Hospital History in Clark County Led by Schmidt and Balkans Era
The account recalls Dr. Balkan stepping in to lead the county hospital after initial aims failed and Schmidt guiding the hospital board. It notes a 1938 suit by a taxpayer to block accepting paying patients, which the hospital won. Balkan retired around 1941 or 1942 and Dr. Cherry then served, delivering social medicine to some individuals amid opposition to charging others.
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Haad
Schmidt
Las Vegas
Balkan
Ira Earl
Tonopah
Jack Cherry
Cherry
Clark County
Albert splits with LBJ on gun control bills
House Democratic Leader Carl Albert breaks with President Johnson to oppose both major gun control measures in Congress. He favors a mail order gun sale ban but opposes broad restrictions and licensing plans, arguing focus should be on criminals not citizen rights. Rogers introduces a five year minimum for crimes with a gun.
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Washington
UPI
House
Carl Albert
Johnson
Congress
Oklahoma
Albert
Nevada Court Notice and Public Comment Call
Legal notice from the Eighth Judicial District Court Clark County Nevada case A553 concerns plaintiff Edgar Selmer Hage and defendant Barbara A Hob Hale. Clerk Loretta Bowman issues summons and a June 1968 filing. publication dates June and July 1968. Also notices Federal Communications Commission public comment on KLUC AM FM applications in Las Vegas with a July 28 1968 deadline. Public inspection at KLUC offices.
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Eighth Judicial District Court
State of
Nevada
County of
Clark
Edgar Selmer Hage
Taylor
Gaione
H. Wines
Esa. of & Wines
F Son
Las Vegas
Lorett& Bowman
Meyer
Mike) Gold
Feder Communicat! Commission
Wington
Kluc-Am
Federal Communications Commission
Washington
Commission
KLUC
Industrial Road
Homes for Sale Open Om $16 750
Commercial shopping center listing offers homes for sale with refrigerated air conditioning built in kitchens fenced yards and front and rear parking features. Call 735 3232 for inquiries.
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JAYS
Luci Johnson Nugent Turns 21 in Austin Celebration
Luci Johnson Nugent celebrated her 21st birthday with friends in Austin Texas and received long distance birthday wishes from President and Mrs Johnson. Only her year old son Patrick Lyndon attended. Sister Lynda Bird Robb was in Texas but may not attend. Luci's husband Patrick Nugent serves as a weapons mechanic at Cam Ranh Bay in South Vietnam.
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Washington
UPI
Luci Johnson Nugent
Austin
Tex
White House
Johnson
Luci
Patrick Lyndon
Lynda Bird Robb
Texas
Patrick J. Nugent
Cam Ranh Bay
South Vietnam
Released Airliner Lands After Soviet Detention
An American Seaboard World Airlines DC8 charter jet with 231 Americans aboard was seized by Soviet fighters after alleged air space intrusion near Iturup Island. It landed at Misawa Airbase in Japan after Moscow released the plane following a U.S. apology.
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Tokyo
UPI
U.S
Japan
Iturup Island
Kurile
Soviet Union
United States
Seaboard World Airlines
Misawa
Westmoreland Says Communists Beating in Vietnam
General Westmoreland said the Communists are taking a severe military beating in Vietnam but that token U.S. withdrawal is unlikely before 1969 or 1970 as he returns home to become Army Chief of Staff.
Severe storms sweep eastern U S injuring dozens
Severe thunderstorms with strong winds tornadoes and hail hit the eastern half of the nation causing injuries and damage. About 80 people were injured as a wind storm tore through Salisbury Beach State Reservation overturning 85 camping trailers and downing 66 tents with winds up to 66 miles per hour.
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Salisbury
Mass
Murphy Known as Murf the Surf Found Legally Insane
Former beach boy Jack Murphy known as Murf the Surf was judged legally insane by a Criminal Court judge after an almost 13 hour hearing. Social psychiatrists testified he was mentally unable to aid his defense or comprehend the charges of armed robbery and murder.
