Las Vegas Jaycees Fair Funds Youth Park Plan
The Jaycees Community Fair, September 25 to 29, will channel proceeds to a 10 acre youth recreation park with a lighted baseball diamond grass playground and safety fencing. Attendees exceed 100000, about half the local population. The event also features a Sabin Oral Vaccine drive and a Politicians and Celebrity Dunking Booth raising funds for the project.
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Las Vegas
Jaycees
Harry Levy
Phil Mirabelli
Oran Grayson
Goodnatured Charity
King urges federal action after Birmingham church bombing
Martin Luther King Jr., in a telegram to President Kennedy, urges swift federal steps to desegregation and protection of life and property in Birmingham after the church bombing. He warns Alabama Governor Wallace of moral decay and a rising bloodshed if segregation continues.
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King
Birmingham
Kennedy
Birtmingham
Wallace
Alabama
Retraction Corrects Boulder Dam Car Count Remark
The paper revises the reported annual vehicle count over Boulder Dam and into Las Veras from 525 000 to 638 425. It touts Bank of Las Vegas as the friendliest bank with glowing ad copy from Blondina Pornoff praising service and inviting readers to visit.
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Boulder Dam
Las Veras
Blondina Pornoff
Charleston Heights
Bank of Las Vegas
NMU Orders Crew Off Ministes Before Ocean Run
The NMU moved 556 crew members off the ship Ministes before its scheduled voyage to Cobh Ireland and Southampton and Le Havre. Accusations against Neurohr include denying shift crew positions to Negroes and Puerto Ricans and locking a restroom from nonwhite sailors.
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NMU
Cobh
Ireland
Southampton
le Havre
Birmingham bombing prompts state trooper deployment
Governor Wallace announced state troopers would assist Birmingham after a dynamite blast at the 16th Street Baptist Church. Col. Al Lingo briefed Chief Jamie Moore as the guard unit is mobilized, with federalized status discussed and a car sought near the church.
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Wallace
Quints Continue Nutrition After Birth at St Luke’s Hospital
Dr Berbos gave a daily update from St Luke’s Hospital basement cafeteria noting the quintuplets are feeding via nasal tube and show no complications. They are moving normally and may begin milk formula today with glucose noels. one boy, James Andrew, about four pounds and the four girls around three pounds each.
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St. Luke's Hospital
Berbos
James Andrew
Birmingham Church Bombing Sparks National Guards Guard Call
A church bombing in Birmingham injures many and kills four youths as chaos breaks out with rioting and gunfire. Gov. George Wallace deploys 300 state police and 500 national guardsmen to restore order. FBI bomb experts rush in while President Kennedy and Burke Marshall monitor the crisis.
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Birmingham
Albert Boutwell
Boutwell
Jamie Moore
Wallace
Moore
John H. Cross
Christ
Kennedy
Newport
R.L
Denise McNair
Carol Robertson
Cynthia Wesley
Collins
NY Riots on 43rd Street At Town Hall During Cuba Trip Meeting
Demonstrators flooded the lobby and streets around Town Hall as 1500 to 5000 Cuban exiles and protesters clashed with police. Dozens injured, one man knocked unconscious by a paint can, and police in steel helmets protected evacuees to the 43rd Street Broadway subway.
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Town Hall
43Rd Street
Cuba
43Rd St
Broadway
Rafael Alvarez
St. Clare's Hospital
Student Committee
Cuba Si
Russia
America
Gans
Fidel Castro
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Ie 16Th St. Bapos Church
Col. Lingo
WED
Jonathan Apples
AS NO
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Fresh Fish
South Main
Las Vegas Sun
Mame Grier
Arthur Shores
Fred Jerome
City College of New York
CCNY
Alvarez
Wonder World
Wonder World Shopping Center
Vegas Drive
Ot Decatur
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