Bank of Las Vegas Delivers Local Lighthearted Musings
A Las Vegas column celebrates local topics from Bureau of Public Roads data on Nevada vehicle registrations to a birthday salute for Nellis Air Base. The piece blends humor about traffic, banking quirks at the Bank of Las Vegas, and praise for Nellis 18th anniversary as a major Air Force facility with its pilot training and Thunderbirds shows.
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Nellis Air Base
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Coup Junta Struggles for Legitimacy and Popular Support
A three man military junta ruling the nation lacks a plan for governance and seeks popular support as the United States withholds recognition. The regime reportedly drafted a curfew lift order but delayed action until stability returns, while state lottery operations are suspended amid heavy rains. Newspapers criticized the coup.
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United States
Uation
Fight Cancer With A Checkup And A Check
A community drive encourages residents to donate to cancer research while urging regular health checkups. Local clinics offer free screenings and information sessions to raise awareness and funds for treatment advances.
Jet crash after emergency landing prompts praise for pilot
The pilot slowed to 60 knots using reverse thrust but brakes failed. A sharp turn onto a taxiway led to a broken nose wheel and the jet sinking nose first in sand. Passengers were evacuated by buses to a hotel near the airport awaiting a later flight to London. Passengers included Peter Galliford and William G. Moore who praised the crew's handling.
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London
Peter Galliford
William G. Moore
Commandos Trail Bandits After Caracas Picnic Train Hold Up
Troops pursuing FALN gunmen who hijacked a Sunday excursion train to the Encantado picnic area south of Caracas halted the train in a tunnel. National guardsmen exchanged fire as the gang robbed passengers and fled into the mountains near Los Teques, with hours of intermittent gunfire reported.
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Encantado
Caracas
Martin Rojas
Los Teques
Tornado Deaths Strike As Bell a Graves Family Suffers Loss
A tornado killed Bella Graves and her 8 year old daughter Queen Esther Graves and injured others. Willie Graves, husband, described trying to shield family as walls collapsed and a wrecking crew freed trapped residents. Dozens were affected as nearby homes were destroyed with no warning.
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Bella Graves
Queen Esther Graves
Arlene McDuffie
Willie Graves
Graves
Kennedy to attend IMF World Bank meeting in Washington
President Kennedy plans a morning return to the White House by 9 am from Andrews and will speak at 10 am to the IMF World Bank board governors annual meeting. He also attends multiple meetings with foreign dignitaries and participates in the swearing in of Postmaster General John A. Gronouski at 12:39 pm.
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Andrews Air Force Base
White House
Andrews
Kennedy
International Monetary Fund
World Bank
John A Gronouski Kennedy
Peter Lawford
David Powers
Navy
Paul Fay
Crosby Ranch
A. G. Edwards
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church
Edwards
Pulps
Controversy Over Premarital Sex Views At Cambridge Talk
British officials and church leaders weighed in after Peter Henderson urged tolerance for premarital sex among young people at a Cambridge teachers’ conference. Education Minister Edward Boyle condemned the remarks as personal, while bishops and other speakers warned of lax morals and potential harm to students.
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Christine Keeler
Peter Henderson
Education Ministry
Cambridge University
Edward Boyle
Henderson
Canon Fenton Morley
Leeds
University of Leeds
Fenton
Rockefeller on Berlin Wall Defiance and Hope
Rockefeller spoke to reporters about the wall saying it was built to hold back 17 million people seeking freedom. He and his bride arrived in West Berlin after a European tour, meeting with Pope Paul VI and British and Italian leaders before continuing from Bonn to London.
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Rockefeller
Paul VI
Berlin
Bonn
London
Quintuplet weigh-in marks James Andrew’s extra weight gain
In the daily bulletin quintuplets James Andrew the fourth born weighed four pounds and two ounces up from three pounds fourteen ounces at the prior weighing on September 20. Mary Magdalene the second born remains weighed at the initial measure.
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James Andrew
Mary Magdalene
Algerian Demonstration Declares Decisive Struggle Against Ben Bella
The anti government crowd cheered as Hocine Ait Ahmed denounced Ben Bella and urged a decisive struggle to topple the one party regime. Ali Ahmed, a top leader in the revolt against France, broke with Ben Bella and refused to join his government.
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Hocine Ait Ahmed
Front of Socialist Forces
Ben Bella
Ali Ahmed
France
Who's Who Home Repairs and Plastering Ad In 1962
Local classified listing shows Who's Who businesses offering home repairs including sewer rooting drains cleaning and winterizing with hourly rates. Also advertised plastering insulation services for interior or exterior surfaces with color options and a special on block walls. Drive to Little Rock Arkansas in 1962 for service and gas furnished. Leaving weekly.
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Fred Bakeman
Anytine
Little Rock
Ark
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