Runaway youth suspected in murder spree near Apex
A 15 year old Jacob and two other youths reportedly confessed to slaying Mrs Bond during a $6 robbery while traveling with two AWOL sailors from a California base. The trio fled in a stolen 1962 Ford then abandoned it after a pursuit near Green River. Mitchell was wounded. Olszewski and the third suspect surrendered. authorities seek juvenile handling and possible Las Vegas trial.
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Albuquerque
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Oxnard
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Obituary for Verona Knight of Las Vegas
Verona Burdett Davis Knight 4 of Las Vegas died Tuesday at Sunrise Hospital from a heart attack. Funeral services set for Monday at 16 am in the LDS Chapel North Las Vegas. She born June 14 1916 in Cedar City Utah to John H and Ethel Carpenter Davis. Married Ernest J Knight July 17 1938. Survivors include husband a daughter Elsie a daughter June in Chicago a brother John Harry Davis sister Ruby Dancy mother Ethel Carpenter Edgington father Sidney and half brother Edgington Jr. of Eagle California.
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Gardena
Calif
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Los Angeles
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Plumbers Local 350 Vote On Expiring Contract Tomorrow
Plumbers union Local 350 members will vote tomorrow on a new work contract as the current agreement expires today. A strike sanction is reported if the proposal is rejected. Wages and benefits are in dispute with workers seeking a rise well above the current rate.
Kennedy at Arlington and Forrestal Gravesite Visit
President Kennedy and family toured Arlington National Cemetery including the Forrestal gravesite. A wreath was laid at the Unknowns tomb as Honor guards stood at attention and taps rang out. General Maxwell Taylor delivered the main address at the marble amphitheater nearby.
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Health Board eyes new health officer as growth looms
Dr. Fraser leaves for Hayward California and Dr. Leonard Raizin of Las Vegas is named to fill the post. The county commissioners will appoint a successor for Newcomer. Farnsworth urges a full time, well trained young director and warns against underfilling. He envisions a 470000 population by 1970 and a million by 1980 with rapid growth and high indigence.
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Hayward Calif
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Las Vegas
County Commission
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Abwen
California Leads Grim Holiday Traffic Fatalities
By Memorial Day 1959 California reported 12 deaths on highways with other states piling up tolls. A Safety Council forecast warned 40 to 550 more fatalities possible in the holiday period as fog caused a 12-vehicle wreck on the Illinois Tollway near Figg.
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Eureka Water Dispute Over Rates and Metering
The Eureka water case centers on a rate hike approved by the PSC and new metering practices. District Attorney Samford Bunce notes the prior charges were 3.50 for 7000 gallons and 0.40 per additional thousand, while the PSC allowed 8 per 5000 gallons plus 0.75 per thousand thereafter. Mrs. Hiller expects a court fight next week with optimism about the outcome.
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Samford Bunce
PSC
Thugs Beat Former U S War Secretary Harn Woodring
Two youths befriended by former U S War Secretary Harn Woodring knocked him unconscious during a home attack in Topeka. The 72 year old man suffered a possible broken hip and facial injuries. The assailants fled with cash, a liquor cabinet, and Woodring’s Cadillac after the assault. Woodring, Kansas governor in 1931 32, later served as secretary of war under Roosevelt until 1949.
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Washington
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Roosevelt
Nevada voters urged to block sales tax hike on gambling profits
A letter argues Nevada should tax gambling more and oppose a sales tax increase. It claims gambling funds state services and warns a sales tax rise would shift burden to residents and visitors, urging formation of a committee to defeat the measure and force legislative reconsideration.
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