Major Riddle of the Dunes Hotel Wins Praise and Pace
The writer reflects on life as a bowl of cherries and praises Major Riddle’s recovery at Rose de Lima Hospital. He notes Riddle’s planned return to a full schedule, his resilience in the gaming hotel business, and compares Dunes Hotel entertainment to rival Stardust and Tropicana shows.
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Ethel Merman
Broadway
Major Riddie
Dunes Hotel
Rose de Lima Hospital
Dunes
Riddle
Major Riddle
Giants
Stardust and Tropicana
Staggs Presses for Higher TB Care Rates in Clark County
Carson City officials dispute Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital TB care costs as Nevada Health Director Donal O’Callaghan calls Clark County rates unreasonably high. Hospital head Jack Staggs defends a $27.50 daily figure, signaling possible shifts to Reno or California facilities and a future cost study.
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Carson City
UPI
Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital
Clark County
Nevada Health and Welfare
Donal O'Callaghan
Nevada
California
O'Callaghan
Reno
Weli
Calif
Jack Staggs
Hospital Board of Trustees
State Department of Health and Welfare
Staggs
Weimer
General Hospital Service
Washoe
Health Department
Jack Stagg
Crosby Woman Testifies in Extortion Trial
Sandra Jo Crosby wife of Phillip Crosby testified in Los Angeles in the case of three men accused of extorting sixty thousand dollars from Ray Ryan a wealthy oilman. The testimony covered a Palm Springs trip with chef Allen Smiley and its alleged link to the extortion plot. The defense argued the trip was spur of the moment and not connected.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Sandra Jo Crosby
Bing Crosby
Crosby
Phillip Crosby
Palm Springs
Calif
Las Vegas
Ray Ryan
Arthur Crowley
Allen Smiley
Trek
Johnny Marshall
Charles del Monico
Sun pauses Kennedy assassination book offer
The Las Vegas Sun suspends a subscriber offer for the Kennedy assassination story due to high demand. A new supply is expected soon and a notice will announce its arrival.
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Kennedy
The
Las Vegas Sun
Eddie Fisher Faces Next Move in Taylor Divorce
Legal experts say Fisher must decide how to respond to Elizabeth Taylor’s Mexican divorce filing. He can contest, ignore, or abstain, risking timely action as Burton prepares to wed Taylor during their Mexican stay. Experts note responses could take weeks and U.S. validity questions may arise.
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Puerto Vallarta, Mex
UPI
Eddie Fisher
Elizabeth Taylor
Miss Taylor
Las Vegas
Fisher
Mexico
Estrada Quinones
Richard Burton
Burton
Atomic test near Nevada site may rattle Las Vegas area
The Atomic Energy Commission announced an underground detonation at the Nevada test site with a yield of 20 to 200 kilotons. They warned a slight tremor could be felt by people in tall buildings near Las Vegas, though no outside property damage is expected beyond the test area.
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Nevada Test Site
UPS
Atomic Energy Commission
Las Vegas
AEC
Baby Pignatari wins uncontested divorce from European princess
Millionaire playboy Francisco Baby Pignatari divorced former European princess Pignatari of Sao Paulo in a five minute session. The decree followed a suit against Princess Ira Furstenberg of Vienna with claims of mental cruelty. The couple wed in Reno January 12 1961 and had no children.
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United Press International
Francisco
Baby) Pignatari
Playboy
Pignatari
Sao Paulo
Brazil
Ira Furstenberg
Vienna
John Mowbray
Jan
Hard Times Then Takes Fateful Job
Edwin Collins, a 51 year old North Las Vegas bricklayer, tells The Sun he killed a Missouri farmer 23 years ago for $1000 and is now in police custody. He describes a hard childhood in Carmichael Pennsylvania and years of farm labor before a life colored by hardship and crime.
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Prince Alfonso Hohenlohne
Vienna
Paris
Mexico City
Greying Pignatari
Linda Christian
Zsa Zsa Gabor
International Society
Miss Christian
Pignatari
the Sun
Edwin Collins
Las Vegas
Samuel Edwin Collins
Collins
Carmichael
Alins
Iowa
Glenn Ready To Run for Ohio Senate as Democrat
A high Democratic source says astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. will enter the Ohio Senate race as a Democrat in year, opposing Sen. Stephen Young in the May 5 primary. He may face incumbent or Taft Jr. in the Republican bid. Democrats had urged him to run after earlier plans to stay out of politics.
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Columbus
Ohio
UPL
John H. Glenn, Jr
U. S. Senate
Glenn
Stephen M. Young
Cleveland
Young
Robert Taft, Jr
Ted W. Brown
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Sundial
Nee Menetantennee TV
Ates
Rea
Wilcox
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Vegas
Linda
Riviera
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Thomas G. Bell
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