Cohn Threatened Las Vegas Officials in Government Probe
Federal court witness testified that attorney Roy Cohn warned Las Vegas officials he would “make things difficult” if they pressed government inquiries into his business deals. The testimony ties Cohn and Murray Gottesman to a $3 million United Dye and Chemical stock fraud case, with associates from Desert Inn and others previously implicated.
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New York
UPI
Roy Cohn
Las Vegas
Cohn
Murray FE. Gottesman
Beinig
United Dye and Chemical Co
Fli Bover
Bover
Allard Roen
Samuel S. Garfield
Clare
Colin
Garfield
Morton S. Robson
United Dye
Boyer
Roen
Labor hearing resumes on Tropicana change girls petition
The NLRB hearing into unionizing slot machine mechanics at the Hacienda Tropicana Fremont and Diamond Jim’s Nevada Club paused as counsel sought a continuance. The Tropicana change girls issue was raised by Harry Farnow, with hearings adjourned to July 6 pending testimony and location.
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Tropicana
National Labor Relatens Board
NLRB
American Federation of Casino Employes
Culinary Union Local 238
Tropicana and Casino Operations, Inc
Hacienda Hore
Walter L. Kintz
Hacienda
Fremont Hotel
Tropcana and
Diamond Jim's
Nevada Club
Fremont
Witeon
Albert Drier
Casino Employes Union
Tropicana Hovel
Drier
Tropiana
Harry Farnow
Farnow
Charles Arendall
Mobile
Prague Plane Thief Held Over Hacienda Forgery Case
A Czechoslovakian man identified as Paul Skreta, a Los Angeles resident, is jailed on forgery charges after attempting to cash forged Hacienda $25 chips at a Strip hotel. Detectives say he used chips from the Hacienda and Tropicana as models, and claimed he stole a plane in Prague in 1958 to flee Communists before crashing it in the American zone.
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Prague
Paul Skreta
Los Angeles
Skreta
Hacienda
Tropicana
United States
Glendale Junior College
New York Police Shakeup Tied to 3-Year Payoff Inquiry
New York City police face a major scandal after a three-year probe into officer payoffs to gamblers. Commissioner Murphy fired 14 officers who refused to waive grand jury immunity as investigations continue. The force vows to uproot and prosecute all those involved.
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New York
UPS
New York City
Polce
Michael J Murphy
Grand Jury
Murphy
Force
Carolina Blonde Wins Miss Face Title at National Meet
Mary Frances Kelly a 19 year old with green eyes from Union South Carolina won Miss American Face at the 16th annual National Press Photographers Association convention. Jia Johnson of Los Angeles was first runner up and Cathy Samuelson of Stockton second runner up. About 18 photographers from across the country attended the event at Hotel Sahara.
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Mary Francis Kelly
Union
8. C
Center
National Press Photographers Association
Cathy Samuelson
Stockton
Calif
Ha Johnson
Los Angeles
Suniate
Mary Frances Kelly
Dionde
Union, S.C
Jia Johnson
Press Photographers
California Press Photographers Association
Burned Auto of Trio Found Hours After Disappearance
A Mississippi state investigator said 12 hours or more passed between the disappearance of three civil rights workers and the discovery of their burned station wagon on loggers road. The trio Andrew Goodman Mickey Schwerner and James Chaney were last seen Sunday night and the car found burned Monday afternoon. Authorities, with help from 100 sailors FBI and others, searched swamps and woodlands for leads.
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Loggers Road
Mississippi Highway Patrol
Guards Ballot Coming at Pioneer Club Negotiations
Hal C. Feeney, business agent for the Nevada Guards Association, says a union election to determine bargaining representation by the guards at the Pioneer Club may occur by July. Feeney notes the NLRB has issued a notice of election. four guards are eligible to vote.
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Pioneer Club
Nevada Guards Association
Hal C. Feeney
Natonal Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Feeney
Thunderbird
California Club
Fenney
California
Bill Campbell
Southern Nevada Employers Association
Cuba Says Yank Shot Soldier At Guanatanamo Base
A Cuban government statement says a sentry at the U S Guanatanamo naval base in Oriente Province shot and seriously wounded Pvt. Andres Noel Laurduet late Thursday night. It was the second incident of the month, with the first denied by the State Department.
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Havana
UPS
U. S. Guantanamo Naval Base
Oriente Province
State Department
Anw Wagriday
War Ministry
Andres Noel Laurduet
Laurduet
Weather Snapshot With Cloudy Skies and Mild Winds
Partly cloudy today with light winds, high near 160 and low around 0. Yesterday’s high reached 185 and low 79. Noon humidity around 1 percent.
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Yank
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