Las Vegas Bank Heist Trial Begins With Seven Prosecution Witnesses
Federal proceedings open as three Las Vegas men David Bates Robert Marshall and Robert Weed face a U S district court jury for a conspiracy and bank burglary attempt at Bank of Nevada on November 22 1963. Judge Roger D Foley presides while civil cases also surface naming Larue Giddens Perry Hammett and Betty Lou Hammett.
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Las Vegas
David Bates
Robert Marshall
Robert Weed
Bank of Nevada
U.S
Roger D. Foley
U.S. Court
Larue B. Giddens
Milko
Hammett
Bonanza
Main
Hammetts
Nevada Trustees Seek Land for Parking North of Hospital
The Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital board votes to appraise negotiate and purchase three parcels for a north parking lot. The owners are A Jaeggers Otis Wright and Arthur Wray. The plan proposes a tentative price around 445 percent and 28000 square feet. A radiological body scanner valued at 12370 is also approved on Dr Robert Taylor's recommendation.
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Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital
A. Jaeggers
Otis Wright
Arthur Wray
Darwin Lamb
Robert Taylor
Baldwin Boy's Funeral Set
Kenneth Baldwin 13 died from vacation accident injuries in Glade Oregon. Funeral services will be held Friday at Palm Chapel with entombment in Palm Mausoleum following the 10 am service. He was born February 7 1952 in Eugene Oregon and lived at 1800 Oakey Boulevard. Survivors include his father Sam Baldwin mother Mrs Susan Comerford sisters Kimberly and Kelly both of Las Vegas and his grandparents.
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Kenneth Baldwin
Palm Mausoleum
Palm Chapel
Kenneth
Fugene
Ore
Glade
Oakey Blvd
Sam Baldwin
Susan Comerford
Las Vegas
Kimberly
Kelly
Man's Inhumanity to Tiny Pups
Sgts. Carter Harris and Rex Wilcox of Nellis Air Force Base nurse three tiny mixed boxer puppies found sunburned and weltering in waterless desert. The pups, about ten days old, were rescued by Harris’s son Ricky and Wilcox’s neighbor. They are recovering at the servicemen’s homes and the incident prompts condemnation of animal cruelty.
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Carter Harris
Nellis Air Force Base
Ricky
Desert
Rex Wilcox
Nellis
Iate
Sgt. Harris
McCarran
Nellis Terrace
Sgt. Wilcox
Bilbray seeks state aid on empty room tax break ruling
Clark County Assessor James Bilbray on Tuesday asked for a state meeting with the Nevada Tax Commission to resolve questions about a new tax relief law. He argued relief should apply to all property owners, not only vacant apartments, noting hotel properties on the Strip seek the same relief. Bilbray plans to seek an equitable formula at the August 3 meeting amid conflicting state laws on property assessment and vacancy relief.
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Clark County
James Bilbray
Nevada Tax Commission
Bilbray
Tax Commission
Ing
Las Vegas Broker Completes NYIF Training Course
Jack C. Cherry of Las Vegas completed a nine week New York Institute of Finance program at 37 Wall Street New York City. He works with Eastman Dillon Union Securities in Las Vegas. The NYIF course prepares trainees for NYSE and AMEX qualifying exams.
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Jack C. Cherry
Las Vegas
New York Institute of Finance
Wall Street
New York City
Eastman Dillon
Union Securities
NYIF
New York Stock Exchange
American Stock Exchange
Bar Robber Roper To Face DA On 12 Thefts
Sheriff detectives say Tommy T. Roper 44 will be turned over to the district attorney for prosecution on armed robbery charges tied to 12 incidents at Clark County bars and small markets in Henderson and North Las Vegas. Authorities expect arraignment Wednesday. Roper admits to all 12 holdups. Detectives say he robbed three sites twice. Lineups were shown to owners and operators downtown.
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Tommy T. Roper
Clark County
Henderson
Las Vegas
Roper
Deectives
Roy Wilkins
Smoke Fills Nugget Kitchen Fire in Las Vegas
Acrid smoke filled the Golden Nuggets casino and dining room in downtown Las Vegas as a flash fire from overheated grease in the kitchen injured two workers Richard Stover 44 and Stanley Stone 37 with first and second degree burns. They were treated and released at Southern Nevada Hospital. Five fire units responded to the 049 a.m. alarm and traffic at Second and Fremont streets was diverted for two hours as firefighters confined the blaze to the kitchen and air ducts.
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Golden Nuggets
Las Vegas
Richard Stover
Stanley Stone
Southern Nevada Hospital
Second
Fremont
JP Closes Death Case in Dinkins Auto Crash
Justice of the Peace James Brennan dropped voluntary manslaughter charges against Wanda Dinkins after noting discrepancies in testimony and lack of proof she drove negligently in the January 30 1964 Cheyenne and Lamb Boulevard collision that killed Dorothy Dresling Harney and her daughter Saleta. Elsewhere Brennan bound over Newton Boone for trial on first degree kidnapping rape and robbery and Jacqueline Davis Williams on arson and attempted murder.
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Justice of the Peace
James Brennan
Wanda Dinkins
Brennan
Dinkins
Cheyenne and
Lamb
Dorothy Dresling Harney
Saleta
Sawyer Pitches Water Project From Lake Mead to Las Vegas
Nevada Governor Grant Sawyer will present a statement read by Pat Head on the Southern Nevada Water Project. He argues water importation from Lake Mead by 1968 is imperative to prevent grave danger to Nevada's inground supply. The $82 million project would pipe Colorado River water to Las Vegas. authorization has already cleared the Senate.
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Washington
UPI
Nevada
Grant Sawyer
Southern
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Baldwin
Wilcox
Ricky and
the Pups
Sunfoto
Tallyho
Castaways
New Frontier Hotels
Jack Cherry
Fanny’s
California
Sawyer
Joe Scott
Dupont
Scott
E. Charleston
Rambler’s Swap N Go
TOP Ramblers
Hard Top Ramblers
Travel Top Ramblers
Rambler
American Motors
Biddulph Rambler, Inc
E. Fremont St
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