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Newspaper

Las Vegas Sun

Location

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America

Date

Oct 12, 1966

Page

5

Reynolds Heir Near Death After Propeller Injury

R. Roland Reynolds 29, heir to Reynolds Metals, was critically injured at Byrd Airport in Richmond while inspecting a twin-engine amphibian plane. He walked into the spinning propeller after starting the engines. doctors at the Medical College of Virginia Hospital said his condition was very serious and recovery unlikely.

Richmond, Va UPI R. Roland Reynolds Medical College of Virginia Hospital Reynolds Byrd Airport Ann Cecil Richmond Cecil The Medical College

Reds Massacre POWs Before Fleeing Camp

Allied coastal sweep 290 miles northeast of Saigon has killed or captured over 2,000 Communists. The prison camp’s three North Vietnamese leaders and 11 guards fled after rounding up 19 prisoners, chaining them and dumping them into a pit before blasting them with machine guns and grenades. Two executed prisoners were identified as North Vietnamese troops. others were believed South Vietnamese captives or abductees.

Saigon

Air Force witness backs Michigan senator in morals trial

Capt. Donald Osterhout testified he was intimate with Marion Lukens at a Columbus motel two years earlier, a defense move for State Sen. Bernard O'Brien who was accused of soliciting immoral acts. Lukens, a Muskingum College student, later faced separate charges that were dropped.

Lansing, Mich UPI Air Force Michigan Donald Osterhout Marion L. Lukens Columbus Ohio, Mote Lockbourne Air Force Base Bernard F. O’brien Detroit Miss Lukens Osterhout Muskingum College Ohio Lukens James Dupler

Mayor Calls Meet To End Labor Strife In LV Area

The mayor describes families uprooted and rising bankruptcies as he invokes a $6,000 yearly post to run a furniture store and urges a 20 to 30 person meeting to seek causes and corrective measures for labor-management disputes surrounding the Nevada Test Site.

Grant Sawyer

DA Claims Delay Kiss of Death For Grand Jury

Nevada district attorney Marshall attacks a judge for delaying a grand jury amid charges against North Las Vegas officials. He says postponement harms residents, warns cases, including homicides, will stall for years without a grand jury while urging residents to seek private counsel.

Las Vegas North Las Vegas Marshall

Congress Grants LBJ Power to Activate Reservists

Washington officials report Congress approved a $58 billion defense bill and granted President Johnson authority to mobilize reserve units and individual reservists for possible Viet Nam duty.

Congress LBJ Washington UPI Johnson

City Commission Faces Problem Over Insurance

City officials scrutinize a two year insurance contract begun in 1964 as premium totals and losses show gaps. Critics urge written notice on cancelation and warn Lloyds of London could be next if loss experience worsens.

City Commission Independent Association of Insurance Agents Lloyd's of London

McNamara Seeks Frontline Needs For Vietnam War

Defense Secretary Robert McNamara traveled to the front to ask U.S. troops what they require to win. He visits under tight guard as advisers report calls for more American troops and possible large scale deployment into the Mekong Delta.

Retary Robert S. McNamara U.S Mekong Delta

Atlas F ICBM boosts experimental re entry vehicle

Vandenberg Air Force Base California announced that an Atlas F Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Booster launched an experimental re entry vehicle from the base yesterday.

Vandenberg Afb Calif Air Force

Dr Sam Sheppard Seeks Venue Change for Second Trial

Dr Sam Sheppard goes into Cleveland court seeking a change of venue for his second murder trial claiming pretrial publicity could bias jurors. He argues a fair trial cannot proceed in the current location.

Sam Cleveland UPI Sam Sheppard U. S. Supreme Court Bay Village High Court Sheppard Talty Marilyn Swank Bay Village Common Pleas Roy F. McMahon McMahon Sheppards

Congress Aims for Pre Election Adjournment

Congress moves toward end of session with Johnson approving steps to adjourn by end of next week. House and Senate resolve军 military reserves issue as they seek final passage on transportation, education, antipoverty, and public works bills with a 4.1 billion pork barrel package.

Congress House Senate White House Washington UPI Johnson 89Th Congress Senate Finance Committee Department of Transportation Maritime Administration Maritime Atomic Energy Commission

LBJ Trip Seen As Sincere Effort Not Gimmick

Vice President Humphrey said Republican efforts to paint President Johnsons Pacific trip as politics fail. He expected the Manila conference trip to ease the Asian situation and help end the Viet Nam war, noting public concern crosses party lines while white backlash hurts progress in human relations.

