Spacemen Turn TV Stars On Moon Trip
Apollo 10 pilots Stafford and Cernan prepare for lunar orbit while TV viewers see sketches in space. They monitor midcourse in Earth orbit as Pravda and Tass cover the mission, and preparations for Apollo 11’s July 20 landing continue with Snoopy and Charlie Brown rendezvous plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Brown
Cernan Cernan
Barbara
Houston
U.S
Earth
Moon
Lunar
Pravda
Tass
Moscow Radio
Stafford
United States
Neil Armstrong
Edwin F. Aldrin
Cernan
Young
Pollon
Pacific Ocean
Pago Pago
Hamburger Hill Reverberates With World War II Echoes
Reports from Vietnam describe intensified fighting near Hamburger Hill where US soldiers face heavy fire and casualties. UPI notes more than 50 Americans and 250 North Vietnamese killed since May 11, with weekly totals rising in Saigon and Tuy Hoa, as B52s strike and terrorists attack civilian targets.
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UPI
David Lamb
Hamburger Hill
Saigon
U.S
Red
College Students Rampage Across California and DC Protests
About 20 George Washington University students seized the liberal arts building after protests over suspensions related to last month’s Sino Soviet building takeover. At Stanford, 200 demonstrators blocked roads near the Stanford Research Institute. police broke up three groups with few arrests and a restraining order issued. At Santa Cruz UC, 300 to 400 students backed Berkeley protesters at People’s Park demanding National Guard withdrawal, park access, amnesty, and park return to street people.
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Liberal Arts
George Washington University
Washington, D. C
Stanford University
Palo Alto
Calif
Stanford
Stanford Research Institute
The
Research Institute
Central Services
University of California
Santa Cruz
People's Park
Berkeley
National Guard
North City Hikes Pay Hires Cops
North Las Vegas approves adding 15 police officers over six months and raises all city employees' salaries by 100 per month except elected officials. City Manager Clay Lynch, serving as bargaining agent, says December review will consider further increases after cigarette tax and gaming revenues rise. First five hires start July, then September and November. Recruitment begins immediately.
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North Las Vegas
Clay Lynch
Lynch
Wild West Not So Wild Now During Helldorado Days
Las Vegas police vice officers arrested 13 persons on prostitution charges during Helldorado Days. A 16 year old high school sophomore was among those picked up on Fremont Street after marked money was supplied by officers.
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Las Vegas
Tr. John Sleeper
Fremont Street
Last Rites For Auto Victims Set
Funeral services are pending for George Mc Aferty 46 Bakersfield Calif killed when his car hit a parked truck and trailer near Maverick Truck Stop Las Vegas. Victims include wife Gerday 29 Kayla Hill 16 and Gladys Wilson 58. The crash occurred when Mc Aferty’s car struck the rear of a Salt Lake City owned truck.
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Gerday
Wilson
Gladys Wilson
Kayla Hill
Balboa Ave
Las Vegas
Palm Mortuary
George McAferty
Bakersfield
Calif
Maverick
Las Vegas Blvd
North
McAferty
Keith Brinkerhoff
Salt Lake City
Utah
Light Plane Crash Near Desert Observers Locate Aboard
The brown and yellow Cessna crash landed in Sandy Valley after taking off to watch dune buggy races near the California Nevada border. Pilot Russell Calvin of Henderson and two passengers were aboard. Donna Lowrence was injured and hospitalized while Roger Farrell of Las Vegas, initially missing, walked out and was later found about ten miles from the crash.
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Sandy Valley
Civil Air Patrol and Sheriff's Department
Russell Calvin
Henderson
Jean
Donna Lowrence
Roger Farrell
Las Vegas
Farrell
Desert
Mountain Pass
California-Nevada
Labor Talks Set In Southern Nevada Negotiations
Harold Shulman general counsel of AGVA is in Southern Nevada to spearhead negotiations with union groups. AGVA officials reportedly met yesterday with Central Labor Council officials to discuss terms and duties.
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AGVA
Harold Shulman
Nevada
Central Labor Council
Youth Shot Tense Scene In Newark
In Newark a tense confrontation escalated after a youth crashed a station wagon into a police car. John Knox and a 17 year old Raymond Boon fled, Knox fired a revolver, and a bystander named Knox shot one youth, Johnson, as violence erupted including looting and tear gas introduction to protect shops.
