Nevada Official Denies Sex Discrimination Charge
Robert Goodman Nevada economic development director denied claims by deputy Virginia Shane that she earned less than male peers and faced menial tasks. Shane, who plans law school in Sacramento, says she faced unequal pay but Goodman says salaries were set by 1975 legislature and remain 30 percent lower than tourism and industrial development directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carson City
UPI
Robert Goodman
Goodman
Virginia Shane
Shane
McGeorge
Sacramento
Nevada
Mike Daly
Las Vegas
Reno-Carson City
Bil Bender
Ms. Shane
Copter Brings Bride To Church in Rhode Island
In SOUTH PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, bride Janice Jessop arrived by helicopter and groom by car for a church wedding. The priest cited modern freedom of expression as the explanation for the unconventional arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Providence, R.I
UPI
Janice Jessop
Universal tram crash at Los Angeles park injures two
A Universal Studios tram carrying eighty visitors slid on rain slick pavement, jackknifed, and hit a small building injuring Penelope Phillips and Ronald Seyfer. Seyfer released. Phillips condition not immediately known. Deputies reported no other injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
UPI
Universal Studios
Penelope Phillips
Anaheim
Ronald Seyfer
Arveta
Colo
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Seyfer
Phillips
Sheriff's
Dan Litwack Funeral Services Planned in Las Vegas
Dan Litwack 62 longtime MGM Grand food and beverage manager dies after a short illness at UCLA Medical Center Los Angeles. Services set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Palm Mortuary with burial in Vermont. He was born February 5 1914 in Newark New Jersey and previously worked at the Playboy Club Lake Geneva Wisconsin and Hollywood Beach Hotel Florida before joining MGM Grand in April 1973. He is survived by his wife Alana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Litwack
MGM Grand Hotel
Palm Mortuary
Litwack
MGM
Ucla Medical Center
Los Angeles
Egas
Circus Cus
Newark
N.J
New Jersey
Rutgers University
Playboy Club
Lake Geneva
Wis
Holly
Wood Beach Hotel
Hollywood
Fla
Las Vegas
Alana
Vermont
Julie Andrews Tops Caesars Las Vegas Weeklong Engagement
Las Vegas notes celebrate Julie Andrews at Caesars Palace with a seven night run starting August 12. The piece praises her charisma and stage presence, comparing her to Judy Garland and Lena Horne, and highlights opening act Fred Travelena.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julie Andrews
Death Valley
Las Vegas
Caesars Palace
Billy Weinberger
Caesars
Judy Garland
Lena Horne
Judy
Garland
Lipton
Noel Coward
Tony Newley
David Frye
Rich Little
Fred Travalena
Jim Nabors
Kissinger
Jimmy Carter
Tom Jones
Paul Lynch
Soviet Ship Officer Indicted In Death
Moscow prosecutors indicted Anatoly T. Vysokos a 30 year old junior navigation officer aboard the Soviet liner Bikal for the beating and drowning death of Mariko Nagaoka a 21 year old Tokyo University student from Yokohama. Nagaoka disappeared July 28 and was found dead in the Sea of Japan August 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
UPI
Moscow
Foreign Ministry
Anatoly T. Vysokos
Bikal
Mariko Nagaoka
Tokyo University
Sea of Japan
Yokohama
Soviet Union
Miss Nagaoka
Black Grad Earns Counseling Masters and Offers Advice
John Williams, 70, earned a master's in counseling at the University of Wisconsin Platteville and urged Americans to accept people as individuals. Williams recalls barriers from the 1930s and 1940s in Milwaukee and Madison, noting continued prejudice and the need for mutual understanding as he begins directing UW Platteville's Multi cultural Educational Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Platteville, Wis
UPI
University of Wisconsin-Platteville
America
John Williams
UW Madison
Milwaukee
Camp Randall
Madison
Wisconsin
Williams
Milwaukee Teachers College
Appletorn
Fronch du Lac
UW Platteville
Also Mentioned on This Page
Canada
Toronto
Frank Merriwell
Red Grange
Tom Mix
New York
Lou Clayton
Eddie Jackson
Jimmy Durante
Lasmy
BY Ralph Pearl
Smothers Brothers
Smothers
Nelson Riddle
Forg Motor Co
Ann-Margret
Las Vegas Hilton
Funnyman
Charlie Callas
Ann- Margret
Price
Wyoming St
Black Grad
U.S
TV Aes
Charleston
Judy Lyerly
Park Sahara Office
Las
SUN
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!