Low Cost Rental Housi ng for Airmen Approved at Henderson
Clark County Housing Commission approved a 250000 project to build 200 low cost rental duplex units in Henderson. First 24 dwellings for married airmen of lowest ranks will start within a week, with 24 more completed in 120 days and full construction funded by private sources but owned by Clark County.
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Hearing for Suspects in Las Vegas Rubout
A scheduled preliminary hearing for five defendants charged with murder in the Las Vegas Rubout was postponed to May 7 by Justice Myron Leavitt amid heated exchanges among lawyers. Attorneys Foley and Porter sought extra time for motions. two defendants are represented, three appear without counsel. The case involves the Aug 10 death of William Tollus Green. Patterson’s brother in Los Angeles indicated contact but no retention yet.
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Duke) Beasley
William Tollus Green
Foley
Patterson
Los Angeles
Porter
Stand By Hank Greenspun in Las Vegas Gossip
Columnist Paul Price’s Las Vegas lure is recalled amid crime, arrests, and backroom talk. Pauline Van Dam shoots Al Garbian in the back. Lamb’s and Mendoza’s crews face ongoing Strip incidents and a rash of room burglaries. Continued on Page 2.
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Stay of execution shocks Las Vegas bus driver
In San Francisco the California Supreme Court stayed the execution of Henry Adolph Busch, convicted of murdering three women in Los Angeles. Norris Wilkinson of Las Vegas voiced shock at the ruling while noting Busch faced sentences including life terms for a second murder and the 53 year old victim, Margaret Briggs. The court ordered show cause by April 3 regarding the three deaths.
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Norris Wilkinson
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Margaret Briggs
Wilkinson
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Emyra Miller
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Death Threats Plague New York Hospital After Baby Deaths
In Binghamton New York six babies died after formula with salt caused fatalities at a hospital. Anonymous calls threatened death and arson prompting extra guards at Binghamton General Hospital. The first three calls appeared from the same man, with a grim warning to staff.
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UPI
Binghamton General Hospital
Time Set Record as Gin Rummy Tourney Ends in Vegas
California dealer Glenn Abney won the sixth International Gin Rummy Tournament but lost on a $50 sweepstakes ticket. So Rothstein finished second in Las Vegas with $14 520. The final lasted 29 hands in 1 hour 40 minutes, a much shorter finale than past 12 hour marathons.
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Charlie Rich
Dunes Hotel
Glenn Abney
Sol Rothstein
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Rothstein
Los Angeles
Las Vegas
Canoga Park
Riviera Stock Sought By Midwestern Investor
An insurance executive from the Midwest applies Monday morning to the State Gaming Control Board for a two percent stake in the Riviera Hotel valued at about $60,000. If approved, he is to appear Tuesday morning before the Nevada Gaming Commission.
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State Gaming Control Board
Riviera Hotel
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Russians Reject Inspection Plan At Geneva Conference
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko refused any verification controls for a nuclear disarmament pact. In a three hour dinner with Lord Home he called western proposals a cloak for espionage, dimming chances of a test ban before Kennedy pressure to resume atmospheric tests.
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Kennedy
U.S
Gromyko
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Home
Clark County Board Approves Vegas Fair Stand
The Clark County Fair and Recreation Board approved its share of the cost for Las Vegas participation in the Seattle World’s Fair. Flamingo Hotel executive Ben Goffstein said the Restort Association will discuss the matter at their first April meeting. Sign cost estimated at 100 dollars per day with Seattle sign company noting over 80 000.
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Clark County Fair and Recreation Board
Ben Goffstein
Flamingo Hotel
Seattle Sign Company
Copters Join Desert Search For Missing Las Vegas Pilot
Air Force helicopters based at Indian Springs joined Civil Air Patrol and sheriff units from Clark and Nye counties in a Desert area search four miles west of Indian Springs and two miles west of Tonopah Highway for Rex Wirthlin. The overdue Las Vegas bound pilot was last reported Sunday after a Twin Falls Idaho flight.
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Nye County
Hijacked liquor truck found in desert stakeout near Las Vegas
Police recovered a stolen truck loaded with about $5,000 in liquor and wine near Market Town after hijackers left 12 cases of whiskey behind. Detective Lt. Paul Gulas described the theft as carefully planned with the driver momentarily away from the vehicle.
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Here
Paul Gulas
Liquor theft leads to hijack of loaded truck near Las Vegas
A loaded white truck was hijacked during a citywide liquor theft in Southern Nevada. Officers tracked the vehicle to Vegas Drive near Lamb Blvd where another truck awaited transfer of merchandise. The theft netted about $900 in whiskey and up to $5,000 in liquor and wine, with no suspects.
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Lamb Blvd
Nevada
Los Angeles Transit Officials Try to Block Bus Strike
State officials sought to block a threatened walkout by about 2,700 bus drivers and streetcar operators against the Metropolitan Transit Authority. A strike could shut four Southern California counties if it proceeds at 12:01 a.m. tomorrow.
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Los Angeles
UPD
Metropolitan Transit Authority
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