Nixon Proposes Large Insurance Plan for Poor Families
President Nixon outlines a wide reform package offering 1600 to 3920 dollars yearly per family of four based on state aid and earnings for the working poor. The plan includes mail order food stamps and aims to replace old welfare by tying benefits to work incentives. Labor Secretary Shultz says work disincentive issues would vanish if approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nixon
House
Senate Finance Committee
George P. Shultz
John G. Veneman
Health, Education and Welfare
Veneman
Herman FE. Talmadge
D-Ga
Senate
California
Ronald Reagan
Congress
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Millionaire Gun Collector Slain At Home
A profile of Thoresen, longtime gun collector with a controversial past, including 1964 Tucson dynamite charges, 1967 Las Vegas arrest and an extensive weapons cache, and his 1969 divorce filing amid wealth rumors. Authorities pursue multiple inquiries into his death and related gun cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenilworth
University of Arizona
Tucson
Thoresen
Las Vegas
Clark County
Joan Jelke
Mickey Jelke
Ariz
FBI
Treasury Department
Fresno County
Morton
Chicago
San Francisco
Bar Harbor
Maine
Pacific Heights
J. W
Jake) Ehrlich
U. S. Court of Appeals
Canadian National Railways
U. S
Germany
Japan
Italy
Belgium
Great Britain
Switzerland
Russia
Spain
Shultz Elevated To Powerful New Federal Position
President Nixon announced a major government reorganization elevating Budget Director James R. Schultzs to lead the new Office of Management and Budget. The move shifts Mayo and Finch to salary parity and places Weinberger in a new FTC restructuring role. Ehrlichman will also run the Domestic Affairs Council as executive director with the President as chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shultz
Nixon
Mayo
Robert H. Finch
Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
White House
Weinberger
FTC
Commission
John Ehrlichman
New Domestic Affairs Council
Final Offer By REECo Due Tonight At Test Site
REECo and Catalytic Construction Co negotiations with ten craft unions over a five year deal extend to tonight with voting expected Friday or Saturday on Local 525 Plumbers and Pipefitters and Local 797 Cement Masons. Local 12 Operating Engineers have picketed. other unions and workers remain at work amid uncertain ratifications and stalled talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cement Masons and Plasterers
Reeco and Catalytic Construction Co
AEC
Teamsters Local 631
Electricians
REECO
Local 12
Nevada
Visitor Learns Local Invitation Can Be Costly
A Nassau gaming inspector said a pleasant afternoon turned violent when he accepted an invitation from two women to return to a home near Monroe. He was attacked by four people, stabbed with a butcher knife, and robbed of 1400 dollars plus passports and credit cards. He was treated at a hospital and released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nassau
Bahamas
Monroe
Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital
Las Vegas Man Sues Government Over Seized Bank Account
Lawrence R. Mowry filed a federal suit claiming the United States seized his $3,043.29 bank account on March 19 to cover a tax debt allegedly owed by his then fiancée Barbara P Verona Mowry. He argues the funds were his and, if community property, could not be seized for a pre marriage debt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Las Vegas
United States
U.S
Lawrence R. Mowry
Barbara P. Verona Mowry
Mowry
Clark County Board Approves Diverse Gaming Backlog Actions
The Clark County Game Board approved multiple items before yesterday’s meeting, including tavern operations at Alpine Village Inn and several casino personnel appointments. Sanford Waterman withdrew his executive vice president application for Caesars Palace, citing a need to review casino operations. other actions included approvals for Castaways Casino Manager Martin Kutzen, Sands Frontier Desert Inn directors, Stop N Go Markets liquor licenses, Oasis Club operators, Gourmet Concessions officers, and Tropicana Hotel corporate officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark County Liquor and Gaming Licensing Board
Sanford Waterman
Caesars Palace
