Desert chase ends with capture after hostage ordeal
Oregon and California fugitives with long criminal records elude law enforcement across deserts from Oregon to Nevada. They abduct Champion and family, exchange gunfire with officers, and surrender near California before being flown to Sacramento. Champion, state finance director, recounts the tense pursuit and rescue.
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Oregon State Prison
Tonopah
Mrs. Champion
David Banovich
Nevada Highway Patrol
Ralph Marks
Champion
California
Coaldale
Gentry Pace
Paul Otis
Richard M. Nixon
Real Estate Ads Include Multiple Homes and Opportunities
A dense classified listing shows multiple properties and business chances. Southeast and West Charleston homes range from 3 to 4 bedrooms with various features and prices from 3 500 to 18 000 plus terms. A custom home sells for 29 08 square feet with trade options. Major service station offers quick move in with profit.
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Charleston
Home Realty
Desperate manhunt for Halo Champion ends in capture near Benton
Deputies waited long as a radio alert tracked two desperados who released Mrs Champion and child in Montgomery Pass. Nevada officers blockaded routes 95 and 6 while a search plan with 20 Nellis troops formed before California Highway Patrol officers captured the pair near Benton. The hostages were freed unharmed and the deputies returned home after the rapid conclusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halo Champion
Tonopah
Bell
Nevada Highway Patrol
Beatty
Indian Springs
Champion
Montgomery Pass
California
Johnson to spend weekend at Texas ranch
President Johnson flew to Texas for a quiet weekend of studying White House reports and boating near his ranch. He landed at Bergstrom Air Force Base at 4 58 p m and proceeded by helicopter to his ranch 65 miles away.
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Johnson City
Tex
UPI
Johnson
Texas
White House
Bergstrom Air Force Base
Probe Air Sabotage Leaning Toward Bomb Theory
Investigators report the probe into the air incident is leaning toward the bomb theory. Department of Transport officials have impounded all related materials and opened formal inquiries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Transport
DOT
Kidnapping and crash reports mingle in chaotic night
A motel kidnapping ends with Denise missing after a male suspect abducts her along with her grandparents. Separately a plane crash north of Vancouver leaves 46 passengers and six crew dead or missing, described as catastrophic with witnesses recalling a violent, splintered wreck. Authorities consider sabotage but offer no definite leads.
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Chelsea Reynolds
DOT
Thomas How
Cariboo Ranch
Dog Creek
Vancouver
William Wolfgramm
Southern Nevada unions trigger regional construction strike wave
Strikes idle 3000 workers across unions including Painters Local 159 and Carpenters Local 1780 amid stalled talks. Engineers Local 12 and the Independent Guards Association also idle with federal mediators called in. Observers expect a temporary halt but warn prolonged action could drive workers to other regions.
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Painters, Decorators, and Paperhangers of
America
Nevada
California
Independent Guards Association
Wackenhut Services Inc
Las Vegas Realism and the Curbs on Town Image
Hank Greenlee argues sin as a civic virtue is unfair and Las Vegas thrives amid criticism and expansion. The piece reflects on media portrayals from Liberty magazine to Look and The Green Felt Jungle, noting reporters’ humanity and varying aims while urging realism about gambling and entertainment in the evolving city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LOOK
Liberty Magazine
Las Vegas
Yesteryear
Riviera
Nevada
Col
George Seavers
San Francisco
Prohibition
FBI
Justice Department
Abraham Lincoln
Arrest Told In Trial On Two Murders
The testimony recounts a car found with a bloodstain and a .38 revolver under the front seat. Osborn is identified as having brought the car to the lot after midnight on March 28 and later returned at about 4 a.m. to retrieve items. Moody and Raymond Lorenco corroborate the events and the police stakeout followed.
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Osborn
Moody
Raymond Lorenco
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