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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1977
Page
7
Jimmy Smith, renowned jazz and rhythm organist, is the featured artist Sunday at 9 p.m. in the Las Vegas Jazz Society concert at the Tropicana Hotel. Smith rose to fame in 1956 and has remained among the world's top jazz performers.
Two tourists were robbed at the Mini Price Motor Inn with armed bandits taking 1100 dollars. Police said Joe Marasialo was pushed into a room as one robber brandished a gun and demanded money, while Mary Sketteno’s purse was stolen. A second robbery involved a Robo-Wash attendant at Desert Inn Road and Boulder Highway who lost 200 dollars.
Carson City reports that UPI notes Tom Harmon, former Michigan All-America star and broadcaster, will speak at the ninth annual Governor's Scholarship Support Dinner on July 8. The $100 per plate event, sponsored by the Wolf Pack Boosters, funds athletics at the University of Nevada, Reno.
Robert "Red" Kinney of IBEW Local 396 is removed as business manager for misusing funds and organizing wildcat strikes. W. L. Vinson asserts Kinney violated union rules, interfered with audits, and set unauthorized severance pay, while Kinney seeks $100,000 from Vinson and others. Kinney appeals a one year meeting suspension as part of the dispute.
Funeral services set for Harold William Hoffman 65 at Palm Chapel Henderson with burial at Boulder City Cemetery. Raymond N Edwards 73 buried privately after death at home. Lojas Richter 36 to be buried in Paradise Gardens after services at Bunkers Chapel Las Vegas Blvd South.
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