Meet the Best a Las Vegas column on education and growth
A new daily column from Bank of Las Vegas introduces the theme of local education and regional progress. It highlights Clark County school population growth, crowded conditions, and the role of schools and banks in securing the community’s future. The piece frames education as American security and notes the bank’s commitment to protecting families’ assets.
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Bank of Las Vegas
Las Vegas
Clark County
Nevada
Parents clash as Saigon crackdown detains students
Parents gathered outside Saigon high schools after a crackdown on Buddhists and dissidents, with police refusing to confirm student detentions. Demonstrators accused the Diem government and U S support, while authorities jailed teens amid a night of clashes and forceful removals. Buddhist leaders abroad called for UN and U S intervention as tensions rise across Asia.
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Ngo Dinh Diem
United States
Saigon
Hong Kong
Pak Laing
Taiwan Buddhist Association
United Nations
Thant
Kennedy
Rancho High starts day at 6 30 due to broken air conditioning
Readers learn Rancho High School begins classes at 6 30 a m as air conditioning remains broken until about mid September, forcing early starts. The piece also notes Bank of Las Vegas expands with a new trust department led by Rex Hardy and quotes Parry Thomas praising the trust head.
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Rancho High School
Bank of Las Vegas
Parry Thomas
Mississippi
Maii
Rex Hardy
Mery
Wills
Bates
Ren
Mine cave in traps six miners in Murphy area
Rescue crews recovered five men from the Hitchcock Corporation chalk mine near Murphy in the western corner of the state after a cave in struck during night shift. Survivors described roaring thunder and falling timbers as sections of the honeycomb chamber collapsed while miners worked on floor levels.
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Tion
Wilfred Beavers
Murphy
Hitchcock Corporation
Great Smoky Mountains
Beavers
Bryant
Stewart
Wallace Continues Battle Over School Segregation Tactics
The piece describes ongoing tensions in Alabama over school closures and racial strife. Gov Wallace faces White backlash and federal court actions as hearings address reopening Birmingham and Huntsville schools and alleged interference. Authorities cite incendiary devices in bombings linked to the dispute.
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Gaston
Arthur Shores
Shores
Wallace
R. B. Searcy
Huntsville
Birmingham School Board
Strangler Suspect Ties to Local Apartment Case
Mrs Manchester and her son left Mrs Corbin's La Fayette Street apartment at about 10 a m after breakfast. The neighbor found Corbin's body at 1 15 p m. Corbin 49 worked for Sylvania Electric Co and had lived at the same address over five years. Neighbors called her likeable and quiet and noted a birthday gathering held Friday. The article notes a pattern of strangling victims ages 55 to 75, with later victims in their early 20s, using nylon stockings as garrotes and possible rape by the killer.
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Lafayette Street
CIA funded Tung forces in South Viet Nam stir US opposition
Sources say CIA personnel in Saigon opposed continuing monthly payments to Tung under a covert accord with the South Vietnamese government. The special forces, trained and armed by the CIA for border operations and clandestine actions in North Vietnam, were later used by Diem’s regime in internal security, provoking US disapproval and calls to cut funds.
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Tung
CIA
South Viet Nam
Saigon
North
Viet Nam
Fo Ting
United States
Ngo Dinh Diem
Washington
U. S
Diem
Ngo Dinh Nhu
Nhu
South
Can Lao
Can Lao Party
Cuba documentary filming by U S producer abroad
The World Around Us reports Robert Cohen, a freelance educational filmmaker from Los Angeles, is shooting a Cuba documentary. Wayne Short says passport clearance and a Cuban visa were obtained this summer, and Cohen will lecture on his return next month under the group's auspices.
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San Francisco
UPI
Cuba
Short
Cohen
Algeria Faces Power Struggle Amid Referendum Debate
Inscriptions denounce personality cult and dictatorship as Berbers, angered by Ben Bella and the FLN, resist Ben Bella who pursues a one candidate referendum. Ben Bella supports Castro style rule and Nasser while Ferhat Abbas and Ahmed Krim accuse him of creating a personal dictatorship. Krim in exile, Ahmed calls for a Berber boycott.
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Ben Bella
Algeria
FLN
Lidel Castro
Cuba
Gamal Abdel Nasser
United Arab Republic
Ferhat Abbas
National Assembly
Ahmed
Krim
Kabylia
London Denning report could trigger libel flood
Denning completed a sex scandal study amid talk of a white paper that would be privileged if sanctioned by Parliament. The probe interviewed Christine Keeler and others linked to John Profumo and Eugene Ivanov, with court hearings and political maneuvers centering on Macmillan and a potential Lords session.
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Denning
Britain
Christine Keeler
John Profumo
Eugene Ivanov
London
Macmillan
House of Lords
House of Commons
Dennings
Miss Keeler
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E. College
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Lucky) Gordon
Gordon
Profumo
Stephen Ward
Lord Astor
Ward
Ivanov
Divine
Chuck
Porterhouse
N. Y
T-Bone
Swift's Brookfield Cheese Food
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Kern's Preserves
Kentucky
Swift
South Main
Las Vegas Sun
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