Widowmaker Stretch Opens Test Site Traffic Route
Southern Nevada completes 1.7 mile section of a new four lane divided highway linking Lee Canyon area to Indian Springs. The project, 4 years in progress, will end with roughly 7.5 miles north of Lee Canyon and 7 miles west of Indian Springs connected. Additional Interstate 15 work across Mormon Mesa and a major freeway segment between McCarran Field and Sahara Avenue are in progress with several projects pending over the next two to three years.
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Lee Canyon
Indian Springs
Bonanza Road
Rainhbew Boulevard
Parvin
Mormon Mesa
Glendale
Ran Field
Sahara Avenue
Lamb Boulevard
16 & Miles
Apex
Change in Coroner's Office Action Today
County commission debates placing the coroner under public health with Dr Hugh Follmer citing no precedent for health officer acting as coroner. Options consider economy and potential part time hire of a pathologist at about $20 000 annually. amendments could keep ordinance effects limited.
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Coroner's Office
Coe
Cnat
Cave
Saerdé
Agen Anc
Gies
Clark County
Daxis
Rob Dr. Follmer
Kins Cahill
Funeral services set for Las Vegas musician Ralph Maddux
Leukemia claimed Las Vegas musician Ralph Garner Maddux at 45. A Phoenix native who moved to Las Vegas in 1949, he performed locally since 194? with groups including a long engagement at the Fil Rancho Vegas Hotel. Survived by Myrtle his wife and Ralph Jr son. services tomorrow at 3 pm at Farm Chapel of All Faiths with burial in Memory Gardens.
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Las Vegas
Friday Ralph Garner
Smokey
Maddix
Mr Maddux
Phoenix
Ariz
The
Golden Westerners
Musicians Union
Farm Chapel
All Faiths
Memory Gardens
Robert Schmidke
Our Savior Lutheran Church
Henderson and
Christ
Utheran
Mr. Maddux
Myrtle
Ralph
Beer Cans Trigger Horse Run Injuring Riders
Two horseback riders were injured after a bar patron emptied beer cans into a trash barrel causing a horse to bolt. Charles Bontrager and Charles Devesse, ages 52 and 53, were treated at Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital for head and back injuries. Deputy reports say Devesse was struck or dragged when his horse ran away, and Bontrager was thrown when his horse jumped a fence. Chester Humbert assisted in pursuing the errant mount.
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Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital
Sheriff's Office
Bontrager
Devesse
Chester Humbert
Pink Horse
Nellis Boulevard
Meikle Lane
Humbert
Ringe Lane
Bontragers
New Chief At State Pen
Carson City Nevada United Press International reports Delbert Frost 31 formerly a personnel training officer at a California conservation center in Susanville California has been named director of classification and treatment at Nevada State Prison. Frost fills an 869 per month associate warden post responsible for prisoner classification for parole minimum security and honor camp placement and treatment. The position was created this year by executive order and Frost’s pay will come from salary savings at the prison.
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Carson City
UPI
Delbert Frost
California Conservation Center
Susanville
Calif
Nevada State Prison
Frost
Free land and one world leader bid by unusual candidate
Emil Matalik, a 35 year old Wisconsin farmer, toured Nevada offering 2.5 acres tax free for life to volunteers for his United Nature Organization. He advocates abolishing gambling and vice to end war and poverty and aims to become UN leader by rallying global support. He was denied land by U Thant and has since burned UN flags and pressed on with a one worldgroup campaign.
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Reno
UPI
Nevada
Emil Matalik
Lake Nebagamon
Wis
United Nature Organization
UNO
United Nations
Matalik
The
U Thant
New York
First Negroes Admitted Clark Lawyers to Nevada Bar
Twenty two Southern Nevada men earned Nevada bar admission this week marking the first Black attorneys licensed in the state. The group includes Rob ert Leonard Reid and Earie William White Jr. from Las Vegas, with out of town and other Las Vegas admits listed, following exams in September. The Supreme Court approved 45 of 157 bar exam takers, with several needing further testing.
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Robert Leonard Reid
Roger Foley Jr
District Court
Earie Wiiliam White Jr
Legal Department of Southwest Gas Corp
The
Supreme Court
Las
New Lawyers Ceremony Set
Dist Judge John Mowbray will preside tomorrow at 1 p.m. in the court house for men who passed the state bar examinations. William G. Coulthard of the bar association will speak. Families of those who passed are invited to witness the event.
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John Mowbray
William G. Coulthard
The
Bar Association
Synanon Speaker Addresses Eagles in Reno Benefit
Richard Clapp of Reno representing Synanon the Alcoholics Anonymous of narcotics addicts will speak at the Fraternal Order of Eagles Hall at Bruce and Washington at 7:30 p m to promote Synanon and discuss starting a southern Reno Synanon House. The Eagles designate Synanon year and may fund raise to aid the project. Synanon began in Santa Monica seven years ago and now runs six houses including Reno and Carson City.
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Richard Clapp
Reno
Synanon
Alcoholics Anonymous of Narcotics Addicts
Fraternal Order of Eagles
Bruce and
Washington Streets
Synanon House
Eagles
Santa Monica
Calif
California
State Prison
Carson City
Green Farms
Conn
Brewery to give 650 gallons to hospitals this Christmas
Sunderland England brewery chairman Douglas Nicholson announced the plan to donate 650 gallons of beer to hospitals in the north of England for Christmas. The generosity aims to support healthcare workers during the holiday period.
