Spectacular Fashion Festival Ends Tonight
The Wednesday show proved more thrilling than Tuesday with ensembles including reversible coats over dresses and innovatively tailored pants for cocktail wear. Designers Pace Baratta Castilion Lannes Patterson Tillett and Helga showcased bold prints and dramatic gowns while Las Vegas knits by Lee Herman drew attention as Americans debuted dresses. The final dinner show is scheduled for Thursday.
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Pace
Enzo
Baratta
Ly Beautiful
Lannes
Argentina
Paatterson
Tillett
Mexico
Helga
Las Vegas
Lee Herman
Tax bills eyed in Nevada legislature debate
The Nevada Assembly and Senate consider a two bill tax package seeking to equalize property assessments and fund a statewide assessment manual. Proposals include a possible ten percent cabaret tax adjustment and a plan for reallocating representation by region. Minority leaders oppose the measures while party leaders push ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Assembly
Grant Sawyer
Senate
James Slattery
R-Storey
B. Mahlon Brown
Clark
Bruce Parks
Mineral
Senate Taxation Committee
Nevada
Assembly Taxation Committee
Cyril Bastian
Washoe County
Sparks
Artie Valentine
Reno
Parks
Pan American Strike by Pilots Grounds New Flights
The Air Line Pilots Association began a strike against Pan American World Airways at 7 p.m. Wednesday, signaling a 16 month dispute over a new contract. More than 90 percent of Pan American’s 1,500 pilots were expected to participate, with no new flights to be undertaken. Flights already under way would reach their scheduled destinations, and passengers would not be stranded. Pan American operates to over 50 countries from 16 major U.S. cities.
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Chicago
API
Air Line Pilots Association
ALPA
Pan American World Airways
Pan American
U. S
Classified Help Wanted and Rentals Listing Fragment
The fragment shows a Foster’s Shoes ad and multiple small classified items. It lists a help wanted request for a bondable man in stock room and collection work with Friday morning interviews, plus a series of housing ads for unfurnished and furnished apartments and executive homes with rents and contact details, and a real estate office listing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Corporation
Stewart
Henderson City Council to set May election rules
Henderson Nevada council will outline ground rules Thursday for the May 4 city elections amid confusion after the Nevada Legislature approved a new city charter. Five candidates filed under the old charter, which required filing March 25 to April 3, while the new charter sets April 5 to 16 as the filing window.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henderson
Nevada
New U.S. Defoliation Strike Opens Major Vietnam War
In Saigon a U S official outlined a giant new defoliation mission against Viet Cong in the Boi Loi forest 55 miles from Hanoi. The operation involved a 100 plane air assault and left three U S helicopters shot down and 2 Marines killed with 16 wounded as South Vietnamese forces were airlifted into battle. Maj Gen Joseph Moore called it the largest defoliation program in Vietnam.
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Saigon
UPS
United States
Viet Nam
U.S
Que San
da Nang
U. S
Joseph Moore
South Viet Nam
Moore
Pursel Attacks Clark County Hospital Bills
Bill Pursel chairman of the Southern Nevada Hospital Board denounces AB 347 and AB 597 as socialized medicine risking Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital. He warns against privatizing indigent care and selling county property, fearing lower care quality and harm to residency and teaching programs.
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Clark County
Assembly
Bill Pursel
Southern Nevada Hospital Board of Trustees
Clark County Commission
Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital
Purse
Judge sustains $500000 El Rancho judgment claim
Federal Judge William Mathes upheld a $503,481 damage award to producer Rene Bardy from a 1963 Carson City suit alleging a conspiracy by El Rancho Hotel owners Beldon Katleman MCA Artists Ltd Roy Gerber and Matt Gregory to bar Bardy from producing La Nouvelle Eve in Las Vegas in 1959. The court denied new trial motions. Bardy says Katleman and MCA conspired to oust him and replace the French show with a cheaper rival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Las Vegas
U. S. Dist
William Mathes
Rene Bardy
Carson City
el Rancho
Beldon Katleman
MCA Artists Ltd
Roy Gerber
Matt Gregory
Bardy
Katleman
MCA
Roy Gregory
City Dads Move Bar For Liquor License Address Switch
City officials repeatedly altered the Pink Panther tavern address to 1203 East Charleston Boulevard to fit tavern zoning. The transfer of Lina’s liquor license to 601 Maryland Parkway followed, though the site sits on Maryland Avenue, not Charleston, raising questions about planning, licensing, and zoning actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
East Charleston Blvd
Tavern
Charleston
Maryland Parkway
City Planning Department
Maryland
East
Charleston Boulevard
Commission
Lina
Charleston Blvd
Jean Dutton
License and Revenue
Dan Saylor
Saylor
East Charleston Boulevard
Oil use on highways tops one billion gallons annually
Auto makers estimate about 1 billion gallons of lubricating oils are consumed annually by automotive engines on the nation s highways.
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Boston
UPI
Automobile Legal Association
The Stand and the Souring Boxing Sport
The piece argues television free shows have collapsed small clubs where novices learned the sport, reducing good prospects. It cites Welterweight Stable in a failed title bid and notes talent shortages, hooligans, and racketeers driving public disillusionment. It contrasts modern TV era with Tony Zale’s rise in small towns and the Garden era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spors
Deciding Districts Fate Hinges On Special Election
The district directs five members to be chosen in a special election at the Convention Center as county commissioners act as ex officio directors after the governor signed the bill. An immediate audit and conservator appointment may follow if commissioners remain the sole board, with operations under review until new procedures exist.
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Columbia Records
Bank of Las Vegas
Miles Davis
Norman Luboff
Andre Kostelanetz
Frankie Laine
Vic Damone
Dave Brubeck
Schubert
Debussy
Berlioz
Bank OF
Federal Reserve Bai
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Gaming
Pan American Airline
Cl—Personals
Foster's Shoes
Home & Children
E. Margo Drive
Desert Hills
Heath Real Estate
Flamingo Rd
Nice
Tory Farge
Clean
Apt. 1
Apt. A
Boi Loi
Pursel Raps Hospital
Bunion
Horseshoe Club
City Dads
Hank Greenspun
Griffith
Stable
Pierre Egan
Johnnie Addie
Valhalla
Tony Zale
Idaho
S. Main
Freddy the Fryer
Iyo Vay Ltda
City Laundry
Sanitone Cleaners
13Th
Carson
Paradise Flamingo
Audrey Read
Boulder Hwy
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