Rickover Warns U S Defense Peril Over Submarine Delays
Vice Admiral Hyman G. Rickover told a Senate subcommittee that the Defense Department pursues cheaper weapons and risks grave national danger. He said he has been blocked for four years on a new nuclear submarine and warns the Soviets would gain superiority if action is not taken. He noted lingering Pentagon delays despite Senate authorization to build one submarine.
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Washington
UPI
Hyman G. Rickover
Defense Department
United States
Rickover
Senate
Soviet Union
Pentagon
Tragedy mars Las Vegas July Fourth weekend with three deaths
A cocktail waitress and a Marine from Lake Mead Base died in separate traffic incidents during the Fourth of July weekend in Las Vegas. A 10-year-old boy was electrocuted outside a trailer home by touching defective cables, authorities said.
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Las Vegas
Lake Mead
County government urged to boost efficiency in era of regional service
The Missouri governor argues county government must adapt to regional and sub regional service trends while remaining tied to state authority. Local officials note daily intergovernmental cooperation and urge closer ties with cities and districts to better serve residents. Police report two fatalities on North Main Street and a separate electrocution of a child near a trailer power unit, with families and servicemen affected. Highways saw heavy traffic with visitors at Boulder Beach and Vegas Wash and Lake Mead camps crowding the shoreline amid expected continued turnout.
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Missouri
Clark County
Prisoner Hijacks TWA Flight 329 En Route to San Francisco
A federal prisoner on a Las Vegas to New York to San Francisco flight attempted to hijack TWA 329. John Hamilton Morris, 48, en route from Leavenworth to San Francisco for a new trial, claimed a bomb and a second gunman, despite two marshals nearby. The hijack was thwarted and the plane landed safely.
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Trans World Airlines
Hash" Haniel
TWA
Las Vegas
New York
San Francisco
Hermosillo
Mexico
John Hamilton Morris
Levenworth Penitentiary
Kansas
Los Angeles
U.S
Morris
Old Time Religion Turns Ugly in Arkansas Church Fight
In Blytheville Arkansas the Rev Edward R Black ended his final sermon at New Providence Baptist Church when congregants attacked him after he prayed for divine punishment. Deacon Charles Buck said members then tore at each other rending robes and a woman struck him with a crutch. Black resigned earlier that day and police report no murder charge is expected.
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Blytheville, Ark
Preacher Black
Buckeye
Black
Buck
Weather Summary for Today and Yesterday
scattered clouds and southwest winds 10 to 20 mph. today high 105 and low 78. yesterday high 107 and low 77. noontime humidity 12 percent. sunrise 5 29 sunset 8 01.
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Lou Laporta
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Harris J. Taylor
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Nellis Air Force Base Hospital
Taylor
Cpl
Lee Ray Dearing
Mary Burdge
S. Ninth St
Sheriff's
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Madge Lane
Lee
Geneva Faile
Gregory
Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital
Boulder Beach
Vegas Wash
Lake Mead National Recreation Area
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Jenee
Hoodwinks
Inuhe Sun
Amn Landers
Boulder City
Henderson
Paul Price
Ralph Pearl
GON Oi Sidavent Scdvesas Siiansten
Donnybrook
Wroth
Dea
Charles Buck
Wea
Fremont
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