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Sunderland
England
UPI
Douglas Nicholson
Fnegland
Rendering Operation Pigeon Shoot Hearing Delayed
Protests from about twenty people mainly Clark County Humane Society members failed to stop. county commissioners extended hearings on an animal ordinance allowing live pigeon shooting and on restricting a Reno rendering plant near Henderson to today. Residents questioned votes and attendance as Paradise Valley residents and Desert Inn Stardust operators push for the shoot at Tule Springs about ten miles west of Las Vegas.
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Clark County Humane Society
Board of County Commissioners
Nevada Star
Henderson
F. J. Letourneau
Paradise Valley Improvement Association
Paradise Valley
Desert Inn
Stardust Hotels
Tule Shirnes
Natural Causes Listed in Dieing of Las Vegas Woman
The coroner reports Zola Lang, 68, collapsed in a hotel lobby and died of natural causes. Lang, a long time Las Vegas resident, was pronounced dead on arrival at Southern Nevada Hospital. An autopsy was not ordered. Services were held at Palm Chapel of All Faiths and the body will be sent to Atlantic Iowa for burial.
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Jeff Cornish
District Attorney's Office
Lang
Lewis St
Palm Chapel of
All Faiths
Atlantic
Iowa
Obituaries Ethel Foreman services set in Lockhart
Funeral services for Ethel Taylor Foreman 47 of 1933 Has sett Ave will be held today at 2 p.m. at Field Funeral Home Lockhart Texas Burial at Lockhart Cemetery. Palm Mortuary handling arrangements. Foreman born July 7 1917 in Texas died Thursday survived by husband George a son Rooney Las Vegas three daughters Patricia Crisswell Las Vegas Georgia Dawn Foreman Wanda Higginbotham Austin Texas and parents Mr and Mrs Hugh Taylor Austin Texas.
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Tex
Foreman
Texas
George
Rooney
Las Vegas
Patricia Crisswell
Georgia
Dawn Foreman
Wanda Higginbotham
Austin
Hugh Taylor
Lockhart Cemetery
Palm Mortuary
Don Fiele Wincer Rites Held at Woodlawn Cemetery
Military services for Don Fiele Wincer 68 will be today at 1 a.m. at Woodlawn Cemetery. Born April 26, 1896 in Wisconsin, he died here Wednesday after ten years in Southern Nevada. A clothing salesman, he is survived by his widow Burt Wincer Palm Mortuary handling arrangements.
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Don Fiele Wincer
2Nd St
Woodlawn
Mr. Wincer
Wisconsin
Nevada
Burt Wincer
Palm Mortuary
Funeral services for Louis A Katsaros
Funeral services for Louis A Katsaros aged 79 were held yesterday at Palm Mortuary with the Las Vegas Masonic Lodge officiating. Sunday evening Greek Orthodox services were conducted under Father James Adams, pastor of St Johns Greek Orthodox Church Las Vegas. Katsaros was born March 25.
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Louis A Katsaros
Ballard Dr
Palm Mortuary
Las Vegas
Masonic Lodge
Father James Adams
St. Johns Greek Orthodox Church of
Mr. Katsaros
Funeral rites for William Isquith held at Buntke Brothers
Funeral services were conducted yesterday for William Isquith aged 57 at Buntke Brothers Mortuary with Rabbi Gold of Temple Beth Sholom presiding. Born September 7, 1907 in Deahen Czechoslovakia he lived locally for years and worked as a dealer at a strip hotel. He is survived by his widow Freida Rae two daughters Barbara Isquith and Linda Short both of Los Angeles two sons Stanley and Allen Frank both of Las Vegas three sisters Rose Kata of Los Angeles Freida Solomon and Laura Newfield both of Cleveland and four brothers Frank Main of Los Angeles Irving Main of Indianapolis Benjamin Main and Max Itzkowitz both of Cleveland. Burial followed at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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F. Oakey Blvd
Buntke Brothers
Rabbi Gold
Temple Beth Sholom
Isquith
Deahen
Czechoslovakia
Freida Rae
Barbara Isquith
Linda Short
Los Angeles
Stanley
Allen Frank
Las Vegas
Rose Kata
Freida Solomon
Laura Newfield
Cleveland
Frank Main
Irving Main
Indianapolis
Benjamin Main
Max Itzkowitz
Woodlawn Cemetery
Sahara hotel to mark 2nd anniversary with half million tabloid
The SUN prints 615000 copy Sahara celebration tabloid in a two day run at 40000 copies per hour. Melvin, Belz, and Martin coordinate distribution from Nevada to Southern California and Los Angeles Thriftimart, with 35000 copies on Dec 13 and 49900 for Sahara guests.
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Record Sun Press
SUN
Nevada
Saharass
Otto Martin
Melvin
Vertising
Bob Belz
The
Jack Melvin
Lasegas
Reno
Belz
Martin
Californ
Los Angeles
Thriftimart
Herb McDonald
Sahara-Nevada
Las Vegas Sun
Melvin Company
Howard Goodwin
Hotel Sahara
Sahara
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