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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1969
Page
3
The Las Vegas Sun World Masters Marathon Committee invites entries for a contest predicting the Third Annual Las Vegas Sun World Masters Marathon winner and finish time. Prizes include a television set clock radio and transistor radio with awards banquet for all winners.
Convicted killer Jack Rainsberger 33 began a three week fast and defense lawyers filed an amended habeas corpus petition challenging capital punishment as cruel and unusual. A Feb. 21 hearing before Dist. Judge William Compton is set.
A compiled list of runners with their times and notable achievements from 1967 to 1969. Names include Ishmail Atkay from Turkey, Amby Burfeot from Groton, Steve Mathews of Denver, and others, detailing Olympic bids, national titles, and marathon performances in Toronto, Pasadena, Redondo Beach, and Los Angeles.
The Las Vegas Sun lists its staff and publishers in full including H M Greenspun and Barbara Greenspun with editors and managers named. It announces home delivery and mail subscription rates per month and per year for the continental United States.
Idella Sylva Lyons 56 of 238 N. 17th St. was released on $3,000 bail after pleading guilty to a reduced voluntary manslaughter charge for the Dec 28 fatal shooting of Tomoko Wunsch 39 at Wunsch’s Granada Avenue home. The sole witness was Lyons’ husband William a Strip hotel electrician. Bail set by Dist. Judge Alvin N. Wartman due to no prior criminal record.
Calvin K. Rust, 23, jailed after armed robberies at Ferguson's Motel, a 7-Eleven, and Kirk's House of Ice Cream Delights following a downtown chase. He faces district court trial after a Justice Court hearing. A separate non jury trial opened in engineering case involving Tevfik Turegun and two holding firms over alleged 1964 65 work worth 54200. Also notes misclaimed lottery payout at a casino and an involuntary manslaughter conviction at Nellis Air Force Base, with probation issued.
The federal government will spend about 9 million dollars to build 500 low rent public housing units in Las Vegas. Senators Alan Bible and Howard Cannon announced it yesterday. The Las Vegas Housing Authority will start planning now, including 200 elderly units, boosting total Las Vegasarea low rent units to 1615. some homes may be ready in 9 to 12 months after construction begins, with full occupancy in about two years.
City of Las Vegas will waive its request for a jury to hear a suit challenging the legality of a firemen pay raise. City Atty Sidney Whitmore said the trial will proceed before a judge to speed resolution, hoping for a date within 30 days.
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