Agent defends county health policy amid bid for new carriers
Maurice Gedance of Pacific National Assurance, insurer for Clark County staff, rebuts a Las Vegas SUN article as misleading and calls for a state insurance probe. He notes the carrier has run the plan since 1967 and explains a proposed 15 percent rate increase tied to an unfavorable claims ratio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Gedance
Pacific National Assurance Company of
San Francisco
Clark County
Saturday Sun
Gedance
Louis Mastos
SUN
Mastos
Pacific National
James Y. Banner
The
Claims Office
Insurance Commissioner
Apollo 10 crew near lunar path with lighthearted TV display
Apollo 10 astronauts Stafford Young and Cernan celebrate midway in their eight day moon voyage. They stage a televised comedy and a Sinatra song while preparing for a lunar orbit and the planned July Apollo 11 landing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas P. Stafford
John W. Young
Eugene A. Cernan
Cernan
Stafford
Snoopy
Young
Charlie Brown
Lunar
Memo to Hank Delayed by Deskin Vacation
Ruthe Deskin is on vacation and her usual Memo to Hank column will not appear today. It will resume upon her return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruthe Deskin
Hank
Jury Selection Begins in Azbill Murder Trial
Jury selection started in District Court for the murder case of Sylvester J. Azbill, accused of the 1967 torch murder of his wife Rose Mapel Azbill. Judge Wartman ordered a locked jury for a four week trial. eight jurors seated, nine excused for cause, with debates over death-penalty and pretrial publicity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Azbill
Sylvester J. Azbill
Ray Little
Louis Wiener
John Manzonie
Clark County Book Contract Figure Out
Darrel Simpson, president of Educational Marketing and Research, Inc., was terminated after the Clark County School District canceled a four year contract worth about $1 million for a lecce book order. Former Clark County Superintendent James Mason had signed the agreement and admitted receiving $650 in consulting fees. Mason has since left the district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark County
Darrel Simpson
California
Board of Directors
Darrel P. Simpson
Educational Marketing and Research, Inc
Norris Bishton, Jr
la Jolla
Calif
James Mason and
Simpson
Mason
EMR
Services Set For Victims Of Rash Of Auto Accidents
Funeral services are arranged for two of three victims from two separate late Sunday crashes. Robert Lockette, 15, Boulder City High football player, will be buried Friday at Grace Community Church, Boulder City. Infant James Wilson, son of James and Mrs. Wilson of East Las Vegas, dies in the same collision with services Friday at Palm Cemetery Henderson. The another driver Bert Ethridge of Odessa Texas is not listed. four others remain in serious condition at Boulder City Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Lockette
Boulder City
Grace Community Church
James Wilson
James O. Wilson
Randall Drive
Las Vegas
Palm Cemetery
Henderson
Boulder City Hospital
ABM Controversy Surges Over Defense Shield Plan
Defense Secretary Clark Clifford notes ABM deployment sparked deep national debate as Congress backs Sentinel with 963.6 million for 17 sites around major cities. Critics tie ABM funding to Vietnam opposition and concerns about the military industrial complex.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Defense
Clark M. Clifford
Johnson
Congress
Sentinel
Weather Forecast Warm and Sunny With Warm Winds
Mostly sunny with southerly winds. Today’s high near 90 and low around 66. Yesterday’s high 96, low 64. Noontime humidity 9 percent. Sunrise 5 31, sunset 7 43.
Newark Riots After Police Shoot 17-Year-Old
More than 1,000 angry residents swarmed streets and rooftops in Newark after Patrolman Charles Knox shot and killed Dexter Johnson 17 who had been in a station wagon that struck a police car. Police said Johnson grappled with the officer as he fled. Four injuries and nineteen arrests reported as white store owners were beaten and shops looted. The South Ward saw tense protests near the site of July 1967 riots. Police later reduced patrols as calm returned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
N.J
UPI
Dexter Johnson
Johnson
Charles Knox
Labor Contract Talks Set In Las Vegas
Representatives of the American Guild of Variety Artists and the Nevada Resort Association planned a meeting today to resolve labor issues. A contract for showgirls and dancers on the Las Vegas Strip remains unsigned after six weeks with eighteen points outstanding. The union accuses Strip hotels of reneging on the agreement while management resists further concessions. Penny Singleton of AGWA will join talks after arriving in Las Vegas later this week. she is currently in Washington, D.C. aiding ice follies negotiations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Guild of Variety Artists
Nevada Resort Association
Las Vegas Strip
Penny Singleton
AGWA
Las Vegas
Washington, D.C
Vietnam battle on Hamburger Hill mirrors World War II
U S paratroops reinforced by hundreds fought up the 3000 foot Hamburger Hill near the A Shau Valley but failed to take the peak from North Vietnamese forces. The struggle left 28 North Vietnamese dead, two American paratroopers dead and 19 wounded. About 600 U S soldiers and 1st Infantry troopers were dropped around the summit to drive out bunkers and secure control.
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Saigon
VPS
U.S
Hamburger Hill
A Shau
U.S. 101St Airborne Division
South Vietnam
1St Infantry Division
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Westbrook Pegler
Nevada
George McAferty
Bakersfield
McAferty
Maverick Truck Stop
Las Vegas Blvd
Highway Aptrolmen
Sunfoto
Widener
Hank Greenspun
Arbill
Rancho Circle
Mary Manning
Inuhe Sun
Eeaer
TE Coomeng
Sos
Dessa Vedineves
Ralph Pearl Poop
Society
SONY
Snaenpesdeve Repens
Lockette Is the Son
Mrs
Emory Lockette
Eighth St
Lockette
Lake Shore Road
Boulder Beach
Bert Ethridge
Odessa
Tex
Wilson
Ledgar Prina
Copley News Service
Robert S. McNamara
Clifford
Cessor
Vietnam
South Ward
Central Ward
Dominick Spina
Dong Ap Bia
North Vietnam
Laos
Europe
Col. J. B. Conmy Jr
Pembina, N.C
Fremont
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