Planning Chief Rans Annexation Misstatements Spark Feud
Planning Chief Don Saylor attacked county planners and a newspaper over what he called obvious misstatements about city annexation plans. He said the County Planning Commission met Tuesday, not Wednesday, and rejected annexing 24 square miles including Eastland Heights Curtis Park and Hillcrest Terrace.
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Don Saylor
County Planning Commission
Planning Commission
Saylor
County Annexation Commission
Courty
Las Venogs
Eastland Heights
Curtis Park
Hillcrest Terrace
Tonopah Highway
Tule Springs
North Las Vegas
Thunderbird Field
Reynolds Cuts Cable Rates Amid Hearing Row
Reynolds slashes installation charges and monthly fees by over 40 and 60 percent respectively in a contested amended application for Las Vegas cable service. DeLaney and PSC attorneys clash over timing and public notice as the commission weighs the next hearing date amid protests from Greenspun and Cooke group witnesses.
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Greensmin
U.S
Cooke-Greenspun
Reynolds
DeLaney
Commissioner @arison
Attarneys
Te Reynolds
PSC
Washington
Thomas Coles
Commission
Cole
Cooke- Greenspun
Great Epense
Telephone Company
Dwayne Swanson
Nebraska
Special Census Sparks Nevada Population Debate
Southern Nevada Industrial Foundation seeks a state wide census to boost SNIF marketing. Las Vegas North Las Vegas and Henderson plan or consider a special count to update 1960 figures. Estimates suggest head counts could raise regional funding and influence planning decisions amid political sensitivities.
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Southern Nevada Industrial Foundation
SNIF
Vegas
North Last
Yeans
Chamber of Commerce
Las Vegas
Fies
Murray Hoyt
Henderson
Gemini 8 Problems Cast Shadow On Gemini 9 Mission
U S scientists report a serious yaw hydralics issue in the Agena target satellite used by Gemini 8 causing high orbits. Ground crews search for a short in a control jet and plan to solve issues before Gemini 9 launches, with Armstrong and Scott recalling their 10 hour 42 minute flight.
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Melvin Brooks
Agena
Manned Spacecraft Center
Houston
Gemini 8
John Hodge
Gemini
Neil Armstrong
David Scott
Pacific Ocean
Armstrong
Scott
Earth
Lockheed Aircraft Co
Brooks
Hodge
McDonnell Aircraft Co
St. Louis
FCC seeks nationwide pay TV comments and rules
The Federal Communications Commission asked for public comments by Sept. 1 on nationwide pay-television regulation. The inquiry covers over the air and wire or cable pay TV, including CATV. Hartford WHCT tests over the air pay TV using a Zenith decoding device, with $10 installation and 75 cents per week rental plus per program charges.
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Washington
UPI
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Community Antenna Television
CATV
Hartford
Mad Dogs Kill Tot and Injure Caregiver
In Rialto a Great Dane and a German Shepherd killed 20 month old Robert Hemstreet and wounded his caregiver, Mrs. Phillip House, who shielded the child. Police Capt. Floyd Jones said the attack occurred as the boy played in a neighbor’s yard. Grace Hemstreet arrived to find Mrs. House sobbing with the baby on the living room floor. Both women sustained severe bite injuries and clothing damage.
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Rialto
UPI
Floyd Jones
San Bernardino
Robert Hemstreet
Phillip House
Jones
Robert
Grace Hemstreet
Mrs. House
Major Airlines Face Walkout Date Set For April 23
Machinists union threatens a coast to coast strike against Eastern United World National and Northwest Airlines on April 23 to press for a 15 percent wage increase for 34 000 mechanics and ground crew. A mediation board proposal was rejected and a binding decision via an emergency board could be invoked by President Johnson.
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Ened
Joseph W. Ramsey
Eastern
United
World
National
Northwest Airlines
White House
National Mediation Board
Johnson
Gunman Acree Dies After Hostage Standoff in Oregon
Har ry Acree, 33, an ex convict, died after an eight hour standoff with police in western Oregon. Hostage Mrs Charles Fawbush was knocked unconscious by tear gas. Acree shot himself after police and relatives urged surrender while he drank sherry and refused to quit. Officer Terrence Wilson was wounded in the abdomen during a predawn confrontation.
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Harry Joseph Acree
Charles Fawbush
Acree
Oregon
Terrence Wilson
United Press International
Portland
Fawbush
Capt
R. G. Howard
Oregon State Police
Howard
North Viet Nam and North Korea to attend Russian congress
High level delegations from North Viet Nam and North Korea will attend Russia's Congress of World Communists with a Viet Cong delegation also present. Hanoi led by Le Duan, arrival via Peking planned as China boycotts intensify ideological split among Asia'sCommunist powers.
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Moscow
UPI
North Viet Nam
North Korea
Russia
Congress of World Communists
Red
China
Asia
Peking
Hanoi
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Stalin
Chinese Communist Party
De Gaulle Plans France NATO Withdrawal Timetable
Paris sources say President De Gaulle will ignore appeals from President Johnson and allies and push ahead with France leaving NATO. A timetable is being drawn for the withdrawal and the removal of allied military headquarters troops and bases from France.
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Paris
UPI
Charles de Gaulle
Johnson
France
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
America
Explosion at Nevada Test Site Advances Plowshare Program
The Atomic Energy Commission announced a low yield underground nuclear blast yesterday at the Nevada Test Site as part of the Plowshare program to develop peaceful uses of atomic energy. The test was one in a continuing series, the AEC said. A low yield explosion is defined as under 20 000 tons of TNT.
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The
Atomic Energy Commission
Nevada
AEC
Johnson weighs inviting Ky or Thieu to the United States
UPI reports President Johnson considers inviting Prime Minister Nguyen Cao Ky or Chief of State Nguyen Van Thieu of South Vietnam to the United States. The move follows other political developments as the nation weighs diplomacy and leadership.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Nguyen Cao Ky
Nguyen van Thieu
South Viet Nam
United States
Indira Gandhi Leaves New Delhi for U S Visit
Indira Gandhi departs New Delhi by plane for her first overseas trip as prime minister, heading to the United States for an official visit. In Vietnam, anti-government activists paralyze Da Nang with a general strike led by students, while Hue leaders urge restraint amid violence proposals.
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New Delhi
UPI
Indira Gandhi
United States
India
DA Nang
Viet Nam
UPT
Hue
Six Die As Plane Crashes Near Meeker Colorado
Six people including 19 year old newlywed couple are killed when their light plane crashes on a snowy peak in the northeastern Colorado Rockies. Rescue teams recover all bodies after a search plane locates the wreckage 14 miles northwest of Meeker. Victims include Joe Whitted and his wife, plus his mother and stepfather, Bud Mayor, and pilot Fidon Harter from Aurora.
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Meeker
Colo
UPI
Colorado Rockies
Colorado
Civil Air Patrol
Rio Bianco
Russell Harp
Harp
Salt Lake City
Utah
Denver
Winnemucca
Nev
Joe Whitted
Whitted
James F. Fleming
Littleton
Bud Mayor
Fidon Harter
Aurora
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