Area Drivers Ignore Woman Plea as Husband Dies on Highway
Mrs Alice Matthiessen pleaded for aid as her 58 year old husband Bernard Nichols Matthiessen grew weaker beside their trailer on U S 95 North. Despite passing motorists ignoring her cries a Sears Roebuck service truck driver stopped and alerted responders at Cactus Springs. By the time help arrived Bernard Nichols Matthiessen was dead.
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Sears Roebuck and Company
Alice Matthiessen
Cactus Springs
Bernard Nichols Matthiessen
Dentures and Debate Ripple Through Nevada Editorial Page
The Sun praises editor Jock Taylor for biting rather than barking on denture issues. It jokes about denture expertise, cites other experts like Paul Price and Bryn Armstrong, and mentions Assembly bill 297 amid a tongue in cheek look at public stance on welfare, crime, and politics.
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Paul Price
Bryn Armstrong
Las Vegas Moves Toward City Takeover of Sanitation Districts
Las Vegas advances plan to absorb Sanitation Districts One and Two after bonding attorneys approve the transfer of assets and obligations. The Clark County Grand Jury urged action and a Carson City bill will be introduced next Monday. District One valued assets exceed 11.6 million per prior report.
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Las Vegas
Grand Jury
Las Vegas Valley
Clark County Grand Jury
Carson City
Sidney Whitmore
District One
UAL seeks approval for low LV LA hops fare
United Air Lines asked the Civil Aeronautics Board on Tuesday to approve a new low jet commuter fare between Los Angeles and this city. If approved the $13 one way fare would take effect April 1 matching a similar rate on TWA. Service would be no frills and only in the rear section of three class jets with regular coach fare listed at $20.35 plus tax.
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United Air Lines
Civil Aeronautics Board
Los Angeles
Here
United
TWA
UAL
Ash Wednesday Begins Lent with Blessings Across Faiths
Area churches planned Ash Wednesday services as Lent began. A Mardi Gras benefit for Rose de Lima Hospital drew a large Flamingo Hotel crowd. New Orleans marked its biggest Mardi Gras in years with Catholics Episcopals Lutherans Orthodox and Methodists holding observances.
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Rose de Lima Hospital
Flamingo Hotel
New Orleans
Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital seeks 1.98 million budget
Trustees vote to present a 1965-66 budget of 1 980 000 to the Clark County Board of Commissioners. If approved the hospital tax levy would rise to 32 cents per dollar. last year it was 34 cents. Major department costs held steady while special services for county nonpaying patients rose. Administrator Staggs plans to meet in Carson City with the Assembly Ways and Means Committee. A bill seeks to claw back 350 000 state tuberculosis wing funds. A one year contract with Dr. Robert Bellevue as laboratory director sets pay at 12 1/2 percent of departmental gross, about 42 000.
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Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital
Clark County Board of Commissioners
Jack Staggs
Staggs
Juvenile Home
Police Department
the Sun
Carson City
Assembly
Ways and Means Committee
Washoe County
Robert Bellevue
Reds Prepare For Action In Viet Nam Air War
A top Chinese official said Beijing would likely take action after the heaviest U S air assault on North Vietnam. The strike, with more than 160 planes, aimed to cripple naval bases and depots. President Johnson reported six U S planes down and five pilots rescued as Washington shifts to massive raids without provocation.
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United States
Viet Nam
Peking
U. S
North Viet Nam
Kyodo Ne
China
Pot
Washington
Johnson
U.S
South
Testimony in Baker Probe Backfires
The FBI found no proof of a big sex party a $100 000 payoff or other charges from witness Don B Reynolds in the Bobby Baker inquiry The Senate Rules Committee voted to send the FBI findings and Reynolds testimony to a grand jury for possible perjury indictments Some critics accused the FBI report of bias or discrediting Reynolds while no corroboration emerged for Reynolds claims about Robert G Bobby Baker and related funds
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Washington
Reynolds
Senate Rules Committee
Robert G
Bobby) Baker
Senate Democrats
FBI
Rules Committee
Justice Department
Sen
John J. Williams
R-Del
Baker
New York City
Johnson
Troubled Plane Makes It and Gas to Spare
An unidentified pilot on a trial flight radioed McCarren Field for emergency landing help after reporting low fuel. Deputies blocked U S 91 South to create a makeshift runway while the twin engine Aztec returned to the field with gas to spare. The plane, owned by Wes Durston of Thunderbird Field, had flown from San Francisco and was headed back via Bakersfield.
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Sheriff's
McCarren Field
U.S. 91
McCarran
Wes Durston
Thunderbird
San Francisco
Bakersfield
Wildcat or sanctioned walkout at Nevada Test Site
About 350 electricians walked out at the Nevada Test Site amid uncertainty whether the action is sanctioned by the Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 357 or a wildcat strike. Union leaders in Washington were unavailable for comment, and Las Vegas headquarters cited only that one official could comment. The walkout followed tensions over foreman assignments as the rest of the IBEW contingent failed to report.
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Nevada Test Site
Ralph Leigon
Clifford Pitts
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 357
Washington, D.C
IBEW
Sun Teamsters Seek Governor Help in Cab Labor Dispute
The seven Reynolds Electric & Engineering Co. workers were fired for refusing to work without a foreman. REECO offered a joint grievance board on foreman assignment but the electricians refused to wait. The strike began in November over wage and benefit policies and was later mediated by the Federal Mediation Service, with negotiations continuing.
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Reynolds Electric & Engineering Co
Tnes
Radiation Monitors
REECO
IBEW
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