Nevada Prison Escapee Shot by FBI Agent
An escaped prisoner who held six hostages and staged robberies across Nevada and California was shot and killed by FBI Special Agent Charles Bates after sneaking into a tear gas filled Seacliff house. Gourley fled toward Monterey Bay with police close behind and refused calls to surrender.
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San Jose Hostage Crisis Ends With Gourley Shot Dead
FBI agents and Bates stormed the residence after tear gas was fired. Gourley, holding hostages with a revolver, was shot and died in a bedroom. He had planned to take an officer with him amid a kidnapping hoax tied to prior robberies and a 1965 arrest.
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Court Rules In June On Azbill Case
Nevada Supreme Court receives Sylvester Azbill appeal claiming insufficient evidence to hold him for trial in the 1967 murder of his elderly wife Rose Maple Azbill. June 9, 1969 set for decision on habeas corpus writ to free Azbill. body found charred in Las Vegas home. Azbill once ran unsuccessfully for secretary of state as a Democrat.
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UPI
Nevada Supreme Court
Sylvester Azbill
Supreme Court
Azbill
Rose Maple Azbill
Las Vegas
Las Vegas Man Sentenced for Lake Mead Marina Safe Theft
Charles Roy Banks, 22, of 118 15th Street, was given a five year term by Dist. Judge Clarence Sundean after being convicted of stealing a safe from Lake Mead Marina and awaits transfer to Nevada State Prison.
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Lake Mead Marina
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Charles Roy Banks
15Th St
Clarence Sundean
Johnson seen halting bombing and seeking DMZ talks
London reports President Johnson is expected to halt bombing of North Vietnam within 48 hours and announce a DMZ ceasefire. The newspaper cites unnamed diplomatic sources as saying talks with the Viet Cong group are likely to follow after a halt to the shooting war. In England a Norwegian tanker Sitakund exploded off Eastbourne, beached and evacuees were moved as crews fought fires after two more blasts.
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England
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Bandits in Odd Costumes Rob Las Vegas Street Heist
Two bandits in unusual outfits robbed a man on a Las Vegas street last night. A gun was shown and the suspect took the victim’s wallet. One robber was thin with hair, wearing gold trousers and a gold shirt. The other was short and fat in work clothes.
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Leap year February Five Sundays Next Occurs in 1976
In leap years February can have five Sundays if the month starts on a Thursday. The next February with five Sundays after the given instance will be in 1976.
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New York
Oppose Pay Hike For Firemen
Greater Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce directors moved to block the firemen pay raise referendum. They approved a resolution opposing the measure citing the referendum method and retroactivity to July 1. They urged a full study of public employee salaries and funding sources to avoid fiscal chaos.
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Greater
Nixon Campaigns Through Ohio by Rail on 1968 Visit
Nixon toured 247 miles across Ohio by a 15 car Nixon Victory Special train drawing large GOP crowds in Cincinnati Columbus and Toledo while facing orderly protests from antiwar activists and a security enhanced by police on rooftops and a helicopter escort. A Springfield incident saw a missile splash the train but no injuries occurred as Secret Service shielded the president and his family.
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Springfield
Pat
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Cincinnati
Toledo
Mayor Lindsay warns of city labor disaster in New York
Mayor John V. Lindsay warned that New York faces disaster in labor relations unless teachers police and firemen end strikes and slowdowns. The city faces a teachers strike affecting one million students and possible sanitation worker action while a mediation panel reported no progress in eight day teachers’ strike.
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UPI
John V. Lindsay
Lindsay
U.N
Board of Education
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Sanitation
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Lower Manhattan
Theodore Kheel
Star
Albert Shanker
United Federation of Teachers
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Wallace heckled by 5000 in Oshkosh Wisconsin
George C. Wallace faced one of his largest heckler crowds in conservative Wisconsin as about 5000 gathered in Oshkosh. An apple core splattered his overcoat while a thrown egg missed him. he pressed on denouncing federal government and urging a return to the little people.
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George C.wallace
Wisconsin
Alabama
Alaama
Wallace
Secret Service
Humphrey Sees Texas Unity Amid Campaign Push
Hoarse Hubert Humphrey rallied with Gov. Connally and Sen. Yarborough in Fort Worth as Texas Democrats proclaimed unity. He charged his Republican rival dodges debates over a weak record, drawing about 10 000 to Burnett Park while raising 65000 for the party.
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UPI
Hubert H. Humphrey
Texas
John Connally
Ralph Yarborough
Humphrey
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C. S. Hightower
George Wallace
Yarborough
Hubert Humphrey
Third Death Posts With Sextuplets
In Birmingham England Lynne Thorns twenty day old Sie is the third of Britain's sextuplets to die at Birmingham Children's Hospital. Doctors had tried to repair an intestinal defect with two operations since the October 2 birth. Parents Mr and Mrs Norman Thorns expressed cautious hope for survivors as two siblings had already died.
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Birmingham
England
UPI
Lynne Thorns
Britain
Birmingham Children’s Hospital
Lynne
Norman Thorns
Thorns
Ian
Roger
Julie
Susan
Masts Lift 200 Tons on Passenger Ship Conversion
Norfolk Va The Transcolorda a 523 foot former troopship with three masts can swing over 200 tons in a single load using two masts to hoist heavy cargo such as landing craft.
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Norfolk
By laws push for surgeon retirement age at hospitals
A note from a hospital chief warns staff to keep quiet. An external consultant says compulsory retirement typically starts at 65 and ends by 70. Courts demand safe staff selection, urging trustees to refuse reappointment for older surgeons.
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Board of Trustees
Educators Question Fike Silence on Nevada Schools
Clark County educators led by Dr. Donald Hayden and Jean Howard accuse Lt. Gov. Ed Fike of silence on education issues until the election cycle. They contrast his record with Sen. Alan Bible, urging support for Bible's re election and noting the Educators for Bible Committee's role.
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Ed Fike
Nevada
Donald Hayden
Brinley Junior High School
Jean Howard
Mayfair Elementary School
United States Senate
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Alan Bible
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Howard
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