Latins Club to Screen Two Films for Fund Drive
The Latins of Las Vegas Club presents two full length films at Chaparral High School Theatre at 7 p.m. on Tuesday and Wednesday. Proceeds benefit the Glen Goss Fund aiding the family of a Utah truck driver killed while helping a Nevada Highway Patrol officer. Admission is 2 dollars. The films are El Seminarista and Mi Campeon.
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Car Wash at Nellis AFB to Aid Red Cross Youth
Red Cross Youth plan a Saturday car wash at the Nellis air Force Base Service Station from 8 a.m. to noon. Proceeds support the group's Appreciation and Awards gathering scheduled for later this summer.
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Red Cross
Nellis Air Force Base
Las Vegas Economy Course At UNLV This Summer
UNLV offers a three credit course The Las Vegas Economy Theory and Facts for public and students Sessions run Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays 430 to 630 p m July 21 through August 22 Led by Dr Tom White and Dr Bernard Malamud authors of a Las Vegas economy article For details contact Summer Sessions Office Frazier Hall Clark County Library Grow Your Own series continues Tuesdays at 2 pm Kay Greenman of Vegas Valley African Violet Society shows varieties and propagation Final Terrariums segment July 29 2 pm Aggie Roberts leads constructing terrarium in Conference Room Clark County Library 1401 E Flamingo Rd
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UNLV
Tom White
Bernard Malamud
Frazier Hall
Clark County Library
Kay Greenman
Vegas Valley
African Violet Society
Aggie Roberts
Flamingo Road
Henderson
Arts and Humanities Week Proclaimed. Tonopah hosts conference
Gov. O Callaghan proclaims July 2026 Arts and Humanities Week. Nevada Citizens for the Arts and the Nevada State Council on the Arts sponsor a two day Community Arts Development conference in Tonopah with Alan Jabbour of the National Endowment for the Arts delivering the keynote. Workshops follow a Monday lunch at the Tonopah Convention Center.
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Mike O'Callaghan
Nevada Citizens For the Arts
Nevada State Council On the Arts
Tonopah
Alan Jabbour
Folk Arts
National Endowment For the Arts
Washington, D.C
Tonopah Convention Center
Nevada Humanities Committee
Lake Tahoe
Phee Named to Dean’s List at Claremont College
Edward Phee, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Phee, is among 235 Claremont Men’s College students in Claremont California who earned the dean’s list for the spring semester. To qualify, students must maintain a 3.0 GPA or higher and be enrolled in at least four courses.
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R. Z Faiman
UNLV
Chapman College
Orange
Calif
Edward Phee
Robert A. Phee
Claremont Men's College
Claremont
May Craig Dies Famed Washington Correspondent 86
Elisabeth May Craig a Washington correspondent for Gannett Newspapers died at 86 in Silver Spring Maryland. She took over her late husband Donald Craig’s post in 1935 and retired in 1965. She gained fame as a Meet The Press baiter and crusaded for women reporters rights. She was first woman to fly over the North Pole cover London buzz bomb raids Normandy liberation Berlin Airlift and Korean war truce talks.
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Silver Spring
UPI
May Craig
Washington
Elisabeth May Craig
Congressional
North Pole
London
City Puts Off Action On LV Discount Club
Las Vegas City Commission postponed final action on the 15-20 Per Cent Discount Club until August 6 to allow time for a court challenge. The hearing, led by Assistant City Attorney Len Smith, reviewed a city bond requirement of $10,000 and debates over retroactivity and club operations. Edward Layne presides over the club while Lovell questioned bond costs, and Gripentrog agreed to seek court resolution. The vote to delay was unanimous.
