Bayonet Found in Lake Sheds Light on Valerie Percy Killing
Police in Kenilworth pursue a possible murder weapon in the Valerie Percy case after divers retrieved a 14 inch bayonet from Lake Michigan off the Percy estate. Crime lab technicians examined the blade for blood or prints while authorities search for a heavy sharp instrument to match the victim’s double edged wounds.
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Chicago
UPI
Kenilworth
Valerie Percy
Lake Michigan
Robert M. Daley
Charles H. Percy
Enilworth
North Shore
Crime Laboratory
Daley
Valerie
Joey Lucero's first plane ride seeks help for cancer hope
Pat and Joey Lucero travel from New Mexico to Phoenix to reach a research hospital in Los Alamos for treatment after doctors say cancer offers no local hope. The 12 year old, who lost part of a leg last year, hoped to return to school before his illness worsened and forced the family to relocate.
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Los Alamos
N. M
Joey
Benny
Optimist Club
Joe
New Mexico
Surveyor 2 crashes on the Moon after 63 hour flight
Surveyor 2, a $65 million lunar probe, crashed on the Moon near Copernicus after a 45 hour radio blackout. Officials say the craft tumbled for 54 hours before impact, ending the mission without any personnel on site.
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Pasadena
Calif
UPI
America
California Institute of Technology
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Robert
Copernicus
Moon
Surveyor
Nellis Base to be TFW Center reveal at luncheon
Brig. Gen. R. G. Zack Taylor Jr. will unveil Nellis Air Force Base's new Tactical Fighter Weapons Center at a Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce luncheon. He will introduce Col. Floyd White and Col. C. L. Van Etten and discuss the change and its community impact.
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Nellis Air Force Base
R. G. “Zack” Taylor Jr
Las Vegas
Bold Ruler’s 134-Pound Monmouth Park Record Noted
Oceanport New Jersey UPI reports Bold Ruler carried 134 pounds to win the 1958 Monmouth Park Handicap the highest weight ever carried by a winner in the event.
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Oceanport, N.J
UPI
Personal Ads and Home Rentals Note
Call small contractor. Save time. Complete rings and services offered. Fireplaces and fences installation with financing. Classifieds list 7 personal ads and 42 furnished houses including a 5 room modern all electric home at 2312 McCarron in NLV with weekly rent $25. Contact numbers 870-1826 382-0891 364-1789.
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McCarron
Nlv
Seven GIs Die in Mine Field Near Saigon Camp
UPI reports seven American soldiers were killed and 14 wounded by exploding mines around a U S Army base camp of the 1st Infantry Division near Phuc Vinh about 35 miles north of Saigon. An initial detonation by a soldier set off further mines as crews tried to assist the wounded.
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Saigon
UPI
U. S
U.S
Phuc Vinh
Edith Wade Ex-Vegan Dies in Visalia
Edith Wade mother of Del Wade real estate editor and station KLAS-TV business editor died yesterday in Visalia California. She lived in Las Vegas over 16 years before moving recently and leaves daughters Amelia Fawcett Peggy Rounsaville and Helen Moody and son Robert Rounsaville. Burial at Forest Lawn Cemetery Glendale at 11 a m Tuesday.
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del Wade
SUN Real
Klas-Tv
Visalia
Calif
Wade
Las Vegas
Amelia Fawcett
Peggy Rounsaville
Helen Moody
Spokane
Wash
Robert Rounsaville
Forest Lawn Cemetery
Glendale
Ky Seeks U N Invitation During U S Visit
Premier Nguyen Cao Ky said he would be glad to appear before the United Nations if invited. He plans a U S trip in November, visiting Washington and New York, and attending the AP Managing Editors Conference in San Diego. His exact schedule remains unsettled.
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United States
Washington
New York
U.N
Gun Death Believed A Death by Own Action
Alfred Bash a 48 year old Las Vegas resident was found dead of a shotgun wound outside his estranged wife s apartment in North Las Vegas. Deputy Coroner Harvey Schnitzer said suicide is expected. Bash listed as 374 N 15th St was despondent over marital problems and went to his wife s place at Brand and Thomas Streets around 3 30 a m after an argument he placed the shotgun under his chin and shot himself. The body was taken to Palm Mortuary pending funeral arrangements. Bash worked for Oil Field Trucking Company in Las Vegas.
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Alfred Bash
Las Vegas
Harvey Schnitzer
Bash
15Th St
Brand and Thomas Streets
Schnitzer
Palm Mortuary
Bush
LDS Opposes Lottery Bid in Nevada
Reed Whipple president of the Las Vegas Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints said the church advised members it opposed a private lottery in Nevada. No public drive to defeat it was planned though Mons were told of the church stance. The lottery proposed by Silver State Sweepstakes Ltd would, via a constitutional amendment, grant a 10-year exclusive state franchise.
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Reed Whipple
Las Vegas
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Nevada
Whipple
Silver State Sweepstakes Ltd
Freeman Not Considered for Attorney General Post
President Johnson said he has several candidates under consideration for the next attorney general but Agriculture Secretary Orville Freeman is not among them. He noted the era of public speculation guiding appointments has ended since November 1963.
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LBJ
Freeman
Attorney General
Washington
UPI
Johnson
Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
Secretary Freeman
Where I Stand Continued On the Movie Industry
A columnist argues that both film and newspaper industries chase public demand through sensational content. He notes audience taste for violence drives headlines and ads, while criticizing the distortion of Edgar Allan Poe in movie promotion. He urges a better society for raising children despite accepting life as it is.
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My Sweet
Little Girl
Edgar Allan Poe
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