Prisoner claims desire to kill President Johnson in Texas
John R. Turner 23, a county jail escapee from Las Vegas, allegedly told deputies in Johnson City Texas that he would shoot President Johnson if he had a rifle. Turner escaped Sept 28 1965 from a dentist’s office, was returned by deputies to Las Vegas, and faces robbery and assault charges with bail set at 20000.
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President Johnson
John R. Turner
Johnson City
Tex
Las Vegas
Jack Barlow
Bob Bell
Miami
Fila
Turner
Justice Court
Prisoner Denied Writ in Tahoe Kidnapping Case
District Judge Mervyn Brown refused a writ of habeas corpus for Robert Pate 34 already serving a life term for a 1958 Lake Tahoe kidnapping. The judge rejected arguments that Pate was denied a lawyer at preliminary hearings and that he was insane when he pled guilty.
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Carson City
UPI
Mervyn Brown
Robert Pate
California
Lake Tahoe
Brown
Pate
Marines Guests Swindell and Corral at 8 30 Tonight
Marines guests Sergeant Swindell and Sergeant Corral of the local recruiting office visit the home of Genevieve Roberts at 3119 Sego Drive tonight at 8 30. Sergeant Corral recently returned from Viet Nam.
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William H. Nellis
VFW Auxilary
Swindell and Corral
Genevieve Roberts
Sego Drive
Marine Recruiting Office
Sergeant Corral
Viet Nam
Las Vegas Sun Announces Staff and Affiliations
The Las Vegas Sun lists its publishing staff headed by Bryn Armstrong as executive editor and Vince Anselmo as managing editor. Key positions include Bilrt Fitzgerald city editor, Gerry Appleby women's editor, Jack Ravensport advertising director, and Barbara Greenspun treasurer.
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Las Vecas Sun, Inc
Yo South Commerce Street
Las Vegas
Neveca
Newspaper Subscription Rates Announced
Daily price ten cents and Sunday twenty cents with carrier delivery at two dollars monthly. Mail subscriptions offered for one month three months six months twelve months at three five and twelve month terms across continental United States.
Denning Indicted for Attempted Murder in McNamee Beating
A grand jury indicted Phillippe Denning 22 on attempted murder in the beating of Nevada Supreme Court Chief Justice Frank McNamee. Indictments also include grand larceny and car theft. bail set at 13500. He will be arraigned next week after being held in county jail. McNamee has remained unconscious since the Lake Tahoe attack more than a year ago.
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Minden
UPI
Phillippe Denning
Nevada Supreme Court
Frank McNamee
Denning
McNamee
Lake Tahoe
Two Californians Hurt In Vegas Crash At Station
Tom and Thelma Walters of Fullerton were hospitalized after a car jumped two traffic islands, tore through a chain link fence, and landed upside down at a gas station near Sahara and Industrial. Tom Walters was cited for reckless driving. injuries undisclosed.
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Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital
Sahara
Industral
Tom
Thelma Walters
Fullerton
Nevada and California Share Longest Interstate Border
The article notes that Nevada and California share the longest contiguous border between any two US states. It discusses geographic extent and implications for cross state travel, commerce, and regional identity along the 780 mile boundary.
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Nevada
California
City Planning Hikes Trailer Fees in Local Debate
City commissioners Grant Stewart and Phil Mirabelli approved a 150 per home or trailer sewer connection fee and 150 per trailer space over 6000 square feet. Mel Schroeder, ex president of the Southern Nevada Home Builders Association, helped raise the charge from 45. The plan excludes school connections and may push trailer parks to the county where fees are 60 for trailers and 250 for homes.
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Grant Stewart
Phil Mirabelli
Mel Schroeder
Southern Nevada Home Builders Association
Richard
Boxer Arrested As a Suspect Burglary Case
An unemployed boxer Harvey Cody Jones 26 of Detroit was arrested as a burglary suspect at the Sahara Hotel after security saw him leaving a room on the 16th floor registered to another man. He held a key to the room and could not explain how he obtained it. nothing was taken.
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Sahara
Harvey ‘Cody’ Jones
Detroit
Sheriff's
City weighing liquor license changes and new gaming permits
Two downtown partnerships seek license changes as Bob Baskin and Lester Goldring apply to become full liquor licensees at their venues Las Vegas Boulevard North and Fremont Street. Several closures seek 60 day extensions, and multiple applicants pursue new gaming licenses for slots at Strip Foxy Dog The Puppy Deli Mike Gordon’s Lucky Liquors and others plus changes in ownership and new beer bar licenses.
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Bob Baskin
City Commission
Las Vegas Boulevard North
Garland Miner
Lester Goldring
Monte Carlo
Fremont St
Nevada senators seek repeal of water project provision
Senators Alan Bible and Howard Cannon introduced a bill to repeal a disputed section of the Southern Nevada Water Project authorization act. They said the change, urged by the White House, would clear funding and construction. President Johnson objected to a House water policy amendment when signing last year. The project will deliver Lake Mead water to Las Vegas municipal and industrial users.
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Alan Bible
Howard Cannon
Nevada
White House
Johnson
Bible
Cannon
Interior Department
Chicken Theft Near Vegas Village North
A crate of frozen chickens valued at $18 wholesale was reported stolen from outside Vegas Village North at 612 S Main St. Police investigated the theft.
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Vegas Village North
S. Main S&t
Housing complex planned off Tonopah Highway and Washington
Las Vegas officials study a $2 million 150 unit senior citizens apartment project named Harry C. Levy Gardens to be owned by the Las Vegas Housing Authority. The site near Robin and Ernest May Way south of Washington includes efficiency and one bedroom units in a 99 300 square foot complex designed by Zick and Sharp. Plans also include a 100 unit moderate income project in the Madison School urban renewal area.
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Citizs
Tonopah Highway
Washington Avenue
Harry C. Levy
Las Vegas
Madison School
Trial date set for Las Vegas truck driver in 1964 death
A 24 year old Las Vegas truck driver, David L. Riggs, was indicted for involuntary manslaughter in the October 4 1964 traffic death of May Marie Hott 27 a Hacienda Hotel hostess. Trial was scheduled for April 20 by Dist. Judge John Mowbray.
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Las Vegas
Dist
John Mowbray
David L. Riggs
May Marie Hott
Hacienda Hotel
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