Major Strip Hotel Strikes Target in Las Vegas Bargaining Fight
AGWA officials accuse the NRA of ignoring community welfare as hotels resist union demands. Teamsters and Culinary Workers plan pickets while hotels prepare to replace key staff to avoid a walkout. Negotiations show wage scales rising under a revised three year offer with major increases by 1971, but AGVA rejects terms and accuses the association of stalling talks.
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Nevada Resort Association
AGVA
William Campbell
AGWA
Las Vegas Faces $5 Billion False Arrest Claim
Roy J. Belsito seeks five billion dollars from the City of Las Vegas alleging a false arrest for gross intoxication at 8 30 a m April 4 at South Ninth Street and Carson Avenue claiming damages to health and character in what is described as the largest false arrest claim in the city.
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Las Vegas
Roy J. Belsito
South Ninth Street
Carson Avenue
City Commissioners Deny Hiding Deal To Sell Lorenzi Park Land
City officials deny HUD concerns over a Lorenzi Park land plan. A 60 acre park plus 20 acre sale would fund Lorenzi Park development with 620000 from sale proceeds. HUD records reportedly showed no intent to sell the 20 acres, easing tensions amid a May meeting.
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Lorenzi Park
the Sun
Art Trelease
HUD
Robert E. Boldt
Bureau of Outdoor Recreation
Trailer Men Propose City Trailer Construction Code
Southern Nevada Trailer Coach Association members drafted a city ordinance on trailer construction standards and unanimously decided to relay the copy to the news media. President Ron Richardson noted no inspection for older trailers, but stricter rules for newer models may apply. City Commissioner Jim Corey sought their help to update the city code.
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Southern
Nevada
Trailer Coach Association
SUN
Ron Richardson
Jim Corey
Association
Hanleys Court Date Delayed in 1966 murder case
District Court continued the arraignment of former gaming union leader Tom Hanley on the 1966 murder charge of Ralph Alsup for 90 days while an appeal before the Nevada Supreme Court challenges state witness testimony. Hanley, 52, is held in federal prison for a 1967 IRS agent assault and faces a Bass murder conspiracy charge. new date set for Aug 20.
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Gaming
Tom Hanley
Nevada Supreme Court
Hanley
Ralph Alsup
Harry Claiborne
Justice Court
Claiborne
Bass
California
Internal Revenue Service
Thomas O'Donnell
Nixon Names Burger To Head High Court
The President announced from the White House East Room that Warren Burger will be Chief Justice, calling the nomination the most important of his term. Mrs. Burger kissed her husband after he spoke.
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Burger
High Court
United States
White House
East Room
Mrs. Burger
GlS Take Hamburger Hill In War's Bloodiest Fight
U S commanders defend Hamburger Hill offensive and reinforce the peak near Laos with paratroopers. 517 North Vietnamese regulars killed, 55 U S dead and about 300 wounded as 101st Airborne completed the 10 day assault. The operation aimed to close North Vietnam's main infiltration corridor through the A Shau Valley, despite congressional criticism.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S
Hamburger Hill
Laos
U.S. 101St Airborne Division
A Shau
U. S
Washington
Edward F. Kennedy
D-Mass
Hill
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Glowing Craters Seen In Apollo 11 Telecast
Astronauts in orbit around the moon described glowing craters and rugged terrain from 69 miles up. The telecast showcased large old craters with battered rims and central peaks along with conical pits and boulder covered depressions. Crew members Stafford and Cernan prepared for near final checks on Snoopy before landing attempts in July at the Sea of Tranquility.
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Moon
Sea of Tranquility
Stafford
Cernan
Pioneer Vegan founder Mary Ann Mikulich dies at 72
Mary Ann Mikulich, co founder of the Las Vegas Reno Tonopah Stage Line later known as LTR, died after a brief illness at 72. She helped start the charter bus service in 1921 with her husband Sebastian and served as vice president. Rosary and Requiem Mass planned, interment at Woodlawn Cemetery. Born in Croatia in 1897, she immigrated to Las Vegas in 1913.
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Las Vegas-Reno-Tonopah
Las Vegas
Tonopah
Reno
Nevada
Mikulich
Sebastian
Frank
Sebastian Steve
Andrew Mikulich
Amelia Smith
Alice Garth
Palm Chapel
St. Joan of Are
Woodlawn Cemetery
Croatia
Yugoslavia
LTR
Commission delays decision on Wyandotte trailer rezoning near I-15
Las Vegas city commissioners postponed ruling on Richard Tam’s plan to rezone 27 acres for overnight trailer parking near Wyandotte Way and Sahara Ave. opposition numbered 117 supporters amid protests, with a June 4 deadline set for major revisions and buffer discussions.
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Wyandotte Way
Sahara Ave
Nue
Las Vegas
Richard Walsh
Richard Tam
Robert Rishling
Oran Grayson
Hughes Buys Vegas Golf Club Aims for Cham pions return and PGA link
Hughes purchases a 230 acre Las Vegas area golf facility southeast of the city with plans to bring back the Tournament of Champions. Indications point to Paradise Valley Country Club as a PGA home, while Greenspun praises Hughes possible impact and notes Hughes Tool Co liabilities.
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Las Vegas
Hughes
Paradise Valley Country Club
Professional Golfers Association
Greenspun
The
Las Vegas Sun
Klas-Tv
Channel 8
Hughes Tool Co
Oakland Protesters Stage Critique of Masons Leader
Oakland's Black residents protested Mason's leadership amid integration fears and warned of potential stifling under his guidance. Mason disclosed his resignation from the Clark County School District during a dispute over a consultant's job with a California book distributor, hastening his departure on May 12, more than a month early.
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Mason
Clark County
California
Apologies Given To LV Druggist
A missing line in yesterday's SUN led readers to think the Twin Lakes Pharmacy pharmacist was arrested for forging prescriptions. In fact the pharmacist identified the forgery and notified Las Vegas police, who arrested the three youths on the charge.
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SUN
Twin Lakes
Las Vegas
Vegas Attorney Seeks 325000 In Youths Death
Las Vegas attorney Charles Kellar will file two suits totaling 325000 over the February death of Aaron Butler Jr shot by Officer Richard Warrlow in North Las Vegas. He plans a 200000 wrongful death suit in district court against the city and a 125000 suit in federal court against the officer. The Butlers reported the incident at a city council meeting. council referred the claim to an insurance agency.
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Las Vegas
Charles Kellar
Kellar
the Sun
North Las Vegas
North Las
Aaron
Arcola Butler
Aaron Jr
Richard Warrlow
Butlers
Azbill Trial Saturday Sessions Spark Lawyer Outcry
District Judge Alvin Wartman ordered five day weeks with Saturdays in the murder trial of Sylvester J. Azbill, drawing protests from prosecutors and defense counsel who say they need weekends to prepare. Azbill, 40, is accused of the 1967 torch murder of his wife Rose Mapel Azbill. Jury selection continued as Arbill’s teenage son Brad was expected to testify. The trial could last four to six weeks.
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Sylvester J. Azbill
Azbill
Rose Mapel Azbill
Arbill
Brad
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