LV Pioneer Esther Friend Ray Dead at 83
Funeral services for Esther Friend Ray 83 of 2112 Potosi Street will be held Friday at Biunker Brothers Chapel with a Christian Science Church reader officiating. A 49 year Las Vegas resident she was born April 5 1882 in Shaferville Ohio and died here Wednesday. She was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary of American Legion Post 4 Navy Mothers and the Golden Age Club. Survived by sons Robert and Marvin grandchildren Michael Michelle Scott Christopher Bonne Lynne and Troy Ray nieces Mrs Russell Egmonde and Mrs Gerald Musser nephews Gerald and Charles Musser. Burial will be in the Odafellows section of Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Robert
Marvin
Michael
Michelle
Scott
Christopher
Bonne Lynne
Troy Ray
Russell Egmonde
Gerald Musser
Gerald
Charles Musser
Las Vega
Obituary notices and services for area residents
Obituaries list services and survivors for Archie Lee Rell born May 4 1841 Missouri died here Thursday with rosary service today and Mass Saturday at Our Lady of Las Vegas. Survivors include sons Donald and Michael and several Las Vegas daughters and a brother in Missouri. Other notices name deceased Mrs Kingston born May 9 1899 Pennsylvania. Deborah Havcock eight days old. Katherine Kingston 73. Parris Jeffries 42. Katherine Halberg 79 and members of Masonic and Pythian groups. Burial and service details follow for each as listed.
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Archie Lee Rell
Bing Preston
Suzanne Willard
Las Vegas
Antoinette Graham
Long Beach
Calif
Otto
Missouri
Deborah Sue Havcock
Palm Mortuars
Deborah
Thomas Havcock
Rabhoa Ave
Dawson K. Havcock
D. H. Ward
Okinawa
Parris D. Jeffries
Raggett Traubman Mortuary
Anaheim
Jeffries
Masonic Lodge
Betty
Economy Shop Opens Under Independence Sponsor
The Economy Shop at 813 Owens Ave opens as a self-help project sponsored by Operation Independence. Margot Miller supervises the store which sells low priced items made and refurbished by local residents. Residents may display arts and crafts for sale with a small handling charge. profits fund a 10 percent focal contribution for federal grants to welfare projects run by Operation Independence.
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Owens Ave
Operation Independence
Margot Miller
McMasters pleads innocent in trespass case at Lake Tahoe home
Donald Mc Masters, estranged husband of San Francisco heiress Dolls Fritz McMasters, pleads innocent in Justice Court to trespassing on her Crystal Bay property. He seeks a jury trial, free on 40 bail, while a restraining order remains in effect as he and his wife pursue divorce in Nevada.
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Ready
Donald McMasters
San Francisco
Fritz McMasters
Justice Court
Lake Tahoe
McMasters
Sheriff's Deputies
Nevada
Crystal Bay
Senate split on Cabinet level Housing and Urban Renewal
Washington and Nevada senators split on creating a Cabinet level Department of Housing and Urban Renewal. Senator Howard Cannon voted in favor while Senator Alan Bible opposed. The measure passed with 57.3 percent support.
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Washington
Nevada
Dept. of
Howard Cannon
Alan Bible
Grace Ward Service Set in Southern Nevada
Grace Ward widow of M. F. Ward will be buried in Woodlawn Cemetery after services at Bunkey Bros. Chapel. Born August 1298 in Oklahoma she died in San Bernardino. She leaves two sons Joseph and Marvin Spin and others including daughters Abbie Phelps Shirley Simms and sisters Myrtie Semler and Sarah Eaves. Fourteen grandchildren and one great grandchild survive.
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Katherine Halberg
Ave. M
Boulder City
Grace Community Church
Guy Hollidas
Halberg
Franklin
Nevada
Pythian Sisters
Temple
Lloyd
Henderson
Witham
Silver
Gertrude Sylvan
Prairie View
Tex
Ellen Stevens
Peoria
Ariz
Grace L. Ward
M. FE
Gene Ward
Woodlawn
Bunkey Bros. Chape
Mrs. Ward
Oklahoma
Manda
San Bernardino
Merze
Portman
Rebekah Inder
Pittman Women's Club
Cancer Ford
Joseph
Las Vegas
Marvin Spin
Santa Fe
N. M
Orville Gilpin
San Diego
Calif
Abhiebelle Phelps
Dumas
Shirley Simms
Sitka
Alaska
Leland Ward
Detroit
Charles Ward
Myrtie Semler
Raton
Sarah Eaves
Trinidad
Colo
Lotva Ankerman
Mich
Sands Hotel to Invest Over 9 Million in Las Vegas Expansion
The Sands Hotel in Las Vegas plans a December completion with a 17 story tower and 777 rooms plus 400 suites and a 1,400 seat convention room. Prominent figures including Bill Maher and Jack Entratter steer the project as Las Vegas grows from a small desert town into a famed mecca.
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Sands
Red Skelton
Maher
Bill
Vegas
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Potosi St
Ilam
the Ladies Auxiliary of American Legion Post
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Mase
St Christopher's Catholic Church
Mrs. Kingston
Pennsylvania
Rorah Haycock
Katherine Kington
Bunker Brothers Chapel
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Alber
Memory Gardens Cemetery
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Katherine Holberg
Cannon
Norm Crosby
Don Pippin
Production BY
Jerry Schafer
Grace Ward Service
Tommy Dorsey
Frank Sinatra, JR
Pied Pipers
Charlie Shavers
Sam Donohue
Cleopatra
Bob Sims
Aedi _WAREHOUSE
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Big Jack
Fair Casino
Wheelin
Carl Cohen
L.V. Mecca
Keely
Smith
Sonny ‘'Ring
King
Vito “la Morra
Musso
Red
Nervo
Mite
Jackie Heller
Sonny King
Frankie
Dino
Jerry
Carol
Sammy
Patti
al ‘Scopitone
Nevada Sun
Tor
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