Kennedy Forces Win Columbia Balloting
Backers of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy captured 23 convention votes in Washington DC as he led the Kennedy slate over Humphrey. Alabama saw a Wallace slate win easily amid mourning for Gov. Lurleen Wallace. In Ohio, John Gilligan defeated Frank Lauche for the Democratic Senate nomination, while Republican William B. Laxbe secured the GOP nod. Florida featured Ed Gurney winning the GOP Senate nod as Leroy Collins and Earl Faircloth battled for the Democratic nomination.
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Alabama
George Wallace
Albert P. Brewer
Montgomery
Ala
Lurleen Wallace
Brewer
Becky
UPI
Robert F. Kennedy
Washington, D.C
Kennedy
Hubert H. Humphrey
Eugene McCarthy
Ohio
Organization
John J. Gilligan
Cincinnati
Frank J. Lausche
Gilligan
William B. Laxbe
Lausche
Laxbe
GOP
Ohio Democratic Party
Cuyahoga
Cleveland
Senate
Florida
Ed Gurney
R-Fla
U.S. Senate
Leroy Collins
Earl Faircloth
Collins
George Smathers
Funeral Services Tomorrow For Lurleen Wallace
Lurleen Wallace 41 died after a three year cancer battle. Her casket lay in state at the Alabama governor’s mansion and capitol rotunda as tributes poured in from national leaders. Funeral services are set for Sunday at St James Methodist Church with Greenwood Cemetery burial.
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Montgomery
Ala
UPI
Lurleen Wallace
Capitol
Wallace
Wallaces
Brewer
Johnson
Hubert H. Humphrey
Washington
Antly
Alabama
Raph David Abernathy
Martin Luther King Jr
St. James Methodist Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Moving sale items and Las Vegas ordinance change
A compact ad lists estate sale items from 10 cents to 400 dollars including glass, old prints, bottles and a 1960s Cavalier Cabin Cruiser with a Chevy motor. An ordinance amends Las Vegas land use maps changing zoning from R-1 to PR, passed May 6, 1968, with public notices May 8 and 15, 1968.
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E. Russell Rd
Las Vegas
Nevada
Board OF Commissioners OF
City OF
Lot & Block
McNeil
Oran K. Gragson
Obituary notices for Baylus Skidmore and Emmitts Henderson Jr.
Baylus Skidmore 61 of 2813 Sunrise died Monday. He was a millwright born March 11 1907 in Kentucky and lived here two months. Services pending in Loyall Ky with Palm Mortuary in charge. Survived by wife Dora Ellen Skidmore Las Vegas three sons Nelson of North Las Vegas Nelson of Chicago Donald Skidmore Cincinnati. Emmitts Henderson Jr 19 of 713 Jefferson died in a local hospital Friday. Culinary worker for the Mint Hotel born Oct 26 1948 in Louisiana lived here one year. Services in Bastrop La with Bunker Brothers Mortuary in charge. Survivors include parents Mr and Mrs Emmitts Henderson Sr Met Rouge La sisters Dessie Lee Walker Las Vegas Mildred Rose Marie Louise Beulah brothers Aaron Donald Larry Solomon Henderson of Louisiana.
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Skidmore
Kentucky
Loyall
Palm Mortuary
Dora Ellen Skidmore
Las Vegas
Nelson
North Las Vegas
Chicago
Donald Skidmore
Cincinnati
Ohio
Emmitts Henderson
Emmitts Henderson, Jr
Jefferson
Mint Hotel
Mr. Hendeson
Louisiana
Bastrop
Bunker Brothers Mortuary
Emmitts Henderson, Sr
Met Rouge
Dessie Lee Walker
Mildred
Rose Marie
Louise
Beulah
Aaron
Donald
Larry
Solomon Henderson
May OK Teen Dances But No Hippy Stuff
Las Vegas Authority weighs a plea from Pat Markham for funds to sponsor teen dances and psychedelic light shows to support the Nevada Southern University Art Institute. board members demand a nonprofit financial statement before granting approval while center director criticizes psychedelic elements and dress codes.
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Las Vegas
Gallery Guild
Nevada Southern University Art Institute
Authority
Phil Mirabelli
Convention Center
Rod Cox
Markham
Los Angeles Police Stop Use Of Mace
Police Chief Tom Reddin removed Mace from the LAPD approved weapons list and halted further testing by two divisions. He acted after a U S Surgeon General report warned of potential dangerous side effects from the chemical riot spray.
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Los Angeles
UPS
Tom Reddin
North Vietnam optimistic as Paris talks near start
A 20 member North Vietnamese delegation led by Col Ha Van Lao arrived in Paris to prepare for talks planned to begin Monday with the United States. Hanoi seeks to maintain fighting while exploring a halt to bombing, with Lao expressing optimism about the talks' outcome.
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Paris
UPI
Washington-Hanoi
Hanoi
North Vietnam
Ha van Lao
U.S
Uan Thuy
Tass
Thuy
Fike name selects RENO Western Nevada coordinator
Lt. Gov. Ed Fike, seeking the Republican U S Senate nomination, named Tom Hallam of Fallon as Western Nevada coordinator. Hallam is an insurance partner and a Churchill County High School government and speech instructor.
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Hallam
Fallon Insurance Agency
Churchill County High School
Poor People Marchers In Montgomery
About 250 Negro participants in the Poor People's Campaign moved toward Montgomery after a day of paying respects to the late Gov. Lurleen Wallace. Rev. Ralph David Abernathy and SCLC leaders urged progress on civil rights, with a moment of silence in Selma and stops at sites of past civil rights worker deaths along U S 80.
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Montgomery
Ala
UPI
Jefferson Davis Highway
Ralph David Abernathy
Martin Luther King
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
SCLC
Lurleen B. Wallace
Gov. Wallace
Selma
U. S. 80
Young Gragson Resigns Post Over Propriety Questions
Kenneth Gragson, son of Las Vegas Mayor Oran Gragson, resigned his $800 per month assistant post to the manager of the Las Vegas Convention Bureau. Mayor Gragson chairs the Convention Authority, the bureau’s parent body. He said he was resigning due to questions of propriety.
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Aleta E. Watson
Board of Commissioners
Stewart and
Mirabelli
Howery
Corey
Stewart
Gragson
Oran K. Gragson
Kenneth Gragson
Las Vegas
Oran Gragson
Las Vegas Convention Bureau
Convention Authority
Bureau
Young Grayson
Supreme Court Safeguards Need for Checks and Balances
The bill to remove Supreme Court review of confessions is a travesty against justice and the US Constitution. The judiciary, not lawmakers, should guard rights and resist mass emotion and executive overreach seeking to pack or control the court.
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Supreme Court
Runaway Car Collides With Storefront in Las Vegas
A 1960 Cadillac driven by Avina Allen, 55, of 2659 Van Patten Las Vegas, rammed a plate-glass storefront on Paradise Road and Flamingo, jammed into a six-foot rear corner, with passenger Johnnie Downs. Both occupants received minor injuries and were treated at Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital.
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Alvina Allen
van Patten
Las Vegas
Paradise Road
Flamingo
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JAY’ S
CL Spa Antiques
Chevy Motor
French Mirror
Reds
Lao
French Foreign Ministry
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Fike
America
Abernathy
Young Gragson
U. S
Department of Government
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Mom
Golden Rule Funeral Services
Ronald McGhie
Bunker Brothers
Woodlawn Cemetery
Lillian Gay Farmer
Edgar Best
Bunker Brothers Chapel
Memory Gardens
Mary R. McCauley Benton Funeral Home
Henderson, Kentucky
Morehouse Funeral Home
CO. Ortuary
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