Local educators lead JFK Memorial Library fund drive
The governor appoints high school reps from Bishop German Western Las Vegas and other schools to coordinate the fundraiser at the Young People's Ball in the Convention Center. Proceeds benefit the John F. Kennedy Memorial Library.
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John F. Kennedy Memorial Library
Mike Drace
Bishop German High School
Mike Devere
Western High School
Steve Nelson
Las Vegas High School
Bob Wood
Rancho High School
Greg Sullivan
Basic High School
Convention Center
Wonder World Expands to North Las Vegas and California Stores
Wonder World plans a new outlet at 25th Street and Owens Avenue in North Las Vegas joining its existing Las Vegas store on Decatur and Vegas Drive. Two more outlets are planned in Redding and Vallejo California. The Gallery Theater shows Under the Yum Yum Tree Thursdays to Saturdays at 8 30 p m. The companion play King Midas and the Olympus Mountain Boys runs Saturdays and Sundays at 2 00 p m.
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Wonder World
25Th St
Owens Avenue
Las Vegas
Decatur
Vegas Drive
Redding
Vallejo
Calif
Gallery
Charleston
King Midas
Olympus Mountain Boys
New Liver Drug Probe May Cut Livestock Loss
An industry university collaboration tests Bayer 9105 to curb liver flukes in Nevada sheep. The study, funded by Chemagro, compares the drug, carbon tetrachloride, and no treatment across 13 groups of 91 sheep, with results due by April 1, 1965.
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Nevada
Chemagro Co
Kansas City
University of Nevada
Max C. Fleischmann
Olsen
Jo Gluck
Let the SUN Find Out On Liquor Licensing Control
A reader questions why Las Vegas lacks a unified liquor control board and urges a nonpolitical commission to oversee all liquor license matters. The reply notes politics heavily influences liquor policy and suggests taking the idea to officials or the public.
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Las Vegas
Nevada
the Sun
Dept. Q
Las Vegas Sun
Commerce St
Liquor Control Board
Liquor Commission
R. L. Harris
Underpass Widening Open in Carson City
Bids for widening the Bonanza underpass will be opened in Carson City on Thursday. State Highway Engineer W O Wright says a concrete and steel structure will allow four lanes through the facility with a 26 foot underpass, new storm drains, improved intersection, better lighting and traffic actuated signals. Pedestrian walkways will be added under the railroad tracks with a five foot sidewalk and a temporary rail detour for trains. Traffic will be directed by flagmen and motorists continue to use the existing underpass during construction.
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Bonanza
Carson City
W. O. Wright
Main Street
Union Pacific Railroad
Bonanza Road
Clark Avenue
Street Extension Planned for Underpass Project
Public works director Richard Sauer outlined a $390 000 project to extend Washington Avenue to Las Vegas Boulevard North For four travel lanes through the underpass the plan aims to ease a major traffic bottleneck The Bonanza underpass will stay open during construction which is set to begin next month after bid openings in Carson City and is expected to take 209 working days with 26 000 daily trips at present
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Washington Avenue
Las Vegas Boulevard
Richard Sauer
Public Works
Washington Railroad
Bonanza
Sauer
State Highway Department
Carson City
Main
Stewart
Stabbing case yields 10 year sentence in Nevada
Arthur Selman 19, Dresslerville, received 10 years to life for the fatal October stabbing of Eugene Bryant after pleading guilty to a reduced second degree murder charge. The case followed a weekend drinking and arguing incident between the youths.
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Gardnerville
UPI
Richard Waters
Arthur Selman
Dresslerville
Nevada
Eugene Bryant
Selman
Dresslerville Company
McGill
Kennecott Copper Corp
Kennecott
Ruth
Posture survey shows need for therapy in Nevada outlying areas
A posture survey of about 4 000 Nevada children in 21 schools by the Nevada Easter Seal Society finds 700 with good posture 1 600 average and over 300 poor. About 200 have serious posture problems needing medical referral. Rhyno cites funding gaps and calls for money to hire therapists for itinerant programs to reach rural areas.
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Reno
Nevada
Easter Seal Society
Richard W. Rhyno
White Pine
Elko
Lincoln
Douglas
Ormsby
Churchill
Storey
Lyon
Humboldt
Rhyno
Blanche Huffaker
Las Vegas
Janine Showman
Reno Easter Seal
Lake Tahoe FAA opens first agency built traffic tower
The Federal Aviation Administration commissioned a new 250000-dollar air traffic control tower at Lake Tahoe Airport on the California Nevada border. Joseph H. Tippets said the tower advances safe orderly air traffic and was uniquely designed for the Tahoe area with electronic aids and a pentagonal cab. The project was built by P J Jackson Construction Co of Sacramento under a 153000-dollar contract with nearly 100000 dollars more for equipment.
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Federal Aviation
FAA
Tahoe
P. J. Jackson Construction Co
Sacramento
Tahoe Tower
Blizzard Strands Four Men Sealed by Nevada Snow
In December 1864 a sharp blizzard near Aurora Nevada trapped travelers and stranded others en route to Aurora Bodie. Four men were rescued after concerted Aurora citizen effort with hopes they would survive. One traveler was presumed dead as searches ceased, a rare remote frost tragedy noted by local papers.
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Roger Selk
Nevada
Army National Guard
Guard
Selk
National Guard
Roberta
Aurora
Esmeralda Union
Union
Bodie
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Ted Brandt
White Cross Drug Stores
Ray Thorn
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Dennis E. Hess
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Clark County
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Ricky Allen
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