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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1966
Page
3
Fire crews spent six hours dousing a blaze at a Rigel and Cyprus warehouse that held five businesses and大量 stored goods. The exterior walls stood as roof collapsed. damage neared one million dollars.
City Hall officials in Las Vegas say they believe telephone tapping has reached local government. Chief investigator Jack Ruggles reports he cannot place calls without operator involvement and claims phones in the district attorney's office are tapped.
A street sweeper rolled onto its side near Bonanza and 25th Streets, breaking a light pole and shattering a car windshield. Teacher Joanne B. Weber suffered superficial cuts and received hospital treatment. driver Floyd W. Abbott escaped injury. Investigators blame slip on water on the pavement during a left turn.
Deputies pursued two bandits described by partial details after they robbed the Strip Travel Lodge motel early Tuesday, stealing 225 dollars and tying the night clerk to a chair without injuring him.
The Las Vegas Sun lists staff and offices in Las Vegas Nevada with roles from editor publisher to city editor and advertising director. It notes postal registration Second Class Matter status and national advertising representatives along with professional associations and the Audit Bureau of Circulation.
The notice lists daily single copy price ten cents and Sunday twenty cents with carrier delivery two dollars per month. Mail subscriptions are offered for one, three, six, and twelve months, payable in advance and valid only for the Continental United States.
Clark County Commissioners consider appointing an advisor to Las Vegas International Film Festival Inc. The group led by Brig Gen J T Roberts U S Army Ret aims for an advisory board with Strip hotel figures and filmmakers. Roberts cites 19 member countries and a potential annual draw of 5000 people in Las Vegas.
Judge William P. Compton heard Dr. Morton M. Babtkis motion to reverse a state board revocation of his chiropractic license. State Board and detective testimony supported due process claims, while defense alleged a bugging device was used. no such evidence was found in testimony from Henderson’s police officials.
In separate actions filed yesterday in District Court, Bill Shiffer and John Ekdahl accuse the Sheriff's Department of false arrest at a Strip hotel on January 30, 1966. Each case says they were arrested without cause, jailed without charge, and released without a hearing, seeking $5,000 damages. Attorney Tom Pursel represents both plaintiffs.
Two Las Vegas elementary teachers Ira H. Killian and Ruth Watkins join three other teachers in an Arizona State University reading institute funded by the U S Office of Education. The program trains special reading teachers with guest lecturers from multiple universities and ASU coordinators directing participation from Arizona and nearby states.
Brazilian actress Rosina Pagan, 33, was to appear in Justice Court for a preliminary hearing on one count of second degree burglary at 10 a.m. The hearing was continued after the state's key witness failed to make air connections from Chicago to Las Vegas. Pagan is charged with burglarizing a room at the Dunes Hotel last month and faces at least five other similar charges. Attorney Charles Kellar represents her.
Bank of Nevada as administrator for Leon Raymond Harris sues Carroll Randono Gene Randono Great Falls Forest Products First Western Savings and Loan and others over a breach of trust tied to real estate. A handwriting expert testified the deceased did not sign a $50 000 cash receipt. Judge Sundean granted a continuance for cross examination.
New officers of the North Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce will be installed at a luncheon meeting at the Silver Nugget with Mayor William Taylor as installing officer. James Johnson will head the re organized chamber succeeding Fd Zarsi as president, ending the traditional evening banquet and dinner dance.
County Auditor Paul Horn, returning from a national officers convention, faces a show cause hearing in District Court on contempt charges after he refused to turn over original county claims. Commissioners planned to sign a register of claims from copies Horn produced, challenging his jurisdiction over claims and vouchers.
Four trials in a Nevada case about illegal disposal of goods from the 1 Bar market fire have been continued to September in District Court. Defendants Jack Crisci and Burton Corwin face charges from a Clark County Grand Jury including fraudulent appropriation of goods, conspiracy, perjury, grand larceny and embezzlement. Corwin fled. bond revoked and a bench warrant issued. Crisci pleaded not guilty. attorney is Harry Claiborne. Trials were to start July 25 and run through August.
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