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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1970
Page
3
ITS D DAY FOR LY KIDS YIPEE School's out at West Charleston Elementary as 70 000 Clark County students begin summer vacation. They bid farewell to Mrs Irene Holdren and head home to three months free from routine and discipline. Some will work, others swim at Lake Mead.
City Commissioners awarded bids for equipment and supplies this week. American Fire and Safety Co. will supply two 1,500-gallon pumper fire trucks for $114,786. Desert Nursery lands the annual fertilizer contract at $19,404. Superior Tire Co. wins the annual tire and tube contract at $1,553.13 per unit. Las Vegas Bootery secures the annual police boot contract for $12,475.
The Las Vegas Sun issue page lists staff roles including president secretary and editors. It details subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions by mail with monthly and yearly options and advance payment requirement.
Nevada Attorney General sent an agent to Las Vegas to probe a renewal license issued to Charles Edward Walker under the name Charles Walker. The Southern Nevada Chiropractic Association urged firing a board member, while Dickerson said it appears to be a mistaken renewal rather than an original license application.
Clark County commissioners plan actions on resort related projects near Davis Dam including Lamean Inc zone changes for a family and apartment complex and a 101 room hotel casino on 1100 acres. Other items include mobile home park rezoning on Pebble Road, a 540 home subdivision with a 10 acre commercial parcel, a 20,000 square foot medical office complex, a 99 bed convalescent hospital proposal, three radio transmitting towers, and a 313 lot subdivision proposal denied by the planning commission.
Rabbi Aaron Gold of Temple Beth Sholom will lead a 3 p.m. Monday funeral at Bunker Brothers Chapel for Michael Levine 76 of 201 North 15th Street who died Thursday in a local hospital. Levine a World War I veteran and retired clothing salesman was born December 13 1893 in London England and resided here one year. Surviving are his widow Claire of Las Vegas a brother Maurice and two sisters Ada Adyr and Kate Shulock of Miami Florida. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery.
Bertha Edna Lee 80 died Wednesday in a local convalescent home. Graveside services are set for 11 a.m. Monday at Loma Vista Memorial Park Fullerton California. She was born August 13 1889 in Gibbtown Texas and lived here eight years. Survived by son Willis P Brown Las Vegas grandson Willis P Brown Jr Lakewood and granddaughter Sharon D Holt Pascagoula Miss plus three great grandchildren.
Rio de Janeiro reports the giant otter, up to seven feet long, is disappearing from wild rivers as its fur becomes highly valuable.
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