B’nai B’rith Women Give 1800 For UNLV Scholarships
Las Vegas chapter presents a 1800 donation to UNLV to fund three full academic scholarships for the coming year. The Bernice Schiffman Scholarship Fund Committee delivers the check to UNLV Office of Financial Aids for former winners Nancy Lynn, Chris Bolinger and Sandra Koch.
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Las Vegas
B'nai B'rith Women
University of Nevada
Bernice Schiffman
Financial Aids
Nancy Lynn
Chris Bolinger
Sandra Koch
Sam Dvorak
Preston Feinberg
B'nai B'rith
UNLV
Office of Financial Aids
Temple Beth Sholom
B’nai B’rith
B’nai
B’rith
June Megyess
Unlv Financial Aids Office
National Grocers Predict Stable Food Prices After Convention
Glenn Queen president of the National Association of Retail Grocers, speaking after his election at the convention, forecasts price leveling due to promotional allowances and good crop prospects. He notes lower prices on fresh goods and sugar, with a temporary sugar spike likely from Midwest beet crop losses. He cites gasoline inflation offset by stable labor costs as convention attendees wrap up.
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Ardis Coffman
SUN
National Association of Retail Grocers
Glenn Queen
Ohio
West Virginia
Kentucky
The
Convention Center
Queen
Midwest
Retary of Agriculture
Earl L. Butz
Russia
U.S
Convention
Las Vegas Hilton
Massage Ordinance Upheld With Key Exceptions
Chief Dist. Judge Paul Goldman finds the city’s massage ordinance largely constitutional. Velvet Touch and Sultan's Palace challenged it as vague. The 90 day relicense rule is unconstitutional, and the 70 hour schooling requires individual masseuses to file a complaint before testing the provision.
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Dist
Paul Goldman
Velvet Touch
Sultan's Palace
Judge declines contempt for Las Vegas detective over missed court date
Justice of the Peace Robert Miller decides not to hold Det. Craig Lovato in contempt after he missed a court appearance due to a dental appointment. Lovato says he was not properly subpoenaed and unaware of the schedule. The judge warns that witnesses must appear as scheduled.
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Justice of the Peace
Robert Miller
Las Vegas
Bray
Myron Leavitt
Velvet Touch
Gerald West
Roy Francis Jackson
Empire Escorts
Las Vegas Blvd
Mowbray to retire from AEC after 35 years service
M. Vincent Mowbray, Organization and Personnel Director for the U S Energy Research and Development Administration Nevada Operations Office, will retire July 18 after nearly 35 years federal service. He held multiple AEC personnel roles in Las Vegas Germantown Grand Junction and Los Alamos.
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M. Vincent Mowbray
U.S. Energy Research and Development Administration
Nevada
Mowbray
Las Vegas
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Germantown
Grand Junction
Colo
Los Alamos
N.M
Oakland
Calif
University of California- Berkeley
Army
Navy
Robbery at Vista Motel and El Morocco Hotel
A Vista Motel desk clerk was robbed at knifepoint of 110 dollars around 4 15 a.m. Two suspects tied the clerk and fled with cash, a watch, a ring, and a wallet. A New York couple in the El Morocco Hotel room woke to a door open and found 800 dollars in cash and travelers checks missing from their belongings.
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Vista
N. Seventh St
Metro Police
New York
el Morocco
Theodore Dumas
Jackson Heights
Two Compelled to Fire Witness Describes Hitchhiker Killing
Nevada District Court hears chief witness Gordon Overton recount Eckert and two accomplices forcing him and James Hilt to shoot Merkle in Las Vegas. Overton details travel from Kansas City to Boulder City, the motive, and threats to force testimony as Eckert faces a renewed murder trial.
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Edward Eckert
Eckert
Kansas City
Kan
Lee Page Merkle
Las Vegas Stadium
Nevada Supreme Court
Gordon Overton
Overton
James Hilt
Hilt
Las Vegas
Kansas
Gallup
N.M
Boulder City
Merkle
Boulder Highway
Hill
Clark County
Howard Babcock
Burglary Hits Pro Gridder
Police report that Joe Wylie of the Portland Thunder had his car burglarized at First Street and Carson Avenue. About $515 in cash and traveler's checks were stolen. no forced entry was observed.
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Joe Wylie
First Street
Carson Avenue
Metro
Wylie
Portland Thunder
Tule Park Gets A Tree Nursery
A $150,000 state tree nursery will be located at Tule Springs near Las Vegas following a Wednesday advisory committee recommendation to State Forester Zappatini. The project includes production and research centers and an arboreatum with a focus on desert plant germination and production for highway beautification.
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Tule Springs
Las Vegas
George Zappatini
Nevada
Boulder City
Jean
Fletcher Jones
Department of Agriculture
State Division of Forestry
Cooperative Extension Service
Danny Demers
D-Mt. Charleston
Jean Ford
Desert Forestry
Demers
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National Grocers
Jackson
California
West
AEC Retirement
Mare Island
Veterans Administration
Reno
Lahontan
Audubon Society
Cooper Ornithological Society
ERDA
Sheridan Street
Hall of Convention Center
Desert Inn Road
N.R.S
W.W. Galloway
Clark Las Vegas, Nev
Tule Park
Maryland Parkway
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