U S Conducting Mercy Airlifts To Quake Area
U N officials estimate 50 000 dead and over 600 000 homeless after floods and avalanches from last weekend s quake along a 60 mile coast. Evacuations proceed near Cayate lagoon and Huaraz airstrip prep for relief planes. Survivors describe Caraz as a ghost city as ongoing landslides hinder relief work. Two Peace Corps workers died aiding villagers.
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U.N
Peru
Anthony Balinsky
New York
Balinsky
Zimmerman
Huaraz
Lima
Nepena
Cayate
U.S
Caraz
Mike Nielsen
Mironi
Utah
Allen Arvig
Long Beach
Calif
Nielsen
al Huaraz
U.S. Peace Corps
Wisconsin
Indiana
U. S
Gail Gross
Freemansburg
Marie Clutterbuck
Campbellsport
Wis
Huaraz School
Police and Firemen Charge Budget Padding by City
City police and fire unions claim the 1970 71 budget pads funds for 50 extra patrolmen totaling 560 000 preventing a 10 percent raise for all 1300 city workers. They note the Commission ignored a Feb 16 fact finding urging a 10 percent hike and seek adherence to promises.
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Conigliaro
Weiss
Deiss
Peice
Coniglaro
Lodge Selected Vatican Envoy Criticism Flows
Stanley Lowell of Americans United denounced the move as a cynical appeal for Catholic votes and an egregious violation of the nation’s tradition of church neutrality. He argued the United States is granting the Catholic Church a special recognition not given to other religious groups.
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Stanley Lowell
Americans United For Separation of Church and State
Lowell
United States
Five Youths Held On Narcotics Violations After Hotel Tip
Sheriff deputies arrested five youths near a Strip hotel following a security tip. Patrick James Cocker and Robin Conlyn Kane, both 18, were booked on narcotics possession charges. Also rounded up were two 17-year-old male students and a 16-year-old girl, with a second juvenile girl questioned and released. Officers found ajar room doors, marijuana odor, rolled marijuana cigarettes, and capsules believed to contain cocaine.
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Sheriff's Deputies
Patrick James Cocker
James Down Way
Robin Conlyn Kane
Wilmington
Huge Plane Contracts Announced For 1300 mph Bomber
North American Rockwell of California led the prime contract bids for a 1300 mph bomber with a target profit of 15 million. Boeing, General Dynamics, and North American competed for the job. GE won the jet engine contract with a 406 million estimate and 30 million profit. The program AMSA later renamed Bl aims to carry conventional and nuclear arms with a 10000 mile range and three quarters B52 size. First word of the award came from Senator George Murphy of California.
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Rockwell Corp
Ef] Segundo
Calif
Boeing Co
Seattle
Wash
General Dynamics
Fort Worth
Tex
General Electric Co
Evandale
Ohio
Congress
Air Force
Rockwell
George Murphy
California
Hughes Settles Katleman Strip Land Deal After Bid Boost
Hughes agreed to pay Katleman 1 million dollars more than the initial pact to close the Strip land sale. Katleman signed final papers as Judge Babcock dismissed the suit, signaling no court return. Hughes owns six Las Vegas resorts including the Frontier and Sands and also owns Harold's Club in Reno.
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Hughes
United Press International
Katleman
Babcock
Las Vegas
The
Frontier
Sands
Landmark
Harold's Club
Reno
Defense Witness Proves Mistake: Thief Convicted
Clayton E Pounds was found guilty of robbing a Phillips 66 station at 900 E Stewart Ave. He moved to New York in 1969 and July 1969. his sister testified they see each other daily. Attendant Robert Lodge identified Pounds and described the June 1 1969 armed robbery. The trial was delayed three days to call the sister as a witness. Pounds admitted taking $175 from the cash box.
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New York
Clayton E. Pounds
Phillips 66
E. Stewart Ave
Robert E. Lodge
Pounds
Las Vegas
Pound
Court of Dist
Howard Babcock
Lodge
Las Vegas Labor Picture Deepens Over New Contract
About 500 electricians refused to ratify a contract with REECO after a mass meeting. They sought renegotiation on several terms while other trades at the Test Site continued working. Labor and management plan separate meetings at the Royal Inn today.
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REECO
Royal Inn
Wanted California Suspect Arrested in Las Vegas
Las Vegas police with California authorities arrested fugitive Lanny Lanier Meeks 30 of Baker on a grand larceny charge at the Greyhound Bus Depot at 2 30 a m yesterday after San Bernardino sheriff s office information said he was en route by bus to the city.
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Las Vegas
California
Greyhound
San Bernardino
Lanny Lanier Meeks
Baker
Calif
FBI cuts local fingerprint service burdens Nevada agencies
The FBI decision to discontinue its fingerprint identification for work card applications will burden Nevada and Las Vegas agencies but not end the program locally. Gov. Laxalt and officials say screening remains possible via alternatives, with calls for a state criminal investigation department and legislative action.
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FBI
Las Vegas
Nevada
Paul Laxalt
Doyle Hamilton
Hamilton
California State Identification Department
Harvey Dickerson
Laxalt
Clark County
Franklin to push change in concurrent sentence laws over Cooper case
Clark County District Attorney George Franklin demanded legislative action after Judge Thomas O'Donnell sentenced Sam Joe Cooper to one year in county jail for a gross misdemeanor and probation on two felonies. Franklin cited rising crime and youth offenders, warning he would launch an initiative petition if lawmakers do not act.
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George Franklin
Franklin
Thomas O'Donnell
Sam Joe Cooper
Clark County
United States
O’donnell
O'Donnell
Nevada
America
57 Hotel Thefts Solved With One Arrest
Clark County Sheriff's Office reports solving 57 recent hotel thefts with the arrest of Lowell Richard Morris, a 36 year old Chicago man staying at the Travel Lodge Motel. He was caught after a victim saw him lift a wallet and identified him in a Strip hotel casino.
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Clark County Sheriff’s Office
Chicago
Lowell Richard Morris
Travel Lodge
Morris
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