U S Public Housing Team Seeks Carpenters’ Quick Return
U S Public Housing Administration officials will meet with Carpenters Local 1730 to urge the strik ing craftsmen to finish work on Herbert Gerson Park in West Las Vegas. Director Herbert Gerson says 180 units could be ready for occupancy three weeks after work starts. About 120 families are now living on the site at Highland Drive and Lake Mead Boulevard with 31 trailer park residents awaiting housing after city closure for code violations.
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U.S. Public Housing Administration
Herbert Gerson
Elko Man Says He Is Organizing Ku Klux Klan Group
Robert Max Asher said 30 to 40 people in Elko Wells and Carlin have signed to form a local Klavern. He described himself as a representative of the KKK and denied being top organizer while asserting the group aims to unite white people without seeking violence.
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UPI
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Wells
Carlin
Robert Max Asher
Newmont Mining Co
Klavern
Warren Monroe
Democratic Central Committee
Reno
Asher
KKK
Exotic Muck Tunnel Shelters Featured in Las Vegas Plan
The Blast outlines 43 shelters including Nevada mines such as Anchor in Goodsprings and Monte Cristo, Muck Tunnel and the Landmark Tower as potential fallout spaces. Clark County lists 80,929 spaces surveyed with 51,786 stocked and 12,206 awaiting stocking as part of a national civil defense effort.
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Civil Defense Agency
Nevada
Blue Diamond
Sity Library
Churchill Downs
Sands Hotel
Las Vegas Convention Center
Paradise
R. H. Bucknell Jr
Clark County Civil Defense
Clark County
Jail Vegas Money Makers Arrested in Hilton Suite Scheme
Two Las Vegas men Eddie Thrasher and Phil Ploun, both 32, were arrested after undercover agents paid $10,000 for a money making machine claimed to produce cash from colored water and paper. Investigators say the device used cloth layers and colored water with real money planted as a demonstration. Both men faced charges of conspiracy to commit grand theft and carrying a concealed weapon following the hotel room incident at the Statler Hilton.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Las Vegas
Eddie Thrasher
Phil Ploun
Sheriff's Banco
Statler Hilton
Fatal rollover car crash near Mt Charleston cutoff
A 61 year old Mercury resident, Mildred Elaine Moore, was in critical condition at Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital after a one car rollover on U S 95 near Mt. Charleston cutoff Friday night. She was found by a witness beside the overturned vehicle after it hit an embankment.
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Mercury, Nev
Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital
U.S. 95
Mt. Charleston
Nevada Highway Patrol
Mildred Elaine Moore
SNMH
Hatfield urges GOP unity to reclaim local power
Oregon Governor Mark Hatfield told a Reno Republican gathering the party must shed faction labels and unite under a single philosophy. He argued strong local and state leadership are prerequisites to national wins and criticized federal overreach and outdated state rules.
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Reno
UPI
Oregon
Mark Hatfield
GOP
Niece Arrives Prompt Telegram Sends News Across Family
In Evesham England a father congratulates his brother in law via telegram stating Newborn daughter arrived. The message was delivered with the terse line Niece arrived conveying the happy family milestone.
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Evesham
England
UPI
Sharp Reno's Top Jaycee Sharp Reno's Top Jaycee RENO
Milton Sharp 33, consulting civil engineer and Regional Planning Commission member, named the junior Chamber of Commerce outstanding young man of the year at a Reno Jaycee Banquet. Born in Ruby Valley, he attended Wells schools.
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Sharp
Ruby Valley
Wells
Unconventional Holiday Sales Strategy Revealed
The speaker describes plans for 129 more sales this year and promises to save customers money on days marked by staying home for turkey and opening presents. They recount past jewelry sales and 50 cent debits, noting a 30 day closeout approach as a profit method and a nod to customer value.
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Alice Williams
Boulder City
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Fremont
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Way Fe Speidel
Mary Proctor
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Omega Baume-Mercier
Elgin
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East Sahara
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