Lavender Hill Mob Kingpin Arrested by Deputies Here
Clark County Deputies captured a Lavender Hill Mob member, William Field, from Beatty and jailed him here on robbery and conspiracy charges. Los Angeles investigators plan to bring Field back today as Ventura and FBI agents detain seven men and one woman tied to the gang, blamed for at least 20 armed robberies across Southern California.
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Where Stand Where Stand in Las Vegas Press House
A Las Vegas newspaper critiques public officials and hotel casino influence, warning that officials may be swayed by hotel incentives. It argues newspapers must vigilantly expose corruption while acknowledging the precarious position amid casino power. Continued on P
Learn A Language Records At The Sun
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Rocky's Wife To Receive Decree In Reno
Mrs Nelson Rockefeller wife of New York governor is expected to obtain a divorce decree in Reno Nevada today after six weeks at a Sierra Nevada guest ranch becoming a legal Nevada resident. Her Reno attorneys conferred with District Judge Grant Bowen and the case is set on the 9 to 10 a m calendar with an uncontested decree possible in under an hour.
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Ground Breaking for $10 Million Nevada Development
Ground breaking ceremonies were held for a $10,000,000 mixed use development on West San Francisco Avenue in Las Vegas. Developer L. 5. Whaley plans 500 homes surrounding a 14 acre commercial area between Las Verdes and Valley View Streets. Benson Franzbaum of Fantastic Fair Inc. said the 90,000 square foot self service department store will be leased from Whaley and open early June, featuring a complete food market furniture and appliance sections and apparel, drug store, housewares and hardware and cleaners.
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Harry Levy
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Bandit Takes 2400 From Blaine's Food Basket LV
A lone gunman robbed Blaine's Food Basket at 4925 Paradise Road, fleeing with 2400 in cash. Sheriff deputies described the suspect as blond, six feet tall, 180 pounds, wearing a grey checked sport coat and brandishing a 38 caliber revolver. Earlier this week another Blaine's location near East Charleston Blvd was hit for about 400.
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Eddie Fisher In Crash Escapes Injuries In Italy
Eddie Fisher narrowly avoids injuries after his Rolls Royce hits a suburban streetcar while rushing to Elizabeth Taylor who suffers from a cold. The streetcar incurs minor damage and Taylor is reported well not on the Cleopatra set due to high winds.
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Disarmament clash as U S and Russia offer plans
At the Geneva talks the United States and Soviet Union presented sweeping disarmament proposals. Rusk urged a 30 percent world arms cut and a global warning system while Gromyko pushed a four year general disarmament treaty and an atom free zone in central Europe.
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Andrei Gromyko
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Gromyko
Mercury Astronaut Slayton Disqualified For Heart Trouble
UPI reports that U.S. astronaut Don Aldard Kent Slayton was disqualified from the second U.S. manned orbital flight due to heart palpitations. NASA would not comment, but officials hinted at a possible statement later in Washington. Slayton, 38, had been slated for a three orbit mission possibly in May or June, with Langley Field involvement.
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Lehman Denies Nevada Story Funds Disclosure
Carson City officials deny Las Vegas Sun reports that a film titled The Nevada Story was junked in favor of a separate department project Contrasts of Nevada. State official Jack Lehman said the two projects were separate ventures with no connection and that The Nevada Story was a private enterprise.
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UPI
State Department of Economic Development
Las Vegas Sun
Nevada
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107 Feared Dead As Plane Missing At Sea
A Flying Tiger Line Constellation with 107 aboard including 93 Army enlisted men vanished on a night flight from Guam toward Manila. The plane under MATS contract is presumed to have crashed at sea en route to Saigon to aid South Viet Nam fighting. If confirmed, it would be the worst Pacific sea crash and the second deadliest commercial air disaster.
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