City Launches Full Scale Probe Into Bail Bondsmens Activities
Las Vegas authorities opened a city wide inquiry into bail bondsman Embry and others after a 1960 debt of 10 750 was cited. Acting Mayor Whipple pressed the council for action and a 10 day deadline or Embry bonds would be barred from the city court and his license could be revoked.
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Bill Embry
Las Vegas
City Commission
Embry
W.L Fletcher
George Ogilvie
Reed Whipple
Commission
Sid Whitmore
Whipple
Phil Mirabelli
Mirabelli
Column Not Filed By Publisher Hank Greenspun
The usual column by Hank Greenspun is not appearing as he is out of town with an unknown destination. No column is published today due to his absence.
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Hank Greenspun
Stilut
Fireworks At Lawmakers Session Spark Debate
The eight member Legislative Commission meets to review reports on lease purchase financing of the employment security department building amid Republican accusations of debt-limit impact. Also on the agenda is the governor’s office audit and the pay stoppage of legislative counsel Elmo DeWhitt, with questions about his overpayment.
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Employment Security Department
Carson City
Richard Ham
Grant Sawyer
Eneed
Commission
Governor’s Office
Legislative Counsel Bureau
Elmo DeWhitt
DeWhitt
Castro Offers 50 Doctors to Aid Algeria
In Havana Premier Fidel Castro urged 50 doctors to volunteer for Algeria as epidemics sweep the country. The call came in a speech to medical students shortly after Ahmed Ben Bella’s departure, amid their demand for the U S to surrender Guantanamo base.
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Havana
Kennedy Plans Westward Demo Tour to Boost Democrats
President Kennedy flies west on a weekend swing to rally voters for the Democrats. The schedule covers seven states, including Nevada and Washington, finishing at Seattle’s World Fair on its closing day. Focus on fortifying Democratic chances in Illinois and Ohio amid Gov. Salle’s political fray.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Las Vegas
Nevada
Seattle
Wash
White House
Ilinois
Ohio
Michael V. D. Salle
Vegas to Host Russian Tourism Chief At World Travel Congress
Las Vegas will host Vladimir Ankudinov Russia’s top tourism official and Vladimir Rabkin of Intourist for the five day 32nd World Travel Congress. They will meet U S Secretary of Commerce Luther Hodges during the event which draws about 2000 travel agents to Las Vegas.
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Las Vegas
Russia
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Vladimar M. Ankudinov
Ussr
American Society of Travel Agents
Ankudinov
Vladimir I. Rabkin
Intour
Ist
Intourist
Luther Hodges
Clark County bands to greet Kennedy in Las Vegas
Five hundred bandsmen from eight Clark County high schools will greet President Kennedy in Las Vegas as he delivers a speech at the Convention Center. Donal O'Callaghan, Clark County Committee Chairman, announced the plan amid final preparations with White House staff, Secret Service, and local officials.
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Connecticut
Kennedy
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Las Vegas
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Clark County
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Mike) O'Callaghan
White House
Secret Service
Democratic Party
Storm Ella Threatens Carolinas With High Seas
Hurricane Ella, a large Atlantic storm, spread over 600 miles and probed the Carolinas with near gale force winds. The Miami Weather Bureau warned winds reaching 55 to 72 mph could strike much of the North Carolina coast as advisory details were issued.
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Wilmington
Ella
Atlantic
Carolinas
Florida
Maryland
Miami Weather Bureau
North Carolina
Kennedy Meets Gromyko Amid Berlin Summit Talk
President Kennedy met with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko as hopes grew for a Kennedy Khrushchev summit later this year on Berlin and other East West issues. London hints Macmillan may join, signaling a possible Big Three conference.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Andrei Gromyko
Kennedy- Khrushnehev
Berlin
London
Harold Macmillan
Bersek Creek diplomat kills wife then flees across three states
Milos Zizka of the Czech United Nations mission killed his wife in the Czech Mission New York and fled through three states in a high speed chase ending near Bethlehem Pennsylvania. He then shot himself as state troopers closed in. Czech officials confirmed the shootings and the suicide aboard a Cadillac wreck.
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New York
UPI
United Nations
Bethlehem
Pennsylvania
Milos Vojivoda
Zizka
Vejvoda
Milos Zizka
George Gallagher
US conducts Pacific atmospheric nuclear test
In the Pacific yesterday the United States dropped a multi megaton bomb from a plane near Johnston Island as part of Operation Dominic. The Joint Task Force said the test occurred about 6 am Hawaii time and the Atomic Energy Commission estimated yield from one to several million tons of TNT.
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United States
Pacific
Johnston Island
Joint Task Force
Hawaian
Atomic Energy Commission
Record Rain Falls in Mountains Amid Snow and Storm Problems
A heavy rain storm caused slick roads and power outages across the region with snow in the higher elevations. McCarran Field logged nearly 0.5 inch of rain by late yesterday afternoon, far above the 0.74 inch total for October 1989.
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McCarran Field
Kinto
Westerday
Moon Shot Launching Successful
United States launched a camera-equipped spacecraft aboard an Atlas Agena rocket at Cape Canaveral on a 231 500 mile journey to the moon. The 755-pound probe should reach the moon by Sunday to begin transmitting close up lunar photos and assess its objectives.
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Cape Canaveral
Upt
United States
Moon
Lunar
James Burke
Ranger
Gaming Board to Study Hacienda Hotels Dispute
Nevada Gaming Control Board Chair Edward Olsen said the agency will study a stockholder dispute involving Hacienda Hotels Corp and Warren Bayley. Bayley owns 41 percent of the Las Vegas Hacienda casino operation, with allegations of internal loans and transfers under review.
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Carson City
UPD Gaming Control Board
Edward Olsen
Hacienda Hotels Corp
Warren Bayley
Olsen
Thomas Rees
Beverly Hills
Bayley
Hacienda Corporation
Hacienda Hotel
Las Vegas
Weather summary with showers and mild temperatures
Continued cloudy spell brings periodic showers and northerly winds 10 to 18 mph. Today's high near 70 and low around 45. Yesterday's high 62 and low 55. Noon humidity around 81 percent. Sunrise 6 49, sunset 6 00.
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