North Las Vegas Christmas Home Decoration Contest
The North Las Vegas Junior Chamber of Commerce invites entries to the annual Christmas Home Decoration Contest. Entries are due by Saturday with judging on Monday evening. Trophies awarded for best decorations lighting intricate decor originality workmanship and Nativity scenes. Nativity section open to homes schools and churches judges are Mrs. Aileen O'Neill James Kelly and Jim Johnson.
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North
Las Vegas
P. O. Box
Aileen O'Neill
James Kelly
Jim Johnson
Sahara Hotel Celebrates 12th Anniversary Cash Drawings
The Sahara Hotel marks its 12th anniversary with a 10 day celebration offering Progressive cash drawings twice daily. The event features Golden Slot drawings and daily free cocktail parties, culminating December 23 with a $10,000 grand prize and a 1965 Cadillac plus $3,000 as a second prize. Tickets are sold in Sahara bars restaurants and gaming areas through December 23 with no ticket limit per person.
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Sahara
McCarran Applicants To Appear For Airport Manager Post
Twenty three national applicants will appear before an oral review board as the first step in selecting a new McCarran Airport manager. The post, vacant after Gordon Miles resigned amid airport meter box money shortages, will be filled by an experienced successor. The review board includes airlines industry reps, the Reno Airport manager, and an airport consultant.
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McCarran
Gordon Miles
Miles
Robbins Cahill
Eral
Airlines
Transportation Committee of the Chamber of Commerce
Joe Hicks
Reno
Robert Joerger
New VFW Post Names William Nellis Commander
The Veterans of Foreign Wars announces the creation of the William Nellis VFW Post with John Wynne as commander. Officers chosen at a Desert Inn meeting include Richard Teagar senior vice commander Bob Robbins junior vice commander Dick Harrington quartermaster and Joe Gracessa adjutant. The post honors Lt. William H. Nellis who died in combat over Luxembourg in World War II.
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The
Veterans of Foreign Wars
William Nellis
Desert Inn
Richard Teagar
Bob Robbins
Dick Harrington
Joe Gracessa
William H. Nellis
Luxembourg
Indian Springs Residents Meet Over Township Status
A public meeting for Indian Springs residents is set for tonight at 8 p.m. in Indian Springs Elementary to discuss unincorporated township status. County Commissioner James Ryan and Commissioner-elect Darwin Lamb will attend, along with Robbins Cahill and district attorney office representatives.
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Indian Springs
James Ryan
Darwin Lamb
Robbins Cahill
Bandit Beats Manager with Hammer During Store Robbery
A 30-year-old store manager, Robert Howard Masten, was assaulted with a claw hammer and robbed of about $22 at a 7-11 Market on Maryland Parkway. Deputies reported the bandit produced a pistol, fled in a car driven by a lookout, and the victim escaped serious injury.
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Robert Howard Masten
Tam Drive
Masten
Maryland Parkway
Sheriff's Department
Services Set For Ex Chief William H. Trelease
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. in the LDS Chapel at Eighth and Linden for William H. Trelease Clark County fire chief who died Saturday at the age of The longtime firefighter who began service in 1919 is survived by his widow a daughter and four sons including Arthur R. Trelease acting Las Vegas city manager Honorary pallbearers and mourners will attend as the body is taken to Mountain View Gardens of Memory for burial He had been hospitalized since December 4 following major surgery.
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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Eighth and
Linden Streets
William H. Trelease
Clark County
Sylvia T. Trelease
Arthur R. Trelease
Las Vegas
Ice Chief
Mountain View Gardens of Memory
Mr. Griesel
Seattle
Wash
Olga
George Charles
Anthony Paul and
Lee
Paul F. Griesel
Robert
Geraldine Banik
Mountain View Gardens of
Obituaries for Griesel Sparling Facey Sextro in local notices
Funeral services are listed for Kenneth Charles Griesel 47 of Las Vegas Olga and three sons survive. Enoch Albert Sparling 55 teacher and Mason No.32 mourned by family in Las Vegas. Lucy Ann Facey 76 of Carey Avenue survived by husband and three sons with 16 grandchildren. John Sextro 72 from Yarnell died here last Sunday and is buried in Manning. Burial details note Mountain View Gardens Woodlawn and Manning Catholic Cemetery. Bunker Brothers Mortuary handles local arrangements.
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Enoch Albert Sparling
S. 15Th St
Bunker Brothers Mortuary
Walter Hanne
First Presbyterian Church
Sparling
Chillicothe
Evelyn
Ethel Sparling
Las Vegas
Lois Shilang
Long Beach
Cal
Calif
Paul
Crystal
Lucy Ann Facey
Carey Ave
Ralph Earle
First Congregational Church
Facey
Jonesboro
Ark
Harry
John Bower
Walnut Creek Calif
Fred Bower
Lewiston
Idaho
Richard L. Bower
John Sextro
Yarnell
Ariz
Manning
Iowa
Sextro
St. Mary’s Hospital
Tucson
Hannah
Manning Catholic Cemetery
Manufacturing In Nevada Rises Sharply
The 1957 Nevada manufacturing census shows value added by manufacturing at 197 million dollars, up sharply from 4 million in 1956. Total manufacturing employment reached about 7,000, with production workers paid a combined 44 million dollars in wages.
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Nevada
Washington
UPI
U.S. Department of Commerce
Bank's faulty safe returns $176000 after jammed combination
A bank in England faced a costly setback as its drill proof and fire proof safe failed. Experts could not fix the jammed combination, forcing the bank to return the entire $176,000 to the makers.
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Rthormesby
England
Perts
Jock
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