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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1966
Page
9
Las Vegas columnist Paul Price takes a break for vacation and announces his return in three weeks. The note appears in his regular city desk feature and sets readers’ expectations for upcoming columns.
Rev John Andrew chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury visits Las Vegas to promote ecumenism. He notes strong regional church friendship and describes Pope Paul VI and Pope John as shy yet dignified figures shaping interfaith unity. The trip continues to New York and Canada.
Les Edwards, chairman of the Southern Nevada Hospital Council, says salary raises for all Southern Nevada hospital staff start Nov 1 or with the next pay period. SNMH board decision pending. administrator Jack Stages may push for approval. RN pay climbs 25 percent from 400 to 500 monthly with experience-based scales and a maximum of 782.
Governor Grant Sawyer visits Las Vegas tomorrow and Tuesday for business appointments. He travels to Washington, D C on Wednesday and stays through Thursday, then goes to New York City Friday to nominate Leslie Fry of Reno as national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars at their convention. He plans to return to Carson City Saturday and end the week back in Las Vegas on Sunday.
Atty. Gen. Harv ey Dickerson announced plans to extradite Salt Lake City attorney Adam Duncan in the Mark Twain Life Insurance case. Duncan faced a Reno grand jury indictment for allegedly receiving $25,000 in embezzled funds for legal services as officers of the company, now in receivership.
A minor two car crash on the Strip at Keno Lane yesterday caused a dramatic water spray from a three inch line. Edward Namokueha, 38, was cited for following too closely and for driving without a license. Charles Loomis Sr., 63, escaped injury.
Las Vegas newest hotel Caesars Palace imitates Rome with a 190000 dollar pool shaped like a shield and a courtyard pool. Nude statues and a giant crystal medallion chandelier dominate the casino and atrium while togas clad staff service high rollers and a Roman theme pervades meeting rooms and dining rooms. Prices for rooms run 14 to 116 dollars daily, with stone lion guards and a Roman baths complex nearby. The piece questions the lack of fig leaves on statues after spending 25 million dollars on the resort.
Hyde Park Junior High and K O Knudson Junior High hold registration on August 26 and 29 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Valley High invites freshmen to pay a $6.50 fee and sophomores, $6.50, juniors and seniors $5 on August 26 and 29 with 8:15 a.m. classes starting August 30. Las Vegas High School asks grades 10-12 to register August 26 and 29 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. orientation for tenth graders is set for Friday at 9 a.m.
Reno contractor Al Scolari says out-of-state sheetmetal workers are being hired to finish jobs halted by a prolonged strike. He denies reports that interim local contracts were signed with Reno Sheet Metal Workers Union 26, which has been on strike since July 1.
Capt. Donald J. Mattasolio of Nellis Air Force Base received the Distinguished Flying Cross for his role in the June 29 Hanoi raid that destroyed oil storage and crippled the city’s fuel and transport system. Col. James A. Young also received the Oak Leaf Cluster to the Silver Star for leading the mission.
With school opening near, the Southern Nevada Vocational-Technical Center reports 75 to 100 openings. Located on Whitney Mesa between Las Vegas and Henderson, the program offers graphic arts, bookkeeping, auto body, electronics, culinary arts, and secretarial science. Four orientation sessions were well received. juniors register Friday, seniors and adults August 29 on space availability basis.
Otto Ravenholt county health chief announces a door to door immunization survey to start tomorrow and run through Friday. Eight public health nurses will canvass designated areas to poll mothers on children’s shots as Atlanta Public Health Department supervises the effort.
Occidental Petroleum reports a sizable iron ore discovery on the Walker River Indian Reservation. Core samples show about 46 percent iron and some copper, with potential pellets up to 68 percent. Depths near 2,200 feet. thickness about 600 feet, but Horton says no immediate Nevada benefits without market demand.
A note on home textile care explains that children's pillows chairs and couches can use heavy-utility toweling for durable washable covers. The material helps keep items clean and fresh with simple laundering.
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