Nevada Briefs: Runyon Named North Las Vegas Chamber Director
Cecil Ike Runyon, veteran chamber worker, named director of the North Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce. He previously led chambers in Hanford and Concord California and has served as a consultant for Nevada services to the blind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil (Ike) Runyon
North Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Runyon
Hanford
Concord
Calif
Nevada
Tom Wilson
Las Vegas
Clark County District Health Department
Wilson
Health Department
Walter Ward
John Carr
Honolulu
Ward
State of Michigan Department of Public Health
Carson City
Bureau of Preventive Medicine
Paul McDermott
Frank Kerestesi
Robert Hoenisch
Cragin& Pike Insurance
Hoenisch
Cragin & Pike
Hollywood Notes On Tragedy Blondehaunts and Las Vegas Acts
A Las Vegas gossip column recalls Sharon Tate and other blondes as tragedy symbols while naming celebrity appearances at Caesars Palace and the Sahara. It covers Don Cherry moonlighting as a singer on Buddy Hackett’s show, Sammy Shore’s TV pilot, Elvis talks, Barbara Eden’s singing at the Frontier with George Burns, and Aretha Franklin delaying further appearances for health reasons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joyce Haber
L.A
Don Cherry
Buddy Hackett
the Sahara
Gaylord
Holiday
Hollywood
The
Sahara
Sammy Shore
International
Elvis
West Coast
Jeanie Reilly
Harper Valley
U.S.A
Samala
Alex Shootey
Bill Miller
Elvis Presley
Tom Parker
Cosby
Louis Nye
Helen Forrest
Paz
Will Jordan
Ed Sullivan
Desert Inn
New York City
Frank Sinatra
Nancy
Casears Palace
Nan
Papa
Barbara
Eden
Frontier
George Burns
Lisa Miller
UCLA
Burns and Allen
George
Toni Basil
Louis Basil
Dean Stockwell
Toni
Peter Fonda
Dustin Hoffman
Aretha Franklin
the Palace
Space Age Fireworks Spark Las Vegas Area Awe
Las Vegas residents witnessed a dramatic sky show Tuesday night as a Minuteman II missile and a Soviet booster rocket burned up upon reentry. Frank Maggio, a Hacienda Hotel publicist, described a blue black sky glow and a moving bright light that flashed four times, prompting sightings across California Nevada and Colorado. Officials later confirmed the object was the Soviet Cosmos booster rocket launched Aug 19, with observers reporting traffic delays and crowds at Dodger Stadium and Hollywood Bowl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Las Vegas
Vandenburg Air Force
California
Hacienda Hotel
Frank Maggio
Colorado
Nevada
Maggio
Minuteman
Vandenburg
Vegas
Maggie
North American Air Defense Command
Colorado Springs
Colo
Dodger Stadium
Claude Osteen
Los Angeles Dodgers
Montreal Expos
Hollywood Bowl
Catholic Aid Groups Seek Accounting on NCW Payments
In a Wednesday night meeting, Rev. Charles Shallow pressed for an accounting of May, June, and July payments to the Nevada Catholic Welfare Agency by the Economic Opportunity Board. He claimed the NCW received nothing for three months and cited discrepancies between his discussions with Mr. David Hoggard and the records. The motion for an accounting failed. instead the issue was referred to the finance committee for a report within a month. The EOB says the NCW contract expired in May, and NCW did not honor the expiration until July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada Catholic Welfare Agency
Economic Opportunity Board
Charles Shallow
NCW
David Hoggard
Finance Committee
EOB
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Vegas Briefs
Goldfield
Lida Junction
Highway Department
C. L. Brown
Brown
Nevada Rock and Sand Co
Tonopah
al Aguirre
U.S
National Bank
P.O
Jackson
Miss
Tehran
UPI
Athens
Jacqueline Onassis
Kayhan
Abraham Simounian
Abadan
Eada Military & Cemetery
Baker Graveside
Henderson Palm Memorial Park
Lola Johnson
Inglewood
Bonifacio Maes
Palm Chapel
St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church
Palm Memorial Park
George Pettifer
Dynes
Babyland
Bessie Stegman
St. Christopher's Catholic Church
Woodlawn
Benjamin Perritt
Newcastle
Pennsylvania
Newcastle, Penn
Jean McLauglin
Calif Services
Santa Barbara, Ca
Rarel Dekock Services
Arlington, Va
George Harvey—Henderson
Murray, Utah
Bill Gant
Plano, Texas
Almeda Jensen Services
Manti, Utah
Jonathan Tobias
North Hollywood
Robert Foutz
Geneva, Illinois
Pauline Bresher
Amarillo
Texas
William Ray
Dallas, Texas
Peter Harris
Boston, Massachusetts
Dale Pritchard
Georgetown
Illinois
Jimmie R. Hoffman
Eldorado Springs, Mo
Ending
Jack Baze
Jesse Cosby
Mary Cross - Henderson
Myrtle Johnson
Fred Ringler
S.V. Blvd
Ee Carey's Paint & Carpet Co
Charleston
Cheriestor
Ralph Peart
Clark County
Republican Central Committee
Robert Hutchison Finch
Ian Tee Cen
Frank Kemestess
Gincaspike Insurance Agency
S. 3Rd Street
Bob Hoenisch
Russ Rockets
Mt. Charleston
Dacron
Tai Vegas
Animal World
Iddy
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