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Las Vegas
Earl Gripentrog
Myron Leavitt
Smith
Layne
Lovell
Birthday Sabbath at Temple Beth Sholom July Celebrants
Religious School students celebrating July birthdays will participate in Birthday Sabbath Services at 8 30 p m in the main Sanctuary 1600 E Oakey Blvd. Rabbi Philip Shnairson and Cantor Joseph Kohn will bless the youths who will be called to the pulpit. Oscar Goodman Temple president will offer greetings. The service features a Sabbath talk for youngsters and Oneg Shabbat in Entratter Social Hall after services. Celebrants include Wendy Bass Sammy Bentzen Eric Douglas Neil Friedman John Kaplan Jason Lundquist Sherri Rabinowitz Lisa Rubin Rachel Schiller Neva Schmidt Bella Schwartz Stacy Susman Amy Weinstein Seth Willick Harold Wrobel Laurie Zivot.
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E. Oakey Blvd
Philip Shnairson
Joseph Kohn
Congregation For the Sisterhood
Lisa Rubin
Rachel Schiller
Neva Schmidt
Bella Schwartz
Stacy Susman
Amy Weinstein
Seth Willick
Harold Wrobel
Laurie Zivot
State broker exam pass rate rises to 31 percent
Carson City UPI reports Angus McLeod, state Real Estate Administrator, said 31 percent of 222 applicants passed the broker and salesmen license exam in June.
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Carson City
UPI
Angus McLeod
Henderson man cleared in lewd act case
Prudencio L. Sanchez, 27, was found innocent in district court after a two hour jury deliberation. He faced a charge of forcing a seven year old girl to place her hand down his trousers on August 11. The mother testified she walked in on the act. Sanchez did not testify. Judge Joseph Pawlikowski presided. defense was Monte Morris.
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Sanchez
Joseph Pawlikowski
Monte Morris
City Commission Grants Downtown Permit Takeover
Las Vegas voters hear of a temporary rule giving the city commission final say on all downtown permits and licenses as a study on future downtown development proceeds. Projects on several streets are approved for design, while appointments are made to multiple city boards and commissions.
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Las Vegas City
Bar Mitzvah for Sanford Chick in Las Vegas
Sanford Chick son of Mr and Mrs Irvong Chick of Las Vegas will be called to the Torah and become a Bar Mitzvah at 9 a m Saturday services at Temple Beth Sholom. Rabbi Philip Shnair will officiate and Cantor Joseph Kohn will chant the liturgy. The Kiddush follows in the Entratter Social Hall hosted by the parents.
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Sanford Chick
Irvong Chick
Las Vegas
Temple Beth Sholom
Philip Shnairson
Joseph Kohn
Bad Check Habitual To Prison
A Las Vegas man named Robert Purcell had his probation revoked in District Court and was sentenced to 10 years in the Nevada State Prison after being arrested for passing bad checks again. Judge Carl Christensen noted he violated probation by drinking, despite prior suspensions and a five year probation term.
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Las Vegas
Nevada
Carl Christensen
Robert Purcell
Fulton Place
Purcell
Transpo motorists surveyed in Clark County roadside study
Roadside surveys of motorists in Clark County will run through month end to update data for the regional transportation study. Interviewers with badges will sample trips and transit modes from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. at eight locations including U.S. 95 and I-15 near Las Vegas and Henderson.
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Diana Kniefel
Blue Diamond Road
Sunfoto
Clark County
Las Vegas
Grant Bastian
Regional Streets and Highways Commission
Urban Mass Transit Authority
State
Federal Highway Authority
U.S. 95
North Vegan Reappointed to North Las Vegas Civil Service Board
Elizabeth E. Betty Tully of 2235 Webster St has been renamed to the five member North Las Vegas Civil Service Board of Trustees. A Civil Service Board veteran of over four years and former chairman begins a new term to expire June 30 1980. She joined the Las Vegas area staff of the Nevada Employment Security Department in 1968 and since 1972 has headed an employment unit providing personnel industrial and job filling services for area employees.
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Betty’’ Tully
Webster St
North Las
Civil Service Board
Tully
Las Vegas Area
Nevada Employment Security Department
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