Zoning OKs for Vegas Village Store and Car Wash
City Planning Commission approved commercial zoning for a new Vegas Village department store area bounded by Decatur Boulevard Brush Street Evergreen Avenue and Cory Place. Arch Groft Jr got C to C2 change for a coin operated car wash on 25th Street. First Western Savings & Loan seek service station at Rancho Drive Sahara Avenue. Miranti Investment Co denied for Decatur Washington Boulevards site. Francisco Building Co held in abeyance for Decatur Boulevard east side.
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New Vegas
City Planning Commission
Planning Board
Tonopah Highway
City Commission
New Vegas Village
Decatur
Archie D. Groft, Jr
First Western Savings & Loan Assn
Rancho Drive
Sahara Avenue
First Western Pans
Miranti Investment Co
Decatur and
Washington Boulevards
Francisco Building Co
Decatur Boulevard
Lake Mead Boulevard
Smoke Ranch Road
Fuller murder arraignment continued in Nevada court
The District Court postponed the arraignment of John Garland Fuller 22 of 1948 Garland for murder in the fatal stabbing of Frank Carter 23 of 1913 Gregory Sr at the Wild Goose bar on West Lake Mead Boulevard. Attorney Charles Kellar seeks time to file a writ of habeas corpus arguing no crime shown at preliminary hearing.
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District Court
John Garland Fuller
Las Vegas
Dist
John Mowbray
Fuller
Garland
Frank Carter
Gregory Sr
Wild Goose
West Lake Mead Boulevard
Charles Kellar
Keller
Good Shepherd Home Receives 20000 Donation
Union Pacific Railroad gave a 20000 cash gift to Good Shepherd Home For Girls in Las Vegas toward a building fund nearly 60000 short of the 980000 goal. The luncheon at the Mint Hotel featured Arthur Z. Gray and Glenn A. Cunningham presenting the gift to officials and supporters including Norm Cornwall and Mother Superior Mary de Lourdes.
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Union Pacific Railroad
Good Shepherd Home For
Las Vegas
Arthur Z. Gray
Uprr Foundation
Glenn A. Cunningham
Western Division
Mint Hotel
Norm Cornwall
Good Shepherd's
Mary de Lourdes
Mary St. Jeannette
Mint
Ambassador Room
Sam Boyd
Good Shepherd
Twain Ave
Nevada Supreme Court frees Leon Scott in habeas case
The Nevada Supreme Court issued a writ of habeas corpus freeing Leon Scott from Clark County jail after ruling probable cause to hold him for District Court trial was not proven at a Justice Court hearing lacking a court reporter. In Reno, Richard Dennis Miller, 21, was arraigned on involuntary manslaughter charges over a drag race death on June 23 on North Virginia Street.
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Carson City
Nev
Nevada Supreme Court
Leon Scott
Clark County
Scott
Justice Court
Supreme Court
Reno, Nev
UPT
Richard Dennis Miller
Miller
North Virginia Street
Prison Inmate Returns to Prison From Hospital Escape
Alfred E. Rush 36 who walked away from the state hospital near Carson City Monday night was recaptured and returned to the state penitentiary in Carson City after being transferred from Sparks. He was serving a term for lewd and lascivious conduct with minors.
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Carson City
Nev
UPI
State Hospital
Sparks
State Penitentiary
Alfred E. Rush
Clark County
Musical Arts Workshop Performs Sunday Pops Concert
Twenty two of the Musical Arts Workshop vocalists auditioned Friday for the Linkletter Talent Scouts show. The Chorale, part of the 180 member group, will perform Sunday at 2 30 p.m. in the Flamingo Hotel Convention Center. The eighty singers on stage span many professions, including neighbors, doctors and teachers.
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The
Musical Arts Workshop
Linkletter
Flamingo Hotel Convention Center
Children Test Shoe Polish By Wearing Shined Shoes
A shoe polish firm uses 100 children to test its product by wearing marked shoes and trying to dirty them as much as possible. The children, however, are unusually careful to avoid scuffing or soiling.
