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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1963
Page
10
The city committee for decent literature expands its list of objectionable magazines to 16 more titles and adopts a policy shifting final determinations to a court. A 30 minute film on obscene literature will be shown to officials and groups.
Brig. Gen. Boyd Hubbard warns of dwindling base water as a North Las Vegas golf course draws from an old irrigation well. City manager Clay Lynch notes eight drilling permits denied while planning a future $8.5 million sewer plant funded by a bond issue, to supply treated effluent for irrigation near the base.
Police reported three burglary cases with total losses of 729 dollars. A transmission for a 1955 Oldsmobile valued at 250 dollars was taken from a service station at 1000 F Street. Thelma Brown’s shop at 1014 F Street loss included beauty tools a purse hair rollers and three boxes of hair totaling 142 dollars. Nelle Price Browner’s office at 130 Las Vegas Blvd South lost 130 dollars in cash from a purse. Seth Morris’s home at 812 Shadow Lane was burglarized while vacant with 190 dollars in currency a pearl necklace and 10 silver dollars stolen.
In Carson City the Assembly passed AB509 a bill by Joe McNamee to alter annexation rules for the Las Vegas Valley Water District. The measure would allow expansion southward to reach more arid areas and enable the district to fund pipelines and related infrastructure within its boundaries.
Las Vegas Recreation Department offers pool operator courses with 23 qualified trainees. The first class of Swim Pool Operators Short Course graduated March 30. a new class starts April 13 at Municipal Pool Building with sessions April 13, 20 and 27. Registration via phone 555 721. Instructors were Doug Pusharu and Nellie Cardillo. list of recent class graduates includes Lee Allen and others.
Police broke up a voter registration march led by Dick Gregory in Greenwood Mississippi arresting 19 participants including teens and elders. Gregory vowed to stay and fight police brutality while canceling nightclub engagements. Leaders Ida Holland and Rev. Rober Kinloch refused to disperse.
Recreation Superintendent Keith MacDonald reported a monthly total of 16 724 participants across activities from midget basketball to a Chinese language class. The basketball tournament drew about 2 000 appearances by 250 youths, with smaller clubs like Woodmen of the World Garden Club and Flower Club showing 10 20 and 25 members respectively. Upcoming events include the Marble Tournament on April 17 and the Junior Symphony Concert on April 11 along with softball and baseball leagues.
Burdell Porter of 819 KE Park Pasco was honored by Greyhound's western division for driving over 2,000,000 miles in 25 years without an accident. He received a Safety Award Certificate a uniform emblem and an engraved plaque to be presented at a forthcoming regional drivers safety meeting.
Funeral plans announced for John S. Halley a longtime attorney and Democratic organizer who collapsed near his office in Reno. He served as U S Attorney for Nevada 1938 to 1942 and as Housing Authority attorney 1934 to 1937. He is survived by his widow Dolores two sons a daughter and a sister. June 3.
Promoters in Reno plan to incorporate a new city of South Reno to lure a strip of resort hotels along U S Highway 395 starting at the current limits and extending seven miles. Jack Arian of Reno Hot Shines says incorporation could occur this September if all goes well, with petitions to authorize landowners. Water, sewage, and fire protection shortages hinder development and at least two casino hotel projects are awaiting sewage facilities.
The Office of Education approved four programs to start 160 unemployed people in Las Vegas and Reno. Sens. Bible and Cannon announced. Las Vegas class begins April 15 training 4 maids. A May 13 Las Vegas course trains 48 cashiers. Reno courses begin later with additional trainee counts.
Three men robbed the Ambassador Motel at 2 Fremont St at 1:35 a.m. A gun was shown and the clerk was forced to lie down while the trio took only cash from the drawer and fled toward South Ninth Street.
Frank Edward Wagner 45 died Monday at Southern Memorial Hospital. He was born April 1 1918 in Norwich New York and lived in Las Vegas 15 months where he managed the Westward Ho Motel. Survived by Clair of Las Vegas and daughter Marguerite of Brooklyn New York. Remains to Dalton Funeral Home Levittown New York for burial at U S National Cemetery Farmingdale New York.
Sending the remains of Craig Francis Weeden a 15 year old of 1950 Ballard Drive Las Vegas to Farry Funeral Home Asbury Park New Jersey for final rites and burial. He will lie in state tonight at Bunker Brothers Mortuary from 12 noon to 9 pm. Weeden died Tuesday at Sunrise Hospital born April 15 1947 in Camden New Jersey and had lived in Las Vegas seven months. He is survived by his father Douglas M Weeden Las Vegas mother Mrs L W Burke Point Pleasant NJ paternal grandfather D J Weeden Orlando Fla and maternal grandfather Clarence L Francis Asbury Park.
Palm Mortuary accompanies the remains of Captain Edward Klosterman to Reno for final rites and burial. Born November 11, 1924 in Oahu Hawaii, he died Monday in a plane crash near Nellis Air Force Base after two months at Nellis. Nancy and two Reno children survive.
Two men faced DUI sentences in Las Vegas Municipal Court. Virgil Hawkins, 23, and Ronald Meininger, 25, were fined 150 and 150 dollars or 75 days in jail each for driving under the influence under Judge Walter Richards. Larry Stowe, 28, cited at the Last Frontier Hotel, was fined 100 dollars or 50 days for reckless driving.
The First Presbyterian Church chancel choir presents The Seven Last Words of Jesus by Dubois at 9:30 and 11 a.m. Palm Sunday. Dr. Howard R. Chase conducts with soloists Estela Johnson, Herbert Flemington, and Edd Reece. The sermon on the fourth word is by Rev. Walter Hanne. New members will be received at 10 a.m. and presented at 11 a.m. by elder Berne Quinn.
A T 33 jet trainer from Nellis AFB will be dedicated at Fantasy Park on East Washington Ave Las Vegas with Brig Gen Boyd Hubbard Jr presiding. Mayor Oran Grayson will accept the gift as Lt Col Herbert Jones and Mrs Gail Andreas organize a ceremony featuring the Jim Bridger Junior High band and Scout flag-raisers.
Senate approves land fraud bill SB25 to curb misuse in Nevada sales. The measure requires investigating subdivisions in rural areas and commissions to prepare factual reports for partial buyers. No further reports required from VA or FHA before action.
Kenneth C. Helphingsstine, formerly with Peoples National Bank of Eat Wash, was named assistant trust officer in Bank of Nevada's trust department. Born in Lem, Nebraska, he completed Navy service in 1937 and later attended programs with the American Institute of Banking.
Harod P. Braman, 62, Beverly Hills, California, named Nevada Commissioner of Savings Associations replacing John Bell who resigned Feb 18. Braman will earn 15000 dollars annually and starts April 24. Gov. Grant Sawyer praised Braman’s integrity and experience in banking and savings, noting growth of the industry in the state. Braman previously led Beverly Hills Federal Savings and Loan and held posts in Fort Lauderdale and Washington, with a background as a foreign correspondent and editor.
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