Western Airlines launches first Hawaii trip from Las Vegas
Western Airlines starts daily direct 707 Fanjet service Las Vegas to Honolulu with a stop in San Diego. The flight departs Las Vegas at 10 35 a m and arrives Honolulu at 2 20 p m with return departures after midnight. The move follows a 10 year battle in the TransPacific case and expands routes to major mainland cities and Hawaii boosting tourism and airline competition.
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Western Airlines
Las Vegas
Honolulu
Bill Kellogg
Western
San Diego
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Oakland
Terrell C. Drinkwater
Hawaiian Islands
Nevada
U.S
Anchorage
Phoenix
Denver
Twin Cities
Hawaii
Las Vegas Sun Organizational Masthead Presented
The Las Vegas Sun publishes its morning editions with Sunday issues. The masthead lists executive staff including M. Greenspun as president and Bren Armstrong as executive editor, along with departments such as news, sports, and advertising.
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Las Vegas Sun, Inc
Highland Ave
Las Vegas
Nevada
H M. Greenspun
Ray Germain
Ruthe Deskin
Barbara Greenspun
Haney Womack
Bryn Armstrong
Larrie Schmidt
Tom Diskin
Gerry Appleby
Burt Bay
Douglas Ritchie
J. L. Dixon, JR
Congress
Ward Griffith Co
Chicago
Detroit
New York
San Francisco
Los Angeles
United Press International
Nevada State Press Association
American Newspaper Publishers Association
California Newspaper Publishers Association
The
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Sparks Plant Gutted By Fire
A vacant explosives plant north of Sparks was gutted by a fire after firefighters fought flames for over an hour. The Manite Explosives Company building, once run briefly in the 1930s by Rocky Mountain Powder Company, is now vacant with the blaze under investigation and no injuries reported.
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Sparks
UPS
Manite Explosives Company
Rocky Mountain Powder Company
Obituaries note deaths of several residents
Obituary notices list Michael J. Webster 16 of Las Vegas died Monday in a local hospital with services set at 11 a.m. in Palm Chapel and burial in Woodlawn Cemetery. Lydia E. Callaway 88 of Larkspur California to be buried in Inglewood Cemetery with services at 3 30 p.m. Friday. Glen L. Sterling 56 a Sahara Hotel pit boss died Monday with services at 9 30 a.m. in Bunker Brothers Chapel and burial in Paradise Memorial Gardens. Robert S. Mann 21 of New York City died in a highway accident with funeral services pending. Palm Mortuary handling local arrangements. Surviving relatives including parents and siblings are listed for Webster Sterling Callaway and Mann.
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Palm Chapel
Michael J. Webster
Carruth St
Inglewood
Calif
Lydia E. Callaway
Larkspur
Bunker Brothers
Glen L. Sterling
S. Ninth St
Sahara
James R. Fehner
Paradise Memorial Gardens
Sterling
Nevada
Mary
Glynice Sterling
Las Vegas
Othel A. Dawson
Bridger
Mont
Bob Sterlin
Broadus
Cliff Sterling
Portland
Ore
Dave Sterling
Kent
Alaska
Donald Sterling
Miles City
Joe Sterling
Jay Sterling
Doris S. Peterson
Browning, Mont
New York
Robert S. Mann
New York City
David Mann
Palm Mortuary
PSC Says No Authority Over Lake Mead Ferry Plan
Nevada Attorney General office states the Public Service Commission lacks regulatory authority over the Lake Mead Ferry Service Inc. proposed passenger boat line between Lake Mead Marina Echo Bay and Callville Bay. Federal preemption concerns mean federal law governs the lake near Las Vegas.
