Deserter Gessner Charged With Spying on Nuclear Systems
Pfc. George John Gessner, 25, a missile program specialist, is charged under the atomic energy act with passing restricted nuclear and guided missile information to Communist agents at the Russian embassy in Mexico City after deserting Dec 7, 1960. He is held at Fort Leavenworth and due before a federal grand jury in April.
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Sansas City
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Atty
Newell George
Gessner
US. Army
Ft. Leavenworth
George
Titan 2 ICBM maiden test blasts from Cape Canaveral
The Titan 2 ICBM completed its maiden flight after a 5,000 mile suborbital test from Cape Canaveral at 1 09 pm EST. The 103 foot rocket used storable propellants and accomplished all test objectives marking a step toward future manned space lift.
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Reds Warn Of Rocket Fire Attack
Moscow reports Prime Minister Khrushchev boasts of a new satellite and inter continental missiles that could attack the United States from any direction, rendering radar defenses obsolete. He calls DEW radar spending waste and urges Western acceptance of Soviet disarmament proposals at Geneva.
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UPI
Nikita S. Khrushchev
United States
Geneva
Tass
Dodd to Speak at St Patrick’s Day Fete in Las Vegas
Senator Thomas J. Dodd of Connecticut will address the Friendly Sons of St Patrick at the Desert Inn Country Club during Las Vegas St Patrick’s Day events. He will be introduced by Senator Alan Bible of Nevada as the two groups host banquets and parties in the Freemont Hotel.
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Ireland
St. Patrick
Emerald Isle
Friendly Sons
Msgr
John J. Lambe
Sen. Dodd
St. Patrick’s Day
Las Vegas
Friendly Sons of St. Patrick
Desert Inn Country Club
Thomas J. Dodd
Connecticut
Alan Bible
Nevada
New York
McCarran Field
al Stewart
John Mowbray
Sen
Dodd
Sen. Bible
R. Julian Moore
Sunfoto
First Weather Red Satellite In Orbit Report
US space officials privately speculated that Russia may have placed its first weather or communications satellite in orbit. Russia has launched ten applications satellites including two communications four weather and four navigation satellites, with more planned.
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Washington
UPI
Moscow
Offi
SUN Records Learn A Language Becomes Family Affair
The SUN introduces Learn A Language records aimed at whole families. All ages can join in evenings to learn a foreign language together and enjoy the learning experience. Get your Learn-A Language records now.
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SUN Records
The
Trent and Marine Out Seek New City Postapp
The city begins a search for a new recreational superintendent after the resignations of Bruce Trent and assistant Joe Marine were accepted in a closed session. Mayor Oran Grayson announced further discussions while Commissioner Ed Fountain called for a hearing, with no public comments afterward.
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Lett
Joe Marine
City Recreation Department
Sunfoto
City Commission
City Hall
Trent
Oran Grayson
Ed Fountain
Money Reason For Quitting Lou Walters
Lou Walters resigns as Tropicana Hotel Folies Bergere producer citing money as the main factor. He notes the clash of openings in Florida and Las Vegas last December created unsustainable strain from running two shows in close succession. Walters also produces Latin Quarter in New York and Carillon Hotel in Miami Beach shows.
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Lou Walters
the Sun
Walters
Carillon Hotel
Miami Beach
Latin Quarter
New York
Florida
Las Vegas
T-Men Smash Racket Dens In US Swoop
Treasury agents raided gambling dens nationwide in a continuing crackdown on bookmakers and numbers writers. By 7 p.m. EST the IRS reported 57 establishments in 33 cities raided with 61 arrests and $10,400 in cash seized along with seven cars and 25 slot machines. In California cities Los Angeles Pasadena Glendale Gardena South Gate each had one arrest.
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Washington
UPI
Treasury
Internal Revenue Service
Los Angeles
Pasadena
Glendale
Gardena
South Gate
Calif
California
LV power advance urged by official at Sands luncheon
N B Bennett Jr assistant commissioner of the US Bureau of Reclamation told the Las Vegas Chamber at the Sands Hotel that a US Bureau survey will likely back new Nevada pipelines to Lake Mead and a $50 million low interest loan may be sought for 50 years of water. He cited Glen Canyon dam revenue and projected power for 10,000 homes as a first wave with six mill tax cost.
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Chamber of Commerce
Sands Hotel
N. B. Bennett Jr
U5 Bureau of Reclamation
Washington
Bennett
Colorado River
USBS
Las Vegas
Eldorado
Lake Mead
Congress
Clark
Nye
Lincoln
Glen Canyon
Arizona
Lavender Hill Mob Member Returns for L A Robbery Trial
William Fields, alleged Lavender Hill mob member, is brought back to Los Angeles from Beatty to face robbery charges after extradition. Police linked him to 10 to 12 robberies in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties, with others among 11 suspects nabbed earlier. Two mob members Rasmussen and Franson were arraigned before a U S commissioner.
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William Fields
Lavender Hill
California
Beatty
Fields
Los Angeles
al Vietti
Field
Camp Mercury
Ventura County
Alec Guinness
Larry Anton Rasmussen
Wayne Elliot Franson
Theodore
Pilot Killed in Nellis F-105 Crash
An Air Force F-105B piloted by Captain Ernest H. Meyer 31, on temporary assignment from Seymour Johnson AFB, crashed at Nellis Range No. 1 during a rock et firing mission. Meyer was leading the fourth pass when the jet pitched up and lost altitude at 10:06 a.m. Survivors include his widow Janet and two children, Eureka 5 and Craig 3. family based at Seymour Johnson and from Indiana.
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