Arbitration Opens as Sawyer Mediates Taxi Strike
Gov Grant Sawyer began arbitration between Checker Cab Co and Teamsters Local 881 at the Nevada Industrial Commission on East Sahara Avenue. The process covers daily wage guarantees and pension plans, with a binding award expected to land between $20 and $14 benchmarks.
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Checker Cab Company
Teamsters Local 881
Checker
Nevada Industrial Commission
East Sahara Avenue
Sawyer
Memo to Hank Green recalls old Las Vegas memories
Hank Green reflects on 1951 sun papers and past events in Las Vegas. He lists figures like Jack Davenport and Reed Whipple, notes package liquor changes in Mesquite, and recalls conventions, golf prizes, police praise, and local politics as he shifts from reminiscence to current headlines.
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Hank
Jack Davenport
SUN
Fairgrounds plan urged by Clark County groups
Representatives of five civic organizations pressed for a Clark County fairgrounds project at a two hour meeting with the Fair and Recreation Board. The board showed support for a preliminary feasibility study, with a race track and exhibit space among proposed facilities, while noting the long timeline.
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Clark County Fairgrounds
Fair and Recreation Board
Jack Pettit
James Roberts
Reed Whipple
Ed Fountain
James Kelly
Peritti
Fair Board
Ken Grayson
The
Las Vegas Jay
Kidnaper Demands 25Gs Or Son Dies At 18th Birthday
A gunman seized Daniel Jesse Goldman early in Surfside forcing his parents to pay 25000 by 6 am for his safe return. FBI agents surrounded the home as 16 hours passed with no contact from the kidnapper.
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Surfside
Fla
UPI
FBI
Daniel Jesse Goldman
Yellow Cab Suit Seeks Sherman Act Ruling in Fare Fight
Federal pre trial set for Oct 24 and trial for Feb 21 1967 in a $3.9 million suit by Yellow Cab against Whittlesea Cab and Teamsters Local Ss over a working agreement. Yellow contends the contract would end profits and force exit from business.
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Yellow Cab
Whittlesea Cab
Teamster
Whittlesea
Yelow Cab
Singleton, DeLaney and Jamison
Morse and Graves
George
Yellow
Checker Cab
Rail Strike Blocked by Federal Judge in Washington
Federal Judge Alexander Holtzoff issued a temporary injunction to April 5 preventing the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen from striking over the elimination of about 20 000 firemen and trainmen under a federal arbitration award. The BLFE had hinted at a strike after the award expiry, arguing crew shortages raise accident risks while railroads deny the claim.
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Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen
BLFE
Holtzoff
RAIL
Labor Standoff Looms at Nevada Test Site
Negotiations begin between International Office and Professional Employees Local 400 and Fenix and Soisson for wages hours and conditions after NLRB certified the union representing 70 workers. OPEI president Gordon Stanton plans a ratification vote tomorrow and may seek a strike if no agreement is offered. Local 400 and OPEL co organized the Tulsa firm last fall.
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Fenix
Soisson
Nevada
National Labor Relations Board
Opefs
Collec
Tive
Gordon Stanton
OPEI
Local 400
NLRB
OPEL
Scisson
Stanton
Tulsa
Bonanza Airlines
New Soviet Leaders Debut at Red Congress
Moscow reports the 23rd Soviet Party Congress opens with 6000 delegates and observers from 85 Communist parties. Izvestia urges a business like approach, stressing deeds over promises as Brezhnev and Kosygin set the tone for the new leadership era.
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Red Congress
Moscow
UPI
Russia
Nikita Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Iovestia
Izvestia
Khrushchev
Communist Party
Leonid Brezhnev
Alexei Kosygin
Weather Summary With Temperatures And Humidity
Clear continued warm gentle winds. Predicted high 85 low 50. Yesterday high 83 low 49. Noontime humidity 22 percent. Sunrise 5 32 sunset 6 90.
B52 Bomb Raids Press Viet Cong Near Saigon
U S Marines landed southeast of Saigon after B52 bombers pounded Viet Cong positions in three raids. One strike destroyed a Communist mine factory near Saigon shaking buildings. The missions came 18 miles from the capital as Marines moved to protect the Saigon river approach and its ship channel.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S
Strategic Air Command
Guam
Viet Nam
Marine
Special Session Ruling Hopes For May Convening
Nevada Atty. Gen. Harvey Dickerson said he hopes to decide by week’s end if the state legislature can legally convene in a May special session. Gov. Grant Sawyer asked Dickerson and Russell McDonald for guidance after a federal court approved a population based reapportionment. Sawyer proposed a May 9 session to boost education funding and address other issues.
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Harvey Dickerson
Grant Sawyer
Dickerson
Legislative Counsel Bureau
Russell McDonald
Sawyer
Body Found in Desert Believed Murder Victim
Deputies searched the Henderson cutoff area near Lamb Boulevard for clues in a slaying. The body, found Sunday by J. J. Daniels while hunting for cans, was partly covered by rocks and may have lain there about three weeks. An autopsy was planned to determine cause of death.
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Henderson Cutoff
Lamb Boulevard
Ralph Lamb
Las Vegas
J. J. Daniels
Daniels
Paint causes dramatic crash scene misread as blood
Veteran highway patrol officer described seeing a driver cleaning the other with a rag after a two car crash at Paradise and Desert Inn Roads. The “blood” was bright red paint from four exploded cans drenching Irene MacDonald as her Volkswagen was damaged. no injuries were reported.
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Highway Patrol
Mike Curti
Curti
Paradise
Desert Inn
Irene MacDonald
Ford Ave
Peggy Cambarana
Parkway East
MacDonald
Volkswagen
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NIC Headquarters
Gene Maclay
Checker Cab Co
Don Wall
Louis Weiner
George Rudiak
Richard Thomas
Bernard Buckley
Dick Bell
Leo Hendrickson
Boris Orent
Bob Chisholm
Arnold Dunbar
Hank Green
Ralph Alsup
Tom Hanley
Silver Shorer
Herb McDonaid
Art Force
Gene McLain
George Redman
Virgin
Moapa Valley
Mesquite
Mike Cole
Charley Teel
Molly Mirabelli
GiGi
Sherwin
Scoop) Garside
Ess Association
Reno
Vegas Heights
Maria
It. Pe
Art Grote
Las Vecas
Southern Nevada Fair Association
Whipple
Cate
Robert H Clarke
Fair Association
Robert Taylor
Hattiesburg, Miss
FFI
Sam Holloway Bowers Jr
White Knights
Bowers
Vernon Dahmer
Washington
Alexander Holtzoff
Fenix and
Tulsa, Okla
Atomic Energy Commission
Carson City Cups
Dickeron
Ann Landers Seeeneee
Entertainment Financial
Henderson
Paul Price
Ralph Pearl
Seer Eer
Cpec
Motor Hotel
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