Barbra Streisand Set to Open Las Vegas Hotel Night
Barbra Streisand rehearses for a July 2 Las Vegas appearance as the International Hotel gains liquor and gaming licenses. The Clark County Licensing Board approved licenses for the hotel to operate 11 main bars nine service bars 850 slot machines and 46 games including craps 21s baccarat keno Big Six and roulette. Also approved were licenses for Fred Harvey Inc to manage food and drink at McCarran Airport and several tavern and package liquor concessions including Chevron Bar and Clay's Cocktail Lounge. A new stockholder disclosure ordinance was passed requiring listing of officers and stockholders holding two percent or more to prevent conflicts of interest.
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Barbra Streisand
New International Hotel
Clark County Liquor and Gaming Licenseing Board
Paradise Road
Las Vegas Convention Center
Kirk Kekorian
Fred Benninger
Alex J. Shoofey
James W. Newman
James D. Aljian
Fred Harvey, Inc
McCarran International Airport
Daggett Harvey
Leslie W. Scott
Louis Wiener
Helldorado clash looms as Elk’s Lodge meets mayor
Mayor Grayson will confer with Elk’s Lodge representatives over a Helldorado controversy in the gambling resort. The 35 year old event is sponsored by the lodge while the Downtown Casino Center Association objects to downtown parade traffic blocks and to the Kangaroo Court. Some businesses urge moving the celebration to nearby cities such as Henderson Boulder City or North Las Vegas.
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Oran Grayson
The
Elk’s Lodge
Downtown Casino Center Association
Grayson
Nevada
Henderson
Boulder City
Las Vegas
Downtown Las Vegas gateway project outlined by four architects
Four architects presented a long term plan for a downtown Las Vegas government complex and park system built around a land swap with Union Pacific for 350 acres between the tracks and the freeway. The concept envisions a grand plaza, hotels, a convention facility, monorail, high rise offices, lakes, a planetarium, and extensive green belts to redefine downtown.
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Las Vegas
Union Pacific Railroad
Union Pacific
Leo Berns
Jim McDaniel
Elmo Bruner
Dave Welles
Fremont Street
McDaniel
McCarrane International Airport
Las Vegas plans ambitious plaza city hall and courthouse redesign
County officials praised a proposed tri government plaza downtown featuring a new city hall on the current site or portable alternatives, a $3 million courthouse addition, and trees and parking. Architects eye Union Pacific land as a cheaper option while officials push to reduce duplication of services. The project aims to unite scattered facilities and shape a lasting downtown center.
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Bud Albright
Albright
McDaniel
Tri-Government Plaza
Carson Street
Plaza
Fremont Street
Las Vegas
Union Pacific
Bill Briare
Dave Henry
The Establishment rise in the age of the group
Leonard Grant Howard Parker and D Arneill Pershing formed The Establishment to craft a dream group for Andy Griffith within two weeks. Five women and five men were selected and fused into a cohesive act. Their breakthrough included Las Vegas and Lake Tahoe appearances and a first television regular on The Jonathan Winters Show.
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Leonard Grant
Howard Parker
D’arneill Pershing
Las Vegas
Lake Tahoe
Jonathan Winters
Sahara Hotel
Tennessee Ernie Ford
Nurses Strike Tales Break Into Everyday Life
Par Buttram riffs on national nurse strikes with sharp humor about hospital delays and picketing. He jokes that patients must give a week's advance notice when sick, notes nurses’ practical shoes, and recalls a hospital bill that forced him to sell his car.
Three Year Old Taken To Hospital In Auto Crash
A three year old girl from North Las Vegas sustained internal injuries and a fractured leg after being struck by a car at Bassler Street and Lake Mead Boulevard. The driver Benedict Talashewski, 48, faced a fault brakes citation. The child was listed in fair condition at Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital.
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North Las Vegas
Bassler St
Lake Mead Blvd
Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital
Cottingham
Militarists urged to push ABM story to civilians at convention
Assistant Secretary of Defense for manpower and reserve affairs Roger T. Kelly told 1,500 reservists at the Reserve Officers Association convention that the proposed anti-ballistic missile system would defend the nation. He urged resolving ROTC disputes and stressing the defensive nature of the Safeguard ABM to the public.
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Roger T. Kelly
Kelly
Nixon
Reserve Officers Associa
Tion
Stardust Hotel
Defense Department
George Washington
Reserve Officer Training Corps
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Chevron
Searchlight
Harold Warren
Verlie Doing
Clay's Cocktail Lounge
Boulder Highway
Charles J. Harrison
Maryland Pkwy
Boulevard Mail
Sheriff's Office
Congo
Chris Chrystal
SUN
Stewart Avenue
Bonanza Road
LAS Vegas Sun
Sth Street
Sunfoto
Ken Jones
MacArthur Park
Johnny
Larry Scott
Civil Air Patrol
Doris North
Scott
Mountain Home Afb
Idaho
Linda May Cottingham
Hickey
Benedict Talashewski
Talashewski
ABM
RCA
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