Probe Ordered in Firing City Manager Action
City Commission ordered a full investigation into the firing of Ed Kubiak the acting purchasing officer and the tire contract bidding dispute. Ed Ferris claimed he did not receive bid invitations while Charlie Tarr submitted the lone acceptable bid and a second dealer bid nothing. The civil service board will hear Kubiak’s appeal within 30 days and a June 16 commission meeting awaits a full report.
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Art Trelease
Ed Kubiak
Kubiak
Ed Ferris
Ferris
Charlie Tarr
Clifford Perry
Tarr
Commission
Perry
Civil Service Board
The
Civil Service
Board
Trelease
NLRB Investigators Hold Gaming Talks on Las Vegas Unions
NLRB investigators met with management and union organizer Tom Hanley regarding gambling venues in Southern Nevada. Hanley alleges Showboat Las Vegas and Eldorado Henderson blocked votes in supervised elections. He seeks NLRB action to set aside ballots and push bargaining, while hearings are set for June 15.
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National Labor Relations Board
Tom Hanley
Hanley
Las Vegas
Eldorado Club
Henderson
NLRB
Culinary Workers
Nevada
National Labor Relations Act
Reno
Southern
Eldorado
Judge to rule on cop testimony in manslaughter trial
Dist. Judge John Mowbray will decide if Clark County deputy Lt. Richard Butcher may testify about his conversation with defendant Mary Lou Wisby in the involuntary manslaughter case over Mrs. Willa Carlos's death on Oct. 12, 1962. The trial also heard Wisby describe Butcher as threatening and the defense contesting admissibility of related writings.
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Clark County
John Mowbray
Mary Lou Johnson Wisby
Willa Carlos
Mary Clark
Earl Gripentrog
Snipp
James Y. Clarke
Carlos
Clarke
Dean Fletcher
University of Nevada
Jim Kemp
Jay Boren
Harvey Schniter
Prominent Las Vegan Otto A Kimball Dies at 66
Otto A. Kimball a Las Vegas real estate and insurance man died Monday after 42 years in the city He was born October 1 1879 in Jones County Iowa and lived at 190914 W Bonanza He survived by a step daughter Dorothy Culley two step sons Hallie D Buzick Edwin F Buzick two sisters Jeanne Grevas Eleanor Layer and a cousin Elsie B Stevens Honorary pallbearers include Ed Von Tobel Sr Jake Von Tobel Bud Albright and others Funeral services set for Saturday at 2 p.m. at Bunker Brothers Mortuary with Rev Rogee of the Griffith Methodist Church officiating Entombment will be in San Bernardino Calif.
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Otto A. Kimball
Las Vegas
Bunker Brothers Mortuary
Rogee
Griffith Methodist Church
Mr. Kimball
Jones County
Iowa
Kiwanis Club
W. Bonanza
Dorothy Culley
Hallie D. Buzick
Santa Ana
Calif
Edwin F. Buzick
Wilmington
Nerces
Jeanne Grevas
Rock Island
Eleanor Layer
Love Rock
Wis
Elsie B. Stevens
Northridge
Minn
Honary
Ed von Tobel, Sr
Jake von Tobel
Bud Albright
C.D. Baker
Jim Russell
Bod Bruntlett
L. H. Kingsbury
al Bruns
Donald Carmody
Omar Reed
Bert Boyd
Foster Dawson
Ed Knapp
David Farnsworth
Bob Griffith
Jim Henderson
Harry Menette
Paul McDermott
Randy McElhone
Ray Thorne
Gray Gubler
Robert Jones
A. D. Henrickson
Bob Kaltenborn
Forgery Suspects Nabbed at Las Vegas Dunes Hotel
Two Chicago suspects Herbert Levine and Ruth Lois Dropkin arrested by county deputies at the Dunes Hotel after being spotted cashing travelers checks and money orders totaling about $1,160. They admitted similar thefts at Stardust and Tropicana hotels after arriving from New York City. Levine faces FBI interest over Puerto Rico check passing.
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Canada
Puerto Rico
Las Vegas
Herbert Levine
Ruth
Lois Dropkin
Chicago
Dunes Hotel
Pete Witcher
Flamingo Hotel
Miss Dropkin
American Express
Florence Horwitz
James Roth
Levine
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Jack Harris
Dunes
Witcher
Stardust
Tropicana
New York City
Goodyear Says Conveyor Belts Highly Customizable
Goodyear Industrial Products Division states belt varieties vary by width thickness spire reinforcement and rubber mix so much that a unique belt could be made every day for over a thousand years without repeating. Belts handle coal ores mail diapers cookies people and eggs.
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Akron, Ohio
League of Women Voters Of Las Vegas Valley Ends Endorsements
The League of Women Voters of the Las Vegas Valley states it has not endorsed any municipal candidates for the upcoming elections. President Mrs Samuel M Ford clarifies the group is nonpartisan and part of a national nonpartisan organization founded in 1920 to promote informed citizen participation. The league can advocate on public policies but not support or oppose party candidates.
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League of Women Voters of
Las Vegas Valley
Samuel M. Ford
Arbitrator Holds Talks With Cab Union Officials
Representatives of Teamsters Local 881 met with arbitrator William Morris in Las Vegas as the Whit tesea Blue Cab Co. dispute heads to arbitration. The union says little happened and both sides await a start date possibly June 17 or June 25.
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Teamsters Local 881
Whittesea Blue Cab Co
George Rudiak
William Morris
Las Vegas
Psychiatric Examination Sought in Stardust Murder Case
Khalil Ben Maatallah, 36, charged with murder in the stabbing death of Aimie Jean Perot, 40, Stardust Hotel lounge captain. His attorney urged a psychiatric evaluation claiming the defendant may be unable to assist in defense due to delusions about seeing the victim a month after the death. The preliminary hearing was scheduled before Justice of the Peace James Brennan.
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Khalil Ben Maatallah
Aimie Jean Perot
Justice of the Peace
James Brennan
John Mendoza
Maatallah
Perot
Stardust Hotel
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T. G. Greaves
Atlanta
Las Vegan
CAB
Richard Thomas
Teamsters Local
Cab Company
Victor Whittlesea
Earnest Brown
Whittle
Sea
Nts
James E. Wood
Furniture
Interior Decorating Service
Sahara
Joe Scott
Jim Murnane
E. Charleston Blvd
Scott
Reviewjournal
Harry Levy
Levy
West
Charleston
West Charleston Carey
West Charleston
Review-Journal
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