Nevada Casinos See Big Fourth Quarter Winnings Rise
Nevada gamblers won 102.4 million in the last quarter of 1968, an 11 percent rise from 1967. Clark County led growth with 66.2 million, while Washoe and Douglas counties lagged due to winter weather. As of March 31 there were 29,513 slot machines and 1,422 games in operation.
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Washoe County
Douglas County
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Commission
State Tour Plans Set in Carson City
Robert E. Bydalek named to head Nevada Tourism Division within the Economic Development Department and a new state news bureau. He will take the post July 1 and will lead a program to attract and retain visitors while expanding state publicity. He is 46, a University of Illinois graduate, served in WWII, and has prior roles with the Reno Evening Gazette and First National Bank.
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Carson City
UPI
Robert E. Bydalek
Nevada State Economic Development Department
Bydalek
State Employment Security Department
Clark Russell
State Department of Economic Development
Bob
Budalek
Nevada
Paul Laxalt
University of Illinois
Europe
Army Air Force
Illinois
Reno Evening Gazette
The
First National Bank
World Briefs from Moscow to Tokyo and Prague
An Iraqi military delegation led by Lt Gen Hardan Takriti returned to Baghdad after a visit to the Soviet Union. Japan and the United States opened communications via the F4 Intelsat satellite launched May 22. Hungarian Premier Jenoe Fock arrived in Prague for an official visit. The Keiyo Maru sank off Waate prefecture with seven crew missing. Romania and China signed a trade and payments agreement in Bucharest covering machine tools trucks cargo boats steel oil and minerals and textiles. Gen Yaakov Tsur arrived in Paris for a six day visit to discuss with French officials and aeronautics leaders.
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UPI
Hardan Takriti
Baghdad
Soviet Union
TASS
Tokyo
Japan
United States
Pacific
Wnate Prefecture
Vienna
Romania
China
Bucharest
Agerpress
Paris
Yaakov Tsur
Moshe Dayan
Floods force Abakan evacuation in Siberia
Pravda reports swelling rivers and heavy rains flooded Abakan over three days, forcing evacuations of thousands with no injuries. The same day Britain and the Soviet Union signed a six year trade pact covering about 600 million dollars in yearly goods.
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Moscow
UPI
Siberian
Abakan
Pravda
Juror Library Aids Waiting Trials In Chicago Courts
About 600 paperback titles are available in Civic Center and Federal Building jury assembly rooms to help about 975 jurors wait before trials begin in Chicago superior and federal courts.
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Chicago
Civic Center
Federal Building
Drug Research Costs Rise for U.S. firms in 1968
Drug manufacturers spent 521 million dollars on research and development in 1968, up 12.9 percent from 1967, according to a trade association. About 2.4 percent of the research was financed by the government.
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New York
Gas Blasts Rip Gary South Side Homes
A hour long series of gas main explosions on Gary Indiana's South Side demolished four homes and set at least 15 more afire, prompting evacuation of a 56 square block area. Eight people were injured as Gary fire units and aid teams from Hammond and East Chicago worked under Civil Defense.
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Gary, Ind
UPI
Gary
Hammond
East Chicago
Ind
Civil Defense
46Th
Pierce Streets
Leo Gorcey Dies Former Dead End Kid at 41
Leo Gorcey a star of the Dead End Gang and Bowery Boys died in Merritt Hospital after a long illness. He would have turned 42 Tuesday. Survived by widow Mary, his mother, two daughters and a son in the service, funeral set for Friday in Red Bluff California.
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UPI
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Merritt Hospital
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Sylvia Sidney
Bowery Boys
Gorcey
Billy Halop
Bobby Jordan
Huntz Hall
Gabriel Dell
Mary
Armed Services
Washington, DC
Red Bluff
Father and Son Absent After Ship Collision in SEA
The destroyer Frank E. Evans collided with the Australian cruiser Melbourne during maneuvers in Southeast Asian waters. A father and son were aboard. the father was rescued while the son is missing. Fireman Lawrence John Reilly Jr. is among the 73 missing. Reilly Sr. survived, saved from the Evans after section and later transferred to the carrier Kearsage.
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UPS
U.S
Frank E. Evans
Melbourne
Navy
Lawrence John Reilly Jr
Joyce Elizabeth Reilly
Long Beach
Calif
Evans
Lawrence John Reilly Sr
Costa Mesa
Kearsage
Cool Wave Spreads as Midwest Records Tilt Low
Weather across Texas to Kansas and the Great Lakes region brings showers and cool rain. Record June lows include 38 in Dubuque and 41 in Lincoln with 29 at Detroit Lakes and 46 at Little Rock. Temperatures dip into 30s in Dakotas and Nebraska, then rebound to 70s by afternoon.
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Great Lakes
Appalachians
Midwest
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Dubuque, Town
Lincoln
Neb
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Little Rock
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Peoria
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Nebraska
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Iowa
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Birmingham
Ala
Jackson
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Atlanta
Denver
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Minneapolis
Tokyo plans second airport at Narita by 1974
Tokyo is planning a second airport to be completed by April 1974 at a cost of 416 million dollars. The facility will be in the Sanrisuka area of Narita City in Chiba Prefecture and will be three times as large as Haneda airport.
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Tokyo
Sanrisuka
Narita City
Chiba Prefecture
Haneda
Las Vegas Sun Details Editorial Staff and Rates
The Las Vegas Sun lists editors and staff including H M Greenspun president Ray Germain vice president Ruthie Deskin secretary Barbara Greenspun treasurer and others. It states subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions with monthly and annual options and notes mail subscriptions must be prepaid.
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Las Vegas Sun, Inc
S. Highland Ave
Las Vegas
Nevada
H. M. Greenspun
Ray Germain
Ruthe Deskin
Barbara Greenspun
Treasure
Haney Womack
Bryn Armstrong
Stor
Larrie Schmidt
M Diskin
Gerry Appleby
Continental
United States
Astronauts Move Into Last Tests Before Moon Landing
NASA adds sensors to the Saturn V to track vibrations seen on Apollo 10 as Armstrong, Collins, and Aldrin prepare for the July 16 lunar mission. Armstrong and Collins rehearse takeoff and rendezvous while technicians stage a three day flight readiness test ending Friday.
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API
Space Agency
Moon
Neil A. Armstrong
Michael Collins
Edwin F. Aldrin
Armstrong
Thomas P. Stafford
John W. Young
Eugene A. Cernan
Earth
The
Weather table for 24 hours ending 4 a.m. PST San Francisco
U.S. Weather Bureau San Francisco provides a 24 hour period temperature and precipitation table ending at 4 a.m. Pacific Standard Time. Data covers hourly readings for major stations and totals of rainfall. The table serves as a concise record of daily atmospheric conditions for the region.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
San Francisco
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