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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1977
Page
6
A compact list shows venues and contact numbers including Riviera Versailles Room Sahara Congo Room Casbar Theatre Dow The Beachcomber Sands Showboat Lounge Silver Bird Continental Theatre Gaiety Theatre with performer names such as Deddie Reynolds Jim Stefford Don Rickles Buddy Greco Frankie Carr Medine Jansen Dick Mallemen and Boy eeque in a historic listings layout.
Las Vegas and Hawaii architects revealed they were hired to design county offices rather than a dedicated court complex. Commissioners debated location and scope including a potential jail site, while judges worried about losing courtrooms and security. The team was contracted to design the courthouse with options for space needs and funding, including bond sales.
Lester Lyon Wilson a longtime Las Vegas resident and noted Appaloosa horse trainer died at 62. He worked ten years in Riviera Hotel food service and is survived by his wife Lena, daughter Deborah Creel, step-daughter Kathy Curcio, step-son Ted Curcio, four brothers Joe Harold Wilson Edward Fred, and three sisters Erma Guyer Anita Robinson Lois Butts. Rosary Thursday 7 p.m. Palm Mortuary. funeral Friday 9:30 a.m. Guardian Angel Shrine Cathedral.
Memorial services set for Victor Kunkel 87 a retired sheet metal official who died in Las Vegas. Marie Nail 46 a teacher's aide died in Las Vegas and burial planned for Texas. Ernest Talmadge Wood 55 bellman at the Thunderbird died in Prescott Arizona with a Palm Chapel service. Grace Johnston 86 died in a Las Vegas hospital cremation in Santa Fe. John Thomas Evans ? died in Las Vegas services at Palm Chapel. Marjorie G Bryden 68 died in Las Vegas with private services by Palm Mortuary.
A 2,300 acre woodland fire in the South Pahroc Range of Lincoln County Nevada was contained at 9 am after four days. Ed Ciliberti of the BLM said 124 personnel fought the blaze as 20,000 gallons of fire retardant were dropped by planes. All crews and equipment planned to return to normal status late Wednesday afternoon.
Disgruntled Lake Mead and Lake Mohave cabin leaseholders will voice concerns at a meeting with National Park Service representatives on August 18 in Las Vegas. Park official Jerry Wagers cites fair value and user costs as reasons for rent hikes and lease expirations through 1978.
A quirky phonetic lecture lists humorous mispronunciations and dialect phrases. Characters voice Plains English variants for birth flow flarz cane fahr lagt less and lesson with folksy cadence. The piece mixes humor with regional speech markers and playful spelling.
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