County weighs buying or leasing medical building for offices
County commissioners study leasing the First Western Medical Building after the city planner proposed moving up to 12 departments there. Gilday says he will meet bid terms if code, landscaping, and interior standards can be met, but he warns changes could nix the deal. Deputy DA drafts a rental with an escape clause after one year and repairs by the lessor.
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Gilday
James Bartley
First Western
Johann
Fair Board
Broadbent
Convention Bureau
Mirabelli
Broad
Fortas admits LBJ link in Senate hearing
Abe Fortas testifies on his ties to Lyndon Johnson during a Capitol Hill hearing led by Sen. Ervin. Fortas defends constitutional language as controlling and declines nonessential questions, while the room fills with spectators and cameras are barred by Chairman Eastland.
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Capitol Hill
Fortas
Eastland
400 000 Steel Workers Vote on Strike Action
Pittsburgh United Steelworkers union executives plan a strike vote among 400000 members on whether to strike the basic steel industry at midnight July 31. The decision follows no wage offer from the 11 major steel producers and aims to match gains won in other industries earlier this year.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
United Steelworkers Union
Basic Steel
USW
Basic Steel Industry Conference
UU. S
U. S. Bureau of Labor
Gary
Ind
Convention Authority Debates Bond Size and Goals
The Convention Authority discusses an $18 million bond to fund a Las Vegas Valley center. New member Bob Broadbent questions smaller figures and cites past failures, while Mayor Grayson defends thorough studies guiding the plan. Final decisions and ballot questions are targeted for August 6.
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Convention Authority
Bob Broadbent
Lou LaPorta
Broadbent
Grayson
Boulder City
Hughes Ties Up ABC Bid Fallout and Cit Talks
Hughes Tool Co withdrew its stock offer for ABC after a protracted fight. ABC favored a possible negotiation with CIT Corp as a better path for the network. Goldenson emphasized the need to protect stockholders while ABC resisted Hughes legal moves and stock traded around 69 to 73 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hughes
ABC
CIT Corporation
Goldenson
Wih Cit
Hughes Tool Co
Head Of Maryland Catholic Order Resigns To Wed
Rev Edward J Sponga head of the Maryland province of the Society of Jesus has married a registered nurse in a civil ceremony. The Baltimore News American reports he is believed to be the highest Catholic Church official to resign for marriage.
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Baltimore, Md
UPI
Edward J. Sponga
Maryland
Society of Jesus
Baltimore News American
Black Panther Defense Efforts Smacked Down
The Ninth Circuit denied a writ to delay Huey P. Newton’s murder trial and considered juror representativeness as defense concerns. Defense attorney Garry sought Supreme Court review as hearings continued, while witnesses challenged West Oakland voter registration figures amid the 1969 case.
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Black Panther
Oakland, Calif
UPT
Huey P. Newton
U. S. Court of Appeals For
Ninth Circuit
Newton
Garry
Friedman
Jan Dizard
University of California
West Oakland
Montclair
Hayward
San Leandro
Las Vegas Chamber Endorses Bond for Convention Center Plan
The Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce Impact Priority Committee generally endorsed an $18 million Convention Authority bond issue with a downtown auditorium atop a parking garage not yet endorsed. Mayor Grayson and Commissioner Mirabelli supported the limited plan while seeking voter approval strategy for the November election.
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Las Vegas
Oran Grayson
Phil Mirabelli
Mirabelli
Boyd
Grayson
Boettcher and Co
Denver
Henderson
Boulder City
Convention Authority
Herb Jones
Clark County General Obligation Bond Commission
Transit Executives Hurt In Automobile Accident
Sebastian F. Mikulich, president of Las Vegas Transit Route Corporation, and his son Sebastian S. Mikulich were injured when their car collided with an oncoming vehicle on Charleston Ave Tonopah highway. Airmen Craig Allen Morris and Dennis Herald Terry, in the other car, were treated for minor injuries at Nellis Air Force Base Hospital. The Mikulichs, returning from a meeting with the Atomic Energy plant, were taken to Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital. The elder Mikulich remained hospitalized in fair condition.
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Sebastian F. Mikulich
Las Vegas Transit Route Bus Corporation
Sebastian S. Mikulich
Charleston Ave
Tonopah Highway
Craig Allen Morris
Dennis Herald Terry
Nellis Air Force Base
Hos
Roadblock halts outlaw Thompson and frees teenage hostages
Police captured Edward Thompson Jr at a Greensboro roadblock after a dump truck blocked his car. Three teen girls were released uninjured. two adults were found dead in Roanoke earlier, intensifying the manhunt for the outlaw who had allegedly kidnapped couples and raped women.
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Greensboro
N. C
UPS
Edward Thompson Jr
Virginia
J. Howard Davis
Brewster Freeman
Thompson
North Carolina
Jim Brittain
Wghptv
High Point
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the County Commission
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Abe Fortas
LBJ Association
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Las Vegas Valley
Fair & Recreation Board
Nev
Jean Peters
Desert Inn
Alameda County
Monroe Friedman
Sheriff's Deputies
Dizard
Oakland
John F. Frey
Frey
C of C
Transit
Mikulichs
Atomic Energy Plant
LVTR
Roanoke
FBI
Hester Anne Freeman
Joanne Ellen Davis
Matilda Love
Matilda
Brittain
Santa
Idaho
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