Luxury Strip Dwellings Moves Put On Hold
The county commission halted sales of four unit luxury apartments on the Strip to allow the builder to contract with buyers while land sites remain unsold. Heers Brothers Inc faced a cease and desist over alleged state law violations as realtor Murray Peterson raised concerns about preapproval before final plans. The district attorney will review advertising for legal compliance as Fairway Gardens near the Tropicana awaits escrow clearance and final plan approval.
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Dist
Atty
John Mendoza
Board of County Commissioners
Chiff Jones
Heers Brothers, Inc
Dus’nesman
Jones
Reeltor Murray Peterson
Heers
Anthing Special
Lou LaPorta
Fairway Gardens
Tropicana
Nevada Power authorized to sell 2 million in preferred stock
The Nevada Public Service Commission approved Nevada Power Company of Las Vegas to offer 100 000 shares of cumulative preferred stock at 20 dollars par to raise 2 million dollars to pay bank loans and fund a 5.79 million 1962 construction program including a generating unit and new transmission distribution facilities in Clark Nye and Elko counties.
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Carson City
UPS
Nevada Power Co
Las Vegas
Nevada Public Service Commission
Nevada Power
Clark
Nye
Elko
Oans
Select Ten Nominees For Soil Service
A Clark County committee announced an upcoming mail election to select 10 nominees for the county Agricultural Soil Conservation Service. The three-member committee includes Merrill Bunker as chairman Kat E Marshall as vice chairman and Dee M Hughes as regular member. Petitions signed by 10 or more eligible voters must be filed at the Clark ASCS County office 1526 North Main by September 21.
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Clark County
County Agricultural Soil Conservation Service
Merrill Bunker
Kat! E. Marshall
Dee M. Hughes
ASCS
Department of Agriculture
Clark Ascs
North Main
Soblen Remains In London Jail After Deadline
A deadline for Israel's El Al airline to transport Soblen to the United States passed with Soblen still in a London jail. A Home Office spokesman said the home secretary must decide next steps, while Scotland Yard had no word on Soblen's position.
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Israel
el al
United States
Soblen
Home Office
Home Secretary
Sobien
Scotland Yard
Yard
Mattie Edwards Katsaros 14 Dies in Las Vegas
Funeral services set for Mattie Edwards Katsaros aged 14 of 1732 Bonita Lane in Palm Chapel at 2 pm Monday with Rev. Walter Hanne officiating. Burial follows at Palm Garden of Memories. She is survived by husband Louis A. Katsaros and three daughters Dorothea Rasqui Cleo Harmon Phyllis Fish and two grandchildren.
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Mattie Edwards Katsaros
Bonita Lane
Palm Chapel
Walter Hanne
First Presbyterian Church
Palm Garden of Memories
Katsaros
Las Vegas
Harley Harmon
Chicago
Eastern Star
Louis A. Katsaros
Dorothea Rasqui
Cleo Harmon
Phyllis Fish
Funeral services set for Mor gan Grady in Boulder City
Funeral services for Mor gan R. Grady 52 of Henderson are planned Sunday at 1 p.m. at the Masonic Temple in Boulder City with burial in Boulder City Cemetery. Grady died yesterday at Boulder City Hospital and was a taxi driver for Checker Cab Co in Las Vegas. Survived by wife Alline two daughters Mary E Mayden and Dorothy L Mascott two sons Reuben E Grady Cole James R Grady three sisters Cora Brumett Mattie Curtis Minnie Sims and one brother Lloyd Grady.
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Morgan R. Grady
Carver
Henderson
Masonic Temple
Boulder City
Grady
Boulder City Hospital
Texas
Checker Cab Co
Las Vegas
Alline
Mary —E Mayden
Dorothy L. Mascott
Boise
Ida
Janet Crause Staffer Funeral Services
Janet Crause Staffer 83 of 316 Wisteria dies at home Thursday in Las Vegas after a Toledo birth in 1878. Funeral Monday at 1 pm at Reformation Lutheran Church with Rev. Kenneth Sowers. burial Mountain View Garden of Memories. Survived by daughter Mrs John Patterson and two grandchildren.