Waterman
County Commission
James “Sailor” Ryan
James Krennan
Liquor and Gaming Board
Alpine Village Inn
S. Paradise Road
Caeser’s Palace
Martin Kutzen
Francis T. Alexander
Sands, Frontier
Desert Inn
National Convenience Stores, Inc
Stop N Go Markets
Nevada
George Franklin
Jesse
Evelyn Brooks
Oasis Club
Indian Springs
Gourmet Concessions, Inc
Broadway
Maryland Parkway
Chevron
Bogus Bill Leads to Man's Arrest in Spartanburg
A Spartanburg man, William D. Hudson, 48, was arrested about 11:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Fremont Hotel for attempting to pass a counterfeit $20 bill. He was booked in the city jail after claiming the note came in change at another casino. A second counterfeit from the same plate was found elsewhere in the casino but security guards said it could not be linked to Hudson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spartanburg, S.C
Fremont
William D. Hudson
Hudson
Blue Onion Drive In Sold At Public Auction For $100
The Blue Onion Drive-In, closed by the IRS after Richard Longmire’s bankruptcy, was sold for $100 to Sam Mintz, a Las Vegas area motel owner. Mintz now holds the building and grounds. equipment remains under a 1960s chartel mortgage of about $14,000. Longmire faces $11,000 in back taxes despite losing the business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue Onion Drive-In
Richard Longmire
Culinary Union
Blue Onion
Sam Mintz
Mintz
Longmire
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
National Labor Relations Board
Culinary Local 226
Bartenders Local 165
Custom Catering, Inc
Las Vegas
Hamburger Hollow
Jerry Kaufman
Kaufman
Candlelight murder suspect nabbed after high speed chase
Colorado Springs police arrest Robert Liberty 23 Los Angeles and Ken dall Ann Bierly 24 New York along with a 17 year old Oklahoma City youth after a nine mile pursuit and gun fight freeing motel owner’s wife Edna Bernak held hostage during a $109 motel robbery. Liberty once lived in a California asylum for a ritual killing. authorities say the candlelight killer struck again with the San Diego death of Robert Irion and two cryptic notes left at the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado Springs
Colo
UPS
California
New York
Oklahoma City
Bernard Carter
Robert Liberty
Los Angeles
Kendall Ann Bierly
Liberty
Carter
Edna Bernak
Neal Stratton
Here
Irion
San Diego
Las Vegan Killed in Missouri Car Truck Crash
James J. McMillan 43 of Las Vegas was killed when a tractor trailer slid across State Highway 65 near Warsaw Missouri at 12 50 p m. His wife Betty Sue 42 and three sons were hurt. The trailer driver Jerry Dean Boggs 24 of Tulsa Oklahoma was not injured. All were hospitalized at Sedalia Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James J. McMillan
Florrie
Las Vegas
Warsaw
McMillan
Betty Sue
Dennis
Kevin
Don
Bothwell Hospital
Sedalia
Tulsa
Okla
Boggs
American Envoy Killed Amid Arab Guerrilla Action
The State Department reports a deadly attack on American personnel in Jordan and hostage cases at the Amman hotel. PFLP says 88 people are in the hotel with risk of evacuation discussions ongoing. Al Fatah accuses Jordanian forces of targeting the Wahdat refugee camp in Amman injuring numerous civilians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jordan
Amman Inter-Continental
State Department
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
PFLP
Beirut
Jordan Special Army
Amman
Cairo
al Fatah
Two Defendants Guilty in Las Vegas Jury Trials
Clarence B King found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the auto crash that killed 38 year old Robert Johnson at Miller Avenue and Lessee Road February 27 1969. Lorene Williams convicted of grand larceny for a $160 theft from Woolworths at Boulevard Mall with sentencing set for July 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District
Clarence B. King
North Las Vegas
King
Robert Johnson
Miller Avenue
Lessee Road
Dist
Howard Babcock
Lorene Williams
Woolworth’s
Boulevard Mall
William Morse
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SPAY
Candi
Edna Brenek
Clark County Game Board
Dean Shendal
Corral Coin, Inc
Paradise Road
Tropicana Hotel
Marilyn D. Lewis
Mart
Las Vegas Blvd
South Carolina
Colorado
Missouri
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