Hanley bound for trial in Alsup murder case
Former handyman chauffeur Alphonse Bass testified that Tom Hanley planned the January 1966 murder of labor leader Ralph Alsup. Bass and Mike Marathon linked Hanley to the crime at a December 1965 meeting and a downtown hotel payoff to a professional triggerman.
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Elko Rotary hears stockholders report on fledgling Nevada college
Elko audience at Rotary Club heard Mike Marfisi present the Report to the Stockholders for the Elko Community College project. The event highlighted fundraising efforts and the need to secure about forty five thousand dollars from a town of eight thousand five hundred to continue the venture.
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Sorbonne teargas clash as 4000 students resist raid
Riot police surround the Sorbonne to clear 4000 students occupying the 700 year old university amid nationwide unrest. One Paris resident fires at rioters wounding two. Police arrest about 1000. De Gaulle calls cabinet meeting as clashes continue and two demonstrators die.
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Rockefeller presses campaign after RFK assassination
Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller vowed to carry his bid to all Americans amid safety fears after the Robert F. Kennedy assassination. He urged confronting bigotry injustice and poverty at their roots, promising a nationwide telecast and travel to California to reach voters.
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Grenade Raid Kills and Wounds Near Saigon and Khe Sanh
Communist rockets hit Saigon for the 12th day wounding two Americans. Near Khe Sanh U.S. Marines faced a short battle. 14 Americans killed and 115 wounded. Viet Cong fired on Tan Son Nhut base with 122 mm rockets. twenty-eight Vietnamese died, four children among them.
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Armed Cons Voice Grievances at Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
Four armed inmates barricaded in the administration building at the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary freed one of their 28 hostages to relay grievances to the warden. The men pledged to continue until their demands are heard, while authorities worked to end the standoff peacefully.
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Heat moves in as cool spell ends and prison escape tale emerges
Temperatures rise to near 98 today with more of the same tomorrow and Lake Mead area forecast above 100. In a separate incident V. Wolfe, freed after 15 hours, reported three bank robbers and a murderer kept 22 hostages during a foiled escape, with five hostages, including two women, released due to illness. A guard was wounded by gunfire. officials offered no immediate comment on grievances. Wolfe left the administration building at 11:30 pm and said everything was okay.
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Weather Summary Card For Local Area
Mostly clear and sunny conditions with gentle winds. Today's high reaches 98 degrees and low 60. Record shows yesterday's high 97 and low 57. Noontime humidity at 11 percent with sunrise at 5 23 and sunset at 7 58.
Lawmen Seek Final Arrest in Alsup Killing
Las Vegas investigators moved toward murder trial against Tom Hanley and co defendants Norman Call and Carl Black for the January 1966 ambush killing of Ralph Alsup, head of the Las Vegas plumbers union. Witness testimony alleges Hanley hired the pair for 2000 dollars over union kickback disputes. The case, dormant since 1966, was reinvigorated after a 1964 interview with a material witness.
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