Casinos turn profits with cost cuts and new ownership
Hughes and Parvin Dohrmann push tighter controls and price increases to boost Las Vegas profits. They shift to corporate ownership, curb comps, and rely on data workups to spot misred receipts while retaining veteran gamblers and old faces. Nevada officials debate licensing and safety as public stock ownership grows.
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Parvin-Dohrmann
Mooney
Vegas
United States
Sam Belkin
the Flamingo
Bugsy Siegel
Bugsy
Belkin
The
Flamingo
Ed Torres
J. Kell Houssels Jr
Tropicana
Nevada
General Nigro
Hughes Organization
Change Commission
SEC
Las Vegas
Morford Gets Execution Stay for Nevada Case
Lester E. Morford, convicted in the Lake Tahoe killer case, won a stay of execution as the Nevada Pardons Board will hear arguments on commuting his sentence to life. A Feb. 24 mercy hearing was set with Morford, family, and medical experts to testify. Local authorities argued against delaying clemency while Morford awaits a mental examination required by law.
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Morford
Carson City
UPS
Lester E. Morford
Nevada
State Pardons Board
Santa Rosa
Calif
Jack Foster
Medford
Ore
Lake Tahoe
Foster
Reno
Dist
Atty
William Baggio
Baggio
Melvin Schoengold
Schoengold
Obituary notices for McKee Schwartz Lang and Amaya
A sequence of obituaries from Las Vegas area: Helen McKee 49 of 3312 Wright St. died Saturday, private services. Roy W. McKee chiropractor, optional services. Irene Lucille Schwartz 58 of 2240 Carroll St. died, services pending. William Lang 65 of 158 Ida St. died at home, survivors listed. Perry Thurman 17 of 3124 Ferndale died, services at 9 39 a.m.. Berta Amaya 20 of 3669 Hawaii Ave. died, mass tomorrow. Arnulfo Duarte 65 of 224 Baltimore died, Palm Chapel services today.
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Helen McKee
Wright St
McKee
Hall County
Texas
Bunker Brothers Mortuary
Jim Rob McKee
Dana Gail Johnson
Luke Wills Sr
Billy Jack
John Lee Wills
Lorene Burton
Las Vegas
Roy McKee
Roy W. McKee
Wright Sr
Joplin
Bernice Campbell
Stockton
Calif
Irene Lucille Schwartz
Carroll St
Mrs. Schwartz
Lexington
Slayton
Palm Mortuary
Harry Schwartz
William Lang
William Frederick Lang
Ida St
Mr. Lang
Germany
Copher Fesler Funeral Home
Elwood
Ind
Margaret L. Lang
Perry Edward Thurman
Ferndale
Valley High School
Thurman
Monahans
Bunker Brothers Funeral Chapel
Larrell Evanson
Woodlawn
Nina Lee
Albert Dellacort
Candace Dellacort
P. L. Steele
Newcastle, Texas
Berta Leticia Lopez Amaya
Hawaii Ave
Miss Amaya
Santa Barbara
Chihuahua
Mexico
St. Bridget’s Catholic Church
Peter V. Moran
Palm Memorial Park
Ascension Lopez
Francisco
Luis Mario
Oscar Blas
Edwardo and
Lopez Amaya
Palm Chapel
Memory Gardens Cemetery
Annie Duarte
Delia Ambrozak
Baltimore, Md
Adel McCool
Roseline Richardson
Lydia Dondich
Alice Bohanan
Worcester
Mass
Frank Varella
Lake Tahoe
Nevada Women Status Committee Defers Abortion Law Recommendation
The Governor's Committee on the Status of Women will not issue a recommendation on Nevada abortion law. Assemblywoman Mary Frazzini said the panel will not take a stand and will leave the issue alone. Frazzini expects several measures to modify the state's abortion law to be introduced at the 1969 Legislature.
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Carson City
UPI
Governor's Committee On the Status of Women
Nevada
Mary Frazzini
Reno
Schools Reopen for Nevadans After Holiday
In Reno UPI reports schools resumed after the Christmas New Year holiday. More than 110000 students returned to classes across Nevada including the University of Nevada and Nevada Southern University campuses.
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Reno
UPI
Nevada
The
University of Nevada
Nevada Southern University
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Hughes Tool Organization
Howard Hughes
Robert Maheu
Hughes
Maheu
Paul Laxalt
Laxalt
All America
Webb
Kerkorian
International Lei
Sure Corporation
Vegas Gambling
U.S
Congress
Trene Schwartz
Larry J. Lang
Bloomington
Judith Ann Gardner
Indiana
Jeffery W. Gardner
Pensacola, Fla
Herman Lang
Mira Lang
Effie Norbitz
Wartenberg
Perry Thurman
Berta
Amaya
Arnulfo Duarte
Baltimore
Mr. Duarte
R. C. Harrison
Women's Status Committee
Siu Charlesten
Charlesten
America
West
Charleston Blvd
Decatur
East Charleston Blvd
Maryland Parkway
Las Vegas Blvd
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