Thick-Skinned Welfare Director Needed Soon
Carson City seeks a top welfare administrator to replace Barbara Coughlin amid controversy and staff shortages. The pay is 15000 dollars annually with the governor's whimsy, while the new chief will contend with morale issues, rising caseloads, and pressure for concrete results in care for neglected children and support for families.
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Carson City
Nev
Barbara Coughlin
Grant Sawyer
Las Vegas
Coughlan
Health and Welfare Department
Donal O'Callaghan
Music Camps In Flagstaff Attract Locals
Three Las Vegans will attend the annual Summer Music Camp at Arizona State College in Flagstaff Arizona beginning Sunday. Gregory Courant Ben Foote and Tom Rittman join 375 junior and senior high musicians in a two week program directed by Pat Curry. The camp will be staffed by 21 musicians and offers band orchestra choir ensembles dance band music theory history and literature. Private lessons will also be available.
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Las
Southern Nevadans In Service
Las Vegas resident Technical Sergeant George Donnell is reassigned to Lowry Air Force Base Colorado after completing Titan missile maintenance training. Marine Private Winston J. Allen of Las Vegas finished four weeks of combat training at Camp Pendleton. James C. Gale of Las Vegas serves aboard USS Constellation which joined Operation Flagpole near Seoul during joint U S Korea amphibious drills.
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Sheppard Afb
Tex
George Donnell
Las Vegas
Nev
Lowry Afb
Colo
United States Air -Free
Donnell
George D. Donnell
Nolan Lane
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Winston J. Allen
Brookee Allen
Canary Way
Marine Corps Base
USS Constellation
James C. Gale
USN
Barbara Digies
Houston Dr
USS
Constellation
Seventh Fleet
U.s.republic of Korea
Seoul
Korea
Republic of Korea
San Diego
Farmer Testified on Cop Killing Near Bakersfield
A farm hand testified that he and Officer Karl Hettinger fled two suspects for about an hour and hid in fur rows near Bakersfield last March 9. Emanuel McFadden said Powell and Smith forced officers Campbell and Hettinger to drive to a field where Campbell was shot.
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Los Angeles
Boulder City
Bakersfield
Calif
Emanuel McFadden
Karl Hettinger
James Ian Campbell
Campbell
Hettinger
Gregory Alas Powell
Jimmy Lee Smith
Powell
Smith
McFadden
Ribbon Cutting Monday For New Lake Mead Road
A ceremony inaugurating the Lake Mead Road extension from College Avenue through Sunrise Mountain will be held Tuesday at 10 30 a m with County Commission Chairman Lou La Porta North Las Vegas Mayor William Taylor and officials from Clark County and North Las Vegas in attendance. The road will link North Las Vegas to Lake Mead and Henderson and will enable access to coves and fishing areas, with North Shore Road still under construction to reach the Valley of Fire and Overton. Public invited.
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Lake Mead
College Avenue
Sunrise Mountain
North Las Vegas
County Commission
Lou la Porta
William Taylor
NSW Chamber of Commerce
Clark County
North
North Shore
Henderson
Boulder Highway
Las Vegas County
Valley of Fire
Overton
Dial Your Own Exercise Wheel Lets 36 Routines
A do it yourself fitness program introduces an illustrated cardboard wheel allowing users to dial up to 36 distinct exercises. Burgess Publishing Co based in Minneapolis, Minnesota distributes the item.
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Burgess Publishing Co
Minneapolis
Minn
Five Los Angeles Painters at Nevada Gallery Seventy Seven
Nevada Gallery Seventy Seven in the new Industrial Arts Building displays five painters from the Los Angeles area in cooperation with the Paul Rivas Gallery. Artists include Edward Reep Saul Bernstein Robert Young Ricard Stine and Jordan Nunes. Sculptors Robert Stoller and James Hales are also represented. Gallery hours are 10 am to 7 pm.
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Industrial Arts
121
Industrial Road
Paul Rivas
Los Angeles
Los Angeles Area
Edward Reep
Saul Bernstein
Robert Young
Ricard Stine
Jordon Nunes
Robert Stoller
James Hales
Congo Prosecutes Killers of Italians
The Congo government said soldiers who killed 13 Italian pilots attached to the United Nations forces will be brought to trial soon. The killings occurred in 1961 during turmoil tied to Antoine Gizenga’s breakaway faction in Leopoldville.
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Leopoldville
the Congo
UPI
Congo
United Nations
Antoine Gizenga
Pony Express Ceremonies Set For Austin
The Nevada Pony Express Committee will dedicate a plaque along the original Pony Express route in Austin on Saturday August 1. Subsequent dedications will follow in Genoa Dayton Carson City and Ely. Attendees include Bert Acree Waddell Smith and William Harrah with a barbeque and dance planned at the Austin Recreation Hall.
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Pony Express
Nevada
Austin
Nevada Pony Express Committee
Genoa
Dayton
Carson City
Ely
Marian Brackenridge
Sonoma
Calfornia
National Association
Bert Acree
Waddell Smith
Pony Express Club of
Big Creek Camp Ground
Austin Recreation Hall
William Harrah
Harrah
Reno
Lake Tahoe
Avard Fairbanks
Pietrasanta
Italy
United States
Tahoe
South Shore
Water Conservation Urged in Las Vegas Desert
The Las Vegas Valley Water District calls residents to conserve water during the critical summer period. Citizens are urged to control sprinklers and prevent water from running into the street to protect scarce supplies.
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Las Vegas Valley Water District
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Wise
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Ed Schulz
DOG World
Ruth O Rourke
West Sahara
Flagstaff
Southern
Barbette
F. O Smith
First Ave. S, St Petersburg, Fla
Farmer
King’s
Bonanza
Charleston
Kathaleen Richards
Walter Richards
Richards
Suntoto
New Lake Mead Road
Arts Info
Hue
Henderson Clinic
Association OF
James D. Potter, MD
Hong Kong
South Main
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