OAS resumes war threats after talks foul their progress
In Paris and Algeria the OAS declared renewed terrorist action after accusing De Gaulle’s government of sabotaging negotiations. The group warned of a return to scorched earth tactics as clashes in Oran and Algiers left several dead and wounded amid ext ended truces and ongoing discussions with Moslem leaders.
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Charles de Gaulle
Algeria
Edmond Jouhaud
OAS
Paris
de Gaulle
Jouhaud
Army of Liberation
Peans
Oran
Way
Robert Noir
Sunrise Nurse Accepted To Peace Corps
A 23 year old nurse from Sunrise Hospital in Las Vegas has been accepted into the Peace Corps. Sally Rudd, employed since October 1960, will travel to St. Louis for a two month indoctrination course and language study before serving at a medical facility in Honduras. She trained as a nurse in Georgia and lives with her mother at 6500 Las Vegas Boulevard South.
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Sunrise Hospital
Peace Corps
Las Vegas
St. Louis
Sally Rudd
Honduras
Miss Rudd
Georgia
Las Vegas Boulevard South
County to award 75000 contract for power line burial near airport
A special county meeting is to consider awarding Southern Nevada Power Company a 75000 contract to remove and bury hazardous power and telegraph wires along Highway 91 South at McCarren Field. The project will move about four miles of lines underground west of their present route with FAA financing after county arrangements. The move aims to reduce air traffic hazards and prevent accidents near the county airport as the first step in a broader hazard-removal program.
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Southern Nevada Power Company
McCarran Field
Power Company
Highway 91
Federal Aviation Agency
District Attorney's Office
LV Car Rental Firm Named In Civil Suit
A Lancaster man filed a $12,000 civil action in District Court naming a local car rental agency as defendant. Robert Rhoads seeks $7,000 general damages $5,000 punitive damages and $150 medical expenses after alleging an employee of Brooks Rent-A-Car Co assaulted him in an unprovoked May 20 beating.
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Lancaster
Calif
Brooks Rent
Hearing Slated For Snack Bar Suspects Here
Justice of the Peace Myron Leavitt will hear preliminary evidence tomorrow against George Royal Parks and Glenn Elwood Ralston both of Pittman. They face repeat burglary charges in the Boulder Dam Snacketeria thefts tied to cash taken Friday and Saturday nights.
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Justice of the Peace
Myron Leavitt
Boulder Dam
George Royal Parks
Employe
Glenn Elwood Ralston
Pittman
James H. Ellis Sr
William
Robert Runkle
Justice Leavitt
Ellis
Building Boom Continues in Las Vegas Despite Market Drop
Las Vegas officials report a construction surge with May permits totaling $5.65 million and 500 new jobs. W. E. Adams notes 1962 first five months show 2 percent of 1961, while 1961 remains record year. The month includes 191 homes, 342 apartments, 18 pools, nine commercial buildings and 2,373 dwelling units planned or built so far this year.
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Las Vegas
W. E. Adams
Adams
Reno Lady Clara Beatty Receives Distinguished Nevadan Honor
Mrs. Clara S. Beatty, longtime Reno resident and director of the Nevada State Historical Society, was among six Nevadans honored at the University of Nevada 72nd commencement with the Distinguished Nevadan Citation for her statewide service and leadership.
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Clara S. Beatty
Nevada State Historical Society
Reno
R. N. Beatty
Credit Bureau of Southern Nevada
PTA
YMCA
Republican Party
Secretaries Welcomed By Lt. Governor at Reno Convention
The Honorable Rex Bell, Nevada Lt. Governor, opened the Fifteenth Annual Convention of Executives' Secretaries in Reno at the Mapes Hotel. More than 500 members from 2,000 industries attended, with 41 national chapters. Blanche Jones was installed president for 1962 1963. Las Vegas delegates included Twila Allan, Mary B. Sampson, Wilma Buck, Doris England, Elsie McCaw, and Lillian Hilde.
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Rex Bell
Nevada
Executives’ Secretaries, Inc
Reno
Mapes Hotel
United States
Blanche Jones
Pat M. Greenwood
Great Southern Life Insurance Company
Houston
Texas
Las Vegas
Twila Allan
Young Electric Sign Co
Mary B. Sampson
Credit Bureau of Southern
Nevada Homebuilders Association
Associated General Contractors
Lovelock
UPI
Torrillas Flat
Pershing County
Lucky Hereford Ranch
Gilroy
Loyaton
Calif
Felix Turrillas
Police Seek Would-Be Robbers at Idle Spurs Bar
North Las Vegas police search for two would-be robbers who attempted a morning hold up at Idle Spurs Bar. bartender Pat Whitcher deterred them by tossing a beer and ordering them out. Shots fired as they left, striking nothing but a head with a beer opener used by Whitcher. The suspects fled. no injuries reported.
