barker
Sergio Franchi
Four Bank Heist Plot Foiled by FBI in Seattle Area
FBI agents arrested seven men linked to a planned spree including bombing City Hall and a power plant and robbing four banks. The targets centered on Redmond, Washington, with police chief Robert Sollitto quoted on the unfolding conspiracy. The group met in a Seattle bowling alley and Christmas Eve at the Seattle Tacoma International Airport, with an arsenal of Molotov cocktails, dynamite, firearms, masks, and blasting caps seized.
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UPI
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Redmond
Seattle
Robert Sollitto
Kelley E. DeLano
Reseburg
Dix
Vernon Coyne
Atty
Ramsey Clark
Seattle-Tacoma International
Johnson Praises Marine General for Leadership in Vietnam
President Johnson lauded retired Marine Commandant Wallace M. Greene Jr. for his leadership and a “towering record of achievement” during his tenure. Johnson credited Greene with a management revolution aiding Marines now fighting below the DMZ in Vietnam.
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Romney McCarthy Hint Force May Be Used To Free Pueblo
Romney and McCarthy in New Hampshire campaign entertain the possibility of force to recover the USS Pueblo and her 83 crew from North Korea. Romney warns against overreaction while McCarthy suggests pressuring the Russian fleet. both refrain from detailed tactics.
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UPI
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Eugene J. McCarthy
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North Korea
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New Hampshire
Kosygin Warns World Nearing Another War
Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin warned that imperialist forces push the globe toward a new conflict but did not reference the Pueblo crisis. He cited American aggression in Vietnam Israeli actions in the Middle East and suppression of democrats in Greece.
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UPI
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Middle East
Greece
Physicist blasts probes over UFO handling in push for candor
Dr. J. E. McDonald, University of Arizona physicist, told a seminar at United Aircraft Corp. that federal authorities have badly mishandled UFO investigations and urged scientists to stop laughing at reports. He said some form of extraterrestrial survey may exist despite official coverups and long-standing attitudes.
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UPI
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University of Arizona
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Air Force Project Bluebook
U.S. Gains World Backing in Stand Against Red Korea
UPI reports the United States builds international support over North Korea's seizure of the USS Pueblo. The UN Security Council discusses the matter, Russia objects, and White House officials hint at possible military action if diplomacy fails while seeking to avoid public hard lines.
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Dean Rusk
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Israeli Sub Dakar Missing in Mediterranean
A UPI report says the Israeli submarine Dakar with a crew of 59 to 65 was missing north of Alexandria in the Mediterranean. British HMS Diana and two RAF Argosy aircraft were en route to the last known position while decompression chambers would be sent.
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London
UPI
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Israel
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Cyprus
Diana
Royal Air Force
Britain
Kentucky Names First Negro State Trooper
Millard West, 25, of Lexington, became Kentucky’s first Black state trooper as 39 cadets were sworn in during a 15 minute rotunda ceremony in Frankfort. Judge Edward Hill Jr. administered the oath under Abraham Lincoln’s statue.
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UPI
Millard West
Abraham Lincoln
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Edward Hill, Jr
Senate to Issue Report on Space Deaths
The Senate Space Committee will issue a report on the Apollo launchpad fire that killed three astronauts on January 27, 1967. Chairman Clinton P. Anderson says the document will outline corrective actions and is not intended as criticism. Hearings on space program authorization for FY 1969 are planned between February 2 and March 14.
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UPI
Senate Space Committee
Clinton P. Anderson
D-N. Mex
Anderson
Space Agency
House Space Committee
Farmers to Get Advance Pay For Cotton and Grain
Des Moines Iowa Farmers will receive advance payments again in 1968 under the feed grain and cotton programs. Agriculture Secretary Orville Freeman announced soybeans at 250 per bushel cotton seed 48 per ton and flax seed 200 per bushel will stay unchanged from last year. He noted the decisions followed soul searching by the administration as President Johnson faced advice to postpone the programs.
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Iowa
UPI
Orville L. Freeman
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