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New York
UPI
Esquire
Police Probe Escort Service Bid in Las Vegas
Douglas Bent seeks a Las Vegas business license for Escorts, Inc. to operate an escort service. Police will review the proposal before council consideration. details remain undisclosed and the application is signed by Bent alone.
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Las Vegas
Police Department
Douglas Bent
Escorts, Inc
Bent
North Las Vegas
Gaming Board Meets Here On Monday
Clark County Liquor and Gaming Licensing boards will meet Monday at 2 p.m. to consider licenses. The agenda includes liquor licenses or transfers from 13 persons or locations and eight gaming licenses or transfers. Hacienda Hotel seeks to add a keno game and Riviera Hotel requests five pan games.
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Clark County
Liquor and Gaming Licensing Boards
Hacienda Hotel
Riviera Hotel
Still Critical Child in Southern Nevada Hospital
Still critical Friday, Donald Juiliano age 6, remained hospitalized in Southern Nevada after a July 1 car accident while playing with his 9 year old cousin.
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Donald Juiliano
Southern Nevada
Victory for West Las Vegas homeowners over Owens Avenue zoning
Homeowners on Owens Avenue in West Las Vegas scored another victory in their effort to block commercial development. A split City Planning Commission vote left plans to extend commercial zoning and gaming zones along Owens uncertain while protests cited property value and neighborhood impact from residents, many of them Black.
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Las Vegas
Owens Avenue
City Planning Commission
Highland Drive
Planning Board
Owenson
City Commission
Owens
Charles Kellar
Westside
Cannon Seeks Travel Pay for Nevada Test Site Staff
Senator Howard W. Cannon introduced a bill to reimburse travel for up to 50 federal workers who commute between Las Vegas and the Nevada Test Site or Nuclear Rocket Development Station. The proposal, backed by the Atomic Energy Commission, would pay about seven dollars and fifty cents daily for the round trip.
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Sen
Howard W. Cannon Friday
Las Vegas
Nevada Test Site
Cannon
U.S. Senate
U.S
Senate
Atomic Energy Commission
Nuclear Rocket Development Station
Fire Crews Respond to 23 Calls Over Two Days
City and county firefighters answered 23 emergencies in 48 hours ending Thursday midnight. Incidents included car and trash fires, a school storage-room fire, a dryer blaze, a gas torch explosion, and multiple false alarms, with several minor damages and one forest area mop-up at Mt. Charleston.
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Sahara Ave
Maryland Parkway
Bishop Gorman High School
21St Street
Santa Paula Drive
W. Patrick
Mt. Charleston
Fremont St
Brittany Way
E. Charleston Blvd
S. 17Th Street
Lulu
Country Club Lane
Robbery at Reef Liquor Store On West Sahara Ave
Two armed men robbed The Reef Liquor Store and a customer early Friday at 400 W Sahara Ave. They forced the owner Sadie Salivant and customer Tom McCredie into separate rest rooms. The loot totaled 435 dollars with 15 dollars taken from McCredie and 420 dollars from the cash drawer.
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Reef Liquor
Sadie Salivant
Sahara Ave
Tom McCredie
Mrs. Salivant
Scientist Astronaut Michel Urges Moon Exploration
SPACE CENTER Houston scientist astronaut F Curtis Michel argues humans must explore the moon, saying the exciting discoveries may lie in the unknown and drive future space endeavors.
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Melvin Moss
Frank Scott
Robert Shaw
Robert Kaltenborn
Ed Fountain
Joe Rue
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Salerno
Izzy
Nick Costanza
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Nick Nitti
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Sonny King
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le Merra
the Tower OF Pizza
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Interstate Highway 15
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Montgomery Ward
Boulder Highway
Wall St
Hiawatha Road
E. Bonanza Road
Arville Road
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S. 13Th Street
Mannis
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L.V. Blvd
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