Nevada Demos back Johnson as 15 of 22 pledged
UPI reports the Nevada delegation to the Chicago 1968 Democratic National Convention favors President Johnson with at least 15 of 22 votes. McCarthy and Kennedy split the rest, while 6 or more delegates remain uncommitted. Sawyer won the state party leadership amid calls for unity.
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Robert Kennedy
New York
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Kennedy
Grant Sawyer
Satur
Johnson
North Vietnam
Sawyer
Jones
Chicago
UPI
Sen
Eugene McCarthy
D-N.y
New Tax Guidelines on Dependents for Divorced Parents
Nevada tax director Warren A Bates announced new federal rules for claiming a child as a dependent when parents are divorced or separated. The guiding principle awards the deduction to the custodial parent for most of the year, with exceptions based on decrees and support from the noncustodial parent, and apply only if neither parent provides over half the child's support.
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Warren A. Bates
Nevada
Congress
Bates
Curfew Extended for German High School Prom Night
Sheriff Ralph Lamb extended the curfew by one hour for several hundred German High School students to attend the junior prom at the Desert Inn Country Club on March 30. Principal Father Anderson formally requested the extension in writing, and two newspapers must publish the action as required by law. The extension applies only to prom attendees.
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Ralph Lamb
Father Anderson
Lamb
Desert Inn Country Club
Las Vegas Sun Newspaper Masthead and Details
The Las Vegas Sun imprint lists staff roles including president H M Greenspun and editor Bryn Armstrong, with executive editors, managers, and department heads. It notes the paper’s postal entry, ad reps, and professional associations in Las Vegas Nevada.
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The
Las Vegas Sun, Inc
South Commerce St
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
Congress
Ward Griffin Co
Chicago
Detroit
New York
San Francisco
Los Angeles
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Nevada State Press Association
American Newspaper Publishers Association
California Newspaper Publishers Association
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Suspect Nabbed After Silent Alarm At Vegas Salon
An 18 year old from St Paul Minnesota was arrested at 2 30 a m inside Joseph and Joanns Beauty Salon 1147 Las Vegas Boulevard South on burglary charges. Las Vegas police and a dog unit swarmed the scene after a rock was used to break a rear bathroom window.
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Minn
Joseph and Joann
Las Vegas Boulevard South
Richard Orville Gudvangen
John Sleeper
Joseph Imprescia
Gerald Bender
Sleeper
Gudvangen
States rely on sales tax for most revenue
Chicago reports that thirty one states depend on sales taxes as their principal revenue source. Fifteen states rely mainly on income taxes, while gasoline taxes lead in three others.
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Bible Urges Attendance At ICC Train Hearings
Senator Alan Bible calls Southern Nevadans to attend ICC hearings on Union Pacific plan to discontinue train 5 6 between Omaha and Los Angeles with Nevada stops Las Vegas Caliente and Moapa Hearings begin April 15 in Omaha and move to Las Vegas City Council Chambers April 23 with a 9 30 a m start Testimony will also be heard in Grand Island North Platte Cheyenne Rawlins Salt Lake City and Los Angeles If approved only one daily round trip would remain.
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Alan Bible
Grand Island
North Platte
Neb
Cheyenne
Rawlings
Wyo
Salt Lake City
Los Angeles
Burglars Take $700 In 2 Homes And Auto
Police report two home burglaries and a car theft yielding about $700 in losses. Lonnie B Titus Sr of 2120 Houston says he left a door unlocked and returned to find a TV set tape recorder radio and more missing valued at $292. Delores Newman of 911 Gerson found a broken kitchen window and $200 in goods stolen including a TV and clothing. Joe Dennis Neal of 805 North 20th says his car behind Charleston Plaza was broken into between 4 30 am and 12 30 pm with a stereo tapes and radio valued at $215 taken.
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Lonnie B. Titus, Sr
Houston
Delores Newman
Gerson
Joe Dennis Neal
North 20Th
Charleston Plaza
Local Road Improvements Scheduled for Las Vegas and Angel Lake
The State Highway Department plans bids April 4 for a 137000 drainage and culvert project on Tropicana wash beneath Las Vegas Boulevard and bids March 28 for a 450000 Angel Lake Road improvement in Wells. It cooperates with the Forest Service and Elko County to build a paved recreation road to Angel Lake, and will donate about 2000 toward Project Renovation to Reno's Virginia Street bridge, the first renovation since its 1900s construction with masonry replacement and tinted grout spraying.
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Wil Pen
Las Vegas
Tropicana Wash
Las Vegas Boulevard
Highway Department
Angel Lake
Wells
U.S. Forrest Service
Elko County
Virginia Street
Reno
BLM Offers Six Acre Tract For Public Sale
The Bureau of Land Management will sell six acres in White Pine County at a public sale on Thursday April 25 at 10 am in the Ely District Office. The parcel sits within northern Ely city limits near Morley Residential Addition with city water power and utilities available. Appraised value and minimum bid are $1,800 plus a $12 publication cost from the winning bidder.
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Bureau of Land Management
White Pine County
Ely
Morley
Peak surpasses Everest again on Guam plume claim
Guam residents claim Mt Lamlam is the world's highest mountain because it rises 1,334 feet above the Marianas Trench depth of 37,800 feet, redefining comparison with Everest based on underwater base.
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Guam
Mt. Lamlam
Pacific Ocean
Marianas Trench
Road Department Announces Promotions and New Appointments
State Highway Engineer John Bawden announced two promotions in the Road Department. Herb Adams becomes assistant district engineer for District 5 at Tonopah, while Homer Anrig is named assistant maintenance engineer, reporting to Vic Clyde and based at Carson City. Adams, 48, Ely native and White Pine High School alum, has long served since 1946 in roles from stake puncher to resident engineer and earned professional land surveyor registration. Anrig, 41, Salt Lake City native, started in 1947 and has overseen about 22 contracts valued at $20 million, including U.S. 50 near Carson City and Lake Tahoe projects.
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John Bawden
Herb Adams
District 5
C. L. Brown
Tonopah
Ely
White Pine
al Kinne
Vic Clyde
McGill
Adams
Carson City
Homer Anrig
Salt Lake City
Anrig
Wells
Paul Robbins
Template
U.S. 50
Lake Tahoe
Highway Department
Woman Hurt in Wreck at Tropicana U S 91 Intersection
A casino cashier sustained back injuries and cuts after a northbound U S 91 crash at Tropicana. Judith Lyon 24 of Sunrise Hospital in good condition. John Freeman of Fort Worth cited for failure to stop. Nicholas Pontecorvo treated and released.
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Nean
U.S. 91
Tropicana Ave
Sunrise Hospital
Judith H. Lyon
Sunrise
Nevada
Bill Freeman
Miss Lyon
John H. Freeman
Fort Worth
Texas
Freeman
Nicholas Pontecorvo
Tarzana
Calif
John Freeman
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