Las Vegas Kidnapping Escape and School Unrest
Las Vegas real estate figure Dean Petersen escaped from captors in Reno after an $800 000 ransom demand. In Las Vegas High a large unrest disturbance injured nearly a dozen students and led to possible expulsions with a pre planned action by black students seeking racial balance measures.
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Dean Petersen
Las Vegas
Reno
Petersen
Rexford St
Joe Lisko
Carson City
Lisko
Westward Ho
Las Vegas Strip
Lawyers
S. Third St
Las Vegas High School
Frazier Hall
Clark County
Dunes Hotel
Mary
Faye Johnson
Johnson
Las Vegas’s Early Struggles Under Mayor Baker
C D Baker steered Las Vegas through a rough era when the city faced rising gaming interests and rough applicants. He barred hoodlums from the Strip, supported strict policing, and clashed with county officials to protect the town’s economy and future. Florence Baker’s life and her public service were noted by oldtimers who worked with Baker.
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C. D Baker
Bunker Brothers Chapel
Florence Baker
C. D
Florence
Harry Levy
Baker
George von Tobel
Don Ashworth
John Moran
Butch Leypoldt
Cliff Jones
Will Be Journalist Perfect Five Year Record For SUN
Teen newspaperboy Doug Pashard 14 and 608 North Bruce delivers SUN to 90 subscribers with no complaints over five years. He saved 700 while bank half, aims to be a journalist after school. He edits Troup 77 Homesite Baptist Chuck Scout paper and worked two years on Roy Martin Hoofbeat paper. He holds a B average and enjoys sports.
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Doug Pashard
Doug
North Bruce
SUN
Troup 77
Homesite Baptist Chuck
Roy Martin
Weather Summary Card
Partly cloudy with gentle winds 15 to 30 mph. Today's high 75 and low 55. Yesterdays high 83 and low 56. Noon humidity 15 percent. Sunrise 6 43. Sunset 6 12.
Woman 70 Perishes In Trailer Fire
County firemen and sheriffs investigators seek the cause of a mobile home blaze that fatally burned Betty Combs about 70, a hotel maid, who lived at 2182 N Pecos St with her dog and two cats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Combs
Pecos St
Father helps son assess car loan in Ginott excerpt
An 18-year-old named Richard proposes buying a car with a bank loan. His mother opposes, but his father reviews the finances with him and agrees the purchase is unaffordable even with summer earnings. The scene ends with a plan to discuss further details.
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Haim G. Ginott
Macmillan Company
Newsdays
Richard
Nixon Fires Hershey As Draft Boss
President Nixon dismissed Lt. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey as director of the Selective Service System five days before a planned antiwar protest. Hershey, 76, was promoted to assistant to the President for manpower mobilization and will help implement a stand by draft system as the nation moves toward an all volunteer force.
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Washington
SPL
Lewis B. Hershey
Nixon
White House
Hershey
Indiana National Guard
Pancho Villa
Ronald Ziegler
Ziegler
Canada
Congress
Woman Pleads Innocent In East Las Vegas Shooting
Renee Michelle Breeden aged 19 pleaded innocent to a murder charge in the Aug 28 shooting death of an Anchorage man at an East Las Vegas trailer. A pretrial date was set for Dec 8 after a postponed Sept 28 arraignment.
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Renee Michelle Breeden
Anchorage, Alaska
Las Vegas
Miss Breeden
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Steey
Hank Greenspun
C. D. Baker
George Albright
Ray Sheffer
Moran
Sheffer
Baker’s
Econom
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SUN Carrier
E. Douglass Pushard
N. Bruce Street
the Sun
Russell
DR. Ginott
Ann Landers
Ode Comics
PRPC
Ralph Pearl Sheen
Jimmy Snyde
Showtime
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