Bank Heist Suspect Sought in Las Vegas Robbery
FBI names Alphonse Locard as a suspect in a $4700 First National Bank robbery in Las Vegas. Description 5-7, 165 pounds, dark complexion, 46, last in city before the crime. Police review records as roadblocks and a city dragnet chase leads to Barstow arrests of two locals cleared.
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First National Bank
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Alphonse Locard
FBI
Locard
Third Street Bank
Young Las Vegas Girl Wins Radio Reno Spelling Contest
Mary Wharton, a ninth grade student from Jim Bridger Junior High, captured top honors in Radio Reno's spelling contest from 4,000 entries by correctly spelling 3,330 words. She won about $272 in prizes including stereo albums, a wrist watch, a gold bracelet, and a toaster. Her prior wins include an electricity essay in Henderson and a cookie baking contest.
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Las Vegas
Mary Wharton
Jim Bridger Junior High School
Henderson
William Wharton
East Owens Ave
North
Clinton
Sarah
Dorothy
Schramm Rites Set for Today
Funeral services for Joseph George Schramm 63 of 1624 Curtis Dr will be held today at 12 15 p m at Bunker Brothers Chapel with Rev Charlies Ashcraft of the first Southern Baptist Church officiating Masonic services follow at 1 p m by Las Vegas Lodge 32 Burial is at Woodlawn Cemetery Pallbearers include J K Houssell Sr R O Cannon George Harvey Walter Graham Earl Johnson Ernie Thompson Thomas Domingue and W J Bill Moore
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Joseph George Schramm
Curtis
Pursel Names LV Physician Coroner Aide
Justice of the Peace Tom Pursel named Las Vegas physician Nicholas P. Grenfell deputy coroner, creating the first county history with two pathologists on staff. Grenfell will be sworn in today by County Clerk Helen Scott Reed. Clarke remains on the staff as the county expands its pathology corps.
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Justice of the Peace
Tom Pursel
Las Vegas
Nicholas P. Grenfell
Grenfell
James Y. Clarke
Helen Scott Reed
Pursel
Pursell
Clarke
Man Gets Jail For Rubber Checks
A 38 year old man was jailed on charges of forgery and petty theft after allegedly cashing multiple checks totaling 76.90 under different names at a West Charleston Blvd business. In municipal court he was sentenced to six months for shoplifting a pair of pants from a local clothing store.
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Joseph Anthony Milosich
Bob Zimmer
Paul Richardson
Milosich
West Charleston Blvd
No Accident Day Declared by NLV Mayor
North Las Vegas Mayor William Taylor proclaims April 30 as No Accident Day urging citizens to drive carefully and avoid fire and accidents during the designated safe driving period. The proclamation calls for extra caution, courtesy, and alertness to protect lives and property.
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Las Vegas
William Taylor
Taylor
Two Men Held For Cashing Stolen Checks
Las Vegas police arrested Charles Bernard Godwin and George Adam LePicard on charges of forgery after a check cashing spree. They allegedly cashed checks totaling near six thousand dollars that were stolen from Las Vegas Plastering Company using a writing machine at various stores in Las Vegas and nearby areas.
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Las Vegas
Charles Bernard Godwin
George Adam LePicard
Bob Burgess
Seymour Brown
Godwin
Lava Ave
LePicard
West Las Vegas
Henderson
Absentee Ballot Deadline Nears for City Primary
Less than a week remains to cast absentee votes in the city primary. Acting city clerk Sigrid Dodgson says registered voters away May 7 must vote by 5 p.m. April 30. Ballots are available at City Hall during office hours.
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Sigrid Dodgson
City Hall
Accused Torso Murderer Set for Mental Exams in Reno
Thomas Bean 18 faces psychiatric testing by Dr. Rudolph Toller and Dr. Walter Rapaport after being charged with strangling and dismembering Olympic skier Sonja McCaskie in her Reno apartment on April 5. Tests aim to assess sanity for possible commitment if found sane.
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Reno
APS
Thomas Bean
Torso Slaver
Sonja McCaskie
Rudolph Toller
Stockton Mental Hospital
Walter Rapaport
Agnews State Mental Hospital
California
Dist
William Raggio
Bean
Justice Court
Raggio
Nevada bill aims to end attorney general as legal advisor
The Assembly committee introduced AB-543 to remove the attorney general as legislative adviser. It would make the AG legal counsel only for the executive branch. Chair Ray Kinsley cited past opinions on pending bills and one opinion that halted a measure as justification.
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Eral
Nevada Dental Society Executive Committee
Carson City
UPI
Assembly State, County and City Affairs Committee
Ray Kinsley
D-Lovelock
LV Master Plan Talk by Saylor Set Tomorrow
Don Saylor city planning director will explain Las Vegas master plan to members of the Nevada Society of Professional Engineers at the Cirque Room El Cortez Hotel tomorrow night. He has led local civic outreach on long range city plans amid growth and earned a Wisconsin planning degree after directing planning in Green Bay and Lexington before moving to Las Vegas.
