Iran Quake Toll Surpasses 20 000 as Shah Tours Rubble
At Ferdow in northeast Iran the Shah and Empress surveyed villages buried by weekend quakes. Officials in Tehran confirm official toll near 12 000 with rescue reports suggesting over 20 000 dead and about 100 000 left homeless in a 1300 square mile area near the Soviet and Afghan borders. Survivors pleaded for aid and burial of the dead as the disaster deepened.
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Tehran
UPI
Iran
Ferdow
Soviet Union
Afghanistan
Ahmed
Clark touts record on organized crime and drugs
Atty, Gen. Ramsey Clark announced that the last fiscal year produced 520 convictions for organized crime, up from 400, with 48 of 210 mafia members indicted or convicted in fiscal 1968. He cited four federal strike forces operating in Buffalo, Detroit, Brooklyn and Philadelphia and noted 1,700 drug convictions and 327,705 grams seized, plus 69 labs shut down versus 14 previously.
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Washington
UPI
Ramsey Clark
Johnson
Cosa Nostra
Clark
Mafia
Detroit
Brooklyn
N.Y
Philadelphia
Ambassador Mein Slain. Slayers Sought in Guatemala
Guatemala City dispatch reports eight held for questioning after interrogating more than 300 suspects in the slaying of U S Ambassador John Gordon Mein by leftist terrorists last week. Eleven killers believed at large as National Police focus on the case.
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Guatemala City
UPS
Guatemala
U.S
John Gordon Mein
Mein
el Imparcial
Delivery Trainee Wanted With Advancement Prospects
Young man needed for delivery work and as a trainee with room to rise. Call 384 9074 for details. CL: 10-HELP WANTED Female SINGER TOUCH SEW 1968 twin needle golden slant o matic.
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Jay's Jewelers
CL. S
Nevada to house SBA office entirely in state
Senator Alan Bible announces that Nevada based Small Business Administration office will serve all of Nevada. Las Vegas office expands to cover state and Inyo County California with Reno visits twice weekly to aid Northern Nevada businesses. Circuit rider plan to provide nationwide Nevada coverage and loans exceeded 1 million dollars last year with potential growth.
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Nevada
Small Business Administration
Alan Bible
Bible
Senate
Small Business Committee
SBA
Washington
Las Vegas
Clark
Lincoln
Inyo County
California
Reno
Master Plan For Sewers Recommended
The Technical Committee of the Regional Planning Council urged adoption of a valley wide sanitary sewer study. It aims to coordinate master plans among valley entities to avoid overlaps and duplications. The study would review existing plans, define the study area, analyze trunk systems, project future wastewater, and propose trunk and outfall improvements led by Henderson city engineer William T. deValcourt.
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Regional Planning Council
William T. deValcourt
Henderson
Capital opened up Brasilia
It takes 36 hours for Brazilian trains to reach this isolated new capital from Rio de Janeiro. Freight service began this year, passenger service will follow.
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Brasilia
Rio de Janeiro
$4 Million Lawsuit Filed Against Hughes Tool Co and Officials
A Lodi California couple filed a $4 million damage suit in District Court naming Hughes Tool Co Sheriff Ralph Lamb and the Clark County Board of Commissioners plus Wesley Sherman and others. The action follows their March 1 arrest at the Frontier Hotel by sheriff's deputies and Hughes security for alleged involvement in a 10 person cheating ring that allegedly netted over $60,000 in a rigged blackjack game. Ella Stevenson of Woodbridge California was cleared at a Justice Court preliminary hearing. The plaintiffs accuse authorities and trial participants of wrongful arrest and claim misconduct surrounding the casino incident and related cases in District Court.
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Lodi
Calif
Hughes Tool Co
Ralph Lamb
Clark County Board of Commissioners
Mars
Wesley Sherman
al Becker
Fontier
Hughes Security Force
Shermans
Hughes
To Ella Stevenson
Woodbridge
Justice Court
Nevada Sees $32.5 Million Road Projects Underway
State Highway Department reports 21 road building projects in Nevada during September and October totaling 32.5 million dollars. The program covers 70 miles of highway with the largest single project a 11.3 mile freeway segment on Interstate 80 near Carlin costing 4.6 million dollars awarded to Rogers Construction Co of Portland.
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Carson City
Nev
UPT
State Highway Department
Nevada
Carlin
Rogers Construction Co
Portland
Labor Woes Plague Brindley Jr. High Construction
A prototype heating unit and labor problems delayed J Harold Brin ley Jr High construction. By opening time Tuesday the building was not fully finished with walls and ceilings incomplete. Clark County schools engineer Stanley Bokelmann cited the new heating unit and duct placement as key issues along with labor and weather delays. The Aug 9 completion deadline may trigger a late finish penalty clause as the contract is reviewed.
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J. Harold Brinley
Daley, Kennedy Disruptions Stir Congress Probe
Washington lawmakers debated Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley and a charge by Sen. Russell B. Long that Kennedy backers disrupted the Democratic convention to hurt Humphrey. Long defended Daley and Chicago police while urging trials for antiwar agitators. Senate leaders floated reforms and election options as defense and foreign aid decisions loom.
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Washington
UPI
Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Russell B. Long
Kennedy
Hubert H. Humphrey
Vietnam
Abe Fortas
House
Senate
Long
D-La
Edward M. Kennedy
Humphrey
Richard M. Nixon
Pucinski
Stephen M. Young
Dohio
Daley
East Berlin
Athens
Prague
Mike Mansfield
Gerald R. Ford
Rmich
Ford
Panthers Call It A Plot In Huey Newton Trial
Huey P. Newton defense attorney Charles Garry labeled the murder case as a diabolical attempt to jail an innocent man or send him to the gas chamber. The closing arguments argued the prosecution built on discrimination as Newton, 26, faces charges for the Oct. 28 shooting of Officer John Frey and wounding of Officer Herbert Heanes in Oakland.
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Oakland
Calif
UPI
Black Panther
Huey P. Newton
Charles Garry
School boycott disrupts start of term across districts
NEA and state teacher unions report mass walkouts and contract refusals affecting 100000 teachers and 3 million students nationwide. Michigan districts face delayed openings as 8 to 10 districts consider strikes and 2 more may skip classes this week. In New York City 60,000 teachers confront a dispute over firings and proposed mass transfers at Ocean Hill Brownsville, risking delays for 1.1 million students.
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Mar’m
Michigan
Michigan Education Association
NEA
New York City
United Federation of Teachers
New York
Board of Education
Rhody McCoy
UFT
Brooklyn
Ocean Hill
Brownsville
Chicago Police Brutality Critics Target Daley After Protest
The piece denounces police brutality in Chicago during a protest era, accusing the police and mayor Daley of excessive force and whitewashing the city’s ghetto. It calls for Daley to speak publicly and answer questions about the violence and treatment of demonstrators.
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Chicago
Hubert Humphrey
Daley
Johnson Popularity Stumbles in Gallup Poll
Princeton New Jersey UPI reports President Johnson's approval at 35 percent, with 52 percent disapproving of his performance and 53 percent disapproving of U.S. Vietnam policy. The previous low was 36 percent in March, with 65 percent approval in August 1965.
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Princeton, N.J
Gallup Organization
Johnson
America
Vietnam
Gallup
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