Hughes Signals Purchases of Stardust and Silver Slipper
Robert Maheu said Hughes will close the deals to acquire the Stardust and Silver Slipper and file with the Gaming Control Board. If approved the purchases would raise Hughes to the top single gaming revenue source in Nevada, with 36 percent of Strip gross and 25.8 percent in Clark County.
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Clark County
Laxalt
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Gaming Board
Keith Campbell
Gray
Harrah
del FE. Webb Corp
Bombs Hit Right On VC Target Across Vietnam Actions
Vietnamese Home Guards outposts near Trang Bang were overrun by Viet Cong as US units including the 1st Brigade of the 25th Division and the 34th Vietnamese Ranger Battalion moved in. In A Shau valley, North Vietnamese forces ambushed American air cavalry, four hour battle near Khe Sanh. A Vietnamese police detachment disrupted a VC demolition squad trying to blow Bien Hoa Long Binh bridge. Marines reported heavy fighting along the DMZ with 31 Communists killed and 5 Marines dead after a helicopter was shot down near Camp Carroll.
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Demilitarized Zone
Camp Carroll
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Hue
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da Nang
S. S
Central Highlands
Kontum
DA Charges Yearling Juvenile Care Funds Misused
The district attorney accuses the Spring Mountain Youth Camp policy of improper use of Clark County funds and clashes with Juvenile Court Judge William Compton over 72 hour detention limits and state funding. Franklin defends legality while Compton urges rehabilitation over punishment amid a budget dispute.
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Time Life Broadcast Bid Faces Hearing Fire
Testimony centers on Time-Life Broadcast Inc. use of Time Inc. resources for a Las Vegas system. Galatz objects to questions linking news reporting to editorial content as irrelevant to CATV licensing. Smith defends editorial judgment and notes publishers are critical of crime yet deny plans to broadcast political commentary locally.
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Smith
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Time-Life Broadcast Inc
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DeLaney
Time
LIFE
SUN
Carson City
Washington
Time-Lie Broadcast, Inc
CATV
Panamanian Guard Raids Union Party Headquarters
Panamanian national guard backed impeached President Marco A Robles with a tear gas raid on the National Union Party headquarters in Panama City. Guardsmen arrested 181 people and seized arms as internal chaos escalated between Robles and the opposition led by Arnulfo Arias and the National Assembly.
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UPI
Panama
Marco A. Robles
National Union Party
Valivar Vallarino
Robles
National Assembly
Max Delvalle
Assembly
National Guard
Guard
Supreme Court
Vallarino
Candate
Arnulfo Arias
National Union
Twin Explosions Damage U.S. Embassy in Madrid
Two blasts rocked the U.S. Embassy and the U.S.SA information center in Madrid within five minutes. Windows were broken and paint damaged. no injuries reported. Embassy officials noted similar devices in a nearby cultural center washroom. no group claimed responsibility amid anti-Vietnam and anti-American tensions during defense pact renegotiations.
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Madrid
UPI
United States
U.s.sa
Night blaze damages city home near Clark County Supply
A night fire in a single story wooden home at 1113 Commercial St. caused extensive damage to the bedroom and roof while flames threatened the Clark County Bar Restaurant Supply Company next door. Firefighters from two engines a ladder truck and a rescue unit extinguished the blaze in minutes. Ernest Neal occupied the home and Shelton Gordon owned it. The fire was blamed on a defective portable heater wiring.
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Clark County Bar Restaurant Supply Company
Ernest Neal
Shelton Gordon
Jailed Escapees NINE Men Break From Washoe Jail
Nine inmates escaped from Washoe County jail after overpowering jailers. Three were recaptured near the jail. remaining fugitives, including an accused murderer, were at large amid a wide police dragnet. Names and charges of the escapees included murder, kidnapping, rape, and narcotics possession.
Johnson fires up crowd with "Give ’em Hell" line at Statler Hilton
LBJ's hotel remarks spark cheers as he defends Vietnam policy while pledging continued social progress. He attacks an unnamed rival's war plan, cites past defences of freedom, and urges unity amid Democratic primary dynamics and Kennedy’s candidacy announcement.
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Johnson
Statler- Hilton
LBJ
Vietnam
British Budget Passes Easily Amid Tax Hikes
London The Labour government pushed through a harsh new budget with a 10 percent tax rise and an 18 month wage freeze after a 332 to 248 division on a minor bill section. The Conservative opposition abstained on other sections and the overall vote was not held. Most tax increases were already in effect for a week and apply to nearly all goods except beer.
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London
UPI
Britain
House of Commons
Army Admits Gas Link To Dead Sheep
Washington reports the Army for the first time concedes possible nerve gas involvement in the death of about 6000 Utah sheep near the Dugway Proving Grounds. Brig. Gen. Stone notes evidence of a chemical like nerve gas but finds no traces in the grazing area and says the exact agent and source remain undetermined. Officials say the antidote failed to treat the sheep and no human effects have been evident.
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UPI
Utah
William W. "Stone
Army Material Command
Armys Dugway Proving Grounds
Army
Stone
Dugway
Skull Stanley
U. S. Public Health Service
Agriculture Department
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