Czech General Flees to Italy With Girl and Son
Maj. Gen. Jan Sejna vanished from Czechoslovakia with a 22 year old companion and his son after taking military funds and seed grain. Prosecutor Jan Samek accuses him of seed grain speculation causing about $4,000 in losses to farm cooperatives. The wife remains in Prague and Yugoslav border talks ensue.
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Prague
UPI
Italy
Jan Samek
Jan Sejna
Europe
Samek
Prace
Czechoslovakia
Yugoslavia
Sejia
Landmark Reno Shop Shuts Down After 36 Years
UPI reports Reno landmark Southworths cigar store on Virginia Street will close April 1 after 36 years in operation. George Southworth, who ran the downtown shop since 1936, will keep an office with Southworth Vending Co in Reno. The business, known for souvenirs tobacco needs and hometown newspapers, sits near Harold's Club and Douglas Alley. Southworth, approaching 80, is a former two term city councilman who helped establish the city manager form of government.
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Reno
UPI
Southworths Cigar
Virginia Street
George ‘Pop’ Southworth
Southworth Vending Company
Southworth’s
Southworth
Urban districts face fiscal trap as schools plead for aid
Los Angeles Superintendent Jack Crowther warned the state faces growing urban school poverty unless legislature funds more aid or taxes rise. He said Los Angeles Oakland and San Diego districts will get poorer while suburban districts get richer as student growth outpaces the general population. Crowther noted higher assessed valuations statewide and urged districtwide recognition of compensatory education to aid disadvantaged urban students.
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Los Angeles
UPS
Jack Crowther
Crowther
The
Los Angeles Teachers Association
Oakland
San Diego
Publications Workshop Combines Yearbook and Newspaper Sessions
About 400 students are expected for the 10th Annual Publications Workshop at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff from June 23 to July 4. Director Robert Cox of East High School Phoenix says the two-week program now merges newspaper and yearbook tracks with separate focus areas and will limit enrollment with a May 1 deadline. Applications go to the Arizona Interscholastic Press Association in Mesa, in cooperation with NAU.
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Northern Arizona University
Robert Cox
East High School
Phoenix
Nevada
Arizona
New Mexico
California
Utah
Flagstaff
Cox
Arizona Interscholastic Press Association
Marlin Place
Mesa
USC Urban Semester pilots new study program for urban ecology
William Prezant and 31 other undergraduates join USC in a six week orientation for a pilot Urban Semester. The program, funded by a 54200 grant from the Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation, lets students pursue self chosen research projects within an unstructured lab of the Los Angeles megalopolis under USC Institute of Urban Ecology director Arthur Atkisson Jr and program director Frank Tyson.
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William Prezant
Tamarus Road
Las Vegas
University of Southern California
Los Angeles Megalopolis
USC
Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation
University
Institute of Urban Ecology
Arthur Atkisson, Jr
Frank Tyson
Hughes NAACP meeting at Sands in Las Vegas
A Las Vegas gathering will occur tomorrow at the Sands Hotel with Hughes representatives and the NAACP to discuss peaceful change in Southern Nevada and employment opportunities for Black residents. Gen. Edward Nigro of the Sands invites the party. Hughes owns the resort. Janney, famed Nevada mining figure and former Ely Valley Pioche owner, died at 89 last June after lengthy court battles over his estate.
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Las Vegas
Hughes Organization
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Sands Hotel
Edward Nigro
The
Sands
Hughes
Charles Kellar
NAACP
Howard Hughes
Nevada
Kellar
Janney
Ely Valley
Pioche
Las Vegas Estate Faces Over One Million In Claims
In Las Vegas official records show more than $1 million in claims filed against the estate of John. Creditors list present and pending resolution. The estate file reflects multiple claimants seeking debts and distributions.
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Las Vegas
John
Las Vegas Sun Masthead and staff credits
The Las Vegas Sun lists its corporate address at 900 South Commerce Street Las Vegas Nevada 89106 and credits for leadership including president H M Greenspun vice president Ray Germain secretary Ruthe Deskin treasurer Barbara Greenspun assistant to the publisher Haney Womack general manager Bryn Armstrong executive editor Vince Anselmo managing editor Jim Barrows city editor Tom Diskin sports editor Gerry Appleby women’s editor Douglas Ritchie classified ad manager William Sherwood circulation manager. It notes post office entry as second class matter and lists national advertising representatives and professional associations.
