Lodge walks out of Vietnam peace talks in disgust
U S Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge abruptly left the 39th Paris peace talks after accusing Communist negotiators of a negative attitude. State Department said the move does not indicate a break off, and Lodge adjourned the session until October 30.
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Paris
UPI
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Lodge
Washington
John J. McCloskey
State Department
United States
McCloskey
Nixon
Newsmen
Senate Ups Viet Veteran Benefits 45 Percent
The Senate backed a 45 percent increase in veterans education and training benefits. The bill adds a farm cooperative program modeled on the Korean GI Bill, plus on farm training and new education initiatives for dropouts. It funds colleges, lowers required credits for full payment, and creates veteran advising for recently discharged service members.
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Senate
Williams
Beckett Wins Nobel Prize in Literature 1969
Dublin born Samuel Beckett, famed for Waiting for Godot and the Theater of the Absurd, is awarded the 1969 Nobel Prize in literature. The Swedish Academy praised his writing for new forms in novel and drama and his poems. Beckett, 63, was in Tunisia when the prize was announced.
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Stockholm
UPI
Samuel Beckett
Theater of the Absurd
William Butler Yeats
Swedish Academy
Beckett
Academy
Zodiac calls continue as Bay Area lawyer warned
The Zodiac killer taunts Melvin Belli with secret meeting requests amid police and state investigators probing the five confirmed killings. Belli reports a frightened caller pleading for help and saying Ive got to kill while Oakland and San Francisco officers assess potential links to comic strip clues and recent threats.
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San Francisco
UPI
Melvin Belli
Belli
Martin Lee
Zodiac
Oakland
Jim Dunbar
State Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation
Sacramento
Dick Tracy
Earl Bauer
State Crime Lab
Goldwater predicts Nixon era brings change and new policy
Senator Barry Goldwater argues that the 1968 election signaled a mandate for change across U S policy. He cites hopes for tougher defense, crime measures, and fiscal reform while warning that inflation and wartime costs will require steady, potentially unpopular action. He endorses tax measures and waste reduction as the new administration moves to modernize government services.
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Richard Nixon
Hubert Humphrey
George Wallace
United States
Paris
Robert McNamara
Nixon
House Approves 4.9 Billion Housing Bill With Reforms
The House backed a 4.9 billion housing bill aimed at urban renewal and displaced residents. It includes human renewal goals and would affect 2,600 proposed urban renewal projects. It also covers insured mortgages for mobile homes up to 10,000 dollars repayable in 12 years.
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Weicker
Rep
Thomas Ashley
Ohio
John Brademas
Senate
Federal Housing Authority
Brademas
Hocker Ends Hunger Strike at Nevada Prison
A six day hunger strike at the Nevada State prison ended when Warden Carl Hocker refused to negotiate without returning facilities to normal. A sympathy strike at the minimum security site also collapsed as inmates began eating after the alarm subsided.
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Carson City
UPS
Nevada
Carl Hocker
Hocker
Ed Converse Elected Air West Chairman and CEO
The Air West board elected Edmund Converse as chairman of the board and chief executive officer to fill the vacancy from Nick Bez’s death. G. Robert Henry will remain president and chief operating officer. Converse previously served as vice chairman and led Bonanza Air Lines, a predecessor to Air West.
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Ed Converse
Air West
San Francisco
Air West Board of Directors
Edmund Converse
Company
Converse
Nick Bez
Robert Henry
Air West Board
Bonanza Air Lines
Record Cold Wave Grips U.S. Plains and Northeast
Autumn cold snap ends growing season across the East and Midwest. Vermont ski area Sugarbush and several towns report record snowfall and subfreezing temperatures, with 20 cities setting record lows and a multi-vehicle crash on I 90 near Erie causing notable damage.
