Defrauding State Fails To Pay Off for 29
Carson City Nevadan case shows 29 unemployment fraud prosecutions since January. Bruce Barnum of the Employment Security Department notes all were convicted and fined at least $50 with benefits forfeited. Two offenders received jail terms totaling 24 days for fraud totaling $500. The agency reports use of automated detection and employer cooperation to root out fraud. The department processed 224,564 claims in 1961-62, paying over $7.215 million. fraud rate under one tenth of one percent. The typical weekly benefit ranged from eight to 57.50 dollars, averaging 37.19 for the year.
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Bruce Barnum
Reno
Fallon
Fletcher
Nevada
Kiwanis Build Leads to County Juvenile Program
A community campaign from the Kiwanis Club led by president Albright built a juvenile home to rehabilitate rather than jail youths. Under Donald O Callaghan the program cut custody rates, with 269 youths in 1961 down to 173 in 1966, and a 13.8 percent detention rate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwamis Club
Budbright
Albright
Doughty Kiwanians
Service League
Service Club
Donald O'Callaghan
United States
R. B Griffith
E. A. West
Kimball
Pather
Juvenie
Subistence Pay dispute cited at test site contract talks
The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service held a two day meeting with labor and management representatives to set procedures removing discriminatory contracts. William E Simkin led efforts as San Francisco trip concluded. The plan calls for uniform subsistence pay and fringe benefits for all test site workers, but current pay varies from $30 to $50 weekly. The AEC proposed cutting subsistence to 3.50 daily and union officials warned of possible lawsuits to enforce contract terms with Reynolds Electrical and Engineering Company. John Dunlop and Oscar Smith attended the talks representing labor and the AEC respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
William E. Simkin
San Francisco
Simkin
Teamster
AEC
Reynolds Electrical and Engineering Company
John Dunlop
Labor
Arthur Goldberg
Oscar Smith
Atomic Energy Commission
New Twist Basel Watch Unveiled By Swiss Makers
At Basel Switzerland 160 watch makers showcased 19 000 new watches including a twist bracelet and case of gold strands and a flip up cover highlighting novel designs in the fair.
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Basel
Switzerland
Notice to Creditors in Walter R. Smith Estate
In the Eighth Judicial District Court Clark County Nevada estate of Walter R. Smith deceased Ruth Than Spare as Administratrix summons creditors to file claims with vouchers within three months after first publication. Helen Scott Reed and Aldina Mang, deputies, Morse Graves attorney for the estate notarized August 16. Public notices dated August 15 1902 and Sept 5 and 19 1902.
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Eighth Judicial District Court
State of
Nevada
County of
Clark
Walter R. Smith
Ruth Than
Helen Scott
Merk Ry Aldina Mang
Former U2 Pilot Powers Files For Divorce
Francis Gary Powers, noted U2 pilot, filed for divorce from his wife Barbara in Milledgeville Georgia. He cites habitual intoxication and cursing as grounds, seven year childless marriage described as on shaky ground. Powers, 33, was released from a Soviet prison after the 1960 Moscow incident and reunion with his wife follows weeks of tension.
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Milledgeville, Ga
UPI
Francis Gary Powers
Barbara
Central Intelligence
Russia
Power
River water rate hikes set through 1966 plan
The Metropolitan Water District directors approved rising charges for Colorado River water from January 1964, with rates for untreated domestic and industrial use increasing from 19 to 21 in 1963 and climbing to 24 in 1964 and to 31 by July 1966. Agricultural rates at 13.50 per acre foot will also rise under the three year schedule.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Colorado
Metropolitan Water District
Nevada court summons in divorce case record
The State of Nevada issues a summons in Clark County Nevada to the defendant. The summons orders the defendant to return an answer within 26 days of service or face default judgment. The action seeks dissolution of the bonds of matrimony between plaintiff and defendant. District Court Seal. Clerk Helen Scott Reed. Deputy Judith Leavitt.
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Nevada
G. William Thard O
Premont Street
Las Vegas
Helen Scott Reed
Judith Leavitt
Chere
Two Kidnar Suspects Face Federal Charges
Two of three men charged in a Las Vegas kidnapping were sent from Salt Lake City to Arizona to face federal kidnapping charges. James Meador, 22, remained in Las Vegas where police say he committed a rape, robbery and assault spree including a rape witnessed by a bound husband and child. Byrne, 20, of Santa Monica and McDaniel, 29, of Casa Grande were captured near Cedar City and Mesquite Deputy Oscar Abbott arrested Meador. If acquitted on federal kidnapping, local authorities hold Meador for related Las Vegas crimes.
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Las Vegas
Salt Lake City
Arizona
James Meador
Meador
Santa Monica
Calif
Wiliam Byrne
Kincaid
Larry A. McDaniel
Casa Grande
Ariz
Pinal County
Beaumom
Byrne
McDaniel
Cedar City
Utah
Oscar Abbott
FBI
Nevada primary voter registrations rise. Las Vegas leads with party split
Voter registration across eight of seventeen counties reaches 108 846, trending toward a record turnout while Nevada counties show shifts in party strength. Clark County totals compare 1962 to 1961 with Las Vegas at 31 316 registrations—Democrats 22 320—Republicans 6 767.
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Boulder City
Henderson
County Commission
Nevada
Las Vegas
Lincoln
Mineral
White Pine
Clark County
North Las Vegas
Strikers Halt Space Projects In Huntsville
More than 20 million dollars of construction work, largely tied to space programs, halted as the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers began a strike. The Marshall Space Flight Center and the Army's Ordnance Missile Command reported over 40 delayed projects, including Saturn missile work, following a dispute with Baroca Electrical Construction Co over alleged non union hiring.
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Huntsville
Ala
UPT
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Afl-Cio
Marshall Space Flight Center
Army
Ordnance Missile Command
Baroca Electrical Construction Co
Western Leaders May Meet Before U.N. Opening
A State Department spokesman said a Western Foreign Ministers meeting before the U.N. General Assembly would be entirely normal. It likely would be in New York or Washington, though no definite plans exist.
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Washington
UPT
State Department
United States
United States General Assembly
New York
U.S
Rusk Defends West Berlin at VFW Convention
Secretary of State Dean Rusk told 15,000 VFW members in Minneapolis that Berlin remains a free enclave and the wall is a monument to failure. He defended U.S. resolve to stay in West Berlin and blasted Soviet secrecy, while Gen. Maxwell Taylor outlined a defense shift toward flexible, non-nuclear conflicts. Agriculture head Orville Freeman urged strong American farming as a contrast to Communist failures.
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Minneapolis
Minn
UPT
Dean Rusk
Berlin Wall
U.S
Rusk
Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW
United States
West Berlin
Russia
Maxwell Taylor
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Taylor
Western
Europe
Orville Freeman
Minnesota
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G. A Fletcher
Jack Hiatt
Strom Rere
Ocallaghan
O'Callaghan
Overton Curtis
Las Vegas High School
Utah State University
Elko
Nome
Rhen
O Callaghan
Board of County Commissioners
Powers
Clark No
Neale Parks
Yate
Kidnar
Strikers Halt Space Projects
U.N
VFW Confah
Freeman
Cuba
China
America
Western Airlines
Market Town Builders
COSCO
Home Supply
Vegas
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