Snowbound Reno Family Located By Search Party
A Reno family of five Homer Red Bronneke wife Dorothy and children Sam 24 Dana 10 and David 8 were found in High Rock Canyon 160 miles north of Reno after being snowbound since Saturday They were wet and cold but OK and evacuated by tracked vehicle through deep snowdrifts to a camp north of Gerlach Air Force helicopters had been blocked by winds and survival experts with Washoe County deputies aided the rescue with snow vehicles at dawn yesterday
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Reno
UPI
High Rock Canyon
Here
Homer
Red) Bronneke
O.K
Bronnekes
Gerlach
Bronneke
Dorothy
Sam
Dana
David
Air Force
Washoe County
Ex-Vegas Mayor William Ferron Funeral Services Set
William E. Ferron former Las Vegas mayor died age 77 after a month long treatment for congestive heart failure and strokes. Funeral services are tomorrow at 2 p.m. at Palm Mortuary with Father Tally Jarrett officiating. He owned White Cross Drug Store and lived at 1107 S Fifth Place. He is survived by Ruth his wife two daughters Barbara Doyle and Shirley Swanson a brother and six grandchildren. Pallbearers are named and entombment will follow at Palm Mausoleum.
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William E. Ferron
Las Vegas
Palm Mortuary
Tally Jarrett
Christ Church Episcopal
Mr. Ferron
Salt Lake City
Ferron
White Cross Drug Store
S. 5Th Place
Ruth
Barbara F. Doyle
Berkeley
Calif
Shirley F. Swanson
Robert D. Ferron
Los Gatos
Ted Brandt
Larsh Kellogg
Charles Glover
Don Brown
Scott Robinson
Bruce Beckley
A. W. Blackman
Leonard Foyle
Palm Mausoleum
Sawyer Sees Intertie System Boost for West
Governor Grant Sawyer praised the Pacific Northwest Southwest Intertie System as a $700 million project expected to spur Western development. He spoke at the Bureau of Reclamation office opening overseeing Nevada construction from the Oregon line to Hoover Dam, noting a 30 year history has faced troubles but remains on track.
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Reno
UPI
Grant Sawyer
Sawyer
Bureau of Reclamation
Nevada
Oregon
Hoover Dam
Bishop Dwyer to Attend Final Ecumenical Council Session
The Most Rev. Robert J. Dwyer Bishop of Reno said he will attend the fourth and final session of the Ecumenical Council opening Sept 14 in Rome. He has attended the first three councils.
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Reno
UPI
Robert J. Dwyer
Rome
Dwyer
Nevada water carries fluoride in 13 towns. six exceed safe levels
Nevada reports 13 communities with detectable fluoride in drinking water based on a 1959 federal health survey. Fallon Luning Weed Heights show 0.7 to 1.0 ppm. Beatty Logandale Overton overdosed but solved with new supplies. additional towns Gables Glendale Golconda Moapa Panaca Schurz Springdale range 1.2 to 7.9 ppm.
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Nevada
State Division of Health
W. T. Weathington
Federal Public Health Service
Omar M. Seifert
Nevada Health Division
Dental Health
W. Wallace White
Bureau of Environmental Health
Vera E. Young
Fallon
Luning
Weed Heights
Beatty
Logandale
Overton
Gables
Glendale
Golconda
Moapa
Panmaca
Schurz
Springdale
Silver Needs Much Greater in Silver Mining Revival
Senator Bible of Nevada warned that a 17 percent rise in silver output forecast by the Interior Department over the next five years will not match demand. He cited growing interest in Nevada New Mexico Idaho and Montana but said higher prices are needed to trigger a real revival in silver mining.
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Interior Department
Bible
Nevada
New Mexico
Idaho
Montana
Nativity Celebration At St George Orthodox Church
At St George American Eastern Orthodox Church 1580 Bledsoe Lane a Nativity feast was observed with a midnight service a Nativity Vigil lighting of the bough and a Pontifical Divine Liturgy led by Metropolis Archbishop Martin The Very Rev Father Paul assisted with Archdeacon Martin Deacon Mark and Archmandrite Bernard The church follows the old calendar and New Year is celebrated January 14.
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St. George Eastern Orthodox Church
Bledsoe Lane
Martin
Mark
Bernard
Archimandrite
Nevada DA group seeks prison sentence reforms
The Nevada State District Attorney's Association legislative committee asks the legislature to review and raise minimum sentences for crimes especially with firearms. They cite inconsistencies such as second-degree murder at ten years versus seven years for first-degree murder with parole eligibility after seven years. They urge higher minimums as a crime deterrent following a state Supreme Court ruling on parole.
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Reno
UPI
Nevada
State District Attorney’s Association
Supreme Court
Bud Abbott Making Recovery After Stroke Incident
Comedian Bud Abbott, 66, was progressing favorably in Woodland Hills California hospital after a stroke on December 16. The actor and partner of the late Lou Costello has been semi retired in recent years and lives with his wife in Encino nearby.
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Woodland Hills
Calif
UPI
Bud Abbott
Country Home and Hospital
Lou Costello
Abbott
Encino
Clarke Named Chief Medical Examiner for County On Fee Basis
County commissioners approved Dr. James Y. Clarke Jr. as chief medical examiner on a fee basis for autopsies. About 22 000 for autopsies is budgeted this year with fees ranging 25 to 250 dollars and an average around 125. Dr. Ravenholt and Clarke noted feasible adjustments to the coroner system while cost stays within the budget. Authority favored rotation later but four local pathologists cannot commit at present.
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James Y. Clarke, Jr
Clarke
Otto Ravenholt
Ravenholt
Sys
Clark County Medical Society
Water District Board Considers Residential Zone Voting Change
Las Vegas Valley Water District directors vote to seek legislation to shift from at large to residential zone voting. The seven directors, four incumbents and three newcomers, also ask for a new audit of Charleston Heights Water Company. Ernest Becker seeks 438000 sale price with district evaluating appraisal costs.
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Las Vegas Valley Water District Board of Directors
Nevada
William Renshaw
Leonard Fayle
Bennett Vazey
Charleston Heights Water Company
Las Vegas Valley Water District
Ernest Becker
Plastic Grid Iron Trials Begin on Plastic Fields
Chemical Engineering magazine reports in the Northwest a polyurethane field surface is being tested for football use to withstand rain and wear. The test targets quagmires caused by wet weather and compares durability with traditional grass fields.
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New York
UPI
Chemical Engineering Magazine
Baring Votes Against Rules Change in House
Nevada representative Walter S. Baring joined 200 fellow congressmen in opposing a rules change bill in the House of Representatives. The measure passed narrowly by 224 to 201 and is described as aiding Johnson administration legislation.
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Nevada
Walter S. Baring
House of Representatives
Johnson
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