Tension Rises in Watts Riot After Rock-Throwing Incident
An NBC car was damaged as rock throwing erupts in Watts. Police withdraw from the area while guarding against sniper fire and amid a separate fatal shooting of Ronald Perkins, a 20 year old Los Angeles robbery suspect. Witness Mary Jones testifies at the Deadwyler inquest recalling a cold blooded shooting, as crowds fill the county courthouse and guard units monitor the situation.
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Da Nang Pagoda Battle and Hue Blockade Rally Vietnam Crisis
Fighting around Da Nang Buddhist pagodas kills at least five and wounds 68 amid a government effort to crush rebel forces. Ky threatens force, Viet Cong offers aid to anti government factions, Hue suffers fuel shortages and unemployment as authorities move to regain control.
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Gambling tax study gains broad Nevada support
Southern and Northern Nevada gamblers back a comprehensive gaming industry study to assess higher taxes. Gabriel Vogliotti and Charles Munson call for disclosure of all figures and oppose hiring a national firm, urging government to lead the survey with full transparency.
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Thomas Speaker At Jewish Appeal Dinner In Las Vegas
A star studded Las Vegas gathering at the Sands Hotel hosted the First Annual Dinner of the Combined Jewish Appeal. Speakers included David Schoenbrun and Rabbi Max Nussbaum with surprise guest Danny Thomas urging continued donations. The event highlighted last year’s aid enabling 30 000 Jews from Europe to reach Israel.
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Electionagency pays staff to run polls sparking cost debate
A spokesman said the board will cover out of pocket and overtime expenses for election staffing, arguing no written commitment from the election department was needed. He noted the transfer is simply moving funds between two county agencies and can be done informally by phone.
Gambling Tax Debate Shapes 1967 Legislative Outlook
The Legislature debates a gambling tax to replenish the general fund with an estimated 4 million annual revenue. The measure follows 16.6 million in gambling receipts last year and faces a stalled session as a study proposal advances. Speaker Swackhamer targets adjournment by next Wednesday amid pay and per diem cuts, while lawmakers back Gov. Sawyer education and prison plans.
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William Swackhamer
Battle Mountain
Embezzlement Suspect Captured in Chicago
Nancy Jenco accused of taking 18,897 dollars in cash from the First National Bank of Nevada South Boulevard Branch Las Vegas where she worked as a teller from November 1964 until her disappearance June 2 1965. FBI said she was captured yesterday in Chicago. Dean Elson FBI Las Vegas said audit showed the missing cash.
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Special Session Briefs highlight school bus fees and patrol funding
Ten Clark County assemblymen backed a bill letting local districts charge bus riders, with indigent students exempt. Other items include a proposed Nevada highway patrol expansion to 190 by 1970, a $287,000 hire-cost request, a $70,000 vocational center cut, and Gov. Sawyer urging counties to join a federal medical care program for the poor, Clark County leading in potential federal aid.
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Grant Sawyer
Quentin Emery
White Pine County
Brezhnev Warns U S Escalation Will Harden Hanoi Aid
In Vladivostok Brezhnev pledged continued Soviet support for Viet Nam as the U S escalates the war. He warned that Western aggression would meet militant solidarity from Socialist countries. Thousands of Young Pioneers marched in Moscow with pro Communist messages.
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Mom and Teens Guilty in Torture Death Case
In Indianapolis a jury found Gertrude Baniszewski 38 guilty of first degree murder in the torture death of Sylvia Likens 16. Her daughter Paula 18 was found guilty of second degree murder and son John 13 along with two 15 year old neighbors were convicted of manslaughter.
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Sylvia Likens
Baniszewski
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Yorty Accuses Brown of Pleasing Communists in Sacramento
Los Angeles Mayor Samuel Yorty accused Governor Edmund G Brown of currying favor with the Communists. He told about 100 members of the Sacramento 20 30 Club that Brown advocated abolition of the House Un American Activities Committee and that pleased them. He said Brown’s stance was like throwing a bone to the communists.
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Los Angeles
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Cleveland surgeon performs first mitral valve transplant
Dr. Earle B. Kay at St. Vincent Charity Hospital in Cleveland led a groundbreaking operation replacing Mrs. Raymond G. Wilmer's mitral valve with a small aortic valve. Wilmer, a 47 year old Parma resident, had rheumatic heart disease and was discharged about six weeks earlier and reports feeling fine. The valve came from a recently established human heart valve bank at St. Vincent's.
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Navy Doctor Replants Sailor's Severed Arm Aboard Carrier Hancock
In Saigon the Navy announced a five hour operation aboard the 7th Fleet carrier Hancock successfully replanted the nearly severed arm of Seaman James H. Wolff of Portland Oregon. Surgeon Lt Joseph Farrell led the procedure after Wolff was injured while guiding a winch line that fouled and pulled him into the equipment.
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No Progress In Greyhound Strike Talks
Federal mediators reported no real progress in six hours of talks between Greyhound and the Amalgamated Transit Union, with both sides sticking to their positions. The strike affected about 5,000 workers across 11 states including California, Oregon, Washington, and Texas, over wages and fringe benefits.
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Celler Criticises Warren’s Jury Discrimination Bill Critique
Chairman Emanuel Celler said Chief Justice Earl Warren’s remarks on anti bias jury bills are unusual and unseemly for judges to comment on legislation. He spoke as hearings opened on the measures in Washington.
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UPI
Emanuel Celler
House Judiciary Committee
Earl Warren
New York Democrat
China refuses to begin Viet Nam peace talks
Chinese Foreign Minister Chen Yi told a Manila Times reporter that Communist China will never initiate negotiations on Vietnam. He said a Chinese negotiated settlement would be tantamount to surrender and betrayal of North Vietnam.
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Bosch Reverses Retirement Call in Dominican Election
Ex president Juan Bosch ends his threat to quit the presidential race as tensions ease after the government shows readiness to calm political unrest. Troops are placed on alert and a special commission is created to probe harassment complaints ahead of the June 1 vote.
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UPI
Juan Bosch
Bosch
Space Chief Webb Says US Trails Soviet Space Power
NASA head James E Webb told a Senate subcommittee the United States trails the Soviet Union in space power by about two years and cannot close the gap in the 1967 fiscal year starting July 1. He warned that any major Apollo setback could jeopardize a 1969 moon landing. Webb cited Atlas Agena failure as delaying the pre Apollo Gemini program and called the budget stringent with no back up or margins.
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