Miniature Model Exhibit At Las Vegas Public Library
Barton Fellowes, a local air conditioning engineer, displays about 149 of his 3800 miniature ship models at the Las Vegas Public Library through August. The 1/1250 scale carvings, cast in lead and painted, include notable vessels such as Amagiri, Kaga, Growler, Queen Mary, and Titanic. Hours are 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. weekdays and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays.
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Las Vegas Public Library
Barton Fellowes
Fellowes
Mesquite Ave
Torley Developer Dies in Las Vegas at 39
Joseph M. Torley 39, of 407 So. 13 St., founder of Torley Land Co., died of a heart attack late Saturday. Born in Aquaqua Illinois, he moved to Los Angeles and built a market chain before coming to Las Vegas 19 years ago. He is survived by wife Francette and son Ray E. Torley. funeral Tuesday Aug 6 at 10 a.m. at Bunker Bros. Mortuary, entombment at Pomona Mausoleum California.
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Aquaqua
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Los Angeles
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Las Vegas
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Ray E. Torley
Bunker Bros. Mortuary
Theodore Hoeker
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
Pomona Mausoleum
Pomona
Calif
Las Vegas Sun Masthead and Subscriptions Notice
The Las Vegas Sun announces its editorial leadership and office details with key staff including H. M. Greenspun as editor and publisher, executives, editors, and department heads. Subscription rates for one to twelve months are listed, with payment in advance required.
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Continental
United States
31 Area Servicemen Discharged Between July and August
Between July 10 and August 1 a total of 31 Clark County servicemen were released from active duty per a release from state Selective Service Director Col Addison A Millard. Army releases topped 18, Navy 7, Marines 3, and Air Force 1 with named individuals listed. Franklin P. Crosse was the lone Air Force discharge.
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State
Selective Service
Addison A. Millard
Army
Navy
Marines
Air Force
Franklin P. Crosse
Inmate Walks Off Returns to Prison Nearby
Hershel Bridge, 21, an inmate at Nevada State Prison, briefly left a work detail at the Eagle Valley Children's Home near Carson City. He returned within an hour after planning to meet someone on a highway but fled back when he saw patrol cars. Bridge remained in isolation awaiting a prison disciplinary hearing.
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Nevada
Hershel Bridge
Eagle Valley
Here
Bridge
Hocker
Youth Admits Strip Thefts In Local Burglaries
A 16 year old Elko parolee confessed to more than 60 local burglaries in recent months. He described stealing room keys from purses at Strip hotel swimming pools while women left wallets in rooms. Police noted an extensive juvenile crime record.
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Elko
Dope Raids Net 38 In Reno Sparks
A massive dawn narcotics operation in Reno and Sparks netted 38 arrests on sales charges after six weeks of investigations. Police from Reno and Sparks, plus four outside officers, executed warrants and cleared a Sparks private home and a downtown Reno tavern.
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Sparks
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Reno-Sparks
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Elmer Briscoe
Sparks High School
Cabbies Meter Fight Delays Contract Talks in Las Vegas
Striking Las Vegas cab drivers paused as contract talks stalled over taxi limits at the Riviera Hotel. Teamsters Local 881 proposed a 228 cab cap with allocations to Yellow, Checker, Union, Whittlesea, Nellis, Strip, and Star, while Nellis, Strip and Star pressed for a minimum 219 taxis on the street daily. An earlier flare of violence included two cabs burned, and Ray Chennoweth of Nellis was arrested for trespassing at a Strip hotel before bail.
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Teamsters Union Local 881
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Nellis
Strip
Star
Bill Mirin
Ray Chennoweth
Chennoweth
McCarran Airport
Mirin’s
Commission
Mirin
Driveway Robbers Strike at Abbott Street
A theft reported at 194 Abbott St. involved four tires and mag wheels valued at 600 dollars. The victim named Jessie James Branch.
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Abbott St
Jessie James Branch
Army Seeks Volunteers For Scuba Diver Training
Local Army recruiter Sgt Harlyn Thompson invites volunteers to join diver training after basic training. Trainees attend eight weeks at the Naval Diving School in San Diego with lessons in diving theory, shallow water skills, scuba, and deep sea diving tasks aiding vessel, bridge, pier, pipeline repair and marine surveying duties.
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Harlyn Thompson
Army
Naval Diving School
San Diego
California
Thompson
E. Stewart
Nevada Highway Carnage Reaches New Weekend Toll
Four people died in separate crashes over the weekend across Nevada. Joseph A. Rutherford, 25, of Mercury, died after rear ending another car near Henderson. Theodore Couch, 38, and his wife Jeanne were injured in a rollover on US 91. Dean Layton, 22, and John Thomas, 22, died in a Battle Mountain crash on US 40. Nevada's death toll stands at 127, 18 more than last year.
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Joseph A. Rutherford
Mercury
Henderson
Chester Hills
Clark County
Theodore Roger Couch
Jeanne
Couch
Donald D. Burch
Patricia Ann Burch
Las Vegas
Ing
Battle Mountain
NAACP call for Lake Tahoe march gains support
Reno Sparks NAACP chapter leaders call for a summer march at Lake Tahoe to protest discrimination in employment and housing. President Eddie Scott urges regional office support from nine western states and Alaska Hawaii Oregon Washington Utah Idaho Arizona California Nevada. He also requests halting lake entertainment by showroom staff during the march and forming a committee to address discrimination with employers and homeowners.
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Hawaii
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Arizona
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Nevada
Scott
Lake Tahoe
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Soarers to Meet Organizing Meeting in Las Vegas
An organizational meeting of the Las Vegas Soaring Society will be held this afternoon at 510 Norton Street at p m. The meeting is open to all adults interested in sailplane activity. For more information call 870 4129.
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