Step in Right Direction for Las Vegas Mental Health Center
A proposed $1 million health education center in Las Vegas for the mentally retarded gains cautious support from Clark County School District superintendent Leland Newcomer and Nevada health director Charles Munson. The plan envisions consolidating programs under one roof, expanding services, and starting operations by January 1, 1967 with about $200,000 in federal tax funds.
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Las Vegas
Leland Newcomer
Clark County
Charles Munson
Nevada
Newcomer
Munson
Reno
State Hospital
State Planning Board
Police Nab Suspect In Drugstore Narcotics Burglary
Robert Anton Wright, 23, of 1388 Desert Inn Rd., was arrested in connection with the merit drug store burglary on 2224 E Charleston Blvd. 24 bottles of medical narcotics were found in a bowling bag in a pickup truck cab. The tackle alarm had been tampered with and did not sound. The theft is described as the year’s largest narcotics burglary.
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Police Department
Sheriff's Office
Robert Anton Wright
Desert Inn Rd
Merit
City
Paul Gulas
City Detectives
Gulas
Charleston Blvd
Fight Over Fireman Ruling Heads to Trial
Atty. Gen. Harvey Derson seeks authority to file an answer in a case challenging the rule on firemen aboard trains. The state Supreme Court ruled firemen are not required on diesel hauled trains, while steam engines are covered. Railroads Southern Pacific Western Pacific and Union Pacific sued in May. Judge Waters previously dismissed, upholding the Full Crew Train Law as valid police power.
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Dichkerson
Richard Waters
Ltate Supreme Court
Dickerson
Southern Pacific
Western Pacific
Union Pacific
Waters
Sawyer Signs Civil Defense Contract in Nevada
Governor Grant Sawyer signed a federalNevada agreement to create a comprehensive emergency resources plan. Reno attorney G William Belcher named Executive Assistant for Resources with 11 task groups and consultants from government and industry assisting. The plan aims for self sufficiency and possible local rationing in a nuclear or extreme disaster.
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Grant Sawyer
Nevada
G. William Belcher
Reno
Sawyer
Belcher
Neevada
Services Set Today for NTS Worker Bowles
Funeral services for Robert A. Bowles Jr. killed in an Atomic Energy Test Site accident will be held at 8 p.m. at Sunset Funeral Chapel. Bowles, born August 31, 1927 in West Point Mississippi, lived in Las Vegas three years and was a World War II veteran. He is survived by his widow Betty, a daughter Debra Lee and a son John Roy, all of Las Vegas, his parents Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bowles of Detroit and a brother Joe of Baltimore. Burial will be in Detroit. Bowles, a rotary drill operator, was killed when an eye bolt broke while removing pipe from a 64 inch diameter test shaft.
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Robert A. Bowles Jr
Atomic Energy Test Site
Sunset Funeral Chapel
Mr. Bowles
West Point
Miss
Las Vegas
Betty
Debra Lee
John Roy
Robert Bowles
Detroit
Joe
Baltimore
Mich
Bowles
Police Locate Missing Girl in Las Vegas Case
Las Vegas police reported locating 15 year old Johnnie Lafe Buis of North Las Vegas who had been missing since December 5. The student at Jim Bridger Junior High School was turned over to Clark County juvenile authorities after being found in town.
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Las Vegas
North
Johnnie Lafe Buis
Glider Ave
Clark County
Jim Bridger Jr
Cold Front Drops Southern Nevada Temperatures
A northern cold front brings freezing air with a low near 17 degrees to Southern Nevada this morning. The episode will last two to three days with northerly winds 15 to 25 mph and variable cloudiness. McCarran Field forecasts a high around 47.
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Nevada
U.S
McCarran Field
Churchill County Lawmaker Ralph Lattin Dies at 67
Former Churchill County senator and assemblyman Ralph W Lattin died Wednesday at a Fallon hospital at age 67. A Republican rancher and civic participant, Lattin served in the Nevada Assembly 1935–1937 and in the Nevada Senate 1939–1941 1947–1949 1951–1953 and 1955–1957 after winning the University of Nevada Distinguished Nevadan Citation.
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Lattin
University of Nevada
Desmet
S.C
Assembly
Senate
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