Woolco Opens Second Las Vegas Store at Westland Mall
The Woolco Department Stores chain inaugurates a 115000 square foot outlet at West Charleston Boulevard Arville in Las Vegas. Mayor Oran Grayson and city officials attend with Woolco executives as the store, the 117th in the chain, plans expansion to a possible third Las Vegas location. The new store will hire 150 to 160 workers, rising to 300 during holidays.
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William Peccole
Westland Plaza Mall
Miss Woolco
Shirley Brown
Woolco
Urbain van Laecken
New York City
West
Woolco Department
Las Vegas
Westland Mall
West Charleston Boulevard
Arville
Pansion
Charleston Plaza
E. Charleston Blvd
Man Claims He's Zodiac Killer Calls For Help
A man claiming to be the Zodiac killer phoned San Francisco police and hoped to speak on Jim Dunbar's KGO-TV show with attorney F Lee Bailey. Bailey joined the program as the caller urged for leniency from District Attorney John Jay Ferdon. Hartnell survived a September attack near Lake Berryessa. Cecilia Ann Smith died.
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San Francisco
Hartnell
Lake Berryessa
Napa County
Cecilia Ann Smith
Jim Dunbar
Kgo-Tv
Boston
F. Lee Bailey
Belli
Jack Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
Dunbar
Beiii
Dist. Atty
John Jay Ferdon
Ferdon
Jack Benny Opens at Sahara in Las Vegas
Waukegan’s Jack Benny known as Benny Kubelsky opening two week engagement at the Sahara Hotel in Las Vegas. He jokes about Ve gas, the Mets, golf and “dirty movies” with Shani Wallis and writer Hilliard Marks while performing the famed Gypsy Airs with his Stradivarius.
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Las Vegas
Waukegan
Benny Kubelsky
Jack Benny
Sahara Hotel
Benny
Vegas
New York Mets
Geritol Gassers
Edward Everett Horton
Spring Byington
Walter Brennan
Edward G. Robinson
Jack
Ringsider Hilliard Marks
Joe Miller
Congo Room
Shani Wallis
Oliver
Johnny
Shani
Kubelsky
Robert Hall
Stradivarius
Japan
Sahara Symphony
Jacques Eglash
Family Budget Up In Almost Every Staple
The September consumer price index rose to 129.3, signaling higher costs for most staples. Apparel led with a 1.7 percent increase, while women’s and children’s clothing jumped 3.1 percent as fall lines arrived. Home ownership costs rose nine tenths of 1 percent and consumer services up seven tenths. groceries held steady. Meat prices climbed with pork up 2.6 percent, offsetting typical September food declines. Real earnings for workers with three dependents rose 40 cents in September in 1957-59 dollars, while take home pay reached $79.23, just above August but below the 1968 peak.
Long-Time Feud Comes To Climax Over Health Board
Clemens resigns from the sanitation district board amid a bitter feud with county commissioners. Officials defend the district’s finances and deny any illicit losses, while Clemens accuses leaders of muzzling him and cutting services for taxpayers.
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Clemens
Health Board
Briare
Dave Henry
Jim Parrott
Bob Broadbent
Broadbent
Don Dawson
Henry
Parrott
Nevada Prison Strike Expands Amid Hunger Protest At Prison
A five day hunger strike at the maximum security Nevada prison spreads to minimum units. Warden Carl Hocker says 315 inmates refuse meals and aim to pressure negotiation over grievances about food dental care and recreation. He will review 14 instigators for possible return to general population.
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Carson City
Carl Hocker
Hocker
Milrow test shows limited seismic activity and no radiation
The Milrow nuclear test near Amchitka produced only minor seismic tremors near the detonation point, with sea ripple and no significant surface movement on the rifle range fault. Officials report no radiation above background and containment appears complete.
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Milrow
Rifle Range
Amchitka
Robbery sprees, arson, and murder linked in Las Vegas
A bus driver wrestled for $80 in cash as a youth with a .32 revolver demanded sticks up on a Las Vegas street. A purse snatch in a market parking lot left Anita Mullen battered and robbed of about $50 plus cards. Court actions tied to several robberies, a murder case, and a 1966 unsolved death, with suspects arraigned and hearings scheduled.
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Las Vegas
Charles E. Kelley
West Philadelphia St
Kelley
Skaggs Market
Bonanza Road
Tonopah Highway
Anita Anne Mullen
Tamarack St
Ralph Lamb
Dist
Kenneth L Mann
George Franklin
Rex Jemison
Blanche Shawcross
Lamb
State Supreme Court
District Court
Plea Planned in Las Vegas Slaying Case and Related Hearings
Reginald Aernout, 21, expected to enter a murder plea in the April 18 shooting of Calvin Popejoy, a Las Vegas auto executive, during a Peyton Place Bar robbery. Four men, including Aernout, face a joint preliminary hearing October 28 in Justice Court.
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Reno
Las Vegas
Justice Court
James Alan Sexton
James Gordon
Sexton
Gordon
Nellis Blvd
Reginald Aernout
Clarence Sundean
Aernout
Calvin Popejoy
Popejoy
Peyton Place
Alfred “Cat” Adams
LeRoy Marsh
James Tommy Bennett
Three Traffic Mishaps Hospitalize Five In LV
In two days three Las Vegas traffic crashes hospitalized five. Frederick Chivvis, 48, allegedly driving under the influence, struck a parked car on Clark Street. Passengers David Parsons and Lane Robertson suffered head injuries. In a Lamb Road and Charleston Boulevard collision, Lane Robertson was cited for failing to yield. Three children were injured in a Tonopah Highway Las Vegas Drive crash. Marylyn 13 and Frederick 12 suffered cuts, Larry Jones 13 had facial cuts. Mrs Anderson cited for alleged right of way violation.
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Las Vegas
Clark St
Frederick Chivvis
Space 129
Meadow Trailer Park
Mojave Rd
Carolyn Yonker
Lane Robertson
Bracken St
Charleston Boulevard
Lamb Road
Robertson
Lexie Maria Pelly
Loch Lamond
Ruby Lee Anderson
Hanni Ct
Robert Emmet Ecklund
Las Vegas Blvd
Tonopah
City Fathers Denied Vote By Firemen and Police Federation
Las Vegas officials postponed an election on representation for city firemen and policemen after their unions opted to forgo a vote. Attorney Renny Ashleman argued the Dodge Bill allows proof of representation by petition, while officials pressed for a secret ballot. The council eventually agreed to recognize the unions pending certified majority statements.
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Las Vegas
Jim Corey
I. R
Renny) Ashieman
Firefighters Union Local 1285
Las Vegas Police Protective Association
Ashleman
Carl Dodge
Churchill County
Dodge
Nevada Supreme Court
Cory
Oran Grayson
Union
Association
Corey
Grayson
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Charleston
Hank Thornley
Donald Wilson
Peccole
Miss Brown
van Laecken
Wes Howrey
Oran Gragson
Ken O'Connell
Man
Zodiac
Laughmaker
Sahara
Chase
Nevada
George D. Singleton
Justice of the Peace Boy
Jerry Wayne Blackmon
der Wienerschnitzel
E. Fremont St
Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital
Chivvis
David Parsons
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