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Las Vegas Sun, Inc
South Commerce St
Las Vegas
Nevada
H. M. Greenspun
Ray Germain
Ruthe Deskin
Barbara Greenspun
Haney Womack
Bryn Armstrong
Vince Anselmo
Jim Barrows
Tom Diskin
Gerry Appleby
Douglas Ritchie
William Sherwood
Congress
Ward Griffin Co
Chicago
Detroit
New York
San Francisco
Los Angeles
United Press International
Nevada State Press Association
American Newspaper Publishers Association
California Newspaper Publishers Association
The
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Government asks new hearing on wiretap case in Las Vegas
U S Attorney Joseph Ward seeks a March 29 hearing in Las Vegas to reconsider dismissing wiretap charges against federal agents and the Central Nevada Telephone Co. Judge Grant Bowen previously denied the dismissals in Reno. The suit of $4.5 million by gambler Edward Levinson alleges bugs in his Fremont Hotel offices.
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U. S
Edward Levinson
Fremont
Levinson
Las Vegas
Aerial Herbicide Bid Sought for Western Lands
The Bureau of Land Management invites bids to spray 119000 acres of government land in Nevada California Idaho and Oregon to control undesirable vegetation. Spraying runs April through June depending on plant growth and weather. Bids open at 2 p.m. on Wednesday at offices in Las Vegas Battle Mountain Carson City Elko and Winnemucca.
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Bureau of Land Management
Nevada
California
Idaho
Oregon
Bureau
Las Vegas
Battle Mountain
Carson City
Elko
Winnemucca
Texas Onion Exports Reach European Markets in 1967
Galveston report notes 273000 bags of Texas onions sold in Northern and Western Europe during 1967. Prices ranged from 1.68 to 2 dollars per bag. Exports began after a Texas committee visited Europe to study demand for farm commodities.
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Galveston
Tex
Europe
Boulder Dam Area Council Wins National Honor Medal
Dr. Kenneth D. Wells announces the Boulder Dam Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America as 1967 George Washington Honor Medal recipient for a standoutcommunity program. William M. Laub says presentation will occur in Nevada with a community ceremony. The council’s 53 percent active Scout-age participation, Civic Day, Scout Week, Fun Fair and Good Turn projects are cited, marking Nevada’s first Freedoms Foundation Award at the national level.
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Kenneth D. Wells
The
Freedoms Foundation
Valley Forge
Boulder Dam Area
William M. Laub
Council
Nevada
Taxpayers Offered Bonds For Income Tax Refunds
Nevada Savings Bonds director John J. Hart announces 1967 tax refunds can be received as Series E Savings Bonds or cash. He notes bonds grow refunds by about one third at maturity and provide a simple way to hold and invest funds while supporting the economy.
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Savings Bonds
Nevada
John J. Hart
Treasury Department
United States
Hart
U. S
Vegas Youth Dies in Fall Off Ledge
Robert Casalou Durkee 13 dies after tripping and plummeting 75 feet from Emerald Pools trail in Southern Utah. His friend Jerry Gifford alerts rangers. ranger Bob Peterson recovers the body. Survivors include parents Bill and a North Las Vegas family with two brothers and a sister. Funeral services by Bunker Bros. Mortuary.
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Vegas
Robert Casalou Durkee
Emerald Pools
Utah
Robert
Bill Durkee
Jerry Gifford
Gifford
Bob Peterson
Webb Ave
North
Las Vegas
John
Daniel
Pamela
Bunker Bros. Mortuary
Nevada Copper Talks Postponed Front Reno Meeting
Anaconda Copper Co officials in Weed Heights say scheduled talks with the Nevada Industrial Council in Reno are indefinitely postponed due to President Johnson meeting with union representatives and copper officials in Washington. The delay follows Johnson's plan to summon all parties in the long strike to the White House for around the clock bargaining.
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Weed Heights, Nev
UPI
Anaconda Copper Co
Nevada Industrial Council
Reno
Bob Williams
Anaconda
Weed Heights
Washington
Johnson
White House
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Dick Walpole
Las
Sflgas
Boulder Dam Council Nets
America
Laub
Boy Scout Council
Ing
Susan Watkins
Palm Chapel
Palm Memorial Park
Edna Pirkle
Cleveland, Tennessee
H. Donald Stokes
Tacoma
Alexander Archie Galvin Johnson
Willard Morely
William Hayes
Jatin Mora Y
Gregory Peck
American Cancer Society
Clark County
Hotel
Sahara
Wing Fong
Wendell Waite
Park Baker
Robert Durkee
HONE
U.S.D.A
T-Bones
Hormel
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