Long-Serving Nevada Postmasters Lead Longevity Derby
Five Nevada post offices survive more than 35 years with long serving postmasters and six others exceed 26 years. Ken W. Dyal notes in San Francisco that Lem S. Allen of Fallon began June 16, 1933, and E. C. Glad ding of Virginia City followed July 8, 1933. Churchill County figures top the list with Agnes Sever at Hazen since July 15, 1934, and Lin W. Campbell of Pioche starting September 15, 1934. Eugene DiGrazia of Valmy is next, with others in Jiggs, Gardnerville, Caliente, Panaca, and Ruby Valley completing the early set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada
Ken W. Dyal
San Francisco
Lem S. Allen
Fallon
E. C
Tex’ Gladding
Virginia City
Allen
Churchill County
Agnes Sever
Hazen
Derby
Lin W. Campbell
Pioche
Eugene DiGrazia
Valmy
Las Vegas Sun Publisher and Staff Directory
The Las Vegas Sun lists its editorial and publishing leadership including H M Greenspun as editor and publisher and a full executive team with Bryn Armstrong and Vince Anselmo among others. The paper is published mornings including Sundays from 121 Highland Ave Las Vegas Nevada 89106 and is a Second Class matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Las Vegas Sun, Inc
Highland Ave
Las Vegas
Nevada
H. M. Greenspun
Ray Germain
Ruthe Deskin
Barbara Greenspun
Haney Womack
Bryn Armstrong
Vince Anselmo
Jim Barrows
Tom Diskin
Gerry Appleby
Douglas Ritchie
William Sherwood
Ward Griffith Co
Chicago
Detroit
New York
San Francisco
Los Angeles
United Press International
Nevada State Press Association
American Newspaper Publishers Association
California Newspaper Publishers Association
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Campus Teacher Training Grants Awarded to UNLV and UNR
U S Rep Walter Baring announced a total grant of 28600 to the University of Nevada Las Vegas and University of Nevada Reno from the Bureau of Education for the Handicapped. The Reno campus receives 19600 and Las Vegas 9000 to train teachers and specialists in mental retardation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Nevada
Las Vegas
University of Nevada, Reno
U.S
Walter Baring
Baring
Reno
Bureau of Education For the Handicapped
Health, Education and Welfare Department
Teen Ticket Tally Scheduled Across Six Las Vegas High Schools
The fourth annual Teen Ticket Tally runs through March sponsored by the Nevada Safety Council Clark County Juvenile Traffic Court and KENO Radio. six Las Vegas high schools receive demerits for juvenile traffic citations in Clark County and the school with the fewest points wins. prizes include a traffic safety film trophy and a dance. A contest board from each school meets thrice weekly to calculate demerits led by Steve Mangis Valley High and Vicki Stewart Rancho High as assistant chairman.
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Las Vegas
Nevada Safety Council
Clark County
Nevada
Steve Minagis
Governor’s Youth Traffic Safety Association
Valley High School
Marat-Sade Screened at UNLV Cinema X
The University of Nevada at Las Vegas will present Marat-Sade on Wednesday at 8:30 p.m. in Social Sciences Building Room 103. Peter Weiss wrote the play The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade. Ian Richardson stars as Marat in the 1808 setting, exploring revolutionary violence as a path to social improvement.
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Cinema X
University of Nevada At
Las Vegas
Marat-Sade
Social Sciences
Peter Weiss
Peter Brook
Jean-Paul Marat
Asylum of Charenton
Marquis de Sade
AEC Settles Las Vegas Damage Claims From Benham Nuclear Test
The Atomic Energy Commission paid 575 to three Las Vegas residents for minor damage linked to the Benham underground detonation at the Nevada Test Site. Settlements totaled 285 for Stardust Country Club cracks, 158 for a residence near C. Ronnow School, and 132 for Tropicana-Sand Hill Road damages. Investigators found the damage could credibly stem from the explosion. Four more Las Vegas claims were either withdrawn or ruled not attributable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atomic Energy Commission
Las Vegas
Benham
Nevada Test Site
Stardust Country Club
C. Ronnow
East Washington Street
Tropicana
Sand Hill Road
AEC
Make Polluters Pay Fee For Un-Polluting
John H. Meier of Hughes-Nevada Operations complimented Stanford’s Karl Ruppenthal on insisting that pollution must be paid for by polluters. Meier chairs a Presidential Task Force on Resources and Environment reviewing pollution in 11 western states and praised Roosevelt and Pinchot’s early reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Meier
Hughes-Nevada
Karl Ruppenthal
Stanford School of Business Administration
Meier
Republican Party
Theodore Roosevelt
Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Ottinger
Hit Motel Cab Driver For 525 Dollars
Armed robbers yesterday struck a Yellow Cab driver and the Hamilton House Motel office on Tonopah Road and Lake Mead Boulevard and Fremont Street. The bandits demanded money, escaping with 25 dollars after a knife and gun were shown. Police describe one suspect as olive complexioned in his 40s, about six foot two and 185 pounds.
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Jack Lynch
Tonopah Road
Lake Mead Boulevard
Geneiieve Iles
Hamilton House
Fremont St
Canada Moves Toward Metric System Change
New York reports Canada is preparing to switch from the feet and pounds measurement system to metric units, part of broader European trends where most countries already use metric. The shift signals potential future changes in trade and daily life across North America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
Canada
Hoover Dam To Welcome 13 Millionth Visitor This July
Congressman Walter S. Baring announced that Hoover Dam and the Lake Mead Recreation Area set new tourist records in 1968. The Lake Mead area hosted 4 751 795 visitors and Hoover Dam 643 423 through the power plants, with a seven percent rise from 1967. The 13 millionth visitor is expected sometime in July, marking another milestone for the popular site.
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Crete
Department of Interior
Hoover Dam
Walter S. Baring
Lake Mead
Baring
Lake Mead Recreation Area
National Park System
the Lake
National Park Service
Bureau of Reclamation
Air Force
Warren C. Kepner
Harrisburg
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National Association of Postmasters of the United States
Gertrude L. Peters
Jiggs
Henry J. Rosenbrook
Gardenerville
William M McGhie
Caliente
Ruth Adair
Panaca
Marion L. Saxton
Ruby Valley
LasVegas
Sun H. M. Greenspun
Continental
Muskie
Senate Air and Water Pollution Committee
Nixon
Taro
Leathers
Factory
Ladies Pullman
Sanna Gift Shop
Sahara Ave
Raed
L.V. Blvd
Faln Nortiary & Cemetery
John Pallo Henderson
Henderson Palm Memorial Park
Leon Sullivan
St. Andrews Catholic Church
Boulder City
Ethlyn Moody
Clyde W. Phillips
Monrovia, California
Doris Piercynski
Mark Piercynski
Charlotte, North Carolina
Joseph William Fox
Minneapols
Minnesota
Bernard Asmus
Scottsdale, Arizona
Evelyn Click Services
Hereford, Texas
Isadore Aster Services
Brooklyn, New York
Harry McClain
Santa Ana, California
Joseph Vansant
Woodlawn
Mary Hanson
Eugene
Oregon
Susan Popie
Cleveland, Ohio
Alten Bender Services
Bakersfield, California
Conoco
Johnson Brothers Auto Service Center
Pete
For All
Cop
Sahara
Maryland
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