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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1965
Page
3
Hector Pacheco, already serving 5 to 6 years for armed robbery in North Las Vegas, was sentenced to life in prison by Dist. Judge John Sexton after a jury found him guilty of kidnapping a 17 year old during a Sunrise Mountain party. His attorneys announced an appeal. Deputy Dist. Atty. Ray Jeffers prosecuted.
R L Packard acting director of Internal Revenue for the Reno District says special federal income tax rules apply to amounts received as compensation for sickness or disability. Payments may be exempt or partly exempt from income tax.
John F. Cahlan a native Nevadan and Las Vegas resident is appointed managing director of the Southern Nevada Industrial Foundation succeeding the late Andrew Buckman Cahlan will take the post after the current legislature in Carson City where he has been an observer for the chamber of commerce Cahlan born in Reno attended public schools and Nevada University 1926 came to Las Vegas 1929 previously sports editor and editor at the Nevada State Journal and managing editor of the Las Vegas Review Journal until 1960 He later led the Nevada Centennial Commission for 18 months Cahlan active in community affairs helped found the junior chamber of commerce and served as its third president and first state president He was a Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce director active in the Elks Lodge Masons Shriner Friendly Sons of St Patrick and the Las Vegas Press Club He married Florence Lee Jones and the Cahlans live at 1600 W Charleston
Two armed bandits held up the Rancho Market on the Salt Lake Highway Monday night and fled with multiple cash bags after shooting a clerk in the arm and grappling with three other employees. Victim Max Culleson, an evening clerk and Nellis Air Force Base airman, was hospitalized as police noted the loss would be substantial.
Police investigated five larcenies including a $1500 electric shuttle buggy from the Showboat Hotel. Bell captain Don Pinkham left luggage briefly. the cart vanished and was last seen turning onto Maryland Parkway. Also reported: golf clubs valued at $400, a coin purse $60, and a surveyor’s instrument $250 taken while owners were briefly away.
Electricians who walked off the Nevada Test Site operations of Reynolds Electric and Engineering Co. stayed home for a second day. No picket line formed and other trades continued work. Union leadership returned but stayed low as no negotiation or confirmation of the strike emerged. The company says eight fired members refused to work without a general foreman.
The 1965 Helldorado Whiskerino invites beard enthusiasts to compete across seven divisions with prizes for reddest whitest blackest fanciest shaggiest and best salt and pepper beards. Judging runs during Helldorado week starting May 10 at the Elks Lodge and no entry fee is charged.
Jury selection proceeds for Horace G. Tucker, 64, former North Las Vegas mayor, charged with murder in the Oct 7 1963 slaying of Jack Evans, whose body was found at Tucker’s 1900 Glider Street home. Tucker reportedly claimed innocence and said he was asleep when Evans was shot. The investigation notes the gun used belonged to Tucker.
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