Sahara Summer Gun Show Draws Nation’s Top Collectors
Collectors from 35 states converge at the Sahara Convention Center for the Sahara Mid-Summer Gun Show August 23 to 25. Harry Mann co sponsors and directs the event which features antiques and modern firearms valued at about 6 million dollars. Notables include Col. Leon C. Jackson of Dallas and Herb Glass of Buffalo, and displays range from ivory and gold inlaid museum pieces to new Ithaca and Colt pistols. Public viewing begins Friday morning August 23.
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Harry Mann
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Leon C. Jackson
Dallas
Tex
Herb Glass
Bulleville
N.Y
Ithaca Gun Company
Colt
Goverant
Arnold Juenke
Juenke-Saturn Custom Sporting Rifles
Mexican Bonds Now Up for Sale
Mexican government bonds, the first in history sold in private international markets, amounting to 40 million of a 100 million issue, went on sale July 17 via New York banks and Banco Nacional de Mexico New York branch. The sale aims to fund railway, road, hydraulic and other national projects. Officials expect more bond sales in Mexico and abroad.
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Agustin Legorreta
Banco Nacional de Mexico
New York
Legorreta
Mexico
Rodrigo Gomez
Banco de Mexico
United States
Europe
New Grace Baptist Church Opens Under Pastor Simpson
Charles L. Simpson leads Grace Baptist Church a new congregation meeting at 6204 Arlington Ave until a permanent building is erected in Charleston Heights. The church aligns with the Conservative Baptist movement and was sponsored by Valley Baptist and Bethany Baptist Churches.
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New Grace Baptist Church
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Arlington Ave
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Conservative Baptist Movement
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Bethany Baptist Churches
Las Vegas Cadets to Complete ROTC Summer Training at Fort Lewis
Four Las Vegas cadets join six weeks of ROTC training at Fort Lewis Washington starting August 2. Ronald and Donald Banta, both 21 and Nevada Reno ROTC majors, are Las Vegas High School alums. Michael Falba, 20, Bishop Gorman grad, attends North Dakota for ROTC. Charles Pratto, 24, also from Las Vegas High School, is Nevada Reno ROTC student.
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Reserve Officer Training Corps
ROTC
Fort Lewis
Wash
Ronald T
Donald J. Banta
Stanley T. Banta
Bryn Mawr
University of Nevada, Reno
Las Vegas High School
Michael L. Falba
Bishop Gorman High School
Frank C. Falba
Howard Ave
Falba
Charles W. Pratto
Charles J. Pratto
Pigeon Traverses Atlantic Reaches U S Navy Ship
A pigeon believed to have flown from Belgium to the United States landed exhausted on the destroyer USS Lind off Virginia. Marked Belgium 1961 with ID 3581522, the bird may have rested on other ships during its roughly 2,500 mile Atlantic crossing before the Lind crew adopted it as a pet.
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Norfolk, Va
UPI
Europe
Lind
Virginia
J. M. Messner
Northville
N.Y
Belgium
Woman Held by Florida Gunman in Bank Robbery
A masked gunman robbed the St. Petersburg Federal Savings and Loan Association of 40,000 dollars and took hostage a woman teller, Barbara Oxley, to aid his escape. Oxley was released unharmed shortly after.
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ST. Petersburg
Fia
Tenth Annual Community Fair Queen Contest Kickoff Banquet
The event, Monday in the Thunderbird Goldfield Room, opens Las Vegas Community Fair queen contest. Eleven civic organizations sponsor candidate tickets. advance 25 cents, 50 cents at the gate. The fair runs September 25 through 29 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
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Thunderbird
Goldfield
Larry Wadsworth
Larry
Las Vegas Convention Center
Destroyer Pratt Damaged in Port Collision With Freighter
In Norfolk the destroyer USS Pratt was damaged in port when struck by the freighter Trish Spruce as it backed from a grain pier. No injuries occurred. The bow tore the Pratt’s starboard above waterline. no water ingress or below deck damage. The Spruce sustained minor damage.
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UPI
Navy
Pratt
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