West Las Vegas youth receives 10 to life for cafe murder
A 20 year old West Las Vegas man known as Lil Jamie was sentenced to 10 years to life after a guilty plea to second degree murder was accepted by District Attorney John Mendoza. The incident occurred November 21 when the victim William Johnson Jr was shot through a cafe window during a grudge over a hamburger.
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State Penitentiary
John Mendoza
Johnson
William Johnson, Jr
Las Vegas
James Pinkney
Pinkney
Johnson pleads to Second Degree Murder in LV case
In Las Vegas Johnson accepted a plea of second degree murder after jury selection had begun. The state will not seek the death penalty and a ten year minimum term was recommended based on his son’s juvenile record including a shotgun wounding of a teacher years earlier.
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Mendoza
Johnson
Son
Nevada governor leads goodwill Japan tour with Sinatra appeal
A Nevada governor, Grant Sawyer, is singled out as the standout speaker on a visiting governors goodwill mission to Japan. He spoke across Tokyo Kyoto Hiroshima and Nagasaki while celebrities like Frank Sinatra drew large crowds and raised funds for children’s welfare.
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Grant Sawyer
Japan
Tokyo
Nevada
Kyoto
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Pearl Harbor
Journalism scholarships deadline set for Clark County students
The Las Vegas SUN and Las Vegas Press Club announce next Tuesday as the deadline for journalism scholarship applications. The SUN scholarship totals 2000 dollars and targets Clark County students aiming for UNLV journalism careers, with a two semester transcript and letters of recommendation required. The $1400 Press Club award will be judged on the same criteria by a committee appointed by the club president, with winners announced during graduation week.
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Las Vegas Sun
Las Vegas Press Club
SUN
Clark County
University of Nevada
Press Club
Colin McKinley
Ruthe Deskin
Las Vegan Sun
Cohen to Surrender for Tax Evasion Case
Los Angeles authorities demand Mickey Cohen surrender to begin serving a 15 year sentence for income tax evasion. He remains free on $100000 bail while appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Los Angeles
Mickey Cohen
U.S
Cohen
U.S. Supreme Court
Zorin Denies US Charge on Nuclear Talks Stall
In Geneva yesterday Soviet Foreign Minister Valerian Zorin refused to answer a U S charge that Russia is delaying nuclear test ban talks to start a new test series of its own possibly within days.
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Geneva
Valerian Zorin
United States
Russia
UAW Chief Backs Kennedy Price Stability Policy
Walter P. Reuther told reporters in Atlantic City after talks with the White House that he fully supports President Kennedy's plan for price stability. The comment reflects labor backing for the administration's anti inflation measures and economic policy approach.
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N. J
United Auto Workers
Walter P. Reuther
White House
Kennedy
Midwest Storm Brings 83 MPH Winds And Hail
A spring storm lashed the Midwest with winds up to 83 miles per hour striking Omaha Nebraska and baseball sized hail hitting Montezuma Iowa causing damage and disruption overnight.
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Midwest
Omaha, Neb
Montezuma
Iowa
Mob storms Casbah lynching of European in Algiers
Three hundred enraged Muslims storm the Casbah in Algiers and lynch a European man amid unrest. Police and authorities brace for potential further violence as the incident escalates.
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Algiers
Casbah
WSWA Wine Convention Opens With 1700 Delegates
About 1700 delegates attend the 19th annual Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of America convention at the Las Vegas Convention Center. The first general session, chaired by Robert B. Levitas, features WSWA President Arthur Eder and William Caldwell of the National Association of Alcoholic Beverage Importers. An evening distillers’ night dinner occurs at Strip hotels as debate focuses on private label liquor.
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Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of America
Las Vegas Convention Center
Robert B. Levitas
WSWA
Arthur Eder
William Caldwell
National Association of Alcoholic Beverage Importers
Prominent LV Area Pioneer Dies Here
Funeral services for George Hebron Bowler 81 father of Austin Bowler exalted grand ruler of the Elks Lodge of Las Vegas will be held Thursday in the LDS Chapel in Mesquite with Bishop J L Bowler officiating. Burial will be at Mesquite Cemetery. Bowler died yesterday at Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital after long Mesquite residency.
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Austin Bowler
The
Elks Lodge of
Las Vegas
LDS
Mesquite
J. L. Bowler
Bowler
Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital
Japanese Governors Visit Las Vegas for One Day
Eight Japanese governors arrive at McCarran Field at 10 48 a m for a 24 hour stay in Las Vegas. Gov Grant Sawyer and local officials greet them with an Nellis Air Force Base honor guard. They tour Boulder Dam the Convention Center downtown and the Strip and hold a 6 p.m press conference at the Stardust after a luncheon at the Riviera.
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McCarran Field
Grant Sawyer
Nellis Air Force Base
Tropicana Hotel
Atomic Energy Commission
United States
Boulder Dam
Convention Center
Strip
Gov. Sawyer
Stardust Hotel
JFK to UAW Convention Aide Speech in Atlantic City
President Kennedy flies to Atlantic City to address the UAW convention at 10 30 a m EDT. He aims to reassure workers his pro business posture shown at the Chamber of Commerce meeting last week does not commit him to siding with management in future contract disputes. He urges wage price restraint for stability and travels in a new twin turbine Sikorsky helicopter capable of about 150 miles per hour.
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UPI
Kennedy
Atlantic City
Afl-Clo
United Auto Workers
Auto Workers
Chamber of Commerce
UAW
Air Force
Godfrey T. McHugh
Suspect Arrested in $16,000 Colorado Bank Burglary
James Sloper, 20, of Phoenix Arizona, linked to a $16,000 Colorado bank burglary, was arrested in a downtown casino after trying to pass a stolen American Express money order. He admitted cashing some checks in Phoenix and Tucson before arriving in Las Vegas, where the loot money order was found.
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Colorado
James Sloper
Phoenix
Ariz
American Express
Paul Gulas
Tucson
Las Vegas
Bunche Attacks Lunatic Fringe at UAW Convention
Ralph Bunche denounces right wing and left wing extremists including the Joan Birch Society and DAR in a speech to 2,800 delegates at the United Auto Workers convention in Atlantic City. He defends the United Nations amid criticisms and warns it could fail morally if it shuns necessary action despite a financial crisis spurred by Soviet and other nonpayment risks.
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UPI
Ralph J. Bunche
United Nations
Bunche
Joan Birch Society
Daughters of the American Revolution
United Auto Workers Convention
U.N
Congo
Middle East
DAR
America
U.S
Soviet Union
Nee
Accused of Robbing LV Liquor Store
Steven G. Messmore and Christine Kloepfel were linked to a string of robberies including the Nevada Liquors on East Fremont Street. Police say Messmore was identified in a lineup as the gunman who held up the store and two bars, then fled in a sports car. Authorities allege a three hour wave of crime tied to the pair and a shooting at a home.
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Steven G. Messmore
Christine Kloepfel
Las Vegas
Messmore
Nevada Liquors
Fremont St
Messmere
Miss Kloepfer
Sheriff's Office
Christine
Space Flight Delayed Two Days From May 15 Target
NASA sources report Atlas booster problems delay America’s second manned orbital flight. Navy Lt Cmdr M Scott Carpenter now slated for a three orbit mission between May 1 and May 15, with the exact date unsettled as technicians work to resolve the issues at Cape Canaveral.
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America
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Navy
Cmdr
M. Scott Carpenter
Earth
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