Rabbit play staged by Nevada Southern University
Nevada Southern University Children's Theatre presents Rabbit adapted from a Southern folk tale by Nellie Mc Caslin at 2 p.m. today. Leonard Burnett, longtime operator of a local women’s clothing store since 1953, has applied to the Nevada Gaming Commission to purchase a 2 percent stake in the Riviera Hotel for 70000 dollars.
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Nevada Southern University Children’s Theatre
Nellie McCaslin
Leonard Burnett
Nevada Gaming Commission
Riviera Hotel
Hamlet murder case clouded by judge's rebuke
Judge Alvin Wartman refused a writ of habeas corpus for Floyd Hamlet and criticized Justice of the Peace Herman Fisher. Deputy Public Defender Rob ert Peccole argued Hamlet lacked a fair hearing in Justice Court. Hamlet faces arraignment on four counts of perjury tied to the May 16 shotgun slaying of Curtis Wheeler. Louis L. Crockett, 34, was convicted and sentenced to death after Hamlet claimed another man committed the murder.
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Alvin Wartman
Floyd Hamlet
Justice of the Peace
Herman Fisher
Vegan Gets Probation For Escape
Patrick McKenna a 21 year old from Las Vegas received five years probation for his involvement in a breakout at a maximum security prison. He pleaded guilty to escape and false imprisonment the latter reduced from second degree kidnapping. Judge Richard Waters Jr ordered probation with revocation terms if misconduct occurs. McKenna is serving 5 to 15 years for rape in Clark County.
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Carson City
UPI
Patrick McKenna
Las Vegas
McKenna
Dist
Richard Waters, Jr
Clark County
Vietnam contact effort at Sahara Hotel radio patch
At the Sahara Hotel in Las Vegas a Navy Marine radio station aids families hoping to reach deployed servicemen in Vietnam. Local operators collect names addresses and numbers and relay messages through a phone patch when frequencies permit. The service is free with contact extensions listed for callers.
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Mary Manning
SUN
Jim Rouge
Sahara
Sahara Hotel
Vietnam
Las Vegas
Navy
Lloyd Madison
San Diego
Calif
Barstow
Rouge
United States
Madison
Helen Bates
Henderson Re
Wayne E. Bates
Okinawa
Honolulu
Hawaii
Marines
Pfc
Wayne Bates
Navy Mars Radio
MARS
Jim Boyne
Sunfoto
Deputies Nab Suspected Slot Cheats at Strip Hotel
Clark County deputies arrested three men for attempting to cheat a quarter slot machine at a Strip hotel. William Champagne, 23, of Carson City and Douglas W. Barr, 31, of Las Vegas, were booked on possessing cheating devices. Bucky Masterson, 24, of Las Vegas, faced vagrancy charges.
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Clark County Sheriff’s Deputies
William Champagne
Carson City
Douglas W. Barr
Las Vegas
Bucky Masterson
Sad Paint Striper Lays It On Line Over County Bids
Joe Bureski of Traffic Master Co. objects to a county bid decision. The board accepted a $16,697 bid from Clark County Wholesale Mercantile for a paint striping machine not meeting department specs, with only three bidders and two noncompliant.
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Board of County Commissioners
Joe Bureski
Traffic Master Co
Frank Rosaschi
Clark County Wholesale Merchantile Co
Bureski
Obituaries Highlight Local Residents and War Veterans
Multiple funeral services and graveside rites are noted for residents and veterans including Thomas Raymond Edwards born 1920 in Coalinga California and living in Las Vegas area. Julius Jacob Gross born 1890 in New York City. Edward Paul Ted McKinstry born 1926 in Superior Wisconsin. Marion Keach born 1885 in Aberdeen South Carolina. Grace Henry born in Gold Field. Helen Jerome born 1899 in Corinth Iowa. Doris Bowman born 1961 in Henderson. Survivors include spouses children and relatives across Las Vegas and surrounding states. Funeral homes include Bunker Brothers Chapel and Memory Gardens Cemetery with church services and burial details.
