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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1966
Page
3
Parents tell Clark County School Board that maintenance funding shortfalls over the past two years harmed John S Park Elementary. Dr. Marvin Wampler warns chalkboards, playgrounds, and eating areas need work. board questions inaccuracies and considers costs. No action taken.
Dist Judge John Mowbray discharged grand jury foreman Joe Blasco for health reasons. Two other jurors, Bob Brown and Leonard Davis, seek discharge due to pressure and business. Replacement will be chosen after reconvening Jan 26. Earlier the panel indicted seven individuals including Joseph Rocco Falcone for grand larceny and kidnapping and Richard Riley on four counts of kidnapping rape assault and related charges.
Las Vegas businessman Joe Hudson was convicted in Muny Court of contributing to the delinquency of a minor after taking his 12 year old son to the Black Orchid Bar. Sentencing continued to Wednesday. defense plans an appeal in District Court.
Publication masthead for Las Vers OSUN lists staff including Ruthe Deskin Bryn Armstrong Vince Anselmo and others with roles such as publisher editor and advertising director. It notes post office entry Las Vegas Nevada and association memberships and rate cards for daily and Sunday editions.
County Auditor Paul Horn won a state opinion backing his control of payroll funds as the District Attorney called the issue misdirected. Attorney General Harvey Dickerson said the county auditor bears accountability for funds and warned against dividing duties. Special counsel John Porter suggested Cahill may direct payroll prep to the Personnel Dept, but full resolve may require court action.
A three-judge tribunal will convene February 21 to determine the punishment for 20-year-old ex Marine Earl H Peppers who pled guilty to murder. The victim was David T Cotham 21 of McKeesport Pa, a discharged Army man who befriended him. The judges are John Sexton Battle Mountain Taylor Wines Elko and Peter Breen Tonopah.
John R. Young, 27, already serving a robbery sentence, received 115 years for burglary and 10 to 11 years as an habitual criminal from Dist. Judge John Mowbray. The new terms run concurrently with his existing prison sentence.
UPI reports Sun War Woo, Nevada’s oldest resident, was found dead at his Reno home at age 104. Born 1862 in Kwangtung Province China, he arrived in 1880 and helped build the railroad and irrigation systems before retiring from Southern Pacific in 1928. He was honored at the 1964 Nevada Centennial. survivors include two sons.
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