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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1968
Page
5
A 25 year old Sparks mother, Mary Thomas, was shot dead in a Northeast Reno home while holding her one year old. Mrs Bokleman, who hosted the visit, was grazed and treated. the gunman fled in her car, later found abandoned near Washoe Medical Center.
Adjutant General Floyd Edsall announced 115 Nevada air guardsmen depart from Reno for South Korea via Travis AFB. About 110 with no orders and 300 more are set to leave Reno for Richard Gebaur AFB in Missouri. Two officers and 11 enlisted left yesterday as advance party to the Missouri base.
A two week engagement opens tonight at Hotel Sahara starring Liza Minnelli and Jack Carter. Minnelli showcases pop tunes and classics while Carter delivers rapid fire humor and topical one liners, with the pair alternating closing Star spots in Las Vegas.
Senator Alan Bible backs legislation to create an Advisory Commission on Air Traffic Control to study workloads, standards, training, and licensing. The panel would propose reforms and possibly an academy for controllers, disbanding 90 days after a year of study, with expert members paid only expenses and support from the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization.
Mrs Ruby C Suverkrup a long time Nevada newspaper woman died Sunday after a long illness Her husband Arthur and she ran the Gardnerville Record Courier in Douglas County from 1944 to 1958 Funeral services are pending.
Michael Woods 77 of 1745 Athol Pittman died in a local hospital Thursday. He was an oil well driller and WWI veteran born Aug 3 1899 in Belfast Ireland and lived here 20 years. Mass at 10 am today St Peter's Henderson. Burial Woodlawn with Bunker Brothers. Survivors include two daughters Jane Hohl and Margaret Bahl, a brother Peter Woods and niece Patsy Kiddy. Hugh A Hively 86 of 425 S Main St died Saturday. He was a dealer born July 3 1882 in Indiana and lived here 20 years. Services at 1 pm tomorrow Bunker Brothers Funeral Chapel with Rev J Whitfield Sloan officiating. Burial Woodlawn. Survivors include a son Eugene Hively and two daughters W H Holmes and B F Kirby.
Retired colonel Francis Harvey Morris aged 52 of 508 Fifth Street Boulder City died Sunday from a discharged rifle while cleaning it. Born December 1 1915 in Iowa he served in the Air Force 1942 1964. He was a member of Ellis Lodge 1882 Masonic Lodge IBEW Local 357 and the Caterpillar Club. Services pending in Palm Mortuary Henderson until his son Captain Maynard Morris of Champion AFB Alaska arrives. Survived by his widow a son Maynard a sister Helen Gott and one grandson.
Bettie A. White 63 of 2017 Las Vegas Blvd North died in a local hospital Sunday. A retired waitress born in Canada April 1905 she had lived here two months. Graveside services at Woodlawn Cemetery at 3 p.m. today with calling hours at Bunker Brothers Mortuary. Survived by her husband Jewel White of North Las Vegas.
Bruce Sorensen 18 of 2631 San Gorgonio died Sunday. He was a service station attendant, priest of the 20th Ward, and a member of Laborers Local 872. Born July 17 1949 in Panguich Utah he lived here two years. Services 1 p.m. tomorrow at the 20th Ward Church Walnut and Carey St officiating Bishop Frehner. Burial Woodlawn Cemetery. Survivors include his parents two Navy brothers and sisters and grandparents. Bunker Brothers Mortuary in charge.
Emily G Kraft 66 of Palm er Heights Ohio died Sunday in a local hospital. A housewife born July 28 1991 in Cleveland she was visiting. Cleveland Bunker Brothers Mortuary handles arrangements. Survivors include daughter Mrs Robert Peritch Brook Park Ohio two sons William G Tallahassee Florida and David D Kraft Huntington West Virginia.
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