Mardi Gras Ball Hustle Snatches Old Ladies in Las Vegas
A Las Vegas letter from a Rose de Lima auxiliary member lampoons a Mardi Gras Ball at the Flamingo. It claims husbands are losing their wives to ticket hustling, prize prizes, and publicity stunts, begging Bess Rosenberg to return the old ladies by night’s end. The note humorously lists local figures and plans to bartend at the event while lamenting missing spouses and home dinners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flamingo
Monte Fox
Las Vegas
Mollie
Bess Rosenberg
Bessie
Building permits fall sharply in February countywide
February building activity in the county slowed to a snail's pace with 175 permits issued and a valuation of 4.03 million, far below February 1964’s 227 permits and 17.44 million. A Sunrise Hospital remodel accounted for most of last month’s value at 2.47 million, while two-month totals reached 7.29 million versus 20.17 million the prior year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Koval
Sunrise Hospital
Koval
Credit Union Opens New Las Vegas Office and Grows
The Las Vegas City Employees Federal Credit Union held an open house at 1909-11-13 Weldon Place to celebrate its new offices. Ribbon cutting by Charles Hunt and City Manager Art Trelease marked the event. The credit union, in its 14th year, reached the million dollar mark in January and now serves 1,058 of 1,075 eligible city employees.
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Las Vegas
Federal Credit Union
Weldon Place
Charles Hunt
Art Trelease
Carolyn
Credit Union
G. S. Snider
Snider
City Fire Department
Enid Gartin
Virginia Strling
Neal Clegg
LaVerne Davis
Joe Mast
Otto McFarland
Ruth Gould
J. O. Mudd
Eileen Carson
Don J. Viner
Louis P. Maynard
Charles Southerland
Hal Laird
Men Stroll About On Wrong Lawn
A local resident alerted police Sunday night after seeing three men cross his front yard and enter a car. Officer Jere Vanek found them a block away within ten minutes, recovering a radio a record player a space heater and a typewriter. Three suspects Raymond Lozano Ronald Logan and Adolph Aragon faced burglary and disorderly conduct charges with Logan pleading guilty to disorderly conduct Lozano and Aragon pleading guilty to drunk and disorderly and each receiving 10 days in city jail from Judge Walter Richards.
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Dennis J. England
Shadow Lane
England
Jere Vanek
Desert Inn Lane
Vanek
Raymond M. Lozano
W. Lake Mead
Ronald M. Logan
N. C Street
Adolph G. Aragon
S. Second St
Logan
Lozano
Aragon
Walter Richards
Unfair Ruling Hits Union Teamsters Local 631 over 1963 64
The NLRB ruled Local 631 committed 19 unfair labor practices by inducing members and others to refuse to offload Reynolds Electric & Engineering Co. materials. A secondary boycott aimed at forcing Reynolds and carriers to cease business, violating NLRA provisions, led to cease and desist orders.
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Teamsters Local
Reynolds Electric & Engineering Co
National Labor Relations Board
Reynolds
NLRB
National Labor Relations Act
Teamsters
Las Vegas
Nevada
Associated General Contractors
Tearmsters
Teamster
Hill and Hill Truck Co
Reeco
Las Vegas Builders Exchange
Southern Nevada Home Builders Association
Las Vegas Eyes Sewer Rate Study and Possible Increases
City officials commission an extensive survey to compare Las Vegas sewer charges with North Las Vegas and nearby districts. Results and any rate hike recommendations likely won’t be announced until after the June municipal elections as officials fear public reaction and recall pledge from the 1964 bond issue. The bond funds mostly target new sewer lines and treatment additions, while current hook up and monthly fees remain lower than surrounding jurisdictions.
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Las Vegas
Trustees Appoint Pathology Head at Southern Nevada Memorial
The Board of Trustees of Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital named Dr. Robert Belliveau as director of pathology after a prior plan to discuss the matter at a special meeting. Belliveau, 34, has led pathology since Dr. Nicholas Grenfell resigned last October amid a hospital budget shortfall and staff cuts. The 5:30 p.m. meeting was set to approve the 1965 66 budget as doctors and board negotiate hospital leadership.
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Ern
Nevada Memorial Hospital
Robert Belliveau
Belliveau
Nicholas Grenfell
Many Licenses For Matrimony
The county issued 2,849 marriage licenses last month according to Chief Deputy County Clerk Loretta Bowman. She noted February 1964 saw 3,076 licenses, bringing the two month total to 5,630, down from 5,693 in the prior year.
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Loretta Bowman
Cupid
Bowman
Shecky Greene arrest and Riviera disturbance in Las Vegas
The article reports Shecky Greene's arrest after a Riviera lounge disturbance, his release on $25 bail, and a May 9 trial date set by Justice of the Peace Jim Brenan with attorney George Dickerson. It also notes a district court test of Nevada's annexation moratorium in Clark County v Henderson, with Judge David Zenoff hearing issues on the law's validity and Henderson’s annexation timeline.
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John Blackney
Las Vegas
A. Greene
Riviera
Justice of the Peace
Jim Brenan
Green
George Dickerson
Greene
Sheriff's Deputies
Riviera Hotel
Grant Sawyer
Clark County
Henderson
Dist
David Zenoff
John Porter
Cil
Manzone
Assembly
Zenoff
Kennedy Aerogramme to feature late president portrait
Postmaster Robert Lias announced on Monday that a 1-cent Aerogramme bearing a portrait of the late President Kennedy will be issued here on May 29. He said the Kennedy Aerogramme will provide world wide service at low cost. An aerogramme is a lightweight make it yourself envelope with a message written on the inner side and folded for posting.
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Robert Lias
Kennedy
Lias
Reno
UPI
Sun War
Woo
Nevada
Kwantung
China
America
Cosmo Club
Charles Chew
Air Crews Test Skills at Nellis in Blue Ghost I Meet
Fifteen combat ready crews from TAC all weather fighter units compete at Nellis AFB in Blue Ghost I. The event runs Sunday to Wednesday with two missions per team and scoring by special judges. Participating units include Fourth TFW Seymour Johnson AFB and McConnell AFB.
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Tactical Air Command
Nellis Air Force Base
Fourth Tactical Fighter Wing
Seymour Johnson Afb
N.C
355Th Tfw
McConnell Afb
Sanstin
Kan
Two Nevada job camps approved for spring operation
Senator Howard Cannon reports approval of two job corps camps in Nevada to train youths in hand tools heavy equipment forest and wildlife work near Carson City and in the Spring Mountains. Construction will start soon with 100 to 200 youths age 16 to 21 at each site.
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Washington
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