Las Vegas Sun Local News Briefs
Local Las Vegas items reported in brief form. Includes community notices and calendar items with concise updates from the Las Vegas Sun dated February 16, 1968.
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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1968
Page
13
Las Vegas Real Estate and Politics Stir Downtown
A Sun dateline piece reports plans to raze the four‑block downtown Las Vegas area between First and Second Streets and Ogden and Stewart for a multi‑million dollar complex. It notes negotiations to buy property, possibly by Senator Howard Cannon, with proposed terms of 500 per month per 25 front feet for 99 years and a high rise hotel, shops, promenade, and parking. It also mentions Harley Harmon as a potential congressman and details sheriff card requirements for workers in Strip venues.
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First
Second Streets
Ogden and
Stewart
Las Vegas
Grace Casino Center
Howard Cannon
Nevada gambler seen as Landmark casino contender
Village rumor centers on Bob Peecole a famed Nevada gambling figure. He denies Landmark ties while noting day to day shifts. Other names pop up Irving Perlman Pat Finnegan and Bill McGarry with St Patrick’s Day timing affecting a possible justice of the peace race filing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Peecole
Nevada
Bob
Frank Carroll
Landmark
Irving Perlman
Pat Finnegan
Finnegan
Bill McGarry
Pal
McGarry
Sons of Erin
Pat
St. Pat’s
AEC Chief Seaborg Tours Nevada Test Site Today
Atomic Energy Commission chairman Glenn T. Seaborg will visit the Nevada Test Site and the Space Nuclear Propulsion Office in Southern Nevada today with top Washington officials. They will land at Indian Springs with a helicopter tour of the test facilities and nuclear rocket program developments aimed at crewed missions by the mid-1980s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn T. Seaborg
Atomic Energy Commission
Nevada
AEC
Washington
Indian Springs Air Force Base
Space Nuclear Propulsion Office
Solons Set Annexation Boundaries and Caesars Resort License
North Las Vegas and Las Vegas councils approve identical annexation boundary resolutions adding 200 acres near the airport area while de annexing three parcels. Nevada Gaming Control Board approves Circus Circus license for Jay Sarno group to develop a Disneyland type resort with live acts, 17 dining spots, and carnival attractions across the Strip with August/September opening target.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada Gaming Control Board
Caesars Palace
Circus Circus
Art
Nish Kerkorian
Rose Pechuls
Kirk Kerkorian
Flamingo
Convention Center
Bank of Las Vegas
Gaming Control Board
Jay Sarno
Sarno
Riviera
Reno Lane
Nevada
NSU Awards Degrees to 33 Nevada Southern Grads
The University of Nevada Board of Regents approved thirty three graduates from Nevada Southern University. B S degrees in business administration were awarded to Andrew I Barnes David S Cohen Jo Ann Crinite Charles Ronald Luzier C Craig McGowen Katherine Elizabeth Murphy Frederick L Rothwell Charles Raymond Talifson and Forrest J Woodward II. Education degrees went to Judith Lee Berkowitz Thomas Anthony Camilli Louise Carlisle Mary M Cortney Lynn Reinecke Holm Dollie Annabelle Hughes Robert Wallace Kesser Dorothy M Moraites Susie Moody Parker Margaret Martin Reeves Robert Worley Russell Lana Fuller Thompson and La Dean Tucker. Masters in education were awarded to Florence Spierer Bernkrant Jean Hargett Hemphill Cynthia Munch Klingler Charlotte P Rose Robert A Rose and Ethel Trione. Bachelor degrees were awarded to Forrest Gaylord Prather Ethlyn Jean Beckstead Rodney L Christenot Timothy S Toth and Linda E Walls. Nevada Las Vegas graduates receiving bachelor degrees included Maranda Ellis Maier Patrick Kenneth McGee John Timothy Spann William Byron Wilkerson David Alan Cooper Robert James Corkern Frank Lewis Davenport Joseph Lawrence Greenstein Richard Ray Pyatt Roderick Guy McInnis Robert Owen Hill Nancy Jane Lee Richard Steven Tucker Richard Lee Dixon and Esther Ruth Harris Hugh Boone Boulder City and Trudy Ann Ross Henderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew I. Barnes
David S. Cohen
Jo Ann Crinite
Charles Ronald Luzier
C. Craig McGowen
Katherine Elizabeth Murphy
Frederick L. Rothwell
Charles Raymond Talifson
Forrest J. Woodward II
Judith Lee Berkowitz
Thomas Anthony Camilli
Louise Carlisle
Mary M. Cortney
Lynn Reinecke Holm
Dollie Annabelle Hughes
Robert Wallace Kesser
Dorothy M. Moraites
Susie Moody Parker
Margaret Martin Reeves
Robert Worley Russell
Lana Fuller Thompson
la Dean Tucker
University of Nevada
Las Vegas
Maranda Ellis Maier
Patrick Kenneth McGee
John Timothy Spann
William Byron Wilkerson
David Alan Cooper
Robert James Corkern
Frank Lewis Davenport
Joseph Lawrence Greenstein
Richard Ray Pyatt
Roderick Guy McInnis
Robert Owen Hill
Nancy Jane Lee
Richard Steven Tucker
Richard Lee Dixon
Esther Ruth Harris
Hugh Boone
Boulder City
Trudy Ann Ross
Henderson
Charter Night for Southern Nevada Personnel Association
Tomorrow the Southern Nevada Personnel Association receives its charter from the American Society for Personnel Administration in ceremonies at the Holiday Inn. A 6:30 p.m. cocktail party and 7:30 p.m. dinner feature keynote Wiley Beavers director of Mountain Fuel Supply Co. in Salt Lake City Utah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Nevada Personnel Association
American Society For Personnel Administration
Holiday Inn
Wiley Beavers
ASPA
Mountain Fuel Supply Co
Salt Lake City
Utah
Medical Society Benefit Dance Opens Hearts and Valentines
The Woman's Auxiliary to the Clark County Medical Society hosts a black tie Hearts and Valentines dance at Caesars Palace. Dr. Jerome H. Schwartz and Dr. John A. Difiore are chairs with Vido Musso and his orchestra. Proceeds fund a Heart Fund for the society. RSVP responses are handled by three committee members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medical Society Benefit Dance
Clark County Medical Society
Colosseum of
Caesars Palace
Jerome H. Schwartz
John A. Difiore
Vido Musso
Alan W. Feld
John W. Grayson, Jr
Roland FE. McClain
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Harley Harmon
H.H
Harley
Sheriff's Department
Howard Hughes
MGM Studios
Culver City
Calif
Vegas
Metro
Jaycees
Nevada Board of Jaycees
Thunderbird Hotel
Jewell Griffin
North Las Vegas
Jim B. Antell
National Jaycee
Sam Powell
National
Standing
Bill Watts
Elko
Bill Johnson
Colorado
Gaming Board
Circus Circus Resort
Solons
Rancho High School
Decatur Boulevard
Owens Avenue
James Corey
Vegas Heights
William Taylor
North
Regal Estates
Nevada Gaming Commission
Carson City
Five-Man Gaming Commission
NSU
University of Nevada Board of Regents
Nevada Southern University
Florence Spierer Bernkrant
Jean Hargett Hemphill
Cynthia Munch Klingler
Charlotte P. Rose
Robert A. Rose
Ethel Trione
Forrest Gaylord Prather
Ethlyn Jean Beckstead
Rodney L. Christenot
Timothy S. Toth
Linda E. Walls
Charter Night
Lorna Thoma
E. Sweeney
SUN
Imperium Room
Colosseum
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