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Thomas R. Edwards
Thomas Raymond Edwards
Bunker Brothers
Mr. Edwards
Coalinga
Calif
Baker Ave
Central Telephone Company
Diana
Kathleen Edwards
Las Vegas
Bertha Lee Edwards
Long Beach
Edward Paul
Ted’’ McKinstry
Memory Gardens
Walter Hanne
First Presbyterian Church
Mr. McKinstry
Superior
Wis
Sandra McKinstry
Kevin
Kolin McKinstry
Oak View
Edward McKinstry, Sr
Carmel
Art Biscoe
Marion Keach
Doris Bowman
Bunker Brothers Chapel
Woodlawn
A. B. Carr
Henderson
Las Vegas Sun Masthead and staff listing
The Las Vegas Sun masthead shows the publisher and key staff including Ruthe Deskin Haney Womack Bryn Armstrong Vince Anselmo Tom Diskin Gerry Appleby John Fry and others with circulation and financial officers noted. It confirms post office entry and national advertising representation.
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Ruthe Deskin
Haney Womack
Bryn Armstrong
Vince Anselmo
Tom Diskin
Gerry Appleby
John Fry
Douglas Ritchie
William Sherwood
H. M. Greenspun
Ray Germain
Barbara Green Span
Las Vegas Neveds
Congress
Werd Griffin Coe
Chicago
Detroit
New York
San Francisco
Los Angeles
United Press International
Nevada State Press Association
American Newspaper Publishers Association
California Newspaper Publishers Association
The
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Nevada Supreme Court Stays Execution Date
The Nevada Supreme Court stayed the Jan. 12 execution of killer James B. Mears Jr. The stay allows his lawyers until March 20 to file appeals seeking to overturn the conviction.
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Carson City
UPI
Nevada Supreme Court
James B. Mears, Jr
Gordon Thompson
Mears
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Vegas Briefs
JP Fisher
Viet Nam
Hetmann and
Rosaschi
Bill Briare
Julius J. Gross
Julius Jacob Gross
Mr. Gross
New York City
E. Carson St
Stewart Gross
Plainview, N. Y
Edward P. McKinstry
Marion
Keach
Grace Henry
Moapa Christian Church
William Higgenbotham
Moapa
Henry
Goldfield
Daugh
Ter
Florence Benn
North Las Vegas
Alfred Samalar
James Henry
Leonard Henry
Sloan
Helen Jerome
Loring Primeaux
Mrs. Jerome
Corinth
Iowa
She
Wilbur J. May
Mrs
Eva Bement
Rachel Bowman
Mildred
Linda James
Amos
James
Robert Carroll
Cleveland Carroll
St. Joseph
James Bowman
Frankie Land Rice
Mary Bowman
LasVegas@SUN
Las Vegas Sun, Inc
South Commerce St
Nevada
L.V. Bivd
South We
F.T.D
Funeralervices By
William Rogers
Guardian Angel Shrine
Palm Memorial Park
Chester Ingham
Inglewood
California
Roy Compton
San Springs, Oklahoma
Gertrude M. Mills
Columbia, Missouri
Arthur T. Freeman
Bloomfield
Missouri
Raymond Hart
Kansas City
Sullivan
Idella
Paradise
Flamingo Roads
Table Brand
RATH
U.S.D.A
N.Y. N.Y
USDA
Choice
Ibs
Les
OLD Forester
J. W. Harper
Old Kentucky Tavern
Vestia
OLD Thompson
King George IV
Yellowstone
Bourbon
Zarkow Vodka
George Dickel
Dewar’s White Label Scotch
Beam’s Choice
Icanadian Club
Bxoro
Ron Morrow
Peter Dawson
Fleischman
Daviess County
Kentucky
Dunhill’s
London
Scoupon
Good
Paradise Road
San
Mon
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