Ex-Convict Powell Confesses in City Shooting Incident
Gregory Alas Powell admitted firing the first shot that struck plainclothesman Ian James Campbell. He claimed his partner Jimmy Lee Smith fired four shots at the officer who lay on the ground. Both men were in Las Vegas prior to the shooting. Powell’s gun reportedly came from a Las Vegas pawn shop and several family members had lived in Boulder City before moving away. Thad Brown, chief of detectives, noted Smith was Powell’s partner in the kidnapping.
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Los Angeles
UPD
Gregory Alas Powell
Ian James Campbell
Powell
Jimmy Lee Smith
Las Vegas
Boulder City
Thad Brown
Smith
Memo to Hank Sparks Off Notable Local Turmoil
The memo highlights an 80 hour work week with no comment, complains about union friction and assembly threats, mentions a welfare and county board neglect, plus hints at city hall upheaval. It recalls older local names including Mr Tabet and a Las Vegas address in a humorous aside.
Love letters from Hawaii feature boosts circulation
A newspaper notes a new feature titled Love letters from Hawaii promised to boost circulation and readership. The writer guarantees the series will move mountains merchandise and increase readers. Continued on page.
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Hawaii
The
Wrier
Floodwaters Drive Thousands From Homes in Five Eastern States
A massive storm system dumped snow and rain across the region forcing about 20,000 people from their homes in Virginia West Virginia Kentucky Tennessee and Alabama. At least eight deaths were reported as floods swept through mountain creeks and streams and continued to threaten lives.
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Appalachian Mountain
Pacific Northwest
New England
Southland
Kentucky
Virginia
West Virginia
Tennessee
Alabama
Uncle Asks Citizenship for Noted Beverly Hills Investor
In a reversal, the U S Immigration and Naturalization Service seeks to grant citizenship to John F Factor former Stardust Hotel landlord and Beverly Hills investor who was deportation targeted three months ago A U S District Judge in Los Angeles will decide on the recommendation Factor who was convicted in 1943 on counts of using the mails to defraud served six years in federal prison and this conviction and related issues frame the case
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U. S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
John F. Factor
Stardust
U. S. Dist
Jesse W Curtis
Los Angeles
Beverly Hills
Factor
GOP Budget Cutters Target McNamara In Defense Fight
Republican budget cutters challenged Defense Secretary McNamara in Washington delaying a pay raise for the military. A House vote on a 108 billion military authorization bill was postponed amid attacks led by Rep. Leslie Arends who called McNamara “I Got All The Answers.” The bill includes 497.7 million more than the administration sought and funds for the RS70 warplane.
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Washington
Def. Secy. Roberts
Mc-Namara
Leslie ©. Arends
RTI
GOP House
First Water Goes Into Glen Canyon Dam Today
The Bureau of Reclamation will start filling Glen Canyon reservoir today and plans to close the dam on the Colorado River about a month ahead of schedule. An engineering officer at the Interior Department confirmed the bureau’s plan to re route the river during construction, which began in 1957.
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Washington
Bureau of Reclamation
Glen Canyon Reservoir
Clinton P. Anderson
Anderson
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Bureau
Colorado River
Interior
Colorado
Weather Outlook with Clear Skies and WInds
Mostly clear weather with northerly winds 15 to 25 mph. High near 65 and low around 40. Yesterday's high 63 and low 44. Noon humidity 14 percent. Sunrise at 5:00 and sunset at 5:46.
Water Study Funds Assured for Las Vegas Valley
Gov Grant Sawyer signed AB 68 into law to appropriate 15000 dollars for continuation of ground water studies in the Las Vegas Valley. The Clark County Assembly delegation introduced the bill which passed with little opposition to ensure future water supply for the growing Las Vegas area.
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Carson City
API
Grant Sawyer
Las Vegas Valley
Clark County Assembly
Las Vegas
National Want Ad Week Noted in Las Vegas Sun
This week marks the annual recognition of want ads, highlighted by the SUN's Want Adventure Contest in Las Vegas. Readers are urged to check today's paper for details and to call 385-3111 for classified ads.
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Las Vegas
SUN
SUN Classified
Demand Russ Removal of All Cuba Troops
Secretary of State Dean Rusk said the United States expects the Soviet Union to pull all its troops from Cuba. He noted Moscow had set a deadline for removing several thousand of the 17 000 personnel on the island and said a permanent Soviet force on Cuba is unacceptable.
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UPI
Dean Rusk
United States
Soviet Union
Cuba
Kremlin
U.S
Rusk
National Advertising Council
Blast injures 17 workmen at Indiana construction site
An explosion near a power booster station in Montezuma Indiana injured 17 workers from Harvert Construction Company of Birmingham Alabama. One man was reported in critical condition. Most injuries were burns and the blast cause remained under investigation.
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Montezuma
Ind
Harvert Construction Company
Birmingham
Ala
Queen Delivers Daughter After Astrologers Predict Boy
TEHRAN Iran Queen Farah Diba gave birth to a girl surprising local astrologers who had forecast a son. The shah rejoiced dancing a jig and congratulated the queen praising her for securing a female heir. Farah, the shahs third wife, had previous wives divorced for lacking a male heir.
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Tehran
Iran
UPD
Farah Diba
Shah
Farah
Solons Blast Youth Center Conditions
Nevada lawmakers from the Senate Finance Committee visited the Elko Youth Training Center and criticized conditions including unmanned classrooms and lagging equipment. Senator Floyd Lamb called the rehabilitation program unsatisfactory and a report on the trip was promised. no plan to dismiss the superintendent or cut the salary was confirmed.
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Arson City
Senate Finance Committee
Nevada
Elko
Floyd Lamb
D-Lincoln
Sen. Lamb
Finance Committee
Grant Sawyer
Oliver Foresterer
Reno
Assembly Ways and Means
Bill seeks tighter adoption rules and fees in Nevada
AB 411 from the Assembly Committee on Social Welfare proposes stricter adoption controls in Nevada. It caps legal fees at 100 dollars, restricts placements to state welfare, licensed agencies, or natural parents, bans placement payments, and allows appeals to the welfare board. The measure also mandates department investigations and standards for placement agencies.
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Carson City
Assembly
State Welfare Department
State Welfare Board
Welfare Department
Measure Would Protect Property Owners Rights
Carson City Senator James Slattery sponsors SCR 26 to protect property owners rights through a property owners bill of rights. The measure, adopted unanimously in the Senate by voice vote, affirms privacy, freedom to govern holdings, and freedom from interference by laws favoring any group.
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Carson City
James Slattery
Senate
Shattery
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