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Midwest
New England
Pellston
Mich
Wisconsin
Illinois
New York
Delaware
Georgia
Carolinas
Montana
Madison
Wis
Grand Rapids
Lansing
Binghampton
N.Y
Great Lakes
Erie
Two Nevadans Named to WAL Board Roles
Southern Nevada figures were appointed to Western Airlines leadership at a Los Angeles meeting. Fred Benninger was named vice chair man of the board and James D. Aljian joined the board, both linked to Tracy Investment Co. Benninger previously led the company and the Inter national Leisure Corp. Aljian serves as Tracy Investment Co. secretary treasurer. Other selections include Terrell Drinkwater as chairman J Judson Taylor as president and CEO and Charles J. J. Cox as vice president of finance. Aljian filled a 21 member board vacancy after Sherwood H. Egbert's death.
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Southern Nevada
Western Airlines
Fred Benninger
James D. Aljian
Benninger
Tracy Investment Co
International Leisure Corporation
Aljian
Los Angeles
Terrell Drinkwater
J. Judson Taylor
Charles J. J. Cox
Western
Sherwood H. Egbert
Ernst and Ernst
Woman Sues Nevada Club for 83 000 Over Parking Lot Fall
Agnes K. Lomax files in District Court, alleging a Sept 21 tripping incident over a guy wire at the Nevada Club parking lot caused permanent leg and foot injuries. She cites 5 915 medical costs, 5 000 future costs, 5 900 lost earnings, and seeks 75 000 in general damages for neglect to warn of the unsafe condition.
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Nevada
Agnes K. Lomax
Shooting Death Suspect To Undergo Medical Exam
Las Vegas youth Louis Kimble, 19, charged with murder in the June 24 shooting death of Johnny Lee McCraney, 25, was ordered to undergo a medical evaluation to determine if a beating during the argument affected his brain. Neurological surgeon Adrien Ver Brugghen will perform the exam as Kimble faces trial in Judge Clarence Sundean’s district court on November 6.
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Las Vegas
Louis Kimble
Johnny Lee McCraney
Adrien Ver Brugghen
Kimble
District Court
Clarence Sundean
North Las Vegas Annexation Faces Legal Question
Planning Director Al Taggard challenges three of four proposed annexations in Sunrise Manor as potentially invalid under state law. Nellis Air Force Base fails density requirements, and the An nexation 38 39 40 areas may be treated as piecemeal. Public hearings are planned next month amid local protests over higher taxes and service changes.
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North Las Vegas
al Taggard
Nellis Air Force Base
Taggard
Nellis
Pecos Boulevard
Nellis Afb
Lamb Boulevard
Owens Avenue
Sunrise Manor
North
Las Vegas
Airport Committee to review McCarran ground transport bids
County Airport Committee to evaluate offers for ground transportation at McCarran International Airport. Bids include six taxi firms, 12 rental car companies and six limousine or bus outfits with varied terms ranging from percentages of gross to fixed payments and multi year contracts.
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County Airport Committee
McCarran International Airport
Airport Committee
Yellow
Checker
Ace
ABC Union Cab Companies
Star Cab
Whittlesea
Hertz and
National
Avis
McCarran
Hertz
Rent-A-Car
Brooks Rent-A-Car
Bowen
Vines Leasing
Long Beach
Calif
Bentonite
Henderson
Airways
Lasco/Valcar Corp
Transportation Unlimited, Inc
Minibus, Inc
Grayline
Las Vegas
Tonopah
Reno
Stage Lines
Mercury Worker Killed By Pipe At Yucca Flat Shaft
A 28 year old Mercury man Howard W. Isom died when an 80 foot metal pipe struck him in the head at Yucca Flat underground shaft during lowering operations. Investigators probe the accident noting a shaft overhang may have prevented injuries. Isom is survived by his mother Mrs Nellis Lease of Lake Mead.
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Atomic Energy Commission
Yucca Flat
Howard W. Isom
Isom
Nellis Lease
Lake Mead
Police nab Pennsylvania murder suspects in Las Vegas
Las Vegas officers arrested a Brownsville Pennsylvania couple Roland Woodward 22 and Ruth Woodward 23 at Third and Fremont Streets for a fatal July 30 shooting of a salesman. A third suspect remains in Pennsylvania. Detectives halted the pair after Mrs Woodward’s distinct limp matched an official description.
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Brownsville
Penn
Las Vegas
Third
Fremont
Roland
Ruth
Woodward
Pennsylvania
Woodwards
United States
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