Proser Signs Dick Shawn For Leads in Two Shows
Hollywood promoter Monte Proser signs Dick Shawn to lead roles in Anything Goes and High Button Shoes at the Thunderbird Hotel. Opening moves from Sept 6 to Dec 20 after Shawn’s signing is confirmed by Proser and Thunderbird president Joe Wells. Shawn, a Las Vegas favorite with varied nightclub credits, will headline the twin production with leading ladies to be named soon. Rehearsals are slated for mid November.
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Dick Shawn
Hollywood
Mervyn LeRoy
Monte Proser
Thunderbird Hotel
Proser
Shawn
Joe Wells
Twins
Wells
Shawn Marks
LeRoy
Las Vegas
U.S.A
University of Miami
Arthur Godfrey
Godfrey
New York
Palace Theater
Magnuson probes payroll growth under Parkinsons law
Sen Warren Magnuson reports on the 1964 federal budget hearings noting 26 independent offices employ 298,304, with 4,345 retirees last year and requests to add 8,160 positions. The General Accounting Office is the only agency holding the line, trimming staff from 4,776 to 4,730 while others claim duties have expanded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North American Newspaper Alliance
Washington
Senate
Magnuson
C. Northcote Parkinson
Warren Magnuson
General Accounting Office
GAO
Pickles Serves Overseas With 7th Battalion in Germany
PFC Charles A. Pickles son of Mrs Mary E Gossett 1450 Nellis Blvd serves with the 7th Battalion of the 16th Artillery in Germany. His unit recently practiced river crossing using portable bridges pontoon rafts and makeshift rafts during training. A Rancho High School graduate he has been an assistant gunner overseas since August 1961.
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Charles A. Pickles
Mary E. Gossett
Nellis Blvd
the &Th Infantry Division
16Th Artillery
Germany
Pickles
Rancho High School
Nevada nurses complete traineeship in Salt Lake City
Three Reno nurses Argentina Friediey Annette Ezell and Marie Haddad attended a traineeship course in Salt Lake City Utah last week to improve instruction through selected teaching tools and techniques. The session was sponsored by the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education.
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Nevada
Salt Lake City
Utah
Argentina Friediey
Annette Ezell
Marie Haddad
Reno
Western Interstate Commission For Higher Education
Synanon Foundation Offers New Drug Addiction Treatment Approach
Westport Connecticut reports on the Synanon Foundation founded in 1958 in Santa Monica. Ex addicts like Jim Middleton describe rapid recovery from heroin and internal group therapy as core to the program. The article notes 33 ex addicts in Westport with four years of collective clean days and potential savings to communities. It also describes expansion with 10 houses in California and Nevada and calls for more facilities to meet rising interview requests.
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Westport
Conn
Synanon Foundation
Santa Monica
Calif
Synanon
Jim Middleton
Connecticut
Synanon House
Jim
Fort Worth
California
Middleton
Synanon Headquar
Foundation
Reno
Nevada
Sonanon
Terminal Island Penitentiary
Nevada State Prison
Westport Syuanon House
Jack Hurst
New Haven
New York City
Hurst
New England
New York
Interdepartmental Committee On Narcotics
The
United
Super Rabbit Plagues Farm In Australia
Farmers near Gosford report a new so called supper bunny on Mangrove Mountain. The creature is larger than ordinary rabbits with a Roman nose and a hare like scream. Scientists warn of possible new varieties emerging from natural selection as myxomatosis continues to influence evolution. The farmer Daniel Sykes describes extensive damage and odd head shape while officials collect samples for study at Glenfield Cairo Beach Station.
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Sydney
Australia
Mangrove Mountain
Gosford
Here
Council For Scientific and Industrial Research Organization
Maitland Pastures Protection Board
Daniel Sykes
Cairo Bearch
Glenfield
Sykes
Science Edges Good Fairy Out of the Tooth Business
Iowa City report says 10000 teeth sent to Dr. L D Samuels for study of radioactivity effects on teeth and bones. Children receive a button, and teeth are classified by where they lived. Findings show fluoridated areas have less radium in teeth, suggesting fluoride protects against radium and strontium 90 absorption.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Samuels
Argonne National Laboratory
Chicago
U.S. Health Service Lab
Farmington
N. M
Quinn River Land Auction Near Oroville Nevada
Quinn River Valley unimproved grazing land to be sold at auction in Reno. The 40 acre tract near Oroville is offered by the Bureau of Land Management Nevada with a minimum bid of 1790 dollars. Auction set for 1 30 p.m Tuesday Aug 15 at the BLM Reno office.
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Quinn River Valley
Reno
Daniel P. Baker
Bureau of Land Management
Nevada
BLM
Orovada
First National Bank of Nevada promotes O'Con nell to assistant cashier
Daniel F OCon nell, formerly pro assistant cashier and assistant operations officer at First National Bank of Nevada, is promoted to assistant cashier. Announcement by D O Baggio notes OCon nell, a Butte Montana native, joined as a commercial teller in 1859 and has held pro assistant cashier and assistant operations roles since 1961 and last December respectively.
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Daniel F. O'Connell
First National Bank of Nevada
Third
Fremont
D. O. Baggio
O'Connell
Butte
Mont
First National
Tax Claim Revives Echo of Scandal Impacts Macy Estate
The United States Tax Court hears of a $9439 tax claim against the estate of former Rep. W Kingsland Macy of Islip New York. Macy was a central figure in 1950 New York campaign drama as Lieut Gov Hanley faced libel damages over a letter about debts and a gubernatorial run.
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Washington
New York State
United States Tax Court
W. Kingsland Macy
Islip
L. Macy
New York
Joe R. Hanley
United States Senate
Hanley
Frank Gannett
Democrats
Macy
Internal Revenue Service
Thomas E. Dewey
Herbert H. Lehman
Criminal Ring May Direct Securities Theft
FBI says a theft ring may be directed from a central control to fence stolen stocks and bonds. Andrew Phelan notes the ring sells to large operators who use the securities as collateral for bank loans, with recent arrests tying to Greenberg and Sutro Bros cases.
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FBI
Andrew Phelan
Israel Green
New York
Naidich
Chicago
Raymond Grinold
Hartford
Conn Phelan
State School Official Named Deputy Superintendent in Nevada
Bert L. Cooper science and mathematics teacher at Traner Junior High School Reno has been appointed deputy superintendent in charge of transportation driver education and school plant planning by the State Department of Education in Carson City. Cooper a McGill native earned a BA and MA from the University of Denver and studied at Utah State University and the University of Nevada.
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Bert L. Cooper
Traner Junior High School
Reno
State Department of Education
Carson City
Byron Stetler
McGill
Cooper
The
University of Denver
Utah State University
University of Nevada
Candy Store Owner Loses 140000 in Theft
Newark New Jersey police report Charles Friedland and his wife Lily, both 77, robbed of their life savings totaling 140000 while Friedland slept and his wife tended the store. A youth seen jumping from the apartment window is suspected. The couple had additional savings in bank and property holdings.
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Newark
N. J
UPI
Charles Friedland
Friedland
United States
Lithuania
Lily
Friedlands
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Jacqueline Kennedy
Anthony
Christine
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