Festivities for Father Sheehy Silver Jubilee Planned
Committees have been chosen to organize a two part celebration for Father James Sheehy’s 25 years as a priest. The solemn high mass will be at 6 pm at St Christopher Church with Revs Paul and Joseph Sheehy assisting. A parish dinner at 8 pm follows at the Las Vegas Elks Club for about 400 guests.
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James Sheehy
St. Christopher Catholic Church
Father James McNally
Father Sheehy
St. Christopher’s Church
Paul
Joseph Sheehy
Robert Dwyer
Reno
Las Vegas
Msgr
Thomas Collins
St. Joan of Arc Church
Father McNally
Anthony Barnell
Dominic Bianchi
Adam Yacenda
George Kirkwood
Church Group Accuses Fresno Realtor of Rumford Act Bias
The Northern California Nevada Council of Churches’ Race and Cultural Commission charged Fresno realtor and ex mayor C Cal Evans with using inaccurate and intemperate arguments to oppose the Rumford Fair Housing Act. The release cited Evans claiming the act would force landlords to rent to a Negro prostitute. Evans declined comment. The commission said such remarks show the campaign to repeal the act could hinder orderly race relations progress in California.
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Fresno
Calif
UPI
California - Nevada
Council of Churches’ Racial and Cultural Commission
C. Cal Evans
Evans
California Real Estate Association
Rodney Larson
Oakland
Council of Churches
California
Lyon County 4-H Members Leave for Denver Meet
Lyon County Senior 4-H Livestock Judging Team flew from Reno to Denver to compete in the National Western Livestock Show judging contest on January 11. They will attend a judging clinic at Colorado State University Fort Collins and observe carload judging at the show. Team members are Jim Lee Yerington Buddy Bryan Byron Bryan Wellington and Barbara Griffin Smith with Larry Warren Lyon County Assistant Extension Agent. They earned Nevada representation by winning first in the 1963 Nevada Junior Livestock Show. trip sponsored by the Nevada Junior Hereford Association and Mr and Mrs Bill Walker 3-Bar-2 Ranch Wellington.
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Lyon County
Reno
Denver
Colorado State University
Fort Collins
Jim Lee
Yerington
Buddy Bryan
Byron Bryan
Wellington
Barbara Griffin
Smith
Larry Warren
Nevada
France records population rise to 48.13 million
France's population increased by over 500000 in the past year, according to the National Institute of Statistics. By January 1 this year the population stood at 48,133,000 and projections expect 100 million by 2040.
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Paris
UPI
France
National Institute of Statistics
March of Dimes Month Proclaimed in Las Vegas
Las Vegas Mayor Oran Gragson proclaimed March as March of Dimes Month urging public donations. He highlighted polio vaccination progress funded by donors and noted the campaign now addresses arthritis and birth defects with emphasis on supporting 250000 newborns with birth defects and 11 million affected by rheumatic diseases.
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Oran Gragson
Las Vegas
Clark County
C. E. Sutherland
National Foundation
March of Dimes Foundation
Vegas
Gragson
Oran Grayson
March of Dimes
C.E. Sutherland
Las
Johns-Manville Plans Transite Pipe Plant Near Florida City
Johns Manville Corp has optioned to buy 120 acres in Green Cove Springs Florida for a Transite asbestos cement pipe plant. The project, announced in New York by president C B Burnett, will employ about 100 to start and make Green Cove Springs the eighth Johns-Manville plant in the United States joining existing pipe plants at Stockton and Long Beach California.
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San Francisco
Johns Manville Corporation
Green Cove Springs
Fla
New York
C.B. Burnett
Jacksonville
Johns-Manville
United States
Stockton
Long Beach
Calif
Trustees Pick Names For New Local Schools
Clark County School board names new high schools after notable locals. Clark High School honors Edward Wallace Clark to open by fall 1965, while Valley High School rises in Paradise Valley. Names for junior and future elementary schools include Buol, Cashman, Lorenzi, Orr, Von Tobel, Meikle and others.
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Clark County
Board of Trustees
Arville
Pennwood
Clark High School
Edward Wallace Clark
Clark
Paradise Valley
Eastern Ave
Vegas Valley Drive
Las Vegas
Peter Buol
James Cashman
D. G. Lorenzi
Twin Lakes
William E. Orr
Ed von Tobel
Shop Center Expands With New Tenants
Commercial Center, a major local shopping complex, adds Marvin Strasser Draperies Chuck McGowan Barber Shop Benito of Rome Tailoring Roberta Linn Dress Shop and earlier Gi Gi Dress Shop The Cue Club Sahara Shoes Al Tates Beauty Academy. Future openings include Desert Cache Merit Al Phillips The Cleaner Bass and Sons Meats Moore restaurant with parking for 3 000 cars.
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Marvin Strasser
Chuck McGowan
Benito
Rome
Roberta Linn
Gi Gi Dress Shop
Cue Club
Sahara Shoes
al Tate
Beauty Academy
Desert Casu- Merit
al Phillips
the Cleaner
Bass & Sons Meats
Moore’s Restaurant
Paradise Homes
UPI: U.S. finish goods exports top imports by billions
United States exports of finished manufactured products reached 11.7 billion dollars last year, about 7 billion more than imports, according to the National Industrial Conference Board.
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New York
UPI
United States
National Industrial Conference Board
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Jo Mackey
Vail Pittman
Bertha Ronzone
Lewis E. Rowe
Shop Center
Huntington's
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S. Main
Ae Furniture Center
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