Roundup of local events and pageant applications
Clark County Humane Society to meet at 7 30 p m Wednesday Flamingo Library with Dr Raymond Early as guest speaker. Miss Nevada State Fair Beauty Pageant applications open at Nevada State Fair office Washoe County fairgrounds and state chamber offices for ages 18 to 25 never married. One finalist per county to compete Sept 7 at grand opening ceremonies. Beauty queen earns 500 plus gifts and reigns over five day state fair. Applications due by Aug 5. Family Counseling Service offers six week assertive training skills course starting July 8 from 10 to noon at 1810 E Sahara Ave Suite 24 led by Marilyn Cohen. Further info at the service office.
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Washoe County Fairgrounds
State Chamber of Commerce
Family Counseling Service
Counseling Service Office
Sahara Ave
Marilyn Cohen
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
FA Unica
Virgin Islands
Tne Company
Bell
Federa Pamunicatommission
Alaska
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
U.S
Backyard swim program planned by Las Vegas YMCA
YMCA organizers in Las Vegas finalize plans for a backyard swim program for tiny tots ages 34 years old and parents with children from 10 months to 3 years. Location details point to the YMCA at Casino Center Blvd and Bonanza Road with pool access information available there.
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Las Vegas
YMCA
Casino Center Blvd
Bonanza Road
Arizona U Alumni Roundup at Sahara Nevada Club
The University of Arizona Alumni Association sponsors a roundup for area alums at 11:30 a.m. on July 15 at the Sahara Nevada Country Club located at 1911 Desert Inn Road. A noon luncheon with a slide presentation by Alumni Director Michael J. Harrold follows a no host cocktail period. Reservations should be made before July 11 with Mark C. Mielke at 3313 Cortez.
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University of Arizona Alumni Association
Sahara Nevada Country Club
Desert Inn Road
Michael J. Harrold
Mark C. Mielke
Cortez
LV Man Pleads Nolo Contendere in Utah Stock Fraud Case
Ted England 32 of 70 N Crestline Dr pleaded nolo contendere in federal court to defrauding stock brokerages in Salt Lake City. He faced Aug 8 sentencing after working as branch manager for John Stephens and Co. Details allege he caused brokers to buy Santa Fe Petroleum Securities for a scheme involving Transamerican, Kesco and Continental Securities.
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Las Vegas
Salt Lake City
Ted England
N. Crestline Drive
U.S
Roger Foley
Security and Exchange Commission
England
John Stephens and Co
Salt Lake
Santa Fe Petroleum Securities
Stephens
Transamerican Securities
Kesco and Co
Continental Securities
Sante Fe
NLV Man Sentenced 15 Years for Burglary and Theft
A North Las Vegas man, Joe Willie McLaurin, 25, was sentenced by Clark County District Court Judge Charles Thompson to 15 years in Nevada State Prison after pleading guilty to burglary and possessing stolen property. Police linked a sold typewriter to UNLV burglary, and a second home burglary led to his arrest following a neighbor tip.
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Las Vegas
Nevada
Clark County
Charles Thompson
Joe Willie McLaurin
Royal
McLaurin
UNLV
Progress Fund Nears Goal in Nevada Development Drive
Pledges totaling 127650 toward a 178500 goal were reported at Las Vegas Country Club as the 1977 Progress Fund final report meeting. General Chairman Tom Wiesner noted the sum is well above prior years and said substantial gifts await board approvals. The NDA nonprofit attracts light industry warehousing and corporate offices to Southern Nevada with several firms relocating to Clark County.
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Nevada Development Authority
Las Vegas Country Club
Tom Wiesner
Authority
Nevada
Clark County
NDA
Teacher Killer Gets Life in Classroom Shooting
DETROIT UP I A man named Al Lewis 47 was sentenced to life in prison at hard labor for the November 10 shooting of his estranged wife Bettye McCaster 45 in a classroom as 29 first and second graders watched. The judge Patricia Boyle recommended no parole and lauded the child testimony leading to the conviction.
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Detroit
UPI
Detroit Recorder
Patricia Boyle
al Lewis
Lewis
Boyle
Bettye McCaster
Miss McCaster
UNLV Hosts George Rios Paintings Display
UNLV art gallery in Archie Grant Hall displays George Rios works through Sunday from noon to 4 p.m. Rios, a local artist, maintains a year-round one-man show at the Western Hotel and Casino on Fremont Street.
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George Rios
UNLV
Archie Grant
Rios
Western Hotel
Fremont Street
Tourette's Sufferer Finds Relief In Fort Worth Adolescent
In Fort Worth Texas nine year old Jimmy Cronk struggled with involuntary vocal and physical tics. Teased at school and punished by teachers his mother Nancy Cronk sought explanations until doctors diagnosed Tourette's syndrome. Treatment with haloperidol reduced his tics and improved his school life.
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Fort Worth
Tex
UPJ
Jimmy Cronk
Nancy
Cronks
Jimmy
Arthur Shapiro
Cornell University Medical School
Elaine Shapiro
Shapiro
Witnesses Gain Lead in New York City Son of Sam Killings
Police report their first witnesses in the Son of Sam case, with a tall man in a beige suit and a mustard car linked to the latest Queens shooting that claimed Judy Placido and Sal Lupo. Investigators say the killer targets parked cars on quiet streets, taunting police as they hunt.
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New York
UPI
Sam
Judy Placido
Sal Lupo
Queens
Francis McLoughlin
Miss Placido
Bronx
Donna Lauria
Bartender Held on Michigan Sex and Gambling Party Scheme
Detroit grand jury charges allege Joseph Melfi and seven other organized crime figures ran parties described as orgies with prostitution and fixed card and dice games. Melfi, 38, of 4985 National Ave, was jailed in Clark County after missing a Michigan court appearance and faces no bail per Detroit orders.
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Michigan
Clark County
Joseph Melfi
National Ave
Detroit
Melfi
Grand Jury
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