Bonanza seeks CAB ok to run Las Vegas Albuquerque flights
Bonanza Air Lines asks the Civil Aeronautics Board for temporary twice daily service between Las Vegas Nevada and Albuquerque to support Nevada Test Site personnel during the strike. The plan would replace Trans World Airlines during the walkout and begins with a 1 pm Las Vegas to Albuquerque flight.
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Bonanza
Bonanza Air Lines
Civil Aeronautics Board
Las Vegas
Albuquerque
N.M
Nevada
CAB
International Association of Machinists
Washington
Sidney Whitmore
Whitmore
Trans - World Airlines
United Press International
United Air Lines
Trans World Airlines
Eastern Air Lines
National
Suspected Draft Dodger Freed on Bail in Federal Case
A 22 year old Clark County man, David Edwin Brooks, released on a token ten dollar bond after being arrested on a Federal Grand Jury charge of failing to report for military induction. Brooks, with Henderson and Boulder City addresses, is set for an August Federal Court appearance. Indictment claims he failed to report to the Utah Medical Center in Salt Lake City as ordered by the Selective Service Board for a 24 month assignment.
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Clark County
David Edwin Brooks
Henderson
Boulder City
Utah Medical Center
Salt Lake Cty
Selective Service Board
Nellis Airman In Critical Condition After Motorcycle Crash
Airman 1st Class Charles R. Sanders of the 4552nd Field Maintenance Squadron remains in extremely critical condition at Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital after a motorcycle collision at Walnut and Carey Streets. Sanders, 24, from Anderson Indiana, was injured when a car ran a stop sign and rammed into his bike. he suffered a skull fracture a collapsed lung and multiple broken ribs. Nevada Highway Patrol says Sanders was not at fault and his parents have traveled to Las Vegas.
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Nellis
Walnut and
Carey Streets
Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital
Charles R. Sanders
Nellis Blvd
Nevada Highway Patrol
Sanders
Carey
Ex-Mark Twain Chief Files Suit Against Insurance Chief
W. Mark Eddington of Las Vegas filed a civil suit in Carson City District Court seeking $855,151 against State Insurance Commissioner Louis Mastos. Eddington, former president of Mark Twain Life Insurance Co., said the action is for himself and 5,153 company stockholders on grounds of conflict of interest.
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Carson City, Nev
UPI
Louis Mastos
W. Mark Eddington
Las Vegas
Mark Twain Life Insurance Co
Eddington
Bailiff Dick Stanley Suspended by Sheriff
District Court Bailiff Dick Stanley is temporarily suspended by Sheriff Ralph Lamb over alleged irregularities. Stanley's commission badge and weapon permits are removed pending a conference on the charges. The sheriff cites drinking while armed at a Strip hotel as the basis, with no review board mentioned.
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District Court
Dick Stanley
Ralph Lamb
Stanley
Lamb
Miss Universe pageant seals semi final choices in envelopes
The 59 contestants paraded before Eartha Kitt and judges for the first time while judges' semi final selections were sealed in envelopes held by two accountants. Margareta Arvidsson of Sweden won Miss Photogenic and Aviva Israeli was chosen for best native costume.
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Miami Beach
UPI
Eartha Kitt
Margareta Arvidsson
Sweden
Aviva Israeli
U.S. Cavalry Presses Through Viet Cong Heartland
A multi battalion American force from the 1st Air Cavalry continues a two week sweep through Phu Yen and Phu Bon in central Viet Nam aiming to engage Viet Cong. Intelligence notes a lull in ground fighting possibly signaling a major offensive by the communists.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
U.S
1St Air Cavalry Division
Phu Yen
Phu Bon
Plei Me
Bargain Box Offers Home Goods At Low Prices
Free 40 90 water heater and assorted odds and ends. Large refrigerator portable TV dinette set washer and dryer priced from 25 to 35 dollars. Contact numbers 384-813 and 364-813 listed. Plastering service Tex Plasters offers pointed repairs.
Racial Uproar in Chicago Turmoil Resumes on West Side
Police fired over a mob of about 300 looters on the Chicago West Side as rioting spread to two high rise public housing developments at Racine and Roosevelt. A 14 year old boy and a girl later wounded. seven arrests reported. Martin Luther King Jr canceled a news conference amid the unrest.
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Martin Luther King Jr
Chicago
West Side
William Collins
Racine
Roosevelt Roads
Death Claims Brother of Bing Crosby
Everett Crosby, 70, brother and business manager of Bing Crosby, died of cancer at Sharon Hospital Salisbury Conn. He had laryngeal cancer treated earlier in the week. Crosby was born in Roslyn Washington on April 5 1986 attended Gonzaga University for two years and served as an artillery sergeant in World War I. His brothers are Larry Ted and Bob and his sisters Mary Rose and Catherine.
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Salisbury, Conn
UPI
Everett Crosby
Bing Crosby
Sharon Hospital
Crosby
Roslyn
Wash
Gonzaga University
Spokane
Larry
Ted
Bob
Mary Rose
Catherine
Huge Expansion At Henderson's Titanium Plant
The article reports a large expansion at Henderson's titanium plant with nearly 30 million dollars of expansion planned for the Toronto plant. The project is slated to be in full effect by mid 1969, but no rise in employment was indicated.
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Henderson
Toronto
Boy Hit by Car Near Home in Las Vegas
Six year old Billy Howe was admitted to Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital with internal injuries after darting from a desert area into the path of a moving car at 2824 Marlin Street. Officers reported the boy did not appear to see the vehicle before impact. the driver was not cited.
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Billy Howe
Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital
Marlin St
NLRB Warns Nevada Casino Over Union Busting
The National Labor Relations Board ordered Sparks Nugget in Sparks Nevada to allow union organizing among gaming table and keno operators without interference. The agency cited management’s use of enhanced vacation benefits to dissuade workers from joining the union.
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Washington
UPI
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Nevada
American Federation of Casino Gaming
Sparks Nugget
Sparks
Nev
Nevada political quirks and traveling office seekers
The piece recalls Simon Conwell the mail carrier who ran for many offices in Nye and Mineral Counties, rarely winning but never missing a mail run. It also notes colorful figures at the State Capitol including an underfed burro led to the second floor, provoking jokes about lawmakers and their animal companions.
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Simon Conwell
Nye
Mineral
Simon
Nevada
Charles Addams
State Capitol
Nevada Desert
Final Rites Held for Las Vegas Pilots in Denver Crash
Bodies of two Las Vegas pilots to attend funeral services after a chartered plane crash on a mountain 40 miles from Denver. A third victim's funeral is pending in Clayton Missouri. Porter and Gentner honored with services. Organ of Clayton, Missouri was the charter client.
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Las Vegas
Denver
Colo
Clayton
Alamo Airways
Page, Ariz
Alamo
Kenneth Gentner
Palm Mortuary
Harrison Thompson
Griffth Methodist Church
Gentner
Sweeney
Virgil Gentner
J. W. Organ
Clayton, Mo
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Frances Elsner
Salt Lake City
Utah
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Jackass
Russell J. Porter
Palm Chapel
Thomas Wright
St. Anne's
Catholic Church
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Sherwood St
Bernice
Russell, Jr
Staten Island
Jeanette Bertman
San Francisco
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