Airliner Feared Down Near Spain With 105 Aboard
British charter airliner from Manchester vanished from radar near Barcelona. Iberian Airlines planes and naval units searched the sea but likely survivors were uncertain. passengers included 48 men 53 women three children and an infant. Previous crashes cited include 1961 Mount Canigou and 1969 Pyrenees incident.
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Manchester
England
Barcelona
London
Dan-Air
Manston
Kent
Perpignan
Mount Canigou
Pyrenees
Youths Force Blues Fest Cancellation In Capital
About 200 youths chanting on the Washington Monument grounds forced cancellation of a blues festival on the eve of the Honor America Day rally. Police used clubs and tear gas. injuries were reported and arrests not yet tallied.
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Youths Force
Capital
Washington
UPI
Washington Monument
Arkansas
Smithsonian Institution
U.S. Park
Monument
Constitution Avenue
White House
Lafayette Park
America
French Set Off Hydrogen Bomb Test Aboard French Cruiser
French scientists detonated a one megaton hydrogen device over Murruroa Atoll in a test to miniaturize a warhead for missiles. The blast occurred 30 miles from the cruiser De Grasse as observers from the USSR United States and Britain watched.
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DE Grasse
UPI
Murruroa Atoll
France
China
Nuclear Club
United States
Soviet Union
Michel Debre
Andre Auriol
Britain
Auriol
Marines Eject Safely From Jet Near Crystal Springs
Two californian Marine pilots Capt. Stephen R. McComb and 1st Lt. James P. Schwartz ejected from a FA 4F jet near Crystal Springs Nevada. They were uninjured but taken to Nellis Air Force Base hospital for routine checks. The aircraft, en route from Alameda to Colorado, crashed about 30 miles northwest of Crystal Springs. Investigators seek the cause of the mishap.
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Crystal Springs
Nev
Stephen R. McComb
James P. Schwartz
Nellis Air Fore Base Hospital
Nellis
Colorado
Alameda Naval Air Station
Oakland
Calif
Lincoln County
el Toro Marine Base
Thieves Steal Deluxe One-Hole Rent-A-Can Toilet
A portable toilet valued at 350 dollars was stolen from a Sproul Homes construction site at the corner of Sandhill and Tropicana earlier this week.
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Sandhill
Tropicana
Sproul Homes
Judge hesitant to accept plea in Las Vegas grocer murder
Robert Louis Rhodes nearly pleaded guilty to killing Las Vegas grocer Robert Born during an East Stewart Avenue market robbery on March 18. The 17 year old agreed to plead guilty as the DA supported the lightest murder penalty, while charges of robbery and rape would be dropped. Judge Clarence Sundean expressed reluctance, warning a jury might seek a stricter sentence.
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Robert Louis Rhodes
Las Vegas
Robert Born
Clarence Sundean
Rhodes
Clark County
Grand Jury
East Stewart Avenue
Doug Crosby
D.A
Crosby
Sundean
County Workers To Get $50 Monthly Pay Hike
County officials announce a $50 per month raise for county workers along with a modern personnel system making the county second to none. The measure may not apply to county firemen who seek a separate negotiated raise of about $75 monthly to match city firemen. Meanwhile, in a separate court matter, Rhodes faces parole and sentencing questions as Judge Sundean delays plea and sets July 21 for possible reconsideration before Dist. Judge William Compton.
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Henry
Rhodes
Robert Archie
Sundean
State Parole and Probation Department
Archie
Dist
William Compton
Services Set Today For Vegas Housewife Louise Wills
A funeral service for Louise Lois Wills 40 will be today at 11 30 a m in Palm Chapel with entombment in Palm Mausoleum She lived at 908 N Jones and was a Las Vegas housewife She was born October 6 1929 in Cushing Oklahoma Survived by husband Maurice daughter Marlena Wynn son Maurice Jr and other relatives in Oklahoma and Arizona
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Palm Chapel
Louise Lois Wills
Palm Mausolem
N. Jones
Wills
Cushing
Okla
Maurice
Marlena Wynn
Maurice, Jr
Abe Gieldrich
Oklahoma City
Ann Seccress
Phoenix
Ariz
Fionna Smothers
Canadian Youth Dies After Hunger Strike
Robert L. Guest, 22, of London Ontario, died after an eight day hunger strike in Whartan County jail in Washington. Guest had been arrested June 12 in Blaine, convicted and sentenced to 30 days, held for federal marshals. Undersheriff said efforts to remove him and obtain medical help spanned several days.
