Vegas Strip’s Expansion Overcrowds by Year
The piece notes rapid growth in Las Vegas hotels and casinos, with Strip venues expanding to many times their original sizes. It mentions parking strain, 24 hour building, and the Sahara complex adding upstairs eateries. It also references local services for gardeners and a family announcement of Milan Petkovich’s new baby boy.
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HOWDY
L.V
Sahara
Don
B.P
League
G.C
Yvonne
Sahara Keno
Milan Petkovich
Milan
Don's
Tonopah Highway
Thunderbird Field
Tax Tensions Push Voters Toward Sales Tax Yes
The piece condemns oppressive tax enforcement and waste in government while opposing new levies. It argues low income families face hardship from taxes on essentials, yet stresses funding for schools and hospitals may require voter approval of a sales tax. The editorial cautions against delaying revenue but urges a reluctant yes to support needed services.
Penkovsky Executed in Moscow Cellar, Claims Lie Unconfirmed
The Supreme Court of the USSR reportedly sentenced Penkovsky to death for high treason. He allegedly was executed at Lubyanka prison with a single bullet in the back of the head. Penkovsky, a former army colonel, pleaded he was led astray by a life of privilege and Paris parties. Wynne met yesterday with the British consul general for an hour, but details were not released.
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Supreme Court of the Ussr
Penkovsky
Moscow
Lubyanka
Russia
Paris
Wynne
Nuclear tests planned at Nevada site prompt funding request
Bible states funds are sought for range projects and definite testing plans at the Tonopah facility through fiscal 1968. Additional Tonopah programs would grow from full scale nuclear tests scheduled at the Nevada Test Site. The authorization request is before the joint congressional committee on atomic energy and would go to the Senate Appropriations subcommittee on atomic energy for actual appropriation approval.
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Bible
Nevada
Joint Congressional Committee On Atomic Energy
Senate Appropriations Sub-Committee On Atomic Energy
Cooper Completes 22 Orbits in Space Flight to Moon Timeline
Cooper finishes a day and a half in orbit with 22.9 completed revolutions. The critical phase arrives for retro rocket firing southeast of Kyushu Japan with a 15 item checklist from Mercury Control Center relayed by John Glenn. Cooper confirms each instruction and maintains normal heartbeat as manual reentry control is performed after loss of automatic guidance.
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Cooper
America
Kyushu
Japan
Mercury Control Center
John H. Glenn
Pacific
John
Glenn
US Airlines Accused of Discriminatory Fare Policies
A wartime U.S. official claimed two American carriers would discriminate by country in fare policies. He argued Britain and Switzerland could retaliate by pulling landing rights or impounding aircraft if the airlines refused IATA forced schedules.
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Britain
Switzerland
U.S
Soviet press highlights Cooper flight woes and Mars-1.
Izvestia described the space cabin image as so poor Americans could not see Cooper’s face and noted a failed Europe transmission. It reported cabin temperature rising sharply after the first orbit, threatening the flight, while Tass and Moscow radio emphasized a 1,200 word communique on Mars-1 space station.
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Izvestia
Cooper
Europe
U.S
Tass
Moscow Radio
Castro Ends Tour in Moscow Meetings With Khrushchev
Fidel Castro finished a tour of Soviet provinces and was set for further talks with Nikita Khrushchev in Moscow. The Cuban premier’s stops highlighted Moscow ties and economic exchanges amid ongoing travel.
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Moscow
UPI
Fidel Castro
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Kennedy enjoys decorating new home while awaiting baby
The First Lady oversees her Atoka Mountain home project rows, says she is dieting with a loose look. Designer Oleg Cassini creates maternity shows as the nation’s top style icon. She receives many congratulatory and request letters, mostly from Europe, especially French. End of June brings a Hyannis Port summer, then a return to Washington for the baby.
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Mountain
Atoka
Oleg Cassini
Kennedy
White House
Europe
Washington
Clergy Leader Denounces Segregation and Cold War Threats
The speaker condemns all white suburban resistance to integration naming Deerfield Illinois and Birmingham Alabama as examples. He links housing bans to moral decay and warns of a dangerous flow of Black migrants along with a call for a peaceful, anti militarist global movement.
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Scott
Chicago
Deerfield
Birmingham
Kremlin
Pope John
Classified listing roundup with housing and autos
Multiple classified items list houses for sale and rent plus mobile homes for sale and autos. Entries include Lae to Classify fLTC CL 17-HOUSES FOR SALE with 3 bedroom family room, two baths, cost details and contact 384-0216, plus Sherwood Park lots and apartment rentals. Also ads for Las Vegas Trailer Sales listings with mobile homes, prices, addresses, and phone numbers.
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Griffith
Shasta
Las Vegas
Fremont St
Harold
Hacienda Ave
Paradise Gardens
el Camino
Main St
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California
Vegas
RED Playboy
Perel Am An
Larkin Service, Inc
US Airlines
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Kennedys
Tltc CL
Best Mater
Fred Bakeman
Tae Falace Moe
Ac Mae
Sarre
Boyy
Hhisenant
Childre Foster
N. 3Rd St
Downtown
Penney's
A Fine Watch and
Fremont
Lake Mead Blvd
Colle
Paradise Valley
Ol Electric
Tropicana
Sandhill
TLTC
Sherwood Park
Lynwood Drive
Apts
6Th St
Aoe
Ennneenemnae Tltc
College Inn Trailer Park
E. College
Angelus
L. St
Philco Bendix
Chrysler
National
Henderson
Nashua
GMC
Malin St
Norleston
Volkswagen
Sunland Motors
Fremont Street
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