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Janet Crause
Wisteria
Bunker Brothers Chapel
Kenneth Sowers
Reformation Lutheran Church
Mountain View Garden of Memories
Staffer
Toledo
Ohio
Las Vegas
John Patterson
Las Vegas Student Heads Overseas Semester Plan
Sandra Lee Whitall of Las Vegas, a University of Redlands student, will join 37 peers and two faculty members for a semester in Europe. The program, directed from Salzburg, includes stays with Austrian families and a behind the Iron Curtain excursion to Czechoslovakia, with studies in language, politics, and culture.
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Las Vegas
University of Redlands
Europe
Sandra Lee Whitall
R. Whitall
South Eicht St
Southern California University
New York
S. S. Waterman
George H. Armacost
Salzburg
Austria
Hearing Set On Harmon Gaming License Denial
Judge John Sexton fixed August 27 as the date to hear whether the state gaming commission must issue a license for George Harmon owner of the Valley Inn Mesquite or provide a public reason for denial. Attorney Ted Dotson urged an early ruling while Deputy Attorney General Norman Samuelson represented the state gaming body.
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John Sexton
Ted Dotson
Behal
George Harmon
Valley Inn
Mesquite
Harmon
Valley
Depurty
Norman Samuelson
Woman keeps trying for zone change at Ullom property
Mrs. Rose Ullom pursues a zone change on the southwest corner of San Francisco and Arville in Las Vegas. The Las Vegas Planning Commission approved the request on the second try but it died earlier on a 3 2 vote after Harry Levy opposed it. Ullom plans a major shopping center with a covered mall if approved. She vows to press for approval again if needed.
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Rose Ullom
Las Vegas
Allom
Sunrise Cedars tavern surrender ends license after minors case
In Clark County Nevada tavern Sunrise Cedars surrendered their liquor license rather than face a hearing on closure for selling liquor to minors. Testimony before the Clark County Liquor Licensing Board included Juvenile Probation Officer O Callaghan Sheriff's Deputy Runkle and two juveniles. The board also approved partial ownership sale and several other licenses and slot machine licenses for local venues.
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Sunrise Cedars Tavern
Nellis Blvd
Onal O'Callaghan
Robert Runkle
Clark County
Liquor Licensing Board
Ralph Lamb
George Harmon
Valley Inn
Mesquite
Oliver C. Abbott
Sy Husney
Mr. Sy
Tropicana Ave
Las Vegas
Boulder Highway
Sherwood
Desert Hills
Police Solve Local Burglary at Rudy's Bar
North Las Vegas police last night solved the Aug 3 burglary of Rudy's Bar at 1810 Roosevelt St. Officer Gerald Hickey said a teen boy was taken into custody and gave a signed statement admitting the nighttime break in.
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Las Vegas
Rudy
Roosevelt St
Gerald Hickey
Las Vegas Driver Injured In Highway 91 Crash
An early morning crash on Highway 91 near the Jean rest area left John W. Kaiser of Las Vegas with a broken left arm and other injuries. Frank di La Pena of Santa Monica was arrested in Las Vegas on reckless driving causing injury. Both vehicles were southbound. Kaiser’s car was struck in the left rear.
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State Line
Highway 91
Las Vegas
Highway Patrol
John W. Kaiser
Southlith St
Southern Nevada Memorial Highway
Frank di la Pena
Santa Monica
Calif
Clark County
Williams
Jean
Kaiser
la Pena
Gamma Ray Experiments End at Nevada Test Site
Experiments at the Atomic Energy Commission Nevada Test Site aimed at refining gamma ray dose rate calculations from fallout and natural sources have been completed. Conducted by the Health and Safety Laboratory in New York, the study measured gamma rays from cobalt-60 and cesium-137 at various tower heights to assess air ground interface effects.