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Kellingham
Wash
UPI
United States
Gliff
Bernie Reynolds
Robert L. Guest
London
Ont
Guest
Blaine
Whartan
Lou Basaillon
Victim Identified in Nevada Highway Collision
The Nevada Highway Patrol identified Richard A. Campbell, 50, of Las Vegas, as the man killed on U.S. 45 nineteen miles south of Las Vegas near 9:30 p.m. Thursday. Investigators say his pickup struck the median, rolled over, and Campbell was thrown from the vehicle.
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Nevada Highway Patrol
Richard A. Campbell
Silver Lake Dr
Las Vegas
U.S. 45
Campbell
White House rules out U S troops in Middle East
Press Secretary Ronald Ziegler stated there are no plans to deploy American forces to the Middle East despite Soviet pilots in Egypt. He said the focus is on removing the Soviet pilots through negotiations and noted the completed intelligence study, with no discussion of supplying Israel more jets at this time.
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San Clemente
Calif
UPI
Middle East
White House
U.S
Ronald L. Ziegler
Egypt
Ziegler
Nixon
Vietnam
Soviet Union
United States
Israel
Direnfeld
JWW
America
Bomb Backfires on Man Outside Compton Police Station
Police theorize 23 year old Tommy Ligh Harper carried a time bomb toward the Compton Police Station when it detonated prematurely. Harper's apartment housed weapons and extremist literature. Los Angeles police tightened security at all stations pending review.
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Compton
Calif
Tommy Ligh Harper HS
Harper
Los Angeles
Compton College
Cabbies Help Capture Suspect After Las Vegas Robbery
A group of taxi drivers aided bystander security helped arrest Allan Gillis 27 of Summerville Massachusetts who robbed driver Herman Hempel 63 in downtown Las Vegas. Gillis fled toward San Francisco but cabbies blocked him near the Sahara Hotel and a security guard detained him.
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Massachusetts
Allan Gillis
Summerville
Mass
Gillis
Las Vegas
McCarran Airport
Herman Hempel
Hempel
San Francisco
Sahara Avenue
Strip
Nevada
Sahara Hotel
Minnesota man held on burglary and theft charges
Peter Allen Simmons, 47, of Minneapolis, was arrested at a county motel after Clark County Sheriff’s Office Metro detail accused him of selling 21 new men’s suits ranging from 45 to 75 dollars. He faces three burglary counts one receiving stolen property and fugitive holds from five states.
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Peter Allen Simmons
Minneapolis
Clark County Sheriff's Office
Metro
Las Vegas
Simmons
Florida
Minnesota
Colorado
New Mexico
California
Sheriff's Department
George
Court Martial Set Monday For Las Vegas Sailor In Saigon
General court martial proceedings are planned in Saigon against Gunner's Mate 3/C James B. Hunsucker a 22 year old Las Vegas sailor. He faces charges of disobeying orders using a patrol boat on the Mekong River and for falsely claiming authorization and negligence in losing a $100000 Navy craft.
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Saigon
Las Vegas
James B. Hunsucker
U.S
Hunsucker
Mekong River
Navy
Michael J. Walker
Neptune
N. J
Thomas P. Glenn
Greenwood
S.C
Gary Lehner
Kansas City
Kans
Vancouver
Wash
Anthony J. Deluca
Chicago
592Nd River Division
Vietnam
National Jewish War Vets Head Speaks In Vegas
National Jewish War Veterans leader addresses Vegas meeting urging dialogue with youth while outlining concerns about Soviet influence in the Middle East. He cites Russian bases and advisers in Egypt and calls for peaceful negotiation and reform within lawful channels.
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National Jewish War Vets Head
Vegas
Ohio Boy Drowns In Pool Here
An 11 year old Toledo boy Ronald Warren drowned at Lorenzi Park Swimming Pool around 4 10 p m yesterday. He was visiting with uncle Charles Whittaker of 1425 Metpah and went to the pool with friends. Lifeguards and rescue crews treated him but he died at Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital.
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Toledo, Ohio
Lorenzi Park
Ronald Warren
Charles Whittaker
Metpah
Warren
Fire Department
Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital
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Northern Ireland
Earl
Rhode
Vegas Housewife
U. S
Sihanouk
Sen
Howard W. Cannon
Albert Hunsucker
Cannon
Norm Hilbrecht
Walker
Hunsacker
Naval Reserve
Jordan
Syria
Lebanon
Bernard Direnfeld
Ohio
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