Pahrump Envisions Itself a Wide Spot in the Desert
Pahrump Nev residents celebrate being a lone stop on a desert highway 85 miles from Las Vegas. Town leader George Lamberth says there will never be progress here, while Lynn Anderson foresees a brighter future and bets on at least 100 more residents in 10 years. The town, about 200 people, recently gained phones and electricity, with TV arriving but no reception yet.
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Nevada
Las Vegas
George Lamberth
Lamberth
Lynn Anderson
Pioneer Pahrumpian
Anderson
Pahrum
NSU Plans Gala Graduation Ceremony Name Vegan to Head Mental Hygiene Unit
Nr. Richard W. Finner aged 49 of Las Vegas has been named to head the new Division of Mental Hygiene. He will earn 21000 dollars yearly, begin July 1, and move headquarters to Carson City. Finner previously led the State Bureau of Mental Health since 1963 and has held roles in psychiatry and rehab clinics in California. He is a Duke University medical school graduate and served in the Army Medical Corps in World War II.
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Las Vegas
Finner
State Bureau of Mental Health
Carson City
County Hospital
Sacramento
Modesto State Hospital
School of Medicine
Duke University
Army Medical Corp
Display Model of Hoover Dam Arrives in Denver
The Clark County Fair and Recreation Board sponsored Hoover Dam scale model on a 40 foot trailer tours Denver this weekend before the Electrical Apparatus Serv ices Association convention. More than 751000 people have seen the exhibit since its road tour began two years ago. Curators Ken Knecht and Chick Burnett travel with the display to lecture during the four day stay.
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Hoover Dam
Denver
Electrical Apparatus Services Association
Las Vegas Area
Fair Board
Ken Knecht
Chick Burnett
Colorado City
Nevada Southern University to Hold Second Commencement
Fifty eight students will graduate Monday at 10 am in NSU Las Vegas campus ceremonies. Dr. Malcolm A. Love of San Diego State College will give the address and receive an honorary Doctor of Law degree. District Judge John Mowbray will deliver the civic toast.
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Clark County
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Kenneth
NSU
Malcolm A. Love
San Diego State College
Howard W. Chase
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First Christian Church
Las Vegas
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Charles J. Armstrong
Fred M. Anderson
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Love
Archie
Grant Grant
Southern
Nevada
State University Board of Regents
University of Nevada
Western College Association
California State Colleges
University of California
Callifornia State Board of Educa
California men charged with murder in Beatty killing
Two California men, Robert G. Peoples and Dillard R. Morton, were jailed on murder charges in Beatty Nevada after a r year old woman, Sharon Joann Wilson, was shot in a motel room. Witnesses say the victim worked at the Oasis Bar and left with the men and her two children before the shooting.
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Peoples
Morton
Hon
Childen
Nevada National Guard Begins Two-Week Training Camp
Nearly 700 officers and men of the Nevada Army National Guard left Friday for a two weeks annual summer training camp at Rowse Idaho. Units departed from Reno Hawthorne Yerington Carson City Fallon Winnemucca Las Vegas Fly and Elko.
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Reno, Nev
Chamber Opposes Gaming Tax Hike Petition
The Tahoe-Douglas Chamber of Commerce opposed an initiative petition to raise gambling taxes up to threefold in parts of Nevada. The resolution passed unanimously warns of broader business campaigns if successful, while backers aim to qualify the measure for the 1966 election ballot.
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Tahoe-Douglas Chamber of Commerce
Nevada
Mother and daughter earn education degrees at Nevada graduation
In Reno Nevada Frances Marie Leathers and Mary Frances Roberta Leathers both receive bachelor of science degrees in elementary education at University of Nevada ceremonies. The 53 year old mother, a 20 year teaching veteran, returned to night school to upgrade qualifications, following a path that included shared study with her daughter in evening classes.
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UPI
University of Nevada
Frances Marie Leathers
Mary Frances Roberta Leathers
Southern Oregon College of Education
Nevada IRS Director To Return From Nine Month Leave
Dalmon Davis executive in Reno is set to resume duties as district director of the Internal Revenue Service after a nine month illness leave. Robert L. Packard has served as acting director in his absence.
Ministerial Group to Meet at Luncheon in Showboat Hotel
Clark County ministerial association will host an all area clergy luncheon at noon at the Showboat Hotel. Speaker will be Clyde Matthews, chairman of the Nevada Civil Rights Commission.
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Clark County Ministerial Association
Clyde Matthews
Nevada Civil Rights Commission
Engineer Turned Artist Now in Vegas on Paint Roads
Glen Hagen, 58, an former electronics engineer and Taos, New Mexico artist, travels with 50 paintings to Las Vegas aiming to sell art. He seeks formal instruction, hopes to study fundamentals, and plans to hunt turquoise and anebar while living in a motel on Las Vegas Boulevard. He recalls a roving Old West past and imagines painting in Winnemucca.
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Richards
Taos
N.M
Hagen
Sunfoto
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Vincent Price
Sahara
Mexico
Las Vegas Boulevard
Winnemucca
Weather table 24 hour national summary
United Press International provides a 24 hour temperature and precipitation table ending at 4 a.m. Pacific standard time. Data prepared by the U.S. Weather Bureau in San Francisco covers regional readings and forecast implications for the period.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
San Francisco
Rev Stringer to Head Local Baptist Church in Buckeye
Dan Stringer Jr of Buckeye Arizona will become pastor of the First Southern Baptist Church at 700 BF. St Louis Ave on July 1. He now leads Buckeye church for six years and serves as president of the Arizona Southern Baptist Convention. He is married to Harriett Rogers. they have two children, Kaye and Kirk.
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Baptist
Eye
Ariz
First Southern Baptist Church
St. Louis Ave
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Buckeye
Stringer
Arizona Southern Baptist Convention
Southern Baptist
Arizona
Clark County
Nevada
First Baptist Church
Lordsburg
N.M
D.C. Stringer
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Harriett Rogers
Leesburg
Fla
Kaye
Kirk
Nevada Youths Gather for 19th Boys State Event
About 150 Nevada junior students will participate in the 19th annual American Legion Boys State at Stewart Indian School. They will form six mythical cities across three counties and elect officers to represent Nevada at Boys Nation in Washington, D.C., in July.
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Withers
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Krenzer
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Malone
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Harvey Dickerson
Russell McDonald
Louis Spitz
Sparks
Dave Henry
Ormsby
William Gon
Jeff Springmeyer
Nevada Supreme Court
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Cameron Ratter
James Robertson
West Point
Richard D. Kline
U. S. Military Academy
Department of Defense
Kline
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Las Vegas
Military
Walter S. Baring
Harold D. Kline
William J. Harry
U. S. Civil Service Commission
San Francisco
Richard Dankworth
University of Nevada
Niels R. Moller
Boulder City
Thomas W. Miller
W. F. Whittlesea
Rudi Rushing
Washington, D.C
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