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Miami
UPI
Jack
Murf the Surf
Murphy
Last
Imany Cort
Stedman
Three-Alarm Fire Destroys Roof at El Camino Street
A three alarm blaze at 3010 El Camino St. destroyed the roof attic and ceiling of an apartment building at 6 p.m. Firefighters requested aid twice as they fought the stubborn fire no injuries were reported and the cause remained unknown.
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el Camino St
Blaine Confirms Golden Nugget Expansion Plans in Las Vegas
Golden Nugget president G C Buck Blaine said the downtown casino will expand by acquiring Diamond Jim's Nevada Club property and four lots on South First Street. The deal includes options on other downtown parcels expiring December 31, with earlier Lucky Casino and Nevada Club interests shaping long term growth. Van Santen and MGV Realty previously owned nearby parcels and leased the Lucky Casino from Del Webb subsidiary, a plan now revived by the Nugget.
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Las Vegas
Lucky Casino
Diamond Jim
SUN
G. C
Buck” Blaine
Golden Nugget
Casino Center Boulevard
Fremont Street
Blaine
Robert B. Griffith
Wedding Bands Stolen From Gene's Trading Post
Nels Christianson, 25, of 531 N 15th St, arrested after a display case at Gene's Trading Post vanished. The back door allowed entry to 18 wedding bands and eight diamond rings valued at 712 dollars. Officers found more than two dozen rings on his person in the 300 block of Ogden Street.
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Gene’s Trading Post
Fremont St
Nels Christianson
15Th St
Ogden Street
Gary Planchon
Bob Murphy
Hearing Set for Po Lonnie Mayo in Station Attendant Murder
Po Lonnie Mayo 21, Colorado convict, charged with murder of local service station attendant John Wesley Foster. Justice of the Peace Joe Pawlikowski set preliminary hearing for Sept. 17. Mayo allegedly killed Foster during a $35 holdup two years ago.
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Lonnie Mayo
Colorado
Justice Court
Justice of the Peace
Joe Pawlikowski
Mayo
John Wesley Foster
Tony Martin Owns Up To Losing At Friars Club Card Game
Singer Tony Martin testified he lost between 900 and 1000 dollars in allegedly rigged gin rummy games at the Friars Club Beverly Hills. He said he believed he was unlucky and described leaving early to keep a 6 pm curfew with wife Cyd Charisse. The case involves five men accused of rigging games using peepholes and electronic devices.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Tony Martin
Friars Club
Beverly Hills
Martin
New York Women Buy Sewing Patterns and Materials
American women bought 120 million home sewing patterns last year. They also purchased more than $800 million worth of fabric and $350 million in zippers and trimmings. The spending highlights robust demand in home sewing products.
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New York
Illinois Couple Sought After Death Message Mission
Las Vegas watchers asked to help locate Mr. and Mrs. Howard Matson of Waukegan Illinois. They may pass through Las Vegas en route from Disneyland and a West Coast visit. They travel in a tan 1968 Dodge station wagon with Illinois plates. Call family immediately if found.
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Las
Cardinal Brennan Dies Quiet American Cardinal in Rome
Francis Cardinal Brennan, 74, once head of the Vatican Congregation of the Sacraments and a prominent American church figure, died in Philadelphia after traveling from Rome. Born in Shenandoah,PA, he rose from coal regions to high Vatican office and served as a judge of the Rota. A Solemn Pontifical Requiem Mass was planned at St Peter’s Cathedral with Archbishop John Krol presiding.
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Philadelphia
UPI
Francis Cardinal Brennan
Rome
Vatican
United States
Miseracordia Hospital
Brennan
Efre
Cardinal Brennan
Pennsylvania
Roman Curia
Congregation of the Sacraments
Paul
Cathedral of
St. Peter On Paul
Shenandoah
John Cardinal Krol
Francis J. Fuery
San Diego
Calif
Pius XII
Cubans Return Hijacked Jetliner After Route Change
Cuban officials sent a hijacked Northwest Orient Boeing 727 back to the United States. Ninety passengers were onboard earlier, then arrived six hours later on a refugee plane, complaining about buses and airport conditions. The hijacker, a mustached American, had forced two stewardesses at gunpoint to gain cabin entry.
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Miami
UPI
United States
Northwest Orient Airlines
Stin American
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