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Saylor
Don Saylor
Nevada Society of Professional Engineers
el Cortez Hotel
Las Vegas
University of Wisconsin
Green Bay
Wisconsin
Lexington
Kentucky
No Monoploy New York Executive Stress Study
Dr. Allen J. Fleming reports in Advanced Management that executives show no higher risk of stress related illnesses like high blood pressure coronary heart disease or stomach ulcers than non executive workers.
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New York
UPD
Allen J. Fleming
E. J. du Pont de Nemours and Co
Advanced Management Office Executives Magazine
Sawyer vetoes bill to create Nevada Dental Service Corp
Gov Grant Sawyer vetoed 5B-23 proposing incorporation of the Nevada Dental Service Corp. saying he was advised by the attorney general and transmitted the veto message to the legislature.
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Carson City
UPI
Grant Sawyer
Nevada Dental Service Corp
Sawyer
Christ Lutheran Church Plans First Las Vegas Service
The Christ Lutheran Church holds its first service this Sunday at 1 a.m. in the Village Coffee Shop Twin Lakes Plaza with Pastor Jerry Moe of the West Las Vegas congregation. A Division of American Missions project will establish the church and site work is planned at Torrey Pines and Fremont Streets.
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Christ Lutheran Church
Twin Lakes Plaza
Jerry FE. Moe
West Las Vegas
Division of American Missions
American Lutheran Church
Torrey Pines
Fremont Streets
Moe
America
Nevada judge named trustee of National Cowboy Hall of Fame
Judge Clark J. Guild named to the National Cowboy Hall of Fame and Western Heritage Center as a Nevada trustee replacing the late Lt. Gov. Rex Bell. He joins Gov. Grant Sawyer and Gardnerville rancher Fred Dressler as state trustees of the Hall of Fame.
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Carson City
UPI
Clark J. Guild
National Cowboy Hall of Fame
Western Heritage Center
Rex Bell
Guild
State Museum Board of Trustees
Grant Sawyer
Gardnerville
Fred Dressler
Nevada
Defense Attorneys Seek Fees in Nevada Supreme Court Action
Four Los Angeles defense lawyers ask the Nevada Supreme Court for travel expenses and attorneys fees in a case charging Warren Harris Randolph Patterson and others with the 1961 killing of William T. Green in West Las Vegas while Green allegedly cooperated with the federal narcotics bureau. The move follows an injunction request by District Attorney Edward Marshall and a dispute with Judge John Sexton over access to prosecution records. Arguments set for May 27 as further delays loom.
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Nevada Supreme Court
Carson City
High Tribunal
Dist. Atty
Edward Marshall
Supreme Court
Marshall
John Sexton
Sexton
John Manzonio
Herman Adams
Vase Calvin Valerie
Drake DeLaney
Robert Santa Cruz
Nathan Beasley
Warren Harris
Randolph Patterson
Los Angeles
William T. Green
Green
Federal Narcotics Bureau
Union Official Seeks NSY City Council Seat
Frank W. Scheel 49, longtime North Las Vegas resident, files to run for City Council. He is an Operating Engineers Union member who served as chief steward at Nevada Test Site and sits on the advisory board council. He previously worked as assistant chief cashier at Hanford and as a marine engineer. He is active in the Democratic Party and North Las Vegas clubs. This is his first bid for public office.
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Frank W. Scheel
North Las Vegas
Operating Engineers Union
Scheel
Nevada
Southern
Hanford
Wash
San Diego
Scneel
Democratic Central Committee
North
Divorce for Showman Minsky Put Off
Showman Harold Minsky, tied to his wife Dardy, had a divorce trial postponed by Dist. Judge David Zenoff due to a sick witness. Earlier appearances ordered $1,000 monthly temporary support for wife and two children. another session followed over delinquent payments. Minsky disclosed over $100,000 owed in back taxes despite $52,000 yearly income from his exotic girlie shows and a $20,000 loss at the 1962 Seattle World's Fair.
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Harold Minsky
Dardy
Dist
David Zenoff
Minsky
Zenoff
U.S
New Frontier Hotel
Obituary of Olof Olsson Former Train Dispatcher
Memorial services for Olof Olsson 82 of 180 World Wide Mobile Park in Eugene Oregon will be held. He died Monday at Fl Jen Medical Hospital born May 26 1880 in Sweden lived in Las Vegas six years. He was a Southern Pacific Railroad Portland dispatcher for 47 years and honorary member of the American Train Dispatchers Association for over 25 years. Survivors include his widow Florence two sons Robert and Paul daughter Mrs Howard Fay brothers Alex Jonas sisters Mrs Betta Panky Mrs P J Merrell seven grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.
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Olof Olsson
Eugene
Ore
Bunker Brothers Mortuary
Mr. Olsson
Fl Jen Medical Hospital
Sweden
Las Vegas
Southern Pacific Railroad
Portland
American Train Dispatchers Association
Oregon
Florence
Robert
Paul
Seattle
Wash
Howard Fay
Alex
Jonas
Betta Panky
Medford
P.J. Merrell
Bridgeport Neb
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