Searchlight Airport Remains an Emergency Strip
County officials say Searchlight Airport will stay as an emergency landing strip. FAA tests show the strip fails to meet airliner standards in the DCS class, and improvements would cost at least 55 100 dollars. Commissioner queried if Willie Martello would fund the upgrades.
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Searchlight Airport
Willie Martello
Earle Taylor
FAA
Taylor
Hhape
Martello
el Rey
Obituaries and services for Las Vegas residents
Obituaries note Rosary for Nicholas Lesmeister a Las Vegas resident and co owner of the Spot Cafe with services at Bunker Brothers Chapel and St Christopher s Church Burial planned at Woodlawn. Also listed are funeral notices for Adam A Mohr Lucinda Lewis and others with dates locations and survivors as handled by local mortuaries.
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Nicholas Lesmeister
Tomlinson Lane
Bunker Brothers
St. Christopher's Catholic Church
Mr. Lesmeister
Russia
Nevada Southern Memorial Hospital
Las Vegas
S. Maine T
Gas Tax Plan Outlined For North Las Vegas Chamber
City Manager Jay Lynch Planning Director George Charchalis and Councilman Bud Cleland briefed chamber members on the new one cent gas tax. They linked the Wilbur Smith Report to the Master Plan and streets program. The Clark County committee will decide spending. The luncheon announced new board members and a July 9 installation banquet with Congressman Gene Tunney as keynote speaker.
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Las Vegas
Jay Lynch
NLV
George Charchalis
C. R
Bud” Cleland
NLV Chamber of Commerce
Wilbur Smith
Nevada
Lynch
Churchalis
Smith
Cleland
Clark County
Archie Croft
Hal Lowe
Danl Phelps
Donald Thorsness
Adam Yecenda
J.C. Stimson
Ivan Cannon
Elks Club
Gene Tunney
California
Sheet Metal Local elects new officers and trustees
Local No. 8 members elected new officers to fill mid term vacancies. John Mitchell was elected trustee and Joe Long joined the board. Joseph Hanley, a longtime member, becomes business agent and assistant to business representative Lee Abbott.
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Sheet Metal Local No. &8
John Mitchell
Joe Long
Joseph Hanley
Lee Abbott
Las Vegas Orchestra Leader Torris Brant Dies at 47
Las Vegas musician and conductor Torris Brant died Monday of a heart attack at his recording studio. He led at the Flamingo Hotel, later organized a relief band for Strip hotels. Survived by wife June, four sons, mother, brother, and two sisters. Private services to be held at Palm Mortuary with entombment at Palm Mausoleum.
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Las Vegas
Torris Brant
Brand
Flamingo Hotel
June
Torris M. Brand
Fresno
Calif
Charles Brand
Monty Brand
Curtis Brand
Maye Therrell Brand
Biloxi
Miss
R. V. Brand
Zola Brand
Winnifred Hayford
Bolster City
Walter W. Hanne
First Presbyterian Church
May
Resuscitator Aids City County Fire Crews With Nine Calls
Nine emergency calls were answered in a 24 hour period ending midnight Monday. Calls included a 53 year old man taken to Southern Nevada Hospital for an unknown ailment near 1107 8 15th St, a motel drowning near Main Street, and a car fire on Flamingo Hotel parking with minor damage. Minor incidents spread across Boulder Highway 25th Street Bonanza Road Sleepy Hollow Way Tropicana Ave Las Vegas Blvd and other locations.
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15Th St
Ted Hull
Southern Nevada Hospital
Mth
Carson Streets
Boulder Highway
25Th Street
Bonanza Road
Main St
Linda Rush
Sleepy Hollow Way
Las Vegas Blvd
South
Julia Danti
Newhall
Calif
Flamingo Hotel
Airport study weighs creation of local airport commission
Charles Wyre traffic manager for TWA told county commissioners studies are under way to establish an airport commission here. He and Alamo Airways owner George Crockett reviewed ordinances from cities large and small and said legislation would be needed before any ordinance could be enacted. The proposal, raised earlier by Commissioner Bill Briare, envisions an advisory airport commission to assist the airport manager at McCarran. Some surveyed airports operate for profit and others rely on tax support.
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Charles Were
TWA
George Crockett
Alamo Airways
New York City
Palm Springs
Wichita Falls
Tex
Wyre
Bill Briare
McCarran
Commission
James
Sailor) Ryan
Reno Permits Total 6.7 Million in May
City building inspectors issued permits for construction totaling 6.7 million in May led by a 22 story apartment project valued at 4.5 million.
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Reno
UPI
First medical dictionary traced to Symphorien Champier
The Catholic Digest identifies Symphorien Champier of Lyons France as the author of the earliest medical dictionary. Champier lived 1472 to 1539 and produced early medical reference works.
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Symphorien Champier
Lyons
France
National Air Races Sanctioned as 1965 Champion Event
The National Air Races set for Reno September 9 to 12 were officially designated the 1965 National Champion Air Races. Selby Calkins, director, announced the event has been sanctioned by the National Aeronautics Association.
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Reno
Aps
Selby Calkins
National Aeronautics Association
Nevada Test Site talks press toward contract settlement
Negotiations continue this week between general contractors and a prime contractor at the Nevada Test Site over an area project agreement with Reynolds Electric & Engineering Co. and area wide agreements with regional groups. Unions including Cement Masons No 797, Bricklayers Local 3, Operating Engineers Local 12, Ironworkers Local 433, Teamsters Local 631, and Carpenters Local 1780 are involved. Teamsters are also bargaining with four rock and gravel contractors. Anniversary of the contracts was June 1 and talks focus on wage structure for each craft as two week termination notices loom.
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Nevada Test Site
Reynolds Electric & Engineering Co
General Contractors
Las Vegas Home Builders
Southern Nevada Builders Exchange
Southern Nevada Home Builders Association
Cement Masons No
Bricklayers and Tile Setters Union
Operating Engineers
Ironworkers
Teamsters
Carpenters
Negoti
the Sun
Room Tax Set to Go Into Effect
Carson City county approves a five percent room tax to fund recreation facilities, effective June 23. Judge Richard Waters Jr. criticizes political subdivisions for taxing tourists, calling the levy a "jousy tax" while affirming the city's authority to enact it.
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Carson City
UPI
Judge Waters
Carson
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Ceclia Crippen
Redwood City
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Bonnersferry
Ida
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Lavita
Colo
Mike Lesmeister
Brainard
Minn
Woodlawn Cemetery
Adam A. Mohr
Stacey Ave
Boulder
Cole Mr. Mohr
Nekoma
Kan
Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital
Mohr
Bunker Brother
Vernon P. Mohr
Fred Mohr
Abilene
Sam S. Mohr
Caldwell
Abe Mohr
Newton
George Mohr
Ezra Mohr
la Sierra
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Mt. View Memorial Park
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Miller
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Monroe
Johnny Nathis
Michigan
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New Orleans
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Palm Mortuary
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Torris Brand
Tropicana Ave
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