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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1965
Page
9
The piece notes Nevada’s role in the Gemini flight with titanium from Southern Nevada and desert training grounds in Northern Nevada. It urges NASA and the military to participate and calls on Chambers of Commerce and SNIF to push for publicity to aid their efforts.
Funeral services were held Monday for Hudson Belham brother of the late Lt Gov Rex Bell. Belham 57 of Las Vegas died Saturday at Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital after a heart attack. He co owned and managed the Rex Bell Western Shop and was Elks Club member. Survivors include his widow Katherine a daughter a granddaughter two nephews and a sister in Las Vegas. The piece also notes local political tensions including Clark County secession talk and upcoming 1966 elections.
Fifty-eight graduates of Nevada Southern University received bachelor degrees at the gymnasium ceremony. Dr. Malcolm A. Love received an honorary doctor of laws and urged graduates to prepare for unknown futures with broad liberal learning and individual responsibility. The university awarded 118 degrees across business, education, humanities, science, and social science divisions with officers and speakers lauded for community leadership.
An arbitrator awarded back pay and reinstatement to a Reynolds Electric & Engineering employee, a union steward, after ruling he was unjustly fired for alleged fighting. The award covers about $4000 for Nov 30, 1964, through reinstatement, and criticizes company supervision for not determining who initiated the disturbance.
Negotiators from Teamsters Local 631 and four Las Vegas rock and gravel firms face a midnight deadline to resolve a contract stalemate. Reynolds Electric continues talks, with a Thursday midnight target for a Reynolds agreement. Local 631 plans meetings Wednesday to present company counter proposals for a vote.
Jacqueline Monguet language teacher at Western High School earned the Nevada Centennial Medallion for the top four year scholastic record in her graduating class of 58 at Nevada Southern University. Dean William D. Carlson presented at Monday morning graduation in the gym.
Kathryn Elizabeth Blaikie, a year old blond from Carson City, will represent Nevada in the Miss America Pageant in Atlantic City this September. Blaikie won Miss Nevada over nine rivals at Reno. Runners up were Betty Jo Vace Sparks Susan Jean Randall Hawthorne Shannon Yvonne Smith Las Vegas and Mary Margaret Heitmann Reno.
Kathryn A. Kuletz 33 of China Lake Calif died in a two car collision on U S 395 four miles north of Minden over the weekend. Her husband Edward A. Kuletz was in fair condition at Carson Tahoe Hospital in Carson City.
Las Vegas YMCA announces three camping options starting Monday. Lee Canyon hosts four one week sessions for boys 8-12 with $34 weekly fee. A semi primitive camp at Navajo Lake Utah runs in July for experienced campers. Chartered buses transport campers weekly with weekend stays possible. Caravans to California and Bryce Zion parks in August cost $39. Camp requires YMCA membership. Contact 382 0231 for deposits and registrations.
The Las Vegas Sun issues a correction regarding Glen Hagen an artist. The June 12 piece misstated admission to the Vincent Price show at the Sahara and clarifies Hagen has not been admitted or placed in the exhibit. The paper regrets the confusion.
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