New Year’s Resolutions From Vegas Celebrities 1970
A humorous preview listing John Doe style resolutions from Ralph Pearl Hank Greenspun Bill Cosby Bobby Darin and others for 1970. The piece jokes about Las Vegas figures aiming for personal changes career moves and showbiz plans including Pratt and various star ambitions.
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Ralph Pearl
Hank Greenspun
HMG
SUN
Newport Beach
Bill Cosby
Las Vegas
Bobby Darin
Dick Martin
Sammy Davis JR
Paul Price
Ruthe Deskin
SAN Francisco Giants
Bay
Raquel Welch
George Franklin
Calcutta
Redd Foxx
Kirk Kerkorian
Utah
MGM
Howard Hughes
Minsky
Tempest Storm
Harold Minsky
Loggers to Meet in Reno First Sierra Cascade Conference
Two thousand loggers and industry associates from California and Southern Oregon will attend the first annual Sierra Cascade Logging Conference in Reno February 12 to 14. The event features one of the Wests largest equipment shows and marks the convention moving outside California for the first time. Conference President Roy Berridge discusses the contractor role and the theme The 70s Rough Skidding For The Independent Logger.
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California
Oregon
Reno
Roy Berridge
Diamond International Corp
Red Bluff
Calif
Berridge
Bereavement Linked to Higher Coronary Deaths in Widowers
London researchers from the Tavistock Institute report bereavement as a casual factor in heart deaths. In a study of men 55 plus, 77 of 213 deaths occurred in widowers whose wives died within six months, showing a 7 percent higher mortality than expected for married peers.
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London
Tavistock Institute of Human Relations
Nevada Highway Department Reviews Minority Hiring Policies
The Nevada Highway Department has launched new minority hiring policies developed with the State Personnel Division and other agencies. Since six months ago 28 minority workers from Reno and Las Vegas joined divisions such as construction and maintenance, with three in Elko and 11 in Reno and 14 in Las Vegas. Luther Mack, named Equal Employment Opportunity Coordinator, leads outreach to minority groups and coordinates EEO training for all staff as required by the 1968 Federal Highway Act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada Highway Department
State Personnel Division
Department of Employment Security
Department of Education
Reno
Las Vegas
John Bawden
Elko
Bawden
Luther Mack
Beth Sholom Men s Club Hosts Second New Year Party
The Men s Club of Temple Beth Sholom hosts its second annual New Year s Eve party in the Temple Social Hall at 1600 East Oakey Blvd. Festivities begin at 9 30 p m and admission includes champagne favors hats noisemakers and a catered midnight buffet. Public invited.
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Temple Beth Sholom
East Oakey Blvd
Canadian hog population reaches six million plus
Canada reports about 6 090 000 hogs as of September 1, up six percent from a year earlier. The figure reflects gains in Canadian pork production and market demand across major farming provinces.
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Canada
Ottawa
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