Elks Lodge Dedication Marks Las Vegas Event
National Elks leaders from around the country attend the 1947 Las Vegas lodge dedication overlooking Cashman and Elks park. Nevada officers and Grand Exalted Leader Lee A Donaldson join ceremonies with a banquet, open house, and public dining events across today and tomorrow at the new lodge and Hotel Thunderbird venues.
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Cashman
Elks
Park
Lee A Donaldson
Elks Lodge
Nevada
Las Vegas
Thunderbird
Elk’s
Lee A. Donaldson
Ftna
McCarran Field
Oran Gragson
Gragson
Donaldson
Austin Bowler
Joe Lappin
Sunfoto
Snow Valley abduction scare involving teens and attempted assault
Five teenagers from Las Vegas report being held for about 30 minutes by a man in a pickup who forced them from their car at rifle point in a valley. A girl was threatened with death if she resisted, and one boy was made to hold a tin can for target practice. The suspect is described as blond, 9 inches tall? and a 1949 to 1951 white Ford pickup.
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Rifle Point
S Loct
Benny Golfstein's Future in Las Vegas Affairs
A columnist speculates on Benny Golfstein's role after resigning from the Riviera presidency in 1962. He notes Golfstein's resort hotel leadership since 1947 and hints at possible moves with the Fair and Recreation Board or other Las Vegas organizations, though political runs are discounted.
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Benny Golfstein
Las Vegas
Benny
Flamingo Hotel
the Riviera
Greenbaum
Fair and Recreation Board
Riviera
Dunes Hotel
Las Vegas Power Outage Traced to Smog
Las Vegas and the Strip went dark for 24 minutes as Nevada Power Co faced a Valley wide outage from 5:05 to 5:29 a.m. Officials blamed smog and a coincidence for the severe fault affecting Clark County and the Nevada Test Site.
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Las Vegas
Strip
Nevada Power Co
Las Vegas Valley
Clark County
Mercury
Nevada Test Site
Henderson
Weather Summary: Cloudy Today with Mild Winds and Temperatures
Mostly cloudy conditions with gentle winds. High around 55 and a low near 30. Yesterday reached 54 and 41. Noontime humidity 66 percent. Sunrise at 6 52, sunset at 4 39.
Long Wait For Las Vegas Freeway Completion Delays Possible
The Las Vegas freeway through downtown faces a multi year delay as officials from the Committee of 15 the City Commission and the State Highway Department weigh one way traffic on Second and Third streets and whether to move the interchange further north. If the decision is made it could push plans back four more years. Mayor Oran Grayson said the meeting would continue.
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Las Vegas
Committee of 15
City Commission
State Highway Department
Bureau of Public Roads
Highway Department
Oran Grayson
Mariner 2 Loses Contact With Earth
UPI reports the record smashing Mariner 2 spacecraft lost radio contact with Earth after 130 days of flight. It was 54.3 million miles from Earth and 5.7 million miles beyond Venus when the signal faded.
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Washington
UPI
Mariner 2
Venus
Kidnaping Trial Set Tuesday for Stripper Jack
Bobby Ray Watts alias Jack the Stripper faces a federal trial Tuesday for kidnapping tied to an assault on a Southern California bar owner and her forced drive to the present location. A psychiatric exam found him sane to stand trial. motions for venue change and dismissal were denied.
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Bobby Ray Watts
Jack the Stripper
Watts
George Dickerson
Asst
U. S
Jack T
Stripper
Boy Stricken Quarantine at Spring Mountain Youth Camp
A two day quarantine was planned after a 15 year old camper at Spring Mountain Youth Camp developed symptoms first thought to be meningitis. County health officer Dr H V Gibson said tests show it is not spinal meningitis and there is no epidemic threat. The youth was treated at Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital and is in good condition.
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Spring Mountain
H. V. Gibson
Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital
Gibson
Newhart to Wed Actor's Daughter in January
Los Angeles AP News reports comedian Bob Newhart and Virginia Quinn, daughter of actor William Quinn, plan to marry January 12 after obtaining a marriage license. Newhart, 33, and Miss Quinn, 22, met a year and a half ago and will make their first marriages.
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Los Angeles
APD
Bob Newhart
Virginia Quinn
William Quinn
Newhart
Miss Quinn
Tshombe Calls Katanga to Prepare for Total War
Katanga President Moise Tshombe urged Katanga to prepare for total war as U.N. forces gather at Dadotville for a possible final assault on Kolwezi. A Tshombe radio communique accused U.N. troops of barbarous acts and warned the State Department to blame for ensuing destruction. A second message said Nyembo, a chieftain with a private army, remains loyal to Tshombe. The union Miniere Mining Co. also closed all Katanga operations including Kolwezi.
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Leopoldville
the Congo
UPI
Katanga
Moise Tshombe
United Nations
Dadotville
Kolwezi
Tshombe
U.S. State Department
U.N
State Department
Brazzaville
Kasongo Nyembo
Nyembo
Kamina
One Killed as Vegas Bound Plane Crashes
A Piper Tri-Pacer on a Tucson to Las Vegas flight crashed on Tower Mountain near Prescott Arizona. Pilot N W Warren reported the crash at Crown King a 420 am. Passenger Howard M LeBar died and Albert Riggs was injured.
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Prescott
Ariz
Rupert man pleads guilty to slot machine theft at Jackpot
A 22-year-old Rupert Idaho man admitted stealing a slot machine from a Jackpot casino last Nov. 25. Charles Hall pleaded guilty to first degree burglary and sought probation. The theft was discovered Dec. 19 when a deputy found a missing machine and a wallet near the club, tying it to three youths.
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ELKO
APS
Rupert
Idaho
Charles Hall
Taylor Wines
Huge Filmland Turnout for Dick Powell Rites
Beverly Hills mourners fill All Saints Episcopal Church for the memorial service honoring Dick Powell who died at 58 from cancer. More than 650 people attended as Rev Kermit Castle urged Powell’s tenets of living, while widow June Allyson and actress Joan Blondell joined other celebrities including Nixon Benny Wyman Taylor Reagan Dickinson Burns and Bridges. Powell’s remains were cremated at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
UPI
Dick Powell
Heaven
All Saints Fairccal Church
Kermit Caste
Powell
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
June Allyson
Joan Blondell
Richard Nixon
Jack Benny
Jane Wyman
Robert Taylor
Walter Pigeon
Ronald Reagan
Angie Dickinson
George Burns
Lloyd Bridges
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Fair and Nation Board
Bud Albright
Earth
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Pearl Price
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