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Carson City
State Public Service Commission
Lake Mead
Nevada Attorney General’s Office
Lake Mead Ferry Service Inc
Lake Mead Marina
Echo Bay
Callville Bay
U.S
Atty
Jack Sheehan
U. S
Las Vegas
Reese Taylor
Pusher Gets Probation as Two Robbers and Another Sentenced
District Judge Thomas O Donnelly sentenced two robbers and a narcotics pusher to Nevada State Prison while granting probation to a fellow narcotics offender. George Byron Tharp 20 received five years probation after a 10 year term for selling marijuana to an undercover officer. Tharp must serve six months in county jail already largely served. George Douglas Bush Jr. drew three years in prison for January 10 narcotics sale. William Edward Golden 18 and Larry Barnard Wilson 19 received four year prison terms for February 26 robbery of Walter Jackson at the J B Body Shop, totaling $2 and small change.
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Thomas O’donnell Y Sterday
Nevada
George Byron Tharp
Tharp
George Douglas Bush, Jr
William Edward Golden
Larry Barnard Wilson
Walter Jackson
J. B. Body Shop
Decision Soon On Cab Allocation Dispute
District Judge Babcock plans a decision this week on whether to void the Public Service Commission’s cab allocation. Las Vegas area faces a dispute over a July 18 order awarding 274 cabs, up from a prior 213. Plaintiffs Ray Chenoweth of Nellis Cab and William Mirin of Strip Cab seek an injunction.
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Howard Babcock
Public Service Commission
PSC
Las Vegas
Ray Chenoweth
Nellis Cab Co
William Mirin
Strip Cab Co
Babcock
Fear Key Problem For Blind Is Psychological Says Knudson
K 0 Knudson, legally blind since a World War I injury, told the North Las Vegas Lions Club that depression and fear after losing sight can be overcome for most within a month. He urged government funding to consider the aged and very young, and highlighted rehabilitation efforts at the Nevada Federation of the Blind Center, including new activities for the sightless like ham radios, bowling, ceramics, and crafts that may become vocations.
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Knudson
American Association of Retired Persons
Las Vegas
Lions Club
Nevada Federation of the Blind Center
N. Bruce St
Guitarist Allen Brown of Mills Brothers Dies at 52
Allen Norman Brown guitarist for the Mills Brothers for 32 years died Tuesday at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital in Los Angeles. He was 52. Funeral services planned for Thursday in Hollywood.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Allen Norman Brown
Mills Brothers
Cedars of Lebanon Hospital
Hollywood
Nellismen Consult On Zero Defects
More than 100 civilians and Air Force personnel from Nellis AFB attended the first Zero Defects Workshop at Rancho High School. Major General Taylor and Col. Blesse outlined ZD’s role in missions and cost savings from fewer errors as NASA and UNLV figures joined discussions for workplace recognition and improved efficiency.
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Air Force
Nellis Afb
Rancho High School
R. G. Taylor
Usaf Tactical Fighter Weapons Center
Frederick Blesse
474Th Tactical Fighter Wing
Nellis
Taylor
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Woodlawn Cemetery
Young Webster
Locklavern
Charlene Collier
Melvin Collier
Herbert Webster
Lydia FE. Callaway
Albert M. Callaway
Harley L. Callaway
Russell Gooch
Mill Valley
Gary J. Johnson
Merchants Bureau
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K. 0. Knudson
Nellismen
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Gen. Taylor
William White
College of Business
UNLV
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Mar Y
Walter A. McDonald
Henderson Palm Memorial Park
Irene Sherman
Searchlight Cemetery
John Davis Singleton
Henderson Palm Chapel
Lewis Wallace
Second Baptist Church
Woodlawn
Michael Webster
Lillie Jackson
Home Funeral Home
Blytheville
Arkansas
Mike Strazze
Jack Irvin III
Nicholsville, Alabama
Rose Rosenberg
St. Louis
Perry Smith Spencer
Iowa
Eva Richardson
Missour
Alice M. Peters
Kingman, Arizona
James Moran
Jesse Cosby
Edward Dolan
Robert Mann Jana Elise Smith
James M. Brophy
Melvin Mullen
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