Rioting and Tear Gas Erupt in West Las Vegas
Police battled roving groups estimated in the thousands as tear gas was fired to stop looting and arson. Teens and adults clashed near H Owens streets with blasts of gas, rocks, and gunfire reports while looters hit Bruce s Liquors and Friendly Liquors and a 64 year old man was beaten near the Nevada Test Site.
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Hugh Cannisters
Las Vegas
UPI
Kearney Bothwell
Los Angeles
SUN
David Waite
Owens Streets
Golden West
Ari Trelease
Washington Avenue
Bruce’s Liquors
N. Revere St
Friendly Liquors
N. H St
Highland School
Nevada Test Site
Kelly Klines
W. Owens
Wonderworld West
Western Auto
Valley Drive
Sheriff's Deputies
West Side
Ron Marshall
H” Street
Owens and
Highland Streets
Bonanza Road
Highland Avenue
Lake Mead Boulevard
Jefferson and
H Streets
Bruce
Dairy Queen
H Street
Retired General Named In Gun Sales
Senate investigators charged that Maj. Gen. Carl C. Turner, retired Army top policeman, arranged to obtain confiscated firearms in Chicago and Kansas City and sold them for personal profit. Lt. Paul Duellman testified Turner selected guns at a police station for museums and training, while allegedly selling 500 unaccounted weapons to a North Carolina dealer. Turner previously led Army provost marshal duties and later served as U.S. marshal before resigning amid service club probes.
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Washington
UPI
Kansas City
Chicago
Senate
Paul Duellman
Chicago Police Department
Carl C. Turner
Duellman
Turner
U.S. Army
Phillip R. Manuel
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Manuel
North Carolina
Army
Justice Department
Service Club
William O. Wooldridge
Vietnam
United States
Creighton W. Abrams
Egyptian Jets Attack Israeli Canal Positions
Egyptian jet bombers attacked canal area positions and Egypt reports one plane lost. Israel claims 20 Egyptian warplanes intercepted. two MIG-27s and one MIG-17 were shot down. Pilots bailed into Egyptian territory. all Israeli planes returned safely. Cairo radio says all enemy positions along the canal were destroyed. The incident follows talks between Abba Eban and Pope Paul VI and marks a renewed air battle.
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Suez Canal
Israel
Egypt
Jerusalem
Israei
Cairo
Voice of the Arabs
Abba Eban
Pope Paul VI
Vatican
Middle East
Lindbergh Warns Humans and Machines Threaten Earth
Charles A. Lindbergh, veteran aviator, warns that humans and machines may destroy the environment for decades or even centuries. He quietly joins a crusade to turn the tide against such planetary damage.
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ST. Paul, Minn
UPI
Charles A. Lindbergh
Mayor attributes West Las Vegas violence to rumors not riot
Mayor Oran Grayson says unfounded rumors sparked Sunday night violence in West Las Vegas near the Golden West Shopping Center. Police presence is being increased, all leaves canceled, and community leaders will meet as investigations continue.
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Las Vegas
Oran Grayson
Golden West
Grayson
Southern Nevada Human Relations Commission
Dawson
Tactical Squad Stands By To Aid Vegas Cops
A 25 man tactical squad with a mobile command post and up to eight units waited on the West Side to assist Las Vegas Police after looting and violence erupted for a second night. Under sheriff Lloyd Bell commanded the force as officers conducted curfew sweeps and arrested anyone moving, in a four hour perimeter stance.
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Tactical Squad
Vegas
West Side
Las Vegas
Lloyd Bell
Policeman’s Wife Foils Brooklyn Bank Heist
In Brooklyn a police officer’s wife disrupted a bank robbery plot that kept a manager’s family captive overnight. Four suspects were arrested, including James Pavliskin and others after a pursuit that ended with police and FBI arrests and a staged getaway car.
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New York
UPI
Brooklyn
Robert Ward
Levittown N.Y
Ward
Theresa
Stephen
Immunization Clinic Opens at Gregory Arms Today
A monthly immunization clinic sponsored by the District Health Department opens at 9 a.m. at the Gregory Arms office, 1928 Gregory. Children aged up to 21 in Gregory Arms and nearby communities are eligible. The clinic closes at 11 a.m. Vaccinations for polio measles diphtheria pertussis tetanus and smallpox will be offered. Parents must accompany children.
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District Health Department
Gregory Arms
Gregory
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Waite
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Pine State Gun Club
Fayetteville, N.C
Israeli Canal
Lindbergh
Mayor Grayson
U.S
Lindberg
Pan American World Airways
International Union For the Conservation of Nature
Switzerland
World Wildlife Fund
Voyageurs National Park
Minnesota
Franklin Park National Bank
Queens
Julio Mello
Hosage
Staton
James Pavliskin
Vincent Mobilia
Ronald Gallagher
FBI
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