Washington UPI Hubert H. Humphrey Johnson Pacific Humphrey Manila

Four Convicts Escape WV Penitentiary Tunnel

Four West Virginia prisoners tunneled from the state penitentiary under a massive exterior wall and surfaced through a gas filled sewer near a manhole. Officials suspect outside help as muddy tracks and prison clothing were found near the escape site. The escapees are Denzil Adkins 35, Paul Duvall 30, Elmer Riddle 38, and Roy Haines 40, each serving terms for murder robbery burglary and armed robbery respectively.

Moundsville W.va UPI State Penitentiary Denzil Adkins Paul Duvall Elmer Riddle Roy Haines

Nevada land transfer under bankruptcy review moves to Nevada

A federal bankruptcy hearing on Terrace Hotels of America Inc seeks to halt a 118 000 acre Nevada land transfer in Elko County. Referee Moriarty vacated a restraining order and postponed the show cause hearing, signaling a shift of proceedings to Nevada.

Los Angeles UPI Nevada Terrace Hotels of America Inc James E. Moriarty Terrace al. Q. C. Lum Elko County New Moriarty Terrace Hotels Reciver A. G. Bomb Jack G. Taylor Houston Tex Bumb Terrace Hotels Hawaiian-Nevada Land Co Lum Taylor John A. Lomis

Woman Killed Second Hurt in Strip Crash

A pickup plowed through oleanders into a sidewalk near a hotel, killing Mrs Wexler and injuring Mrs MacDonald and Mrs Johnson. Joseph Thomas Hestbeck, 19, of North Las Vegas, was booked for manslaughter investigation. Nevada Highway Patrol officer Les Smith investigated. deputy coroner Harvey Schnitzer reported Wexler died in an AA Ambulance en route to the hospital.

Joseph Thomas Hestbeck Flower St North Las Vegas Nevada Highway Patrol Les Smith Harvey Schnitzer Wexler

Explosion at Long Beach plant injures eight workers

Eight metal workers were burned eighty six critical after a centrifugal casting machine exploded at the Long Beach Metal Casting plant. Police say molten metal at 3 800 degrees mixed with foreign material created a gas that detonated. Six workers were hospitalized at Long Beach Memorial and two at Long Beach Community Hospital.

Long Beach Calif UPI Ralph Simonds Long Beach Memorial Hospital Long Beach Community Hospital

Fire destroys building. 12 Vargas family die in Tamaulipas

A two story warehouse in Valley Hermoso Tamaulipas Mexico burned early yesterday killing 12 members of the Vargas family who lived on the second floor. Pablo Vargas survived claiming he was the sole survivor.

Valley Hermoso Tamaulipas Mexico UPI Vargas Pablo Vargas

Chaplin Breaks Ankle While Filming Return Venture

London and UPI report Charlie Chaplin, 77, broke his right ankle after tripping on rough ground at a movie studio. The incident occurred as he worked on his first film project in nine years, according to a studio spokesman.

London UPI Charlie Chaplin

Russian space scientist denies moon landing claim

Madrid report quotes Leonidas Sedov, dubbed the Father of Sputnik, denying he ever said Russia would put a man on the moon before 1969. Sedov insists the assertion was misattributed by Pueblo newspaper.

Madrid UPI Russia Leonidas Ivanovich Sedov Pueblo

Two white men acquitted in 1964 civil rights case in Mississippi

A federal jury in Greenville Mississippi found Sam Allen Sahffer Jr and Jimmy Allen Belk of Greenwood not guilty of conspiring to intimidate a young Negro at an integrated theater in 1964. The verdict covered the beating of civil rights worker Silas McGhee as part of the case.

Greenville, Miss UPI Sam Allen Sahffer Jr Jimmy Allen Belk Greenwood Silas McGhee

Defense rests in export bombing conspiracy trial

In Buffalo federal court the defense rested in the case of two men charged with conspiring to export B26 bombers to Portugal without State Department permission. Defendants are John R. Hawke, 28, of Ft. Lauderdale and Henri De Montamarin, 58, a Paris industrialist residing in New York City.

Buffalo, N. Y UPI Portugal U. S. State Department John R. Hawke Royal Air Force Ft. Lauderdale, Fla Henri de Montamarin New York City

Eisenhower Sues Wife for Divorce in Tacoma

Edgar N. Eisenhower, 77, brother of Dwight D. Eisenhower, filed a divorce suit against Lucile Eisenhower in Tacoma Pierce County. The attorney cites a burdensome home life as the grounds.

Tacoma, Wash UPI Edgar N. Eisenhower Dwight D. Eisenhower Lucile Pierce County Eisenhower

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