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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1969
Page
5
The Sons of Erin announce a dance at the Italian American Club on 2333 FE Sahara Ave starting 8 p.m. Tickets are $5 per couple at the door after the City Solicitation Review Board approved the sale. Mike Kenny, vice president and dance chairman, confirmed details.
Prominent Los Angeles heart specialist Dr. Eliot Corday urged at a national medicolegal symposium that the surgeon’s mission remains saving lives. He warned that removing a beating heart from a living donor means death for the donor and raised debate on wrongful death. A Vanderbilt law expert argued for free choice in organ donation, opposing mandatory presumed consent.
Three local obituaries note Francisca Ponce de Leon 68 of 1937 Vegas Valley Dr died in a local hospital born Oct 4 1900 in Cuba. Rosary tonight and funeral at St Anne's and Palm Memorial Park. Also mourn Joseph Clyde Dye 66 WWI veteran cook who died in a local hospital burial at Woodlawn Cemetery and spouse Cathrine Dye. George Allred 93 carpenter of 306 N 11th St died Friday burial Mt Pleasant Cemetery. Jacobs Mortuary Mt Pleasant in charge. Surviving relatives listed for each.
The U.S. Weather Bureau reports the nation’s lowest nonAlaskan temperature at Evanston Wyoming reached 20 degrees below zero while Presidio Texas posted a high of 78 degrees.
John R. D. Wilson age 44 of 454 E Twain died Wednesday in a local hospital. He was a Caesars Palace dealer born February 23 1925 in North Dakota and had lived here 22 years. Services are pending in Lodi California with Palm Mortuary handling arrangements. In lieu of flowers memorials to the Heart Fund. Survived by widow Lucille of Las Vegas a stepson Lynn Forisha a brother Charles Wilson of Las Vegas a sister Ellen Freutel of San Francisco and his mother Mrs Emma Reucher of Lodi.
Two Reno men Donald Miller and Donald Baliotis are held on $30,000 bail for allegedly plotting to dynamite Joe Conforte’s Sullivan Lane home. Authorities say they found dynamite and explosive paraphernalia in the suspects’ vehicles. A preliminary hearing is set for March 25 in Sparks Justice Court, with possible Washoe County grand jury indictment.
Sparksman in Reno sues in district court for 15 million dollars alleging patent rights violations. Defendants include Siskon Corp and officers H B Chessher Sr and Jr Anne L Chadek George W Sumner and Tilt-Down Patent Inc. Sumner says a 1966 contract allowed use of a wall pouring patent and a new corporation was to be formed with 10 percent stock, but no corporation was created and royalties were not paid.
James Bailey, director of the State Motor Vehicle Department, told the Senate Finance Committee that the highway patrol's communications system is poor with junk spread across Nevada. He said some areas are blanked out and communications fail for hours or days and urged new equipment to save money in the 1969 1971 budget.
More than half of coronary heart attack victims die before reaching a hospital for treatment. Hospital arrival delays worsen outcomes and emphasize need for rapid emergency response.
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