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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1965
Page
7
City Planning Commission approves revised plot plans for a new shopping center on the west side of 25th Street between Walnut and Bonanza Road. The project includes a major market and many retail and service outlets. Protests over relocation to Walnut led to a compromise.
Joe Matthews leader of the Government and Education Committee challenged the gambling industry to disprove claims that millions are skimmed from top. He urged closer scrutiny and warned that refusing public scrutiny would deepen belief that gamblers dodge taxes in Nevada.
A small party paddles 301 miles down the Colorado from Lee's Ferry toward Lake Mead in a 10 day voyage. Led by J. Monroe Agee of the Sierra Club, 29 customers paid $275 each. Agee plans a propaganda spiel against Marble Canyon dam, drawing concern from the Sierra Club and naturalist groups over potential flooding of the Grand Canyon.
Clark County School Board moves forward on four federal aid initiatives aimed at underprivileged students. Dissenters Helen Cannon Eloise Blue abstained or opposed on several measures while George Wilkinson supported all four. Projects include Neighborhood Youth Corps 252 jobs and a preschool program for 350 children, with costs largely funded by the federal government.
Services for James G. Sharp a longtime Railroad Valley rancher will be at Sacred Heart Church Ely Tuesday at 10 a.m. Burial follows in Ely Cemetery Rosary is Monday at 7 30 p.m. Sharp 51 died Monday morning after a heart attack while horseback riding on Grant Mountain at 9000 feet. A US Air Force helicopter moved his body to lower elevations for private plane removal to Ely. Pilot Bill Kohlmaos of Ely was with Sharp. Born December 4 1913 in Santa Clara California he was the son of George H. Sharp and Mary Ann McCann. He spent his life in Railroad Valley owning ranch property at Blue Eagle and was educated at Blue Eagle and White Pine High School class of 1931. He was Nye County Farm Bureau president and later Nevada State Farm Bureau president for seven years. His many affiliations included White Pine Knife and Fork Club Bureau of Land Management Advisory Board Nevada State Cattlemen Association and Cal Farm Insurance Company director. Survived by widow Linda Katherine Pinjuv and five daughters Carole Jeanne Marie Helene Ann Linda Rose Marilyn Kay. Also surviving are brothers Roy and Lester and sisters Edna Cox and Inez Finnegan.
Dowell a division of Dow Chemical Company Tulsa Oklahoma was the apparent low bidder when bids opened by the Atomic Energy Commission Nevada Operations Office for drilling cementing services at the Nevada Test Site. Dowell bid 3168000 for a 14 month period beginning August 1 1965. Other bids were 3684985 and 3946965.
In Santo Domingo an inter-American peace force blocked access to the Jockey Club precincts amid reports of executions. OAS mediators opened a new round of talks with Dominican factions as a criminal investigation team was requested to verify rebel and junta abuses. Mayobre inspected the club and found charred bones.
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