Las Vegas Eyes High Rise Parking Plan Expansion
Las Vegas city commissioners and a new advisory board approved appraisers to study a south Ogden Avenue site and two 400 car garages. Wilbur Smith and Associates will update the original parking plan to include new downtown buildings, with 90 day appraisals and further site recommendations.
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Fourth Streets
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Buck Blaine
Dick Ronzone
Gaylord Prather
Harry Allen
Chick Hecht
Hollywood figures bid farewell to David Selznick
More than 100 Hollywood elites attended services in Hollywood for David Selznick, producer of Gone with the Wind, with tributes from Cary Grant and readings by Katherine Hepburn. Entombment followed at Forest Lawn as Rabbi Iax Nussbaum led last rites. Lake Mead returns to operating level 1123 feet, after recent drought reduced capacity and a May 1964 drawdown.
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UPI
Hollywood
David 0. Selznick
Joseph Cotten
Cary Grant
Rudyard Kipling
Katherine Hepburn
Iax Nussbaum
Temple Israel
Selznick
Forest Lawn
Lake Mead
Bureau of Reclamation
Hoover Dam
Nevada
Colorado River
Stewart Udall
Lake Powell T O
Lake Powell
Funeral services for Joseph Lowell Statum
Funeral services for Joseph Lowell Statum age 69 are set for Saturday at 11 a.m. at Bunker Brothers Chapel with Rev. Roger Sawyer of Griffith Methodist Church officiating. Entombment will follow at Palm Mausoleum. World War veterans will conduct mausoleum rites. Statum, of 2001 Van Patten Place, was a Stardust Hotel dealer born in Covington Kentucky on October 18, 1895 and served in Las Vegas Post 8 American Legion and VFW Post 1753. He is survived by his wife Maybelle, a son Jack Flick, three sisters, a sister in law, two brothers and a granddaughter Jill Flick.
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Bunker Brothers Chapel
Roger Sawyer
Griffith Methodist Church
Palm Mausoleum
World War Veterans
Statum
van Patten Place
Stardust Hotel
Covington
Las Vegas
American Legion
Fred S. Pennington
VFW
Clark County
Maybelle
Jack Flick
Josephine Reichgert
Zephyr Hills
Fla
Rose Shuford
Detroit
Mich
Ella Hindman
Myrtle Edge
Credit Courses For Pupils In OK County Schools
Clark County School District approves giving students credit for regular courses after passing examinations showing competence. Pupils may skip courses they know well if they meet exam requirements. The board also names principals for Indian Springs and Robert Gibson and appoints curriculum and research staff, requests county authorization on tax-related credit space, and notes enrollment projected at 57 500 next fall.
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Clark County
Jack C. Vineyard
Indian Springs
Robert Dunsheath
Robert C. Gibson
Ronald G. McIntire
Emery S. Robertson Jr
Charge Trip With Heist Ends in Jail Booking
Three men and a 16 year old girl were caught in the act of taking provisions without permission. Dennis B. Beacham 24 Fred Neal Anderson 21 and David Edwin Marshall 23 were jailed on charges of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and first degree burglary. The girl is held by juvenile authorities for first degree burglary.
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Dennis B. Beacham
Glen Eagle
Fred Neal Anderson
Shadow Mountains
David Edwin Marshall
Logandale
Msgr. Lambe Recovering From Surgery After Fall
Msgr. John J. Lambe aged 70 is listed in satisfactory condition at Rose de Lima Hospital Henderson after surgery for a fractured leg from a Thursday fall near his residence. The retired pastor of Our Lady of Las Vegas Catholic Church underwent the operation following the accident.
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Rose de Lima Hospital
Henderson
Our Lady of Las Vegas Catholic Church
Unemployed ad salesman found hanged in hotel room
James Wesley Denbow, 56, of Rocky River Ohio, was found dead in a downtown Las Vegas hotel room Friday afternoon with a seven foot TV antenna wire around his neck. Police said a 23 inch television was stolen from Oran Grayson Furniture in broad daylight. Fire crews responded to six calls in 24 hours including false alarms car fire a resuscitation call and water main shutoff.
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Ken Elder
James Wesley Denbow
Rocky River
Ohio
Oran Grayson Furniture
Heath Quits Sahara Thunderbird Entertainment Chief Resigns
Sahara Hotel stockholder Sonny Heath resigns as head of all entertainment at the Thunderbird. The move takes effect June 30, per SUN entertainment columnist Ralph Pearl, with Heath leaving Sahara and remaining in charge of Thunderbird entertainment.
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Thunderbird Hotel
SUN Entertainment
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Phoebus 1-A Reactor Damaged in Flats Test
A nuclear rocket reactor Phoebus 1-A overheated during a Friday test at Jackass Flats. The unit ran 13 minutes with 10 minutes at full power delivering 50 000 pounds thrust before coolant depletion caused shutdown and damage. Disassembly planned. further Phoebus tests scheduled in coming years.
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Nevada Test Site
Voting Climax at Sertoma Conclave Sees Officer Picks
The 53rd Sertoma International convention in Las Vegas closes with officer races and a bid to pick the 1969 convention city. H A Zethren of York Nebraska stands unopposed for International president while Dr Vincent Mannino vies for International vice president. Other nominees include Joseph Bonamo Robert Wagner James R Burchfield and Pat Thrash. The 1969 site choices are San Francisco Toronto and Miami Beach Bal Harbour Florida.
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Service To Mankind Organization
Mannino
H. A. Zethren
York
Neb
Eugene M. Veale
Tulsa
Okla
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Canada
Mexico
United States
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Motaini
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Lancaster
James R. Burchfield
Columbus
Pat Thrash
Columbia
S.C
Fred B. Fontana
Port Arthur
Tex
International
Sertoma International
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D.C
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Toronto
Miami Beach
Bal Harbour
Fla
LV Reserves To Return Home Today
The 80 members of Battery D 29th Artillery Las Vegas Army Reserves Center returned Saturday from a two week summer camp at Ft Ord California The unit received searchlight battery training including communications battery positioning logistics and administration The 427th Civil Affairs Company will depart for summer camp duty at Ft MacArthur California in August
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Las Vegas Army Reserves Center
Ft. Ord
Calif
427Th Civil Affairs Company
Ft. MacArthur
Loot hits trailer home of Strip hotel engineer
Gerald Andert, an engineer for a Strip hotel, reported that thieves removed carpeting, furniture, lamps and drapes from his trailer home on Thursday night and damaged windows, leaving the mobile residence “generally wrecked.”
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Gerald Andert
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