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Las Vegas
Whitcher
Bruce Stockton
Janice
Sheriff Receives AEC Patrol Assistance Request
An Atomic Energy Commission request seeks closer county participation in highway safety on Route 95 to the Nevada Test Site from Las Vegas. Sheriff Ralph Lamb and County Engineer George Monahan will coordinate with the AEC and Governor Grant Sawyer to enforce speed limits and paint white borders to reduce accidents on the busy widowmaker stretch used by test site workers.
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Atomic Energy Commission
Nevada
Las Vegas
Ralph Lamb
George Monahan
AEC
Grant Sawyer
State
San Francisco Shaken by Sharp Earthquake
A strong earthquake rattled the San Francisco Bay Area and northern California at 10 50 a m PDT yesterday. Two shocks hit downtown San Francisco and Ukiah reported a temblor about 100 miles north. No damage reported. shelves toppled in a Ukiah grocery store as the building trembled for nearly a minute.
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San Francisco
UPIT
San Francisco Bay Area
California
Ukiah
Santa Rosa
Berkeley
Bay
George Hunter
Ukiah Journal
Highway Crash Hurts LV Man
Elmer Einwechter aged 45 of 1014 South 2nd Street is treated for two fractured ribs at Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital after his car rolled 2.5 times off Highway 95 about 10 miles northwest of Indian Springs. He was en route to Camp Mercury for a job interview when the 1954 rancwagon rolled and slid along the lip of the road, striking a culvert marker and crossing the highway 110 feet.
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Elmer Einwechter
South 2Nd St
Southern
Nevada Memorial Hospital
Indian Springs
Camp Mercury
Einwechter
Biggest Gains Scored In Stock Mart Trading
Stocks rise on light volume with late selling trimming gains as investors eye a potential tax revision. The Dow and S and P gain modestly while volume falls. Woolworth, American Electric Power, and Peoples Gas post notable advances amid a broad upturn in motors, steel, oil, chemicals, electronics, and foods.
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UPI
Treasury
Bilon
White House
Woolworth
American Electric Power
Peoples Gas
Motors
Studio weighs suit over Marilyn Monroe absence
Hollywood producer Henry Weinstein said 20th Century Fox contemplates suing Marilyn Monroe for missing 32 shooting days on Something's Got To Give, threatening replacement as Dean Martin co star. He cited illness but accused her of flouting discipline and delaying 104 crew members.
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UPI
Henry Weinstein
20Th Century-Fox Studios
Marilyn Monroe
Dean Martin
Marilyn
Weinstein
New York
The
Tress
Martin
Miss Monroe
LV Couple's Son Plays Dramatic Part in Rescue
A Las Vegas Navy career man and the son of a local couple played a key role in a dramatic rescue of a downed jet pilot. The report highlights the son's quick actions and the collaborative effort of rescuers in the incident.
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Navy
Las Vegas
Backfill Request For Mt Charleston Reservoir
A U S Forest Service request to enclose the new 30 000 gallon reservoir at Mt Charleston with an earthen backfill has been referred to County Engineer George Monahan by the county commissioners. The move follows a federal request to prevent erosion from heavy rains. The commission chair and a fellow commissioner toured the site and expect the tank to be filled next week.
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U. S. Forest Service
Mt. Charleston
George Monahan
Commission
Lou la Porta
Norman White
El Rancho Petitions Street Name Change on Strip
Clark County Commissioners awaiting authority to rename San Francisco Ave to Sahara Ave after El Rancho Hotels Inc filed a petition. Attorney George Dickerson, for owner Beldon Kallman of the burned resort spa, argued the hotel should be honored as the oldest on the Strip and considered in the change.
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Clark County
San Francisco Ave
Sahara Ave
el Rancho Hotels, Inc
el Rancho Ave
George Dickers
Beldon
Katieman
Dickerson
Great Basin National Park Bill Heads for House Hearings
The House Interior Committee will hear the Great Basin National Park Bill Monday, aiming to set a park in White Pine and Lincoln counties Nevada. Mining interests oppose the plan over beryllium claims. Walter Baring says he will amend to remove them, potentially negating mining in the park. Kes administration sent forms to Mineral County for notice and airport applications.
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House
Navy declares Hawthorne depot surplus land and buildings
The Navy announced the Hawthorne ammunition depot airport facility is surplus property and will be made available to Mineral County. Senator Alan Bible said the decision follows the Navy’s move and impacts local control and use of the field and structures.
Nevada feels heat as fire season starts in Sierra region
UPI reports forester George Zappettini warns of high to very high fire danger across Nevada. He cites heavy annual grasses and brush on eastern Sierra slopes and in the Elko area, with Peavine north of Reno at very high, Washoe Valley at high, and Lake Tahoe at medium risk.
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Carson City
UPI
Nevada
George Zappettini
Sierra
Elko
Peavine
Reno
Washoe Valley
Lake Tahoe
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