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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1968
Page
3
Clark County School Board plans to auction four parcels of surplus land totaling 76129 dollars in cash. Bids open at 8 30 p m Thursday with highest bid accepted. Board also considers supply contracts and new school buses as part of regular session. Director Richard Purcell calls for all members to report for practice at noon.
Democratic candidate Richard Ham accused incumbent Walter S. Baring of failing to fight a $20 million reduction at the Nevada Test Site. Ham said Baring is not consulted by state agencies and urged voters to support change. He spoke at a Las Vegas reception Sunday night and at a labor meeting last weekend.
Neil G Galatz of Las Vegas will speak at a Montana Bar Association conference in Missoula sponsored by the University of Montana Law School Great Falls. Medical cross examination will be the topic on August 15 16. Galatz is with Weiner Goldwater and Galatz 302 E Carson Ave
Band meets Rancho High School's marching band in Room 256 on August 19 at the school.
A motor cycle was found damaged with a slashed seat mirrors broken gas line torn loose gas turned on and the frame dented lying on the pavement. No damage estimate was given and police ponder who may dislike motorcycles.
St Michael’s Antiochian Orthodox Church holds its second annual picnic at Mahogany Grove Mount Charleston on August 18. The event begins at 10 a.m. with Matins and features Shish kebab Syrian salad Arabic bread pastries and American dishes. Tickets available by calling 642 4681 or 643 5378.
A Las Vegas woman, Judith Kay Adolph, 28, was charged with forgery after passing a stolen $80 money order at Toy Haven. Det. Bob Burgess and Det. Burt Levos arrested her. she was booked at the city jail.
Congressman Walter S. Baring campaigned for re election at the Aerojet Nevada Management Club this week warning that without strict adherence to law and order America faces anarchy. He linked riots in cities and communism as part of the same challenge to the American way of life and government.
A Regional Planning Council session at City Hall kicks off a three meeting slate with a discussion of the county general land use plan. Public works will confer at 1 30 p.m. with at least nine bidders for a 1 5 million Charleston Boulevard widening contract between Upland Boulevard and Highland Drive. An evening Southern Nevada Human Relations Commission session is planned for 7 p.m. in the conference room.
Ben Jaffee former Tropicana and Castaways founder died in Chicago after a yearlong illness. Funeral set in Chicago Tuesday. Born Sept 11 1895 in Brooklyn he built Las Vegas landmarks and helped Miami Beach hotels and a life insurance firm. Survived by wife Fisa son Eugene daughters Sadie Letaw and others with 11 grandchildren. Family requests no flowers.
A 50 to 1 scale model of Interstate 15 and the Downtown Expressway through Las Vegas is shown in the Las Vegas Convention Center lobby. Built by the State Highway Department, the 10 by 14 foot display cost about 6000 dollars and includes accurate signs, buildings, rail cars, and vehicles. The model aided a multi million dollar condemnation case involving Union Pacific Railroad land used for the freeway path.
Five people died in three Nevada crashes over the weekend. At Lake Tahoe near the Ormsby Douglas line a two car wreck claimed Robert Monahan 53 and Esther Monahan 48 and Pearl Stetler Reno while their injured daughter Pat 15 and husband William 62 faced serious and minor injuries respectively. A hitchhiker died in a separate US 40 crash west of Wells. the passenger list included two Illinois men David Brosier 36 and Thomas Sebastian 17 both badly hurt and a Colorado driver Donald Alvis 43 also seriously injured. North Las Vegas youth Richard York 20 perished when a car driven by his wife Linda 19 overturned north of Ely. The second car in the Wells crash was believed stolen from Illinois with marijuana found and its driver identity unknown.
Ferde Grofe unveiled Virginia City Requiem For A Ghost Town to about 2,000 attendees at St. Marys In The Mountains centennial celebration. Grofe, famed for The Grand Canyon Suite, presented the new composition in Virginia City Nevada.
Las Vegas Sun published mornings including Sundays by Las Vegas Sun Inc with key staff and offices listed. Names include H M Greenspun president Ray Germain vice president Ruthe Deskin secretary Barbara Greenspun treasurer Haney Womack general manager Bryn Armstrong executive editor Vince Anselmo managing editor Jim Barrows city editor Tom Diskin sports editor Gerry Appleby women's editor Douglas Ritchie classified manager John Cavaness circulation manager.
Rates list daily and Sunday prices plus carrier delivery and mail terms. Includes monthly and annual options with totals for the continental United States and a prepaid requirement.
A 32 year old Las Vegas man Gerald Staples was arrested after a 14 year old alleged he forced sexual acts since June. Deputies seized his Lake Mead Blvd home with color Polaroid photos and a timer used for the acts. He faces ex felon register violations assault and battery and other charges.
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