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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1962
Page
3
United Fund of Clark County reports $282,000 pledged toward a $495,364 target for 23 agencies. Second phase, Operation Touchdown, begins mid January as volunteers press business and individual contributions while phase one continues.
Ten new members join the Better Business Bureau of Southern Nevada Board after a Dec 7 election. Seven will serve three-year terms: Thomas Underhill, Ward Wengert, Wayne Kirch, Alex Shootey, Dick Chappell, R. Guild Gray, and J. H. McBeath. One-year terms: Eugene Murphy, Hank Kovell, and Mike Dooley. Holdovers include Don Ackerman and others.
A speaker urges owners employees and individuals in Clark County to take a few minutes to see a volunteer worker and support the United Fund campaign stressing collective community aid and participation. The call emphasizes personal responsibility and local contribution to the fundraising effort.
Armand J. Harvey, a jeweler already convicted of grand larceny for absconding with appraised jewels, pleaded guilty yesterday before District Judge George Marshall. He was sentenced to one to 14 years, with four months probation, after a prior prison term of 22 months. The case follows a mistrial motion spurred by remarks about a witness and a juror.
A 56 year old Los Angeles man Larry Vaughn surrendered to Las Vegas police to a year old warrant charging embezzlement of 558 dollars from district attorney-elect Ted Marshall. Vaughn allegedly received the money in September 1961 to buy furniture but did not.
Las Vegas Valley Water District reports three hour water shutoff for College Park tracts 20 and 21 to repair a damaged water line at 30th and Washington Streets. A bulldozer damaged the line Tuesday. temporary fixes were made and a full replacement is planned Thursday with completion by noon.
The SUN reports continued demand as residents visit to pick up language records. The catalog splits across seven foreign language titles, one English record, and a John Glenn space flight record.
Corby England inland steelworker Taffy Read posted an unusual ad for a man to come every morning and knock on his window. Read says his two alarm clocks never wake him.
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