Progress Days Kickoff Sparks North Las Vegas Festivities
Both young and old won prizes at the ninth Jaycees Progress Days kickoff in North Las Vegas. Bad Water Bill won the board contest while Ronnie MacLelland and Jeannie MacLelland took first in twisting. Sherry Dopico and David Keeney were runners up. Music by Ray Butler and his Zanzibar Club Nevada Riders plus Wynn Stewart, the Rock-A-Billys, and the Vibra Tones carried the dancing highlights. Booster Button sales were policed by the Daisy Mae girls near the Kangaroo jail.
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Las Vegas
Jaycees
Ronnie
Jeannie MacLelland
Sherry Dopico
David Keeney
Ray Butler
Nevada Riders
Wynn Stewart
Nashville Nevada
Rock-A-Billys
Vibratones
Admiral Hails Local Navy Reserve Unit in Las Vegas
Rear Admiral Murr E. Arnold inspected the Las Vegas Naval Reserve base during a Monday drill. The Eleventh Naval District commander based in San Diego oversees Southern