Las Vegas Prepares Grand New Year Celebration On Strip
Las Vegas gears up for Baby 1965 as thousands of visitors flood the Strip with average $25 per person for first-show experiences. Downtown venues offer lower prices with many no cover policies while major hotels host multi-show lineups and champagne breakfasts as crowds expected to linger through the holiday weekend.
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Las
Las Vegas
Desert Inn Hotel
Hello America
Jan Garber
New Frontier
Rhapsody On Ice
Los Corsarios
Tom Harkenrider
Pussycat
Herb Eden
Eden
Riviera Hotel
Eddie Fisher
Shecky Green
Sahara
Connie Francis
Don
Two Gunmen Steal 299000 In Buffalo City Hall Heist
Two armed men robbed Buffalo City Hall, pistol whipped city treasurer Melvin W. Elliot, and fled in a stolen 1964 red and white coupe. The haul included 161,245.80 in cash and non negotiable checks from taxpayers. A guard fired at the getaway car as a witness chased a bandit. The car was found abandoned near City Hall.
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Buffalo, N.Y
UPI
Melvin W. Elliot
Brinks
Chicago
St. Anthony’s Catholic
Paterson
N. J
Elliott
City Hall
James Catania
Buffalo
Mae D. Wicks
Where Stand Where Stand New Year Greetings Page Note
A long thanks and good wishes lists numerous individuals and families including Germains Nearys Lurie Hilbrechts Bern steins Bunkers Baer Adams and many more. The note invites a prosperous year and directs readers to see WHERE on page 2 for the full list.
Heroic Efforts Save One Life After U S 95 Collision
Three people died and two were critically injured in a two car crash on U S 95 South about six miles north of Searchlight. A child among the injured was saved by a gas company employee Mrs Rothwell and her son Terry.
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Yes
U.S. 95
Searchlight
Boulder City
Cliff Seegerblom
Nevada Highway Patrol
Terry
Herb Hensley
The
Southwest Gas Co
Hensley
Mrs. Kurth
Rothwell
Highway Patrol
Paris Jour reports 1964 lovers in fatal Las Vegas crash
The Paris Jour claims tabloid fuel for a fatal crash involving Isobel Rothwell and Barbara Kurth with Richard Burton and Brigitte Bardot affiliates named as sensational lovers. The collision trapped Linn Rothwell and left Terry Rothwell severely injured, rescued by Hero Hensley before hospital care.
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Isobel Spenser Rothwell
Edmons
Las Vegas
Tommy Kurth
Boulder Highway
Henderson
Barbara Nash Kurth
Tommy
Richard Burton
Brigitte Bardot
Bob Zaguri
Cloudy, Warmer Today with W winds in the Forecast
Increasing cloudiness with gentle westerly winds 15 to 20 mph. High around 59 and a low near 30. Yesterday reached 48 and 25. Noontime humidity 38 percent. Sunrise at 6 51 and sunset at 4 35.
States Rule Opens Door for Another Ambulance Battle
The Nevada struggle over ambulance licensing moves toward a political clash after the attorney general said the Public Service Commission may lack current jurisdiction. The city may issue certificates while the law is to be amended, despite PSC permits being required for new operators.
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Nevada Public Service Commission
Sidney Whitmore
PSC
AA Ambulance Co
Ernest H. Moore
Public Service Commission
Moore
Whitmore
Governor Sawyer Proposes Growth of Job Corps Camps
The Sun Conference reports Governor Sawyer backs expansion of Job Corps camps as a state effort to boost unemployment relief and training programs. Details appear on page 16 alongside coverage of highway project financing failure.
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Sawyer
Grand Jury Probes Sanitation District Bonds
Clark County Grand Jury questions two witnesses including Lauren Gibbs of Salt Lake City the district sanitation fiscal agent and a mystery witness. Foreman Walter Geary refused to identify the anonymous witness who appeared at the jury's request. The panel investigates Sanitation Dist. 1 affairs focusing on bond sales methods.
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Clark County
Grand Jury
Sanitation Dist
Walter Geary
Geary
Lauren Gibbs
Salt Lake City
Whcle
Dist
Ted Marshall
Gibbs
Boots Out Boulder's Law Capt
Boulder City police Capt. Charles Weaver aged 49 was fired for insubordination and intemperance after being accused of intoxication on duty. He may appeal within ten days, with a Civil Service hearing possible. acting chief position vacant and filled by civil service exam.
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Boulder
Charles Weaver
William Cottrell
Cottrell
Department
Weaver
Horace Smith
Civil Service Board
Smith
Richard Peterson
Judy Hill Crowned 1965 Maid of Cotton
Judy Hill of Fort Worth Texas won the 27th Maid of Cotton contest last night in Memphis Tenn She is a brown haired 19 year old college sophomore and speech major who competed against 20 entrants from 11 cotton producing states in the UPI report
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Memphis, Tenn
UPI
Judy Hill
Fort Worth
Tex
Viet Cong ambush downs U.S. helicopters near Saigon
Viet Cong forces shot down three helicopters and wounded six Americans as U S troops were flown into battle. A separate outpost clash southwest of Saigon left 60 government soldiers dead and 43 wounded with 38 missing.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S
Binh Gai
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Dune Hotel
el Cortez
Cortez
Cathy Ryan
Gents
Noelle Nelson
Brothers Kim
Curtis Lee
Stacey Adams
Flamingo Hotel
Jack Carter
Molly Bee
Tommy Dorsey
Nymphs of the Nile
Fremont
Ted Fio Rito
Jets
Satellites
Jerry and
Kay Houston
Danny Owens
Louis Prima
Sands
Jerry Lewis
Sonny King
Vido Musso
Vaughn Monroe
Stardust Hotel
Lido de Paris
Thunderbird Hotel
Ziegfield Follies
Tropicana Hotel
Folies Bergere
Mary Kaye
Carmen Cavellero
Taba SF
Santa
Germains
Nearys
San Francisco
Lou Lurie
al Clemens and
Annenbergs
Milt Herbs
Walt Kelly
the Hilbrechts and Bernsteins
the Bunkers
Bill Baer
Joe Benjamin
Townsends
Carlton Adair
McAnultys
Bob Allens
Dick and
Betty Ham
Heckethorns
Faymans
Pizingers
Family
Merket
Morales
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He Gilbreaths
William Baffa
Fanny 5Ross
Macks
Murphys
al Bramslett, Hortense McKiernan and
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Harold Orchow
the Drews
the Hughes
Callahans
Mary and
Chuck Bennett
Pat
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Hattie
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Keysers
Bill Strong
Big Mike O'Callaghan
Hank Greenspun
Horn
Liz
Paris
Paris Jour
Billy Kurth
Mrs Kurth
Boulder City Hospital
Linn Charles Rothwell
Paris-Jour
Prom
Ann Landers Secesarian
Bridge Ocal
Paul Price
Ralph Pearl
Dr. Popende Society
Mother
Entertainment
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Financial Fd
Sylvia Porter
TV Eee
Mr. X
Boots
Boulder's Law
Blum
St. Jo's
Texas
E. R.C.A
Frankie Mayo
New Yorkers
the Twin Tunes
Sally Korby
Reds
Soc Trang
Vung Tau
United States
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