Las Vegas address numbers cause widespread confusion
Planning Director Don Saylor and teams investigated street numbers across Las Vegas revealing widespread discrepancies between city and Clark County routes. The northeast south west layout plus annexations create odd and even numbering on opposite sides of streets causing post office and emergency services issues. A 1955 ordinance proposes a simple system, with numbers aligned to street orientation, but renumbering will take months.
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Las Vegas
Don Saytor
Sahara Avenue
City
Clark County
Fremont
Wild Ride Ends as Armstrong and Scott Return to Hawaii
UPI reports astronauts Neil Armstrong and David Scott flew from Okinawa to Hawaii after an emergency Gemini landing. Crowds cheered as the pair, in good health, left the destroyer USS Mason and boarded a Kadena Air Base jetliner for a seven and a half hour flight to Hickam Field. They would spend 12 hours in Hawaii before continuing to Cape Kennedy.
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Naha
Okinawa
Kadena Air Base
Walter
Wally) Schirra
Schirra
Honolulu
NASA
U.S
United States
Hickam Field
Hawaii
Armstrong
Scot
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Astros
Celebrated Irish Tones at Carroll Family Gathering
Brendan O Dowda of Dundalk draws admiration as an Irish tenor akin to John McCormack. The Carrolls, Joan and Patrick William, hosted a Las Vegas visit by Bill’s mother with music honoring Irish roots and names Danny and Brian in a memory-filled evening.
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Brendan O’nowda
John McCormack
Golden Voice
Ireland
Patrick
Donda
Joan
Patrick William
Creat O'Dowda
Patrick William O’carroll
Bill
O'Carroll
Brendan O’dowda
Victor
Londonderry
Danny Boy
Turn and Run Mystery Fighters Bait F105s in Red Viet Nam
Four Vietnamese Skyraiders attacked a suspected Viet Cong position near Saigon. The raid occurred less than two miles south of the Chinese residential area and was visible from downtown Saigon, waking residents.
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Red Viet Nam
Saigon
UPS
Shuck to Join Newport Beach District as Research Director
Dr. L F E Les Shuck who raised over 1.1 million dollars for Clark County Schools joins Dr. Leland Newcomer in California as director of research and development at Newport Beach Mesa School District. His Clark County contract expires July 1 after surpassing fundraising expectations.
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L. FE
Les Shuck
Clark County
Leland Newcomer
Newport Beach Mesa
Calif
Shuck
Newcomer
Las Vegas
California
County Convention Sparks Demo Turmoil Attracts New faces
Clark County Democrats meet to nominate officers amid a crowd of new participants and rising tensions. Jim Barrows reports a contentious scene as factional divides surface during the convention.
Democrats Draft By Laws To Union Unity In Clark County
Seven members of a powerful Clark County Democratic group announced a drafted by laws to guide party conduct as precinct organization nears completion. They spoke at the Riviera Hotel stressing unity and a formal objectives statement. County delegates number undecided as precinct results continue to arrive and the convention approaches.
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Clark County
Democratic
Riviera Hotel
Norman Hillbrecht
Herb Jones
Virginia Catt
Bill Flangas
Dick Thomas
Carl “Curly” Price
al Landsman
Old Guard
Teamsters
Dealers’ Union
Gene Matteucci
Marian Gianconteri
Weather snapshot with sun and breeze
Variable high cloudiness but mostly sunny with gentle winds. Today's forecast high 70 and low 42. Yesterday's high 66 and low 49. Noontime relative humidity 11 percent. Sunrise at 5 48 and sunset at 5 51.
Fightin Irish Lady Patricia O'Brien Fights Robbery
Patricia O'Brien, a 33rd birthday celebrant and shop worker at her mother's TV repair shop on West Owens Street, resisted a Wednesday robbery. The assailant punched her, dragged her across the floor, and escaped with $16 after a brief struggle.
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Patricia O’brien
Three Garcia Brothers Arrested In Watts Shooting
Three Mexican American brothers Joe Garcia 26 Carlos 18 and Robert 20 were jailed in a Watts shooting that helped spark fresh rioting. Police said two Negroes Dwayne Graves 16 and George Saunders 21 were shot near a liquor store as crowds remained calm under armed patrols in the district.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Watts
Joe Garcia
Carlos
Robert
Marvin Iannone
Garcia Brothers
Dwayne Graves
George Saunders
Jordan High School
Saunders
Graves
Gar
Tapes Tell Tale Of Emergency
Condensed transcript from seven tape recordings of Gemini 8 and ground control shows a serious situation with Gemini 8 tumbling and in a left roll. Ground control notes disengagement from Agena, inability to stop roll, and armed control systems as both craft and Agena exhibit violent oscillations.
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Gemini
Houston
CSQ
RCS
Religious leaders urge Viet Nam ceasefire on Good Friday
About 200 leaders of Protestant Catholic and Jewish faiths called for a ceasefire in Viet Nam to start on Good Friday April. They endorsed recognizing Red China and debated halting bombing of both North and South Viet Nam. A bombing ban resolution passed 145 to 48 before co chairmen prepared a softer wording.
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Washington
UPI
Viet Nam
Red China
North
South
Ronald Young
Fellowship of Reconciliation
John T. Miller Jr
Catholic Association of International Peace
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McCormack
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Brian Boru
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Dien Bien Phu
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