Milton Prell and Sahara Hotel reach pinnacle of leadership
The piece praises Milton Prell's rise to upper management at the Sahara Hotel, noting his lifelong dedication and the shift of policy duties while his influence remains central. It stresses his unlikely departure and the hotel’s continued strength under his legacy.
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Savoy
London
Ritz
Paris
Great Britain
Italy
Sahara
Milton Prell
Milt
Milton Prel 1
Prell
To Spite His Face
Robert Chappell Morris of Clovis New Mexico was convicted of biting off a man’s nose and given a six year prison term. Tavern owner Candelario Hernandez was hospitalized after a Sept. 5 fight and sustained teeth marks in his back and shoulder and half his nose missing.
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EL Paso
Tex
UPI
Robert Chappell Morris
Clovis
N.M
Candelario Hernandez
Morris
Sinatra Kidnapping Suspects Nabbed Across Southern California
The abduction of a young Sinatra is tied to three arrests in Southern California after a 15 hour manhunt. Suspects include John William Irwin painter Barry Keen an vacuum cleaner salesman and Joseph Clyde Amsler abalone diver. Ransom bills were chemically treated and serial numbers noted while about $24 000 remained missing. The case neared completion as authorities stated no further warrants would be pursued.
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California
Frank Sinatra
John William Irwin
Hollywood
Calif
Barry Worthington Keenan
Los Angeles
Flintridge
John J. Keenan
Massive Los Angeles flood swamps homes forcing evacuations
Floodwaters from a dam break wash through a middle class LA area flooding apartments and a movie theater. Fire and coast guard helicopters rescue residents as power lines spark in the water and several hundred structures are inundated. Police report 23 vehicles swept away as residents ignore warnings and seek safety on rooftops.
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Dorsey
Alfred Colman
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Coast Guard Air-Sea Rescue Service
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Pacific Ocean
Playa del Rey
Dinah Washington Recording Session Led To Stardom
Dinah Washington rose to fame after a 143 recording session backed by a Hampton sextette where she cut Evil Gal Blues I Know How to Do It Homeward Bound and Salty Papa. She became a top blues star of the era, later recording pop tunes and earning about 15000 yearly at her peak.
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Feather
Hampton
Salty Papa
Miss Washington
Harbor Lights
Lane
The
Lions
Las Vegas
Thunderbird Hotel
Basin Street West
Los Angeles
Washington
Precision Fabrication Low Bid On Radiation Shield Doors
Precision Fabrication of Paramount California emerged as the apparent low bidder on three 110 ton steel shielding doors for the Engine Maintenance Assembly and Disassembly Building at the Nuclear Rocket Development Station Jackass Flats. Bids from seven firms ranged with Precision Fabrication at 138 515 dollars.
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Paramount
Calif
Nuclear Rocket
Jackass Flats
Las Vegas Heist Funds Routed Through Beverly Hills Banker
The cash seized in the Las Vegas operation was hurriedly assembled by Beverly Hills banker Alfred Hart, a friend of Frank Sinatra Sr. The money was not numbered in sequence and some bills may have been chemically treated to aid investigators. All but the $5 notes were federal reserve notes. the $5 bills included silver certificates, U.S. notes and federal reserve notes, per an FBI memorandum attached to the list.
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Geles International Airport
Beverly Hills
Alfred Hart
Frank Sinatra, Sr
Federal Reserve
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
U.S
Tampa renames Grand Central Avenue to John F. Kennedy Boulevard
Tampa officials announce that one of the city’s main thoroughfares is renamed John F. Kennedy Boulevard. The street, formerly Grand Central Avenue and Lafayette Street, was renamed following President Kennedy’s motorcade passage there four days before his assassination in Dallas.
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Tampa
Fla
Grand Central Avenue
Lafayette Street
Dallas
Tex
Dinah Shore Dies in Las Vegas Shocker
Las Vegas mourns Dinah Shore also known as Ruth Jones born in Tuscaloosa Alabama. The Queen of Song sold nearly 19 million albums and was a top Las Vegas lounge star with a storied career spanning Chicago and LA. Davis plans to attend her funeral.
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Davis
Dinah
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Chicago
Ruth Jones
Hampton
Queen of Song
Las Vegas
Actress Barbara Reed Dies By Gas as Laguna Beach Tragedy
California police report Barbara Reed 46 ex wife of actor William Talman died by suicide at her home in Laguna Beach. Talman 46, famed for his role as District Attorney Hamilton Berger on the Perry Mason TV series, is identified as related to the deceased.
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Calif
UPI
Barbara Reed
William Talman
Talman
Dist
Hamilton Berger
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