Pioneers Day Parade Celebrates Mormon Heritage in Las Vegas
The Las Vegas North Stake of the LDS Church hosts Pioneers Day events in North Las Vegas with a parade from Las Vegas Blvd to Cashman Field. The Loveland family float wins the Sweepstakes. prizes go to Willard Kowallis, Craig Solomon, James Seastrand and various ward groups. Grand Marshal Samuel M. Davis presided as entrants marched past the Stake Cultural Center.
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Salt Lake City
Las Vegas North
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Las Vegas Blvd
North
Mesquite
Cashman Field
Stake Cultural Center
Stake
Samuel M. Davis
Stake Cultural
Lovelands
Willard Kowallis
Craig Soloman
James Seastrand
Las Vegas Briefs: Robberies Rip Motels and Garages
A Gardena couple woke to a thief leaving their motel room on Las Vegas Boulevard South who stole 102 dollars. Norbet Scholl said the door latch failed. Charlies Wyre reported 157.49 dollars in tools stolen from his garage after an apparent gap in the door. Jerry Sargent said his car at 4th and Carson Streets was burglarized with 80 dollars cash missing and clothing taken.
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Gardena
Calif
Las Vegas Boulevard
Las Vegas
Norbet Scholl
Charlies Wyre
Gypsy St
Wyre
Jerry Sargent
Burnside
Til
4Th
Carson Streets
Sargent
Japan Democrats Suffer Setback in Tokyo Assembly Vote
Pro Western Liberal Democratic Party loses control in Tokyo city assembly as Communist party gains 9 seats and Komei-To ally Soka Gakkai wins 23 of 120 seats, shifting balance of power.
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Tokyo
UPS
Fisaku Sato
Liberal Democratic Party
Communist Party
Komei-To
Soka Gakkai
Jail escape thwarted by inmate stuck in window
Manchester Tennessee Billy Morgan blames jail food for his failed breakout after getting wedged in a jail window. Two other inmates sawed away bars and escaped, while Morgan remained trapped.
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Manchester
Tenn
UPI
Billy Morgan
Morgan
Regents approve NSU library addition and land swap
Regents authorized a library addition at Nevada Southern University and a land trade exchanging 30 acres on Flamingo Road for 35 acres nearby, with appraisals of 528 602 and 500 272 dollars respectively. A water supply warning for NSU campus urged deeper wells or a district water line connection as engineers projected two more years.
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Ed Pine
NSU
Flamingo Road
University Land Co
Suspicious Character Arrested in Las Vegas Robbery Probe
Las Vegas police arrested 18 year old Leo Dwayne Brook after he was found loitering behind the Honest John store at Sahara Shopping Center. A note in his pocket read to take all bills and coins by force. a 22 caliber derringer pistol and a hidden metal box were found nearby.
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Las Vegas
Honest John
Sahara
Leo Dwayne Brook
Crawford St
Kamikaze Crash Linked to Deliberate Pilot Action
Civil Aeronautics Board ruled the April 10 Henderson crash intentional. Pilot John Covarrubias, 38, flew a Cessna 310 into the Branding Iron bar parking lot, damaging cars and the building. one patron was seriously injured. witnesses described a suicide attack linked to his divorce and finances.
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Las Vegas
Henderson
Civil Aeronautics Board
CAB
John Covarrubias
Eleventh St
Branding Iron Bar
Boulder Highway
Nellie
Covarrubias
McCarran Field
Painters and Potters elect new officers in Las Vegas
Lenna Stoll serves as president with Alice Trueworthy as vice president Angela Dillard as treasurer and Margaret Empey as secretary guiding the Painters and Potters club at the Las Vegas Recreation Center for the 1965 66 fiscal year. Art classes begin September 15 with Arnold Hitchcock teaching Beginning Oil.
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Las Vegas Recreation Center
Lenna Stoll
Alice Trueworthy
Angela Dillard
Margaret Empey
Arnold Hitchcock
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William Cope
Ash Ave
Kenneth
David
Bryan
Bill
Sunfoto
Japan
Charles Armstrong
Clark County
Washoe County
Lake Tahoe
Washoe Lake
George Whittell
Regent
Fred Anderson
A. L. Higginbotham
Louis Lombardi
Higginbotham
Children’s Insurance
Kreacher Insurance Agency
Potters Elect
Faye Jewelers
Fremont
Kay's Fabrics
Plains
Iron Reg
Arnel and
Estron
Dacron & Cotton Swiss
Kirsch
Mademoiselle
Va. A
Granada
Bob’s
NO. & Ogden
Cooper’s
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