Sleeper Seeks Sheriff Run In Clark County
Lt. John Sleeper former Narcotics Bureau chief for Las Vegas Police filed for Clark County sheriff as a Democrat at 4 p.m. He vowed a hard fought campaign and targeted incumbent Ralph Lamb City Commissioner Jim Corey and District Attorney George Franklin at a press conference at the Royal Inn on Convention Center Drive.
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John Sleeper
Las Vegas
Clark County
Sleeper
Royal Inn
Convention Center Drive
Ralph Lamb
Jim Corey
George Franklin
Nationwide student protests sweep campuses and cities
United Press International reports widespread anti war demonstrations on dozens of college campuses and in city streets. Tear gas used at Wisconsin Berkeley Texas and Buffalo campuses as protests grew beyond campuses toward the United Nations in New York. At least 21 arrests by nightfall amid clashes. universities in New England and Mid Atlantic face campus shutdowns or closures.
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University of Wisconsin
University of California At Berkeley
University of Texas and
State University of Buffalo
N.Y
Dag Hammerskjold Plaza
United Nations
New York
Wisconsin
Warren P. Knowles
National Guard
Berkeley
Wallace Wins Primary But Faces June Runoff
The Nevada State Gaming Control Board announced no casino closures despite licensing disputes linked to Parvin-Dohrmann. Frank Johnson said the Stardust Aladdin and Fremont hotels would not be shut as Levin holdings complicate licensing. Levin, a Chicago financier, owns 10 percent of Parvin-Dohrmann and 30 percent of Transaction Development Corp. The open market purchase, later split among self wife and a trust, blocks licensing under Nevada law.
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Nevada Gaming Canitol Board
Parvin-Dohrmann
Las Vegas
Control Board
Frank Johnson
The
SUN
Stardust
Aladdin
Fremont
Carson City
Parvin - Dohrmann
Philip Levin
Levin
Chicago
Nevada
Johnson
Himsel
Transaction Development Corp
Ohio and Indiana primaries test Wallace Rhodes Glenn in tight races
In Alabama Wallace trails Brewer with Wallace under 43 percent and Woods emerges as a key challenger. In Ohio Rhodes and Glenn lead Senate bids with Taft and Metzenbaum also strong. In Indiana Maddox clings to edge in crowded 1st District Democratic race as renominations roll in.
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Columbus
Ohio
UPI
James A. Rhodes
John Glenn
U.S. Senate
Rhodes
Statehouse
U. S
Robert Taft Jr
Taft
Glenn
Cleveland
Howard Metzenbaum
Metzenbaum
Commissioners Weigh Action on Local Plant Nuisance Claims
Clark County commissioners aim to review records from Henderson industrial plants and the county air pollution authority before deciding if the firms create nuisance air pollution by odor or dirty smoke. Four resolutions target American Potash and Chemical, U S Lime, Titanium Metals, and Stauffer Chemical. They will meet with industry reps and authorities, then decide at the May 20 session.
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Clark County
Henderson
Bob Broadbent
Boulder City
James Bartley
American Potash and Chemical Co
U. S, Lime Co
Titanium Metals Corporation of America
Stauffer Chemical Co
Nixon outlines Cambodian withdrawal plan amid caution from critics
President Nixon told Congress leaders in private talks that U S troops will depart Cambodia within weeks and South Vietnam withdrawals will stay on schedule. Officials insisted Cambodian actions are limited in scope and duration to prevent broader Southeast Asian conflict.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Congress
White House
U. S
Cambodia
South Vietnam
United Nations
UNLV to Observe Strike Over Cambodia War Policy
The University of Nevada Las Vegas will observe a campus strike in protest of President Nixon's Cambodian policy. The action, led by the Nevada Coalition for Peace, follows a nationwide student strike that began yesterday.
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UNLV
Cambodia
University of Nevada
Las Vegas
Nixon
Nevada Coalition For Peace
Bruce Adams
Coalition
Kent University
National Student Association
NSA
Confederated Students
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
CSUN
Student Mobilization Committee
Roman J. Zorn
Southeast Asia
Kent State University
First Family In Seclusion Amid Crisis
Washington reports the First Family canceled travel amid rising domestic crises. Nixon stayed at the White House as student demonstrations intensified nationwide with a major Kent State flare up and UNLV campus tensions guiding faculty and student actions.
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Washington
UPI
White House
Nixon
New Mexico
Stone Mountain
Atlanta
Ater
Cambodia
U.S
North Vietnam
Ronald L. Ziegler
Ziegler
Weather Outlook With Warm Highs And Winds
Variable high cloudiness with southwest afternoon winds 10 to 20 mph. Today's high 96 and low unknown. Yesterday's high 94 and low 60. A year ago today 71 degrees. Sunrise 43 acm, Sunset 7:52 pm.
Report air pollution violations to health department
Citizens are urged to report high smelly air to the Clark County District Health Department at ab 583-1291 for enforcement of air pollution control regulations.
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Clark County District Health Department
Third American Offensive in Cambodia Expands Across Border
U S and South Vietnam say they seized two major Communist staging areas in Cambodia and a third offensive cut part of the Ho Chi Minh trail. Cambodia backs the offensives as U N Secretary General Thant urges peace talks amid grave danger. Official totals claim thousands dead, hundreds captured, and thousands of weapons and supplies seized.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S
Cambodia
Phnom Penh
Nixon
United Nations
Thant
New York
Indochina
Se San
Commmunists
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Ohio) State University
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Allison Krause
William Schroeder
Ohio National Guardsmen
James Rhodes
Birmingham
Ala
UPL
George C. Wallace
Albert P. Brewer
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Charles Woods
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Ind
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