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Atomic Energy Commission
Nevada
Commission
Division of Biology and Medicine
Health and Safety Laboratory
New York
NTS
Water District Approves LV Pipeline Extension
Las Vegas Valley Water District directors approve a one mile 16 inch feeder line along West Fremont from Decatur to Jones Boulevard costing about 70000 to serve north and northwest Las Vegas. Langley Construction Company awarded the contract with two pressure reducing valve sites noted. total bids under 137911.85 approved for Wells 16 and 17 linking to the reservoir and for new meters.
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Las Vegas
Fremont
Decatur
Jones Boulevard
Langley Construction Company
Jones
Harvey E. Luce
West Fremont
Fate of Arden Freeway Deathtrap Undecided
County commissioners weigh whether Arden freeway interchange near Las Vegas Blvd S is a death trap after two weeks of operation. Traffic engineer cites drunken driver risk from unclear lane guidance and considers brighter lighting. No serious crashes reported, but residents demand safer crossings and signals at San Francisco Ave intersections.
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Arden
Thomas Clancy
Board of County Commissioners
Bureau of Public Roads
Las Vegas Blvd
San Francisco Ave
Missile Fired and Destroyed at Vandenberg
A Atlas F intercontinental ballistic missile was fired from Vandenberg Air Force Base California but was detonated over the ocean seconds after launch by the range safety officer due to detected trouble. The launch appeared perfect until the destruction. The Air Force is not yet certain of the immediate cause.
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Air Force
Santa Maria
Mendoza Obtains Leave of Absence for Campaign
Dist. Atty John Mendoza received a leave of absence without pay until the primary election to campaign against U.S. Congressman Walter Baring in Nevada. The board of county commissioners approved the leave, designating Deputy Charles Garner to handle civil cases and Deputy William Barker to handle criminal matters during his absence.
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Atty
John Mendoza
Walter Baring
Nevada
Board of County Commissioners
Mendoza
Dep
Charlies Garner
William Barker
Kennedy visits isolated Maine island for weekend retreat
President Kennedy arrived in Maine for a private stag weekend on a small island owned by Gene Tunney. Governor John H. Reed welcomed the President as his jet landed at 6 17 p m EDT at Brunswick Naval Air Station after flying from the capital.
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Brunswick
Maine
UPI
Kennedy
Gene Tunney
John H. Reed
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Nevada Budget Reserve Hits 6.6 Million As Year Ends
State Budget Director Howard Barrett reported a 6.6 million dollar reserve fund at fiscal year end with forecasts showing a rise to 7.9 million by July 1 1963. Agencies returned about 1 million unspent dollars including 285 960 from welfare public assistance and smaller reversions from the state hospital and TB programs. A separate note says prison improvements and a plan for a new women’s facility were presented to the state board for coordination with other agency projects. A Wendover Pilot Peak fire was contained with inmate help from the Nevada Youth Training Center. In Elko a man pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in a fatal traffic crash near Carmi Illinois. sentencing was postponed for a probation report.
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Carson City
UPI
Nevada
Howard Barrett
Barrett
Welfare
State Hospital
Nevada Prison Board
Fogliani
Illinos
Taylor Wines
McNally
Catherine Collier
Carmi
Ill
U.S. 40
Here
Freddie J L McNally Injured in Elko Incident
A brief UPI dispatch reports Freddie J L McNally, 34, of Newport Oregon, involved in an Elko incident. The item provides limited detail on his condition or the circumstances.
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Elko
UPI
Freddie JL. McNally
Newport, Ore
Laboratory Furniture Contract Awarded in Las Vegas
Laboratory Orn: Lab oratory Furniture Co was awarded a $9 757 contract to supply and install laboratory furniture in the science building at Nevada Southern in Las Vegas.
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Carson City
UPI
Laboratory Furniture Co
Mineola
Nevada Southern
Las Vegas
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