Las Vegas nightlife notes on venues and birthdays
Landmark will open July 2 and Landmark Tower July 1 with ongoing shows at Sahara Casbar and Desert Inn. Rumors praise Skin and Fillies de Soul while Danny Thomas and Red Skelton are linked to major venues. Memo columns discuss star rotations, Frank Series-Donn Arden package, and birthdays including John Romero on D-Day eve.
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Ruthe Deskin
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Circus Circus
Double Circus
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Landmark Towers
Red Skelton
Sands
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HH & Co
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Donn Arden
Prazz
Old Homestead Menu Sheds 1868 Prices and Hotel Woes
Notes recount 1868 Old Homestead menu in Manhattan with 12 cent regular dinners and 4 to 5 cent ala carte items. Writer laments rising hotel prices, worries about air pollution, casino management, and dwindling local weekender business as Windsor House builds nearby. Frank Goldberg and Sparky Kaye cited as local figures.
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Golf Manor
Ninth Avenue
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Thanx
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Sparky Kaye
New Windsor House
Paradise
Las Vegas Cowboys deny involvement with Cashman Field promotions
LV Cowboys executive note states the team is not part of Cashman Field promotions and remains focused on football as tenants. The piece mentions LV Youth Band support for the 2nd annual Nevada band competition with semi finals held Friday in the Convention Center rotunda and finals info by phone.
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al Kirschner
Greg Miller
Robert Perusich
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Thanx
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St. Jude's
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Fred Waring
Gene Bayles
Sahara Casbar
Circus Circus
Baby Boom Sparks Nevada Senator Bible Remarks
Senator Alan Bible said Nevada remains one of two states with a baby boom, noting under five population and overall growth outpace the nation. He cited Census figures showing Nevada’s rapid population rise since 1960 and Clark County’s 287000 residents, attributing progress to industry labor cooperation and economic expansion.
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Honors Given At UN Reno
Nevada alumni were recognized at the University of Nevada Reno commencement. Mildred Bray and Jack McCloskey received distinguished Nevadan awards for service to the state. Walter Van Tilburg Clark and Roger W Heyns were awarded honorary degrees. Three Reno faculty earned emeritus status: Lawton Brain Kline Elaine Mobley and Ray K Peterson.
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College of Agriculture
Circus Circus Expands Building Program and Attractions
Circus Circus Casino unveils plans for a 15 million dollar expansion featuring a new ground level entrance directing traffic to casino and arena, a glass Candy Kitchen by Dutch Kettle Shoppes, a world nuts shop Sam Kind O Nuts, and an Inferno exhibit by Montyne. Additional improvements totalling 500000 are in design.
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Dutch Kettle Shoppes, Inc
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Circus Circus
Las Vegas intrigue mixes politics and housing moves
Former Clark County DA Ted Marshall mailed support letters four years old for Phil Mirabelli in the Las Vegas city race. A separate zoning note places a low income housing project on a site already set for the Downtown Expressway east leg, with Rainbow Boulevard as the proposed alternate.
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Ted Marshall
Phil Mirabelli
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Las Vegas
Mirabelli Pushes Hank Elder to Full Director Post
Amid lame duck status Mirabelli pressed for Hank Elder to be named Building and Safety Director despite a collapsed El Cortez garage and adverse fire inspection reports on Elder's row house near the old post office. The IBEW warns substandard construction due to inspector shortages. A federal grand jury in Kansas City is rumored to probe last week’s detentions, while questions linger about a Missouri Revenue official’s state-funded trip and associates.
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Hank Elder
el Cortez
Elder
Kansas City
Former City Commissioner Harris Sharp Upset by Outcome
Harris Sharp faces chagrin as the former city official contends with an unexpected result. The particulars remain unclear, but local observers anticipate a public reaction from the ex-commissioner.
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Harris Sharp
Tijerina followers disband after Los Alamos arrests attempt
State police say most followers of Reies Tijerina dispersed after a failed effort to serve warrants on Los Alamos scientists and arrest Gov. Cargo. Tijerina and about 130 supporters aimed for citizens arrests but faced protective custody and empty laboratories.
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Tijerina
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Centennial diesel locomotive on display in Las Vegas
The world’s largest diesel locomotive, the Union Pacific Centennial, on public show in Las Vegas before returning to service. It weighs 540000 pounds with 6600 horsepower, part of UP’s 86 locomotives budget for the year, and can haul a 77-car 3500-ton train at 60 mph.
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