Petition to Curb Liquor Licenses Studied in Henderson
A 285 signature petition to regulate liquor licenses triggered City Council debate and a postponement to committee. Opponents argued licenses protect business while supporters warned of a skid row risk. Mayor Hampton floated a moratorium with exceptions for large hotels and restaurants as officials consider common sense governance.
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Henderson
Ida Belle Riggins
Rudy Franklin
Dale Roberts
Franklin
Woman of the Year honored by Desert Dawn chapter
Gladys White, teacher at Basic High School, is named Woman of the Year for the Desert Dawn chapter of the American Business Women. She will compete with other chapters at the national convention in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in October.
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Gladys White
Desert Dawn
American Business Women
Basic High School
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Henderson table salary plan for city officers
A salary schedule for city employees and appointed officers, including a proposed city manager pay of 1500 dollars per month, was postponed to next Monday night for study. City Council member Paul Marshall moved to table the measure until the council can review it, noting it has been in council hands for two weeks.
City considers Committee of 100 to shape capital program
City Manager Ralph Pfiffner proposes a citizen Committee of 100 to advise the City Council on utility development recreation parking transportation streets and a civic center. Mayor Hampton supports the idea noting it could engage residents and use funds from selling 17 000 acres to guide expenditure of over 3 million dollars. Dale Roberts opposes, saying voters elected the Council.
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Henderson
Ralph Pfiffner
W. R. Hampton
Pfiffner
Bud Franklin
Paul Marshall
Dale Roberts
Hampton
City Hall
Chamber of Commerce
City approves hiring an appraiser for post office property
Henderson City Council unanimously approved funds not to exceed 500 dollars to hire an appraiser to value the post office property for possible city parking needs. The Vegas Village property was removed from consideration after attorney George Rudiak questioned motives and condemned possible condemnation plans.
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Henderson
Ralph Pfiffner
Vegas Village
George Rudiak
Rainbow Club and Casino
Rudiak
Richard Thurman
Leibert
St. Louis
Vepas Village
Army Street
Latrobe and Jeannette Play Historic Pro Football Clash
Latrobe Pa defeats Jeannette Pa 12 to 9 in the first professional football game played in 1895 marking the sport’s early rivalry.
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Latrobe
Jeannette
Mulroy Speaks at Desert Dawn ABWA Dinner
Clark County registrar Tom Mulroy addressed the Desert Dawn Chapter ABWA at the Eldorado Club. Gladys White, Basic High School teacher, named Women of the Year and awarded a trophy. Torres and White returned from a North West district ABWA meeting in San Diego and plan to attend the Tulsa national convention where White seeks National Woman of the Year.
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Henderson
Tom Mulroy
Clark County
Desert Dawn
American Business Women's Association
Eldorado
Polly Torres
Gladys White
Basic High School
Torres
White
San Diego
California
ABWA
U. S. Grant Hotel
Tulsa
Oklahoma
AWBA
Eledorado
Woma
Henderson Frank Worden Escapes City Jail Again
Frank Worden, a frequent city jail guest and trustee, walked away Saturday and remained unfound by Monday. He was last missed at 3:58 p.m. when needed in the jail kitchen. A search of the premises failed to locate him. this marks the third escape from the city jail.
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Worden
Del Madsen Found Guilty In Municipal Court
Henderson Delbert Madsen 42 fined 100 dollars for failure to demolish condemned buildings. Irving G McLeod 29 pleaded guilty to gross intoxication fined 50. Edward B Burnham Jr 23 case postponed to June 21 for DUI. Several cases postponed to July 1 for trial including Holm 20 minor in bar Giddens 18 Cool edge 20 vagrancy Wright Jr vagrancy McBirney 21 vagrancy LaFountain 43 DUI Dusty Thodes 65 DUI reduced to gross intoxication Mobley 25 fined 100 for reckless driving.
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Henderson
Delbert M. Madsen
Irving G. McLeod
Edward B. Burnham, Jr
Ronald G. Holm
Judith E. Giddens
Sandy Marie Cooledge
Pajama Game Stars Revisit Classic on Mickie Finns Show
Eddie Foy Jr and Reta Shaw recreate a Pajama Game number performed over 100 times on Broadway. NBC colorcast of Mickie Finns on Thursday at 9 30 p m features Fred and band with Paddlin Madeline Home Hello My Baby and a jungle medley as Mickie Finn dancers perform sketches with Dapper Dans.
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Eddie Foy Jr
Reta Shaw
NBC Television Network
Mickie Finn
Kork-Tv
Fred
Paddlin
Madeline
Baby
Jingo
Adda Dabba Honeymoon
Dapper Dans
Visitor Hurt In Car Mishap Near Boulder City
A visitor from Goodyear Arizona, Aileen R Sher rill age 40, sustained a chin laceration requiring six stitches after losing control while attempting to pass on Boulder Highway. Police report 62 feet of tire marks before the vehicle veered into the desert area. She was transported to Boulder City Hospital by a passerby for treatment and release.
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Henderson
Goodyear, Ariz
Boulder Highway
Aileen R. Sherrill
Boulder City Hospital
TVA Laying Out New Power Lines
TVA plans to spend well over 60 million dollars in the current fiscal year on transmission facilities in Knoxville and surrounding areas. Over half the funding goes to 500000 volt lines capable of carrying 12 to 14 times more power than prior TVA lines.
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Knoxville, Tenn
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Weekend Burglaries Reported in Henderson
Two burglaries were reported over the weekend in Henderson. One involved a television set theft and the other an acetylene tank. The acetylene tank theft was reported by Charles Ray Ellis, superintendent of Wayne Welding and Equipment Company, while working at Faith Baptist Church on Pacific Street.
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Henderson
Charles Ray Ellis
Wayne Welding and Equipment Company
Faith Baptist Church
Pacific Street
New Henderson Neighborhood Service Center Opens
In Henderson the Victory Village building, former VFW rooms, hosts the grand opening attended by Governor Grant Sawyer Mayor Hampton and Clark County War on Poverty officials. The center will staff four to five workers once opened and focus on basic social and employment services at the neighborhood level.
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Henderson
Victory Village
VFW Club Rooms
Grant
Sawyer
W. R. Hampton
Clark County
Fight Neighborhood Council
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Lorna Kesterson
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John Raymond Mobley
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Eldorado Club
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Owntown
Menderson
Lamar McDaniel
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