Las Vegas Labor Peace Eroded by Mayor Gragson Mediation
In Las Vegas the tense labor dispute exposes the limits of Mayor Gragson as mediator. The piece argues Governor Laxalt cannot force arbitration and praises Gragson’s quiet, trust-based approach while warning the city and state must rebuild that bedrock persuasion.
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Las Vegas
Oran Gragson
Gragson
Sawyer
Grayson
Washington
Labor
AEC
Laxalt
Bed Rock Trust
Trust
LV Union Official Indicted for Record Falsification
Lavon W. Spann, clerk recorder for Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 525, is indicted in federal court for allegedly falsifying union travel fee records. The alleged activity occurred between March 4, 1963, and July 23, 1965. The case was moved from embezzlement to a record falsification charge for lack of evidence.
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525
Lavon W. Spann
Obituary of Dr Earl Burton Manuels
Obituaries list Dr Earl Burton Manuels with a Mass scheduled for Tuesday at 9 30 a m at St Annis Catholic Church. The notice confirms his name and service time and location.
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St. Annis Catholic
Trio Arraigned On Drug Charge In Las Vegas
Three men Joseph and Anthony Dever of New York and Donald Fassett of Las Vegas were arraigned on possess and sell dangerous drugs charges after allegedly selling 100 Seconal capsules to a sheriff deputy. Bonds set at 500 each with April preliminary hearings. represented by A Becker. In Overland Kansas Dr Earl Burton Manuell, a dentist and Korean War veteran, died Friday. Funeral by Father Joseph Baldus. Manuell survived by parents Joel Letitia Manuell siblings in Las Vegas and Florida.
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Las Vegas
Joseph
Anthony Dever
New York
Donald Fassett
Pearl Ave
Justice of the Peace
James Brennan
A! Becker
Earl Burton Manuell
Overland
Kan
Joseph Baldus
Earl Manuell
Manuell
Creighton University
Omaha
Neb
Carriage Factories Boom at Century’s Start
A New York article notes that at the century’s start over 8,000 factories in the United States produced carriages, with production exceeding 200,000 per year.
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New York
United States
Henderson Police Capture Goldfield Jail Escapees
Henderson police held two escapees from Esmeralda County Jail in Goldfield. They allegedly cut a three foot wall and freed through the cell, then dropped 15 feet to the courthouse roof with outside help suspected. Suspects were Alan Lee Hall 22 Texas and a 16 year old, arrested while hitchhiking on the Boulder Highway after prior Tonopah car theft charges.
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Henderson
Esmeralda
Goldfield
Dist
Atty. Johnson Lloyd
Alan Lee Hall
Texas
Boulder Highway
Tonopah
Developer appeals NSW zone denial for Greenbriar condo plan
Zane Tucker, developer of Greenbriar, has filed an appeal with the board after county commissioners on November 21 rejected his request for a zone change to allow condominium apartments adjacent to the housing tract. County officials study whether the appeal can be considered, with a history of no prior reversals on appeals.
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Greenbriar
Zane Tucker
County Commission
Bill Briare
Dep. Dist. Atty
John Porter
Desert Research Institute praised by national evaluation board
An evaluation board led by Dr. John R. Pierce of Bell Telephone Laboratories commended the Desert Research Institute of the University of Nevada for work on water resources, desert biology, and atmospheric physics. The panel urged expanded water research while criticizing the plasma physics lab as unsuitable for the university.
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Desert Research Institute
University of Nevada
Board of Regents
John R. Pierce
Bell Telephone Laboratories
New Jersey
National Academy of Science
DRI
Nevada
University of ‘Nevada
Nevada residency debate heats Young Democrats meeting
The Sunedial notes a clash over Nevada divorce residency laws with factions in the Young Democrats preparing for a heated discussion on next year's officer nominations while motel owners oppose reducing the six week residency rule.
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Nevada
Mexico
Young Democrats
Law proposed to curb midterm gubernatorial appointments
A proposed bill would bar governors from making appointments after defeat and before a successor takes office, with exceptions for emergencies. The note cites California during the transition from Charlie Russell to Grant Sawyer in 1958 as context, suggesting fewer last minute shuffles in future administrations.
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California
Grant Sawyer
Charlie Russell
Big Spender in Nevada Governor Race
Republican insiders say Paul Laxalt spent nearly 1 million dollars to win the Nevada governorship. The figure dwarfs the previous record of about 225 thousand set years earlier, prompting questions about the source of the funds.
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Paul Laxalt
Nevada
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Mal Englander
Miami Beach
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Jackson, Miss
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Broadview, IN
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Nevada Southern University
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Kansas
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Kansas City
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