Bank of Las Vegas Promotes Downtown Revival and Music Month
The feature highlights Las Vegas downtown revitalization led by private investment, Mint topping off a 27 story hotel, Four Queens expansion, and Fremont plans. It notes the Bank of Las Vegas as instrumental, offers music month promotions with Columbia albums for new accounts, and quotes witty local commentary. The piece also mentions a 4 percent regular savings rate and 41/2 percent time savings rate.
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Bank of Las Vegas
Two Major Bills Near Passage
Two measures near final passage include a sweeping employment non discrimination bill and Gov. Sawyers parole reform. The employment bill bars hiring discrimination based on race color or creed for employers with 15 or more workers and empowers the State Equal Rights Commission to hear cases. James Anderson of the NAACP praised the bill as amended and urged adequate staff for enforcement. The parole bill clarifies offenses not eligible for early parole and allows after one third service, with bans on early release for serious crimes.
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Labor and Industrial Committee
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National Association For the Advancement For Colored People
Assembly
Eqnal Rights Commission
Sawyer
State Parole Board
Heart Attack Fatal to Vegan Man in Las Vegas Home
A 55 year old Las Vegas man Richard Joseph died of an apparent heart attack at his home on Yale Street after reporting severe chest pains at 11 30 a m He had worked 12 years as a pressman for the Las Vegas Review Journal Funeral services are pending at Bunker Brothers Mortuary
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Las Vegas
Yale St
Richard Joseph
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Bunker Brothers Mortuary
Discovery of Dead Sea Scrolls Unveiled in Palestine Caves
In Jerusalem UPI reports the Dead Sea Scrolls refer to numerous Jewish writings found in caves near the Dead Sea. The first discovery occurred in spring 1947 marking a landmark in biblical archaeology.
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Jerusalem
Dead Sea
Palestine
Too Late to Classify Bureau No Referral
Classifieds section item notes lost and found Beagle beige poodle Coco 7 months old in McNeil Estates with phone numbers for contact. Also lists help wanted TV technician in training, real estate trades near Rock Quarry Valley of Fire, business opportunities, unfurnished houses and furniture for sale with contact details and hours.
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McNeil Estates
Facre Rock
Exiled King Farouk’s Life Told in Turbulent Headlines
Former King Farouk of Egypt dies in Rome after a life marked by sensational marriages and royal flirtations. He married Narriman then divorced, fled Egypt with family to Capri, later lived a discreet life on Via Veneto, while his reign saw turmoil and Arab state alliances, with the Inshass estate hosting regional leaders.
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Naguib Bey
Egypt
Narriman
Ahmed Faud
Island
Capri
Zay
Via
Veneto
Farida
Switzerland
Middle East
Inshass
Cairo
Gun Mishap Ends Life of Local Electrician
A 44 year old Strip hotel electrician, George Milton Goshen, brother in law of Bonanza Airlines President Edmund C Converse, died at Sunrise Hospital after a D caliber rifle being cleaned discharged, injuring his chest. Doctors cite possible circulatory obstruction as a cause while a final determination awaits. He was admitted March 10 following the accidental discharge.
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Sunrise Hospital
George Milton Goshen
Bonanza Airlines
Ednund C. Converse
New Gaming Union Gains Members Amid Labor Tension
Las Vegas operators face a push from a new gaming union led by Feldman as he accuses the AFGCE of factory style bargaining and vows to file unfair labor practice charges. He cites support from casino owners and promises of jobs in openings yet to materialize. He notes possible NLRB election timing and pathways to contract without a full vote.
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AFGCE
Tom Hanley
Feldman
Emery
Pioneer Club
CEU
Shennanigans
Union Group Insurance
U. S
Secur
Iy Clarances
AEC
U. S. Weather Bureau
NTS
Carlsbad
Sands Desert Inn
Riviera
Dunes
California Club
Nevada Club
Hanley
Casino Employees Union Local 7-11-21
NLRB
Twisters and Blizzards Sweep Midwest and Nation
Severe storms lash much of the nation with tornadoes and blizzards. A Casey Illinois tornado destroys a metal shed and damages a carport while boats are lifted from a lake. In Minnesota and nearby states 16 inch snows and drifts halt travel. Fargo Duluth Minneapolis and St Paul face closures and city buses stop as schools and businesses shut down.
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Midwest
Red River Valley
Minnesota
North Dakota
Iowa
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Illinois
Michigan
St. Cloud
Minn
Chicago
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
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Duluth
Wiscon
Nun Invited to NASA Astronaut Training in New Jersey
Sister Jane Edmund Callanan, a nun from Convent Station New Jersey, was invited to apply for NASA astronaut training at the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston. The invitation was the second accidental mailing to a nun in recent days, following Sister M. Margaret Beal Mear of Notre Dame.
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UPI
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Manned Spacecraft Center
Houston
Jane Edmund Callanan
M. Margaret Bealmear
University of Notre Dame
South Bend
Ind
Callanan
Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth
Federal judge approves Selma to Montgomery march
Judge orders Alabama officials Wallace Lingo and Clark to stop harassing or blocking the march from Selma to Montgomery and to provide protection. President Johnson welcomes the settlement as law and order is urged, while Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. proclaims federal approval to supporters.
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Johnson
Wallace
Lingo
Clark
Martin Luther King Jr
Hails Irish In Local Celebration
Gov. Grant Sawyer at the Stardust Hotel dinner lauded Irish Americans as underdog supporters and trailblazers. He traced Irish roles from 1600s Virginia to modern politics and noted figures in the Revolutionary War, Civil War, World War I, and World War II including Capt. Colin P. Kelly.
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Grant Sawyer
Friendly Sons of St. Patrick
Stardust Hotel
Sawyer
America
Virginia
New World
Frances Maguire
George Washington
Society of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick
Colin P. Kelly
Pearl Harbor
United States
Showdown In Case Fix Probe Grows Into Public Debate
Evidence of alleged court case fixing has been partly turned over to the district attorney in mid January and since then. Officials suspect a named person negotiated the fixes and his name circulates widely in legal circles and among the public. The probe, ongoing since last June, remains clouded by politics and officials’ hesitation to proceed.
Where I Stand on Agitation and Civil Rights
A column arguing that agitation drives progress and that clergymen and citizens must protest against racial injustice. It links Selma protests to national impact, praises reformers like Thomas Jefferson, and urges clergy to stand for social justice despite risks.
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