Clark County Boys Club Earns National Recognition
The Clark County Boys Club gains notice in the National Magazine of the Boys Clubs of America for a Phoenix facility inspection trip led by president Phil Mirabelli and executive secretary Martin Gottlieb. Their efforts spur a $198000 capital drive to build Nevada’s first permanent club, with Sam Boyd leading as chair. Mirabelli received the Golden Man and Boy Award, and the drive starts in June to serve over 2000 youths.
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Clark County
Boys Clubs of America
Phil Mirabelli
Martin Gottlieb
Phoenix
Mirabelli
Nevada
Boys Club of America
Actor Reports Armed Robbery at Strip Hotel
Sheriff's detectives investigated a claim by 22 year old Los Angeles actor Robert William Byron that he and companion Rachel J. Robin were robbed of over $1,000 at a California Strip hotel by an armed man who fled after compliance.
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Sheriff's
Robert William Byron
Los Angeles
Byron
Rachel J. Robin
Firemen Answer 11 Calls in 24 Hours City firefighters logged eleven emergencies in a 24 hour span ending midnight Wednesday
Call notes include smoke investigations at 910 W Bonanza Road and 2313 E Wilson Ave, a stove fire at 1320 Saylor Way, gas leak fix at a service station, and multiple resuscitator requests. Eleanor Heinrich 51 reported breathing trouble but refused ambulance. others included a coronary death at 3:05 p.m. and a grass fire in a vacant lot.
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Bonanza Road
Saylor Way
William Esplin
E. Wilson Ave
E. Stewart Ave
Clark County Health Department
Eleanor Heinrich
Health Department
Las Vegas Blvd
Yale
Richard Joseph
Southern Nevada Hospital
Alta Drive
St Patrick Celebration Attendees At Stardust Hotel
Judge John Mowbray and Rev Welles Miller attended the Friendly Sons of St Patrick event at the Stardust Hotel with Mr and Mrs Thomas Mowbray and Mrs George Goodwin joining them.
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Friendly Sons of St. Patrick
Stardust Hotel
John Mowbray
Thomas Mowbray
Welles Miller
George Goodwin
Funeral services for George Goshen set in Las Vegas church
Funeral services for George Milton Goshen 44 well known Las Vegas resident and former SUN linotype operator will be Saturday at 1 p.m. at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints on 9th and Clark Streets with Bishop Jack Pursell officiating. Burial follows at Mountain View Gardens of Memory. Goshen born June 16 in Ogden Utah died Wednesday at Sunrise Hospital from an accidental rifle discharge while cleaning a rifle. He served in the U S Army Air Corps during World War II and later worked as a printer stagehand linotype operator and Strip electrician. He was active in the LDS Church and classroom ballroom dancing. Survived by his widow Dorothy D two daughters Sherma Lynn Donna two sons George E and C David and a sister Mrs Edmund C Converse all of Las Vegas.
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Las Vegan
SUN Line
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
9Th and
Clark Streets
Jack J. Pursell
Las Vegas First Ward
LDS “Church
Mountain View Gardens
Mr. Goshen
Ogden
Utah
Sunrise Hospital
Goshen
Nevada
Colorado River
Las Vegas
Las Vegas High School
U. S. Army Air Corps
Dorothy D
Sherma Lynn
Tempe
Ariz
Donna Goshen
George E
C. David
Edmund C. Converse
Detroit Auto Output Rises 28 Percent This Week
Detroit production totals 210 600 cars this week, up 28 percent from the same week last year. Year to date output reaches 2 016 449 cars, up 15 percent from a year ago.
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Detroit
Two Lawyers Appointed For Hall In Cab Driver Slaying
District Judge John Mowbray named two attorneys to defend Franklin Lestie Hall 25 in the December 27 1963 bludgeon slaying of taxi driver Eugene Anthony Hall confessed the crime while in county jail awaiting robbery charges He allegedly hired the cab at a Strip Hotel then dumped Anthony’s body in a downtown alley.
