Las Vegas land deals tied to public officials conclude series
Sun exclusive ends with two adjoining 40 acre parcels sold to a corporation led by a major Las Vegas developer and a public employee's partial ownership of another 40 acre tract. Officials named include Richard Saver Donald Saylor and Clarence Heckethorn along with two Las Vegas businessmen. Multiple deeds dated January 3 and 4, 1963 detail parcel A to D and a Washington Avenue front parcel.
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Las Vegas Area
the Sun
On Corporation
Freeter
Las Vegas
Em Ves
Los Vegas
Nevada Industrial Commission
Clarence Heckethorn
Carson City
SUN
Washington Avenue
Smoke Ranch Road
College Avenue
Lake Mead Boulevard
Truman Dinner Plans Spark Local Publicity Drive
Editor recalls Las Vegas figures promoting Harry S Truman for a Champion of Human Rights Award at a Flamingo Hotel dinner. Ant Defamation League sponsors the event with Carl Cohen Harry Levy Mel Moss and Mrs Kay Wallerstein seeking newspaper stories. The piece references a past Los Angeles Press Club moment with presidents invited to speak.
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Bill Willard
Las Vegas
The
Ant Defamation League
Truman
Carl Cohen
Harry Levy
Mel Moss
Kay Wallerstein
Flamingo Hotel
Willard
Press Club
Los Angeles
Sid Hughes
L.A
Bevo Means
Herald-Express
Gib Brush
Old
Daily News
Sid
Rockefeller Seeks GOP Nom In Do Or Die Bid
Gov. Nelson Rockefeller announces on national TV his bid for the Republican presidential nomination and heads to New Hampshire to confront front runner Barry Goldwater. He faces scrutiny over his divorce and remarriage as he pursues the White House. Khrushchev says Soviet blockade of a Berlin bound convoy was deliberate to test nerves and warns war could have broken out if the U.S. had pressed through. The U.S. Britain and France issue identical protests to Moscow demanding end to interference.
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N.Y
UPD
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New Hampshire
John D. Rockefeller
Richard M. Nixon
Barry Goldwater
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Moscow
UPI
Nikita S$. Khrushchev
Soviet Union
U.S
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United States
Britain
France
Kremlin
Russia
Nevada work to diversify economy away from gambling
Sawyer toured with Southern Nevada Industrial Foundation in Houston to woo industry. He spoke in New Orleans and Houston about Nevada’s image problem and said gambling does not dominate the state’s economy or politics, stressing diversification and safeguards for workers as industry moves in.
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Sawyer
Houston
Southern Nevada Industrial Foundation
SNIF
New Orleans
Nevada
Nhu Urges Viet Nam Heirs to Call in Rome Cable
Mme Ngo Dinh Nhu, in Beverly Hills, requests her three youngest children phone her immediately via a Rome cable to Archbishop Ngo Dinh Thuc. She plans to stay in Southern California, moving to a private Bel Air residence announced by a Beverly Wilshire Hotel spokesman.
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Calif
UPI
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Ngo Dinh Nhu
Rome
Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Thuc
Ecumenical Council
Mme. Nhu
Beverly Wilshire
Allen Chase
Bel-Air
California
Weather Update Cloudy With Showers And Mild Winds
Cloudy today with showers and southwest wind 15 to 23 mph. High near 65 and low around 50. Yesterday's high 74 and low 53. Noon humidity 31 percent. Sunrise at 6 09, sunset at 4 39.
Exile group charges fake Cuban revolt with U S and Soviet aid
An exile group claims a phony revolt is planned to pave the way for U S recognition of a new Communist Cuban regime without Fidel Castro. A nationwide mail referendum is announced to choose non political leaders to free Cuba. The group says Castro and Raul would be removed from the new government lineup.
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Miami
UPI
U.S
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Carlos Pino Socarras
Castro
Raul
Tail o the Pup seeks poker addition in North Las Vegas
The Nevada State Gaming Control Board plans to study Walter and Sylvia Graham’s bid to add a poker game to Tail O The Pup in North Las Vegas alongside their existing slot license. Also on the agenda is a proposed 85 percent purchase of Carson City Nugget by seven investors led by Robert Stephen Boise auto dealer. The plan includes Ludwig Stephen, G Ryad Miller, and four Nugget employees investing to acquire 30 percent.
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Walter
Sylvia Graham
Las Vegas
Carson City
Robert Stephen
Boise Auto
Ludwig
G. Ryad Miller
Claude Hinkley
Andrew Ward
Lenvel Thurman
Joseph Belford
Baker Assisted Vegas Interests In Indies Talks
A Las Vegas figure said Bobby Baker helped arrange talks on casino ventures in Curacao and the Dominican Republic. Clifford Jones, a former Nevada lieutenant governor, described Baker as cooperative and noted Baker connected Fremont Hotel President Edward Levinson with Intercontinental Hotels during the discussions. An unnamed Pan Am spokesman and Las Vegas entrepreneur Jake Kozloff were also involved.
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Bobby
Clifford Jones
Nevada
Las Vegas
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Democratic Majority
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Curacao
Dominican Republic
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Fremont Hotel
Edward Levinson
Intercontinental Hotels
Pan American World Airways
Star Story
Pan Am Las
Committee Set to Hire Top Counsel
The Senate Rules Committee agreed to hire a non-government chief counsel to oversee the Bobby Baker investigation. It also assured Republicans of a full role in probing the activities of the former Democratic Senate official, Robert G. Baker, who held the $19,600 post as Senate Democratic secretary before resigning.
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UPI
Senate Rules Committee
Bobby Baker
Senate
Robert G. Baker
Baker
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Bobby) Baker
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