Labor showdown hits Las Vegas Strip hotels at Dunes
Nevada hotel and union tensions erupt as Teamsters and Stationery Engineers strike the Dunes Hotel. Syncing walkouts ripple to Hacienda Tropicana Sands Desert Inn Frontier Thunderbird. AGVA members join in sympathy and hotels lock out workers. Supplies falter as patrons travel and bars close.
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Dunes
Hacienda
Tropicana
Sands
Desert Inn
Frontier
Thunderbird
American Guild of Variety Artists
AGVA
Sahara
Beaming Nixon Welcomes Spacemen Aboard USS Hornet
Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin returned to Earth aboard the USS Hornet after splashdown in the Pacific at 9 50 a m Nevada time. Nixon and NASA officials praised the mission and discussed Mars as the next goal in space exploration with Mueller outlining future plans.
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Mars
Neil A. Armstrong
Michael Collins
Edwin E. “Buzz” Aldrin Jr
Pacific Ocean
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Russia
United States
San Francisco
Montpelier
Armstrong
Wapakoneta
Ohio
George FE. Mueller
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Nixon
Neil Armstrong
Edwin Aldrin
Absence of Publisher Delays Edition Amid Labor Hearing
Hank attends a full day National Labor Relations Board hearing called by the Teamsters union as they target SUN dealers and press for organizing 300 carrier boys aged 10 to 14. The unions act amid broader labor activity. Hitler is invoked in a quoted remark about targeting youth.
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Hank
National Labor Relations Board
Teamsters Union
Biloxi Area Brutal Double Murder Sparks Manhunt
Police press an around the clock probe into the brutal killing of two women Suzanna Shepherd and Katherine Waggoner in a beach house near Biloxi Mississippi. Authorities say the victims were nude and gagged and bludgeoned with a blunt instrument with the killer possibly entering through a bathroom window.
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Biloxi, Miss
UPI
Suzanna M. Shepherd
Orange Grove
Katherine J. Waggoner
Wool Market
Biloxi
Miss Shepherd
David
Gulf of Mexico
Miss Waggoner
Rosetti
Moon Landing Reaction Across the Nation
Widespread celebration followed the moon landing with sirens ringing and bells tolling. Governors and broadcasters saluted while crowds gathered in Chicago and San Francisco for the splashdown. Skeptics voiced doubt in Madison and a New York viewing event drew 500 leaders.
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Arkansas
Iowa
San Francisco
New York City
Western Union International
Kennedy Withdraws Hearing On Fatal Motor Charge
Sen Edward M Kennedy abruptly shifts tactics withdrawing a Monday hearing on a misdemeanor charge of leaving the scene after a party accident that killed a secretary. He may face trial soon and decide to plead guilty innocent or no contest at the judge's option. Observers note quick disposition could spare attendees from public questioning.
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Edgartown
Mass
UPI
Edward M. Kennedy
Weather Summary for Today and Yesterday
Mostly sunny today with after noon cloudiness and a forecast high of 105 degrees. Low around 80 with noon humidity at 35 percent. Yesterday reached a high of 105 and a low of 79 as sunrise was at 5 42 and sunset at 7 52.
Promises Promises Gordon's Jailhouse Blues
Harold G Gordon sits in a county jail awaiting a district court appearance after years of legal wrangles over a plea deal that failed to produce the expected two year sentence He had pleaded guilty under assurances from his attorney that time served would be credited and he would be released but court rulings and credit errors kept him in prison through multiple terms and a series of judges have grappled with applying the proper sentences and credits over the years
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Harold G. Gordon
Gordon
Las Vegas
Nevada
Nevada Supreme Court
NSP
Earl White
Thomas O'Donnell
Furor Over Spy Swap Snafu In England Bulls British Crisis
In London, Gerald Brooke returns home after four years in a Russian prison in a swap that freed the Kroger couple aka Morris and Lena Cohen who passed atomic submarine secrets to the Kremlin. Michael Stewart announced three month release and exile to Poland with other concessions. Parliament denounced the deal as blackmail and urged safeguards against future leverage.
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London
UPI
Gerald Brooke
Kremlin
Michael Stewart
House of Commons
Peter and
Helen Kroger
United States
Morris and
Lena Cohen
Poland
Air Controllers Dispute Easing in Talks
Federal aviation officials and PATCO representatives agreed to exchange recommendations on working conditions to avert a mass resignation by air traffic controllers. PATCO chairman Michael J. Rock announced a weekend Denver meeting to draft proposals, while FAA head John H. Shaffer said talks may have reduced the walkout threat.
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API
Federal Aviation
Michael J. Rock
Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization
PATCO
Denver
John H. Shaffer
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
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