City Fathers Reject Havas Courtesy Motors Towing Bid
City commissioners refused to add Vic Havas of Courtesy Motors to the city rotating towing contract due to legal technicalities. An injunction from Ewing Brothers blocked a two year award that would have eliminated the rotation. Havas asked for inclusion which was denied. The city attorney said Havas was not a party to the extended contract and inclusion depended on the five current contractors.
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Vic Havas
Courtesy Motors
Juicy City
Havas
Ewing Brothers
Sidney Whitmore
Whitmore
Voting Nightmare in Clark County Ballot Chaos
The piece details ballot printing deadlines and in person delivery rules for absentee ballots amid a flood of candidate filings. It lists numerous race entries for justice of the peace, county commissioners, sheriff, assessor, auditor recorder, and district judge, highlighting District 4 Assembly contenders and notable names like Bryan Hafen Zel Lowman Nancy Austin and Don Passiatore.
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Koontz
Mulroy
Kopentz
Las Vegas
North Las Vegas
Searchlight
Nelson
Henderson
Goodsprings
Bunkerville
Mesquite
Overton
Board of County Commissioners
Auditor-Recorder
Clark County
Election Department
Zel Lowman
Federated Employers of Nevada, Inc
M. M. Bud Bishop
John Mendoza
Department 5
Ted Marshall
Jimmy Bilbray Jr
Justice of the Peace
Dynamite Strike Hits Jacksonville Grocery in Troubled Ward
In a Negro neighborhood dynamite exploded at a Jacksonville grocery Wednesday night amid a wave of violence and firebombings that plagued the area the night before. William H. Parker, 64, longtime Los Angeles police chief, was buried with full military honors in a San Fernando Valley cemetery after dying last Saturday. His eulogy praised a "burning zeal" for the law and relentless dedication.
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Jacksonville
Fla
UPI
Los Angeles
William H. Parker
San Fernando Valley
Parker
Patrick Roach
Bailey Move Nears Nixing West Las Vegas Project
West Las Vegas property owners nearly lost a planned special assessment district after two years of effort. City officials pressed Public Works Director Richard Sauer about excluding a section of N Street, owned by Bob Bailey, from J Street to Highland. Sauer cited Bailey’s refusal to dedicate a right of way, but commissioners approved the district with Bailey’s land omitted.
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Las Vegas
Public Works
Richard Sauer
J” Street
Highland
Washington and
Owens Ave
Sauer
Commission
Bob Bailey
West Las
O Callaghan Enters Race for Nevada Office
O Callaghan, Nevada’s first director of health and welfare, led divisions including health welfare alcoholism state hospital and youth centers. A Las Vegas probation chief, he helped pass protective laws for doctors and social workers and parental responsibility. He holds a University of Idaho master’s in educational psychology and served in three military branches. He joined combat duty in Korea and led 33 raids before a war wound.
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O'Callaghan
State Hospital
Children's Home
Las Vegas
Nevada
University of Idaho
Marine Corps
Mike
Army
No Progress In NTS Labor Dispute With No New Talks
Negotiations between Electrical Workers Local 357 and REECO along with Catalytic Construction halted after a day-long meeting. Union leaders say positions remain unchanged and no new meeting date is set, with 700 workers idled since July 1. Pickets are absent at the Nevada Test Site as the Atomic Energy Commission conducts underground nuclear tests.
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Electrical Workers Union
Ralph Leigon
Electricians Local 357
Electricians
Reynolds Electrical and Engineering Co
Catalytic Construction Co
Plumbers and Pipefitters Union
REECO
Catalytic
William Rose
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Serv
Ike Would Take Strong Action In POW Dispute
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower said he would take strong action if he were president to deter threatened trials and possible executions of captured American pilots in North Vietnam. He spoke at Gettysburg on a Wednesday in a UPI dispatch.
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Gettysburg
UPI
Dwight D. Eisenhower
North
Viet Nam
Eisenhower
Brown Resigns Over Pound Saving Plan Sparks Cabinet Split
London reports say Deputy Prime Minister George Brown offered his resignation over the Labor government's pound saving measures. Prime Minister Harold Wilson reportedly refused to accept immediately and told Brown to think it over. If pressed, the move would be Brown's third top minister departure this year.
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London
UPI
George Brown
Labor
Save the Pound
Harold Wilson
Brown
Britain
House of Commons
Wilson
Downning Street
Press Club to Host Gov Sawyer Meet the Candidates
Gov Sawyer leads a group of Democratic candidates into the Las Vegas Press Club for a special Meet the candidates program and reporters quiz session at 6 p.m. in a railway car on a downtown siding with a no host cocktail party. Republicans will get equal time later.
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Press Club
Gov. Sawyer
Grant Sawyer
Las Vegas
Sawyer
Fragmented protest rhetoric on condemning past tyrannies
The passage argues against praising Nazi Germany and the early Roman Empire as models of decay and corruption. It asserts a need to avoid repeating such condemnations and hints that current society mirrors those warns, with rapid, unchecked direction.
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Nazi Germany
Early
Roman Empire
Picket Defiance and Harsh Law Reactions Stir City Tone
A heated editorial condemns rising street crime and calls for stern justice. It warns against hate fueled pickets defying court orders and urges strong penalties to deter violence toward police and property.
Cannon Must End Air Strike Urges Negotiations
Nevada Senator Can non told the Senate that firm steps are needed to end the costly airline strike affecting countless industries and workers. He cited a Labor Secretary Wirtz statement urging airline negotiators and the Machinists Union to stay at the bargaining table until a settlement is reached.
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Nevada
Howard W. Cannon
Senate
Cannon
Willard Wirtz
Florida horses bring record price at Hialeah Sales
Ocala reports 210 Florida bred horses sold at Hialeah Sales in 1965 for 2,534,200 dollars averaging 12,067 dollars per horse.
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Ocala
Fla
UPI
Hialeah
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