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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1965
Page
5
In Las Vegas area from Saturday to Wednesday an Easter Seal Parade aims to raise funds for crippled children and adults in Nevada. The drive seeks 25 000 dollars to support Nevada therapy programs. nine tenths of proceeds stay in Nevada with the rest aiding a nationwide program. Volunteers canvass at least 20 homes each and donors receive Easter seals.
Al Bramlet secretary treasurer of the Culinary Workers Union Local 226 says the union of more than 10 000 members protests AB575 a state cabaret tax plan. He wired Governor Grant Sawyer and legislators stating the tax would hurt hotel and restaurant workers and undo federal tax gains.
Tony Zoppi, longtime Dallas Morning News night club editor and Southwest columnist, named director of publicity and public relations for the Riviera Hotel Las Vegas. He will assume the post April 15 and has a history as a TV personality and wartime public relations officer.
Franklin Leslie Hall charged with the 1963 murder of cab driver Eugene Anthony in Las Vegas won a two week delay in his arraignment. Judge John Mowbray granted the postponement to let new counsel Alfred Becker review evidence. Anthony left a widow and four children.
Governor Grant Sawyer signed six bills in Carson City. SB 4 exempts mobile home dealers from property tax on mobile homes held for sale. SB 11 separates the sheriff and assessor in Storey County. SB 40 funds new DMV quarters. SB 134 creates nonprofit educational corporations. SB 166 requires judges to inform juries they may take notes. SB 170 repeals a rule on maintaining railroad crossings on state highways. SR 216 exempts state prison.
District Judge John Mowbray granted a four day delay for three men Billy Andrew Lee Gene Ervin Cordwell and Alexander Archie charged with kidnapping and slaying John Lee Murray Jr. in Las Vegas on December 5 1964. They asked for time to consider a Justice Court preliminary hearing. they had waived the hearing previously.
Charles Stenicka of the National Association of Manufacturers argues Congress is likely to repeal state right to work laws. He warns unions would gain power and urges public opposition. Nevada, among 19 states with such bans, would face changes if repeal passes.
Griffith Methodist Men’s Club will sponsor a spaghetti supper Friday at 5 30 p m at the church to raise funds for Church and Campus Crusade of the Southern California Arizona Conference. Proceeds support new church construction and Crusade promoted projects including Trinity Methodist Las Vegas and California Western University San Diego. Tickets available from members or church office.
Gaylen Daniel Kinder and Robert Chester Glover were found guilty of burglary of the Square Dance Corral at 2511 Nellis Blvd. by an eight woman, four man jury. Judge Mervyn H. Brown will set sentencing after probation reports review. Jury deliberated less than an hour.
Springfield based Assemblies of God ranks 24th among 260 denominations in the 1965 Yearbook of American Churches. U.S. membership reached 555,992 in 1964, up from 543,003 in 1963. American churches rose by 43 to 8,452, though some figures are incomplete.
Funeral services are set for Lillie Mae Hardwell 70 at the Life House Church of God in Christ in Four Mile with Rev. Rawls officiating. Born June 21 1894 in Claborn Paris Louisiana she died here Sunday and left five daughters three sons many relatives. Burial is in Emerson Arkansas. John J Thiel 75 of Milwaukee dies in North Las Vegas while visiting. he is survived by a brother Oscar Thiel of Evansville Indiana. Palm Mortuary handles arrangements.
Robert S. Brown Jr of the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles was chosen for a 17 member national Committee on Public Information and Safety Education within the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators. The group aims to share traffic safety ideas and explain problems to the public. The committee is led by W B G Reynolds of the Ontario Department of Transportation. The AAMVA includes all states U S territories and most Canadian provinces.
Governor Grat Sawyer seeks an attorney general opinion on William Mirin status after Mirin’s continued absence from work on the Strip. The PSC may delay Mirin’s certificate until Atty. Gen. Dickerson rules on whether Mirin was legally operating before the 1963 PSC takeover and grandfathered. The Clark County Commission also delays county and airport permits.
Interior Secretary Stewart Udall will address the public land management congress in Reno from March 30 to April 1 with a banquet on April 1. Other speakers include Senators Bible and Church, Representative Aspinall, Charles Stoddard, Rep. Baring, and Governor Sawyer. The event is co sponsored by the University of Nevada and the western region district of the National Association of Counties during the annual mid winter meeting.
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