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Spina
Johnson
Raymond Boon
Knox
Martland Medical Center
Boon
Alma Wilson
Newark City
Azbill Trial Jury Underway in Nevada Case
The Azbill case moves forward as jurors consider first degree arson and murder charges. The Nevada Supreme Court threw out a grand jury indictment for lack of stated cause of death. The trial will hinge on death cause and will feature the defendant’s 13 year old son as a key state witness. Prosecutors George Franklin and Ray Jeffers are expected to lead the final case.
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Nevada Supreme Court
Arbill
Justice Court
Atty
George Franklin
Ray Jeffers
Book Contract Figure Out
Clark County school board cancels FEMA book contract while seeking clear answers. Questions focus on conflict of interest bond money use and EMR sole-source status for book sales and leases. Attorney General Harvey Dickerson says bond funds from the $59 million issue approved last May could be used to buy books for new schools.
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Oakland
Calif
Clark County
FEMA
EMR
Attr
Harvey Dickerson
Israeli Jets Hit Jordanian Positions Near Dead Sea
Israeli jets attacked Jordanian positions north of the Dead Sea to silence artillery fire after Jordan opened fire on Israeli posts at the southern end of the Jordan River Valley. Jordan said civilian targets were hit including a car and agricultural machinery, causing casualties. Jordan and Israeli forces clashed across the cease-fire line, while Damascus prepared a new government announcement with anti Communist members.
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Israel
Dead Sea
Tel Aviv
Jordan
Jordan River
Allenby Bridge
Amman
Karamah
Kureimah
Damascus
Syria
Nevada Highway Fatality Identifies Victim McHahon
Nevada Highway Patrol named the unidentified man killed Friday night as William Howard McHahon of 201 West St. Louis Avenue. He and Charles Londros, 48, of Dracul Massachusetts, were struck by a car driven by Nancy T. Clary of 511 East Sahara Avenue as they stepped from the curb at Sahara and Sherwood. Both were thrown about 50 feet. McHahon lacked ID, hindering immediate identification.
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Nevada Highway Patrol
William Howard McHahon
W. St. Louis Ave
Charles Londros
Dracul
Mass
Sahara Avenue
Sherwood Street
Nancy T. Clary
EF. Sahaar Ave
McHahon
County Insurance Carrier Debate Stirs Clark County
Clark County officials defend Pacific National as county group insurer after the SUN reported complaints. The county treasurer and health official note the firm’s low premium and broad coverage while countering claims of poor service. One death-benefit case is cited with timely payout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Galloway
Sam Pell
Sheriff's Department
Ray Gubser
Kyle Pace
Cecil Newcomn
County Health Department
Jack J. Adams
District Attorney's Office
Pacific National
The
SUN
Gedance
Clark County
Banner
Las Vegas
Howard Hughes
Blue Cross
Irene Voss
Anti-Missile Debate Rises Over Safeguard Plan
The ABM debate widens as Nixon moves to halt Sentinel sites and back Safeguard. Laird and Agnew lobby for the system while opposition groups, led by former Kennedy aides and civic coalitions, push to suspend deployment before key Senate votes.
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Pentagon
ABM
Safeguard
U.S
Washington, D. C
National Command Center
United States
Sentinel
Senate
National Citizens Committee
Eugene McCarthy
Robert F. Kennedy
Arthur Goldberg
U.N
Johnson
Roswell Gilpatric
Defense
Kenney and
Whitney Young Jr
The
Urban League
Arjay Miller
Ford Motor Corp
Soviet Union
Amony
Friends Committee On National Legislation
Americans For Democratic Action
Committee For An Effective Congress
New Democratic Coalition
Republican Ripon Society
United Mine Workers
United Auto Workers
National Committee For A Sane
Congress
Laird
Spiro T. Agnew
Wiliam P. Rogers
Army
McNamara
Kennedy
Washington
Nixon
Aged Man Struck By Luxury Car In North Las Vegas
A 90 year old man hobbling with crutches crossed Las Vegas Boulevard North at Oxford Street and was seriously injured after being struck by a late model luxury car driven by a Vegas Transit bus driver. Armsted Richardson, 1849 Roseville Court, had multiple fractures including a left leg compound fracture and underwent surgery at Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital. The driver Forest Salyer, 53, of 2735 Burnham Street, was arrested on a felony drunken driving charge.
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Las Vegas Boulevard
Oxford Street
Las Vegas
Armsted Richardson
Roseville Court
Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital
Forest Salyer
Burnham St
Salyer
Vegas Transit
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Bruce McCandless
Vietnam
Tuy Hoa City
California
Capital
United Press International
Berkeley Calif
Harold F. Bright
North City
Newark
Azbill
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