Lawyer Urges Silver Stockpile Resolution At Conference
The Silver State governor urged maintaining silver in coinage and called for a new coin with reduced but substantial silver content. He warned that eliminating silver could harm the economy and fiscal confidence as U.S. silver stock remains near three billion ounces. A committee led by Idaho's governor proposed rejecting Johnson's plan to drop silver from most coins. Sawyer, vice chairman of the Western Governors Conference, spoke at breakfast and later met Vice President Humphrey at the Portland airport.
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Western Governors Conference
Congress
Sawyer
U.S. Treasury
Idaho
Robert F. Smylie
Johnson
Gov. Sawyer
Resolutions Committee
Natural Resources
Prominent Las Vegas Accountant Dies After Heart Attacks
Julius L. Newman, 52, partner in Newman and Goldfarb Certified Public Accountants, died Friday after his second heart attack in two months. He survived by a Los Angeles stepmother, was active in the Jewish community, and a Temple Beth Sholom member. Services set for 2 p.m. Sunday at Palm Mortuary with Rabbi Aaron Gold officiating.
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Las Vegas
Julius L. Newman
Newman and Goldfarb Certified Public Accountants Co
Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital
Newman
Los Angeles
Temple Beth Sholom
Palm Mortuary
Rabb
Aaron Gold
Killing suspect Pope faces multiple murder charges in trial plan
The quiet Las Vegas arrival suspect Pope, a college athlete and clarinetist, faces three Nebraska murder charges and a Kansas City federal case for robbery with possible death penalty. Preliminary hearings set for June 25 in Kansas City, with possible transfer to Nebraska authorities. mother expresses relief and belief in his innocence.
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Pope
Kansas City
Nebraska
Dissly
U. S
Millin
Cissly
Las Vegas
Earl Pope
Roxbury
Kan
Bittinger
Ambulance firm faces show cause hearing over driver staffing
Police report cites unlicensed driving by a teen, while Trelease says he will present the matter to commissioners. A witness to a pool accident describes carpenter plunging eight feet, then being pulled from the water and given aid.
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Young
Trelease
SUN
Bishop
Shelia Dickson
la Harve Ave
Carpenter
Glenn Aleman
Pyramid Drive
Teamsters OK Contract Amid Maintenance Wage Shift
About 600 Teamsters and 125 rock and gravel workers negotiate with REECo and several contractors. The proposal would switch maintenance type work with lower wages but expanded benefits, including vacations and year round employment. Officials planned to meet Friday night to finalize details as negotiations persist.
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Reeco
Rock, Sand and Gravel
Las Vegas Building Materials, Inc
Transit Takeover Talks On Las Vegas Bus Service
City officials and representatives from Las Vegas North Las Vegas and Clark County meet to discuss a possible municipal take over of the bus line with Tanner Motor Co. A lease proposal and a counter offer are in the works as talks continue and legal steps are prepared to avert a second transit tie up.
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Art Trelease
Las Vegas
Clay Lynch
North Las Vegas
Bob Cahill
Teamster Union
Association Sets Big Feed Today
The Paradise Valley Improvement Association plans a 5 p.m. picnic Saturday at Paradise Valley Town Park. Open to association members and valley residents, the park off Tropicana Road on Harrison Avenue will host a pool open for use. County Commissioner Darwin Lamb praised the association’s development efforts at Thursday’s meeting.
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Paradise Valley Improvement Association
Paradise Valley Town Park
Tropicana Road
Harrison Avenue
Darwin Lamb
Paradise Valley
Beatles tipped for M B E in first Labour list
The first birthday list under Prime Minister Harold Wilson includes the Beatles marked as members of The Beatles. John Lennon Ringo Starr Paul McCartney and George Harrison receive M B E while Felix Aylmer Frankie Vaughan Violet Carson and Jack Warner gain OBEs.
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Harold Wilson
Wilson
Yorkshire
Liverpool
Felix Aylmer
Frankie Vaughn
Violet Carson
Jack Warner
Order of the British Empire
O.B.E
John Lennon
Ringo Starr
Paul McCartney
George Harrison
M.B.E
Beatles
Britain
Empire
Wall of Water Strikes Texas City Killing and Missing
The disaster left many dead and missing as floodwaters overwhelmed Texas City. Drowned include six members of the John Johnson family from North Carolina and three Sellers children. others named are George Wood, Elda Barra, and Ricardo Falcon. Rescue teams from Monahans and Fort Stockton responded, with a morgue set up in Fort Stockton.
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Red Cross Center
DPS
John Johnson
North Carolina
Sellers
George Wood
Elda Barra
Ricardo Falcon
John Fletcher
Monahans
Renault
C. P. Peavey
Sanderson
Department of Public Safety
Fort Stockton
Southern Nevada growth outlook and new federal projects
A Las Vegas column extols rapid Southern Nevada expansion forecasting a population of three million in 25 years and noting federal installations near Mercury. It cites a projected 59 to 70 million dollar El Dorado Valley facility, a new federal building on Fifth Street, and a 20 percent year end business gain amid a booming retail scene with more shops and higher sales.
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Mercury
el Dorado Valley
Boulder City
Henderson
el Dorado
Federal
Fifth Street
Bricklayers Union Rejects Contractors Wage Offer
The Union No. 3, with 75 of 250 members present, votes down a Masonry Contractors Association proposal raising journeyman pay to 5.22 per hour. Members seek 5.32 per hour plus stronger health and welfare benefits. Negotiations paused. contract extension to June 15 plus 15 days. Henderson union represents Clark Lincoln Esmeralda and Nye counties.
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Union No
Masonry Contractors Association
Walter Morrissey
Contractors Association
Morrissey
Clark
Lincoln
Esmeralda
Nye
Rebecca Dalton Succumbs in Las Vegas Pioneer's Family Home
Rebecca Becky Salton, widow of Al Salton a Las Vegas bar owner and real estate figure, died Friday at age 73 in the home of her daughter Adele Baratz. Survived by son Charles daughter Adele and two sisters Alan and Terri Baratz grandchildren. Services set for noon Sunday at Bunker Brothers Mortuary with Rabbi Aaron Gold officiating. Donations to City of Hope and the Heart Fund requested in lieu of flowers.
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Rebecca
Becky) Salton
Las Vegas
Adele Baratz
Salton
al Salton
Charles
Carson St
City of Hope
Heart Fund
LBJ Praises Space Astronauts as American Heroes
President Johnson lauded astronauts James McDivitt and Edward White for the successful 62 orbit flight. He noted humility and shared accomplishments for mankind as he welcomed them at the White House and scheduled visits with their families.
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McDivitt
White
McDivitts
White House
Ed White
Manned Spacecraft Center
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