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John Mowbray
al Becker
Wayne Clark
Franklin Lestie Hall
Eugene Anthony
Hall
Anthony
Services Set For Pioneer Nevada Man
Funeral services for Thomas C. Plunkett 71 a Nevada pioneer of long standing will be held Friday at 9 a.m. at Bunker Brothers Mortuary with L D Cardwell officiating at the Masonic service. Plunkett born January 20 1894 in Tuscarora died Tuesday in Henderson. He came to Clark County in 1935 with the U S Forest Service where he worked 1933 to 1941. He helped develop Mt Charleston area with CCC Camps. From 1941 to retirement in 1958 he was a warehouseman for Basic Magnesium Corp in Henderson. His family came to Nevada when it was a territory owning a restaurant in Virginia City and a Times-Review newspaper cafe and theatre in Tuscarora. Tuscarora now a ghost town in Elko County was once a booming gold camp with 15 000 people.
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Thomas C. Plunkett
Nevada
Bunker Brothers Mortuary
L. D. Cardwell
Masonic
Mr. Plunkett
Tuscarora
Henderson
Clark County
U.S. Forest Service
The
Forest Service
CCC
Mt. Charleston
Basic Magnesium Corp
Virginia City
Times-Review
Elko County
Obituary Patrick Joseph Kelley of Burlington Kansas
Patrick Joseph Kelley 91 of Burlington Kansas dies Tuesday. Mass will be held Saturday at 9 a.m. at St Andrew s Church Boulder City with Father Fannig officiating. He was born July 23 1873 in Scranton Kansas and lived as a farmer. Survived by daughter Mrs Doris Bondurant son George F Kelley three grandsons and a great grandson all of Henderson. Burial at Boulder City Cemetery.
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Patrick Joseph Kelley
Burlington
Kan
St. Andrew's Catholic Church
Boulder City
Father Fannig
Mr. Kelley
Scranton
Doris Bondurant
George F. Kelley
Henderson
Boulder City Cemetery
Widening Plan Faces Objections From Stewart Street Property Owners
Fifteen south side property owners object to widening Stewart Street only on their side for a 150000 project from eighth to 25th Street. They petition the City Commission to take half the footage from each side to avoid sidewalk and lighting on the south side, citing school crossings and traffic. Commissioners will meet with owners to seek a workable plan.
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Stewart Street
Eighth
25Th Street
City Commission
Ed Fountain
Harry Levy
Dick Sauer
Many Charges Against Young Vegan Jack Jameson
Jack Gregory Jameson, 22, was arrested on a warrant charging burglary grand larceny and attempted grand larceny for stealing a washer and dryer from vacant apartments Wednesday night. He posted bail 500 dollars after a habeas corpus writ, with a hearing to determine why he was arrested. Detectives say the washer and dryer were recovered from 6328 Casada Way.
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Jack Gregory Jameson
al Dreyer
Ron Manning
the Sun
Casada Way
New CAP Nevada Wing Chief Promises Quick Action
Commander Gordon Melcher, new Nevada wing head of the Civil Air Patrol, vows immediate steps to fix discrepancies cited by a state assembly committee. The panel found financial problems and low morale amid dissension. seven officers resigned after Melcher’s appointment. A thorough finances audit is underway and the wing office moves to a more convenient location as Melcher aims to boost aerospace cadet education and air search and rescue efforts.
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Nevada
Civil Air Patrol
State Assembly Committee
CAP
Melcher
Col
Arthur
Indian Bureau Sets Aside 608 Acres for Summit Lake Livestock
The Bureau of Indian Affairs plans to allocate about 608 acres of public land adjacent to the Summit Lake Indian Reservation in northwestern Nevada. The land is deemed necessary to properly utilize forage for the reservation's grazing operations and support Paiute livestock needs.
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Reno
API
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Summit Lake Indian Reservation
Bureau of Land Management
Nevada
Wells Stewart Gets Interstate 80 Contract
The State Highway Department awarded a 2.2 million dollar contract to Wells Stewart Construction Co. of Las Vegas to build eight miles of Interstate 80 east of Wells in Elko County. The project extends from 9.5 to 17.5 miles east of Wells and should be finished in the summer of 1967. It will replace a section of U S Highway 40 first built in 1924 and rebuilt 18 years ago.
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The
State Highway Department
Wells Stewart Construction Co
Las Vegas
Wells
Elko County
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