Six Southern Nevada Children Seek Crippled Children’s Service Help
Six children in Southern Nevada await clearance for the Crippled Children’s Service budget to fund tests and possible surgeries. They will be taken to Los Angeles for evaluation at UCLA Medical Center or White Memorial Hospital, with state and federal support coordinating tests, treatment, and follow up.
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Crippled Children's Service
Crippled Children’s Service
Los Angeles
Ucla Medical Center
White Memorial Hospital
Evelyn Blake
Clark County
California
California Hospital
Nevada
Blake
Decrease in Traffic Fatalities Tied to Enforcement Efforts
Las Vegas saw a drop in traffic fatalities and total accidents in 1964, credited to increased patrol enforcement, better police court cooperation, and stricter driving laws. Traffic figures show a 16 percent fall in total accidents and a 46 percent drop in fatalities, despite rises in reckless driving and other moving violations.
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Tex Skelton
Las Vegas
Skelton
City votes forced compromise ending dancing school dispute
The City Commission approved a settlement between the recreation department and private dancing modeling studios. The city will curb its programs and defer instruction to private studios at five dollars an hour, with two six week courses annually. Only Ed Fountain dissented, arguing against city competition with private businesses.
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Ics
R. Scott Griffith
Holiday Models, Inc
Associated Dance, Modeling and Affiliated Arts of Nevada
Ed Fountain
Fountain
Las Vegas Road Repair Hope Fades at Busy Intersection
A reader asks about the Sahara Avenue Paradise Road junction congestion and rough roadbed. Officials say responsibility is split city county and permanent rebuilding is deferred until a state freeway reconstruction, with no immediate relief planned for daily motorists.
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K. J. Powell
Las Vegas
Sahara Avenue
Judge Sets Trial Date In Shooting Dist.
Judge David Zenoff set trial dates for Andre Colbonne, a 39 year old Frenchman arrested here for shooting his wife Alix Colbonne and chef Jack Pauman on December 10. He faces charges of carrying a concealed weapon and illegal possession of a weapon as an alien. Both Collonge and his wife are wanted by Belgium authorities for a bank robbery.
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David Zenoff
Andre Col- Jonge
Zenoff
Collonge
Sheriff's
Alix
Jack Pauman
Belgium
NAACP Installation in West Las Vegas Sunday
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People will hold an installation of officers Sunday at 3 p.m. at Kit Carson School on Alexander Streets in West Las Vegas.
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National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Kit Carson School
Alexander Streets
West
Las Vegas
Fallon man named assistant chief of DMV Drivers License Division
Arthur A. Von Ignatius, 44, of Fallon has been named assistant chief of the Drivers License Division of the Department of Motor Vehicles in Carson City. Von Ignatius, with the agency 18 months, replaces John N. Glover who was promoted to chief.
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Carson City
UPI
Arthur A. von Ignatius
Fallon
Department of Motor Vehicles
von Ignatius
Agency
John N. Glover
Ambulance License Fight Seen To End In Settlement
City commission plans a settlement next month reversing its stance and likely awarding a license to AA Ambulance Co. owned by Ernest H. Moore. Mercy Ambulance Service, with city county and North Las Vegas contracts totaling $1,850 monthly, opposes. A Feb 3 public hearing on Moore’s refiled application is set as PSC jurisdiction remains unresolved.
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AA Ambulance Co
Ernest H. Moore
Moore
Mercy Ambulance Service
Las Vegas
Sidney Whitmore
Public Service Commission
PSC
Whitmore
Bishop
Boulder City Roundup Celebrates New Municipality
The Boulder City Roundup staged by the Boulder City Horseman’s Association gathers entries from four states for a two afternoon rodeo at the B Bar C Corrals. Admission is 1.25 dollars starting at noon, with a Legion Hall dinner at 5 p.m. and dances for teens and adults afterward, featuring Hank Ramsey’s Band.
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Boulder City
Boulder City Horseman's Association
B Bar C
the Legion Hall
Hank Ramsey
North Las Vegas Advances 1000-Acre Industrial Park
North Las Vegas officials announced optimism for the Nellis Industrial Park annexation after a Monday city council session. The two-unit park, expected to cost over 344 million dollars, aims to attract warehousing and light industry with rail access and an Interstate underpass. Unit One is owned by the Oaklands Sommers pair. Unit Two by Morse Graves Hamon couples and Graves. The project foresees rail spurs and quick start on basic improvements, with completion of units over two to five years and potential new industry by year end.
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Las Vegas
Nellis
Nsw
George Churchalis
Union Pacific Railroad
Unit
Ben Oakland
Harry Sommers
Harold Morse
Madison Graves
Wesley Hamon
North
Riviera Masters International Bridge Tourney Opens in Vegas
First annual Riviera Masters International Bridge Tournament begins in February with a record first prize of 5000. Notables entered include Goren Schenken Jordan and Stayman plus Kantar Moyse and others forming the 1964 Olympic Bridge Team.
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Charles H. Goren
Howard Schenken
Bobby Jordan
Arthur Robinson
Sam Stayman
Vic Mitchell
Dan Krauss
Robert Hamman
Edwin B. Kantar
Alphonse Moyse Jr
Schenken
Goren
Kantar
Moyse
Wackenhut to Provide AEC Security at Nevada Sites
Wackenhut Services Inc of Coral Gables Florida wins a contract to supply guard services for the Atomic Energy Commission at the Nevada Test Site the Nuclear Rocket Development Station and in Las Vegas starting February 1. Project manager Donald Dillman will oversee about 250 employees with Robert Yadon as chief of field services. Federal Services Inc had supplied AEC security in Southern Nevada since 1952.
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Atomic Energy Commission
Nevada Test Site
Nuclear Rocket Development Station
Las Vegas
Wackenhut Services, Inc
Coral Gables
Fla
Wackenhut
AEC
Nevada
Donald Dillman
Robert Yadon
Federal Services, Inc
Olson Brothers Quartet to perform in Salem church concert
Olson Brothers Quartet from Salem Oregon will give a 7 30 p m concert at the First Church of the Nazarene located at 14th and Ogden Streets. The group tours widely and appears on radio and television, traveling about 100000 miles yearly.
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Olson Brothers Quartet
Salem
Ore
First Church of the Nazarene
14Th
Ogden Streets
Policeman Appeals Ouster by Boulder City Manager
Former Boulder City police captain Charles Weaver aged 49 has appealed his dismissal for insubordination and intoxication on duty. The Civil Service Board hearing is set for 7 p.m. January 22. Weaver was one of two officers fired in two months, following Sgt. Horace Smith’s dismissal and suspension.
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Boulder City Police
Charles Weaver
Civil Service Board
SUN
Weaver
William Cottrell
Sgt
Horace Smith
Force
Trial dates pushed for 60‑day window policy
About 35 defendants charged with crimes from forgery to murder appeared before Dist. Judge David Zenoff for new trial date settings. Most trials were moved up to meet the 60‑day constitutional limit, with a civil case moratorium declared amid the criminal trial backlog. An exception was Andrew Heikkla in the Thunderbird Hotel slaying case, whose trial was set to be advanced from May 31 to early February.
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Dist
David Zenoff
George Foley
Andrew Heikkla
Tom McGettrick
Thunderbird Hotel
Heikkla
Wallace Receives Life Membership in Vocational Association
Fay J. Wallace state supervisor in Trade and Industrial Education Vocational Education Division of the State Department of Education was honored with a life membership in the American Vocational Association at its 58th annual convention in Minneapolis Minnesota recently.
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Carson City
Fay J. Wallace
State Department of Education
American Vocational Association
Minneapolis
Minn
Desert Outpost Military Academy Aims for Las Vegas Youths
Cadet program opens registration for Nevada Cadet Corps in Las Vegas with Maj. James R. Rose as corps commander. Boys ages seven to 14 train Saturdays at the Big and Little J Ranch with a $5 weekly fee plus uniform costs. The Nevada Youth USA Foundation sponsors the non profit, non sectarian effort with future plans for a full academy on the site featuring drill team, drum corps, crafts, and horsemanship.
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Sunfoto
Las Vegas Area
Nevada Cadet Corps
James R. Rose
Big and Little J. Ranch
Paradise Road
Rose
Nevada Youth U.S.A. Foundation
Itary Academy
Desert Outpost Military Academy
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