New Manager Named for Las Vegas Western Union Office
H M Wingren announces Clark Theemling will replace H R Moss as Las Vegas Western Union manager. Theemling brings 26 years in telegraph work and has held multiple regional sales and management posts in Southern California and Nevada. The Moss tenure ends next week as Theemling plans relocation with his wife Louise and son Wayne from Bonita California.
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H. R. Moss
Second Street
Pasadena
Calif
Clark Theemling
Moss
Las Vegas
Theemling
Los Angeles
San Diego
California
Arizona
Nevada
Louise
Wayne
Bonita
Gary
Whittier College
Youth Given Stiff Sentence for Underage Casino Offense
A 19 year old Las Vegas man pleaded guilty to being a minor in a casino resisting arrest and failing to register as an ex felon. Judge Walter J. Richards ordered fines totaling 352 dollars or 176 days in jail with sentences to run consecutively. He was arrested Jan 3 after being found in a downtown club while underage and eluding officers. His prior imprisonment for grand larceny auto was noted.
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Las Vegas
Walter J. Richards
Roger D. Bryant
Tonopah Highway
Richards
Bryant
Socialist Leader Defends Fanfani as Communist Bid Fails
Italian Socialist leader Pietro Nenni defended Prime Minister Amintore Fanfani in a chamber vote, denouncing a Communist no confidence bid. Nenni said the center-left coalition remains substantially positive and urged Communists to present a viable alternative. He endorsed replacing Jupiter missiles with a sea based Polaris, and pledged to support the government until April or May elections.
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Rome
UPI
Pietro Nenni
Christian Democratic
Amintore Fanfani
Fanfani
Nenni
Chamber of Deputies
Christian Democrats
Italy
U.S
Palmiro Togliatti
Two Children Die In Fire Believed Set by Arsonist
In Redding California two children Geraldine Pearson four and Michael Pearson five died in a house fire police say was set by Henry Hunt twenty six the former boyfriend of one mother Betty Pearson Henry Hunt was staying with Barnistine Pearson the other mother the women are sisters Officers urged Northern California law enforcement to locate Hunt after he fled the scene and the fire damaged the wooden home The mothers and five other children escaped unharmed
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Redding
Calif
UPI
Geraldine Pearson
Michael Pearson
Geraldine
Betty Pearson
Michael
Barnistine Pearson
Henry Hunt
Hunt
Barnistine
California
Montana Town Sets Coldest Reading of Day
The U.S. Weather Bureau reported Havre Montana as the location with the lowest temperature yesterday morning excluding Alaska and Hawaii at 28 degrees below zero. The day’s highest temperature recorded was 77 degrees at Fort Lauderdale Florida.
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New York
Teens to Lead National Youth Sunday at NSW Church
Teenagers will conduct services at Congregational Church North Las Vegas observing National Youth Sunday. Six youths present youth philosophy on religion in today’s world with talks on youth ideals and education for the atomic age.
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Congregational Church
Glider St
North
Las Vegas
Torrance Phelps
Douglas Coleman
Howard Clark
Jeri Smith
Eileen Hamier
Duffy Durham
Sharon Lindemann
George Freeland
Sharon Martin
Herman Schulz
Darlene Workman
Sam McClain
Burglar Ransacks Bellmans Home
Arthur Ritz night bellman at the Showboat Hotel reported to Las Vegas police that his 221 West Chicago home was ransacked Thursday morning while he was away. A tape recorder Polaroid camera several suits scuba diving gear and a pistol were taken leaving him about 1500 in losses.
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Arthur Ritz
Ritz
Las Vegas
Chicago
Amish Fathers Held Over School Law Protest in Iowa Jail
Eight Amish fathers near Hazleton were arrested on truancy charges for not sending children to state accredited schools. Henry Yoder, ill, began a three day sentence while Chris Raber visited in jail to comfort him. The pair and six others pleaded innocent and were released on bond. Three others remained at large or out of state. The dispute centers on whether one room private schools suffice or if students must attend state approved schools.
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Hazleton
Henry Yoder
Chris Raber
Yoder
Waterloo
Raber
Justice of the Peace
Joseph Koeppel
Koeppel
William Borntrager
Ben Borntrager
Ben Beachy
Buchanan County
Bulgarian Red Boss Visits in Belgrade
Bulgarian Communist party chief Todor Zhivkov arrived in Belgrade for a brief stay on his way home from the East Berlin Congress. Tanjug said he would meet with President Tito during the visit.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
UPI
Communist Party
Todor Zhivkov
East Berlin
Tanjug
Zhivkov
Tito
Dear Klaus Letters Frustrate East German Border Guards
East German border guards report morale problems as wives and girlfriends send “Dear Klaus” letters home. A forum at Bergmann-Borsig Factory in East Berlin discussed Heidi’s infidelity and the guards’ desire to escape, with participants blaming love and youth, and offering no clear remedy to deter border crossings.
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Berlin
UPI
Klaus
Berlin Wall
Heidi
Klaus Schmitter
Gvil
East Berlin
Bergmann Borsig
Will Awarding Funds to Church Challenged in SF
Superior Court weighed whether Archbishop McGucken must answer 38 written questions on heaven hell and purgatory posed by Atty Vincent Hallinan as part of a contest over David F Supple s 175 996 estate left to 35 Catholic institutions The judge deferred ruling pending briefs in the case linked to Hallinans theory that the church induced Supple to provide for a future afterlife while Burke for the archbishop argued courts cannot judge religious beliefs
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Superior Court
Joseph T. McGucken
Atty. Vincent Hallinan
Heaven
Hell
Purgatory
Hallinan
Byron Arnold
David F. Supple
San Francisco
Jesus Christ
Supp
Andrew F. Burke
California
United States
Burke
Supreme Court
Five in Family Killed in Crash at Rail Crossing
In Rockhampton Australia a family of six lost five members when their car hit a freight train at a grade crossing. Seven year old Peter Nicholson survived with minor injuries, the sole remaining member of the family.
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Rockhampton
Australia
UPI
Peter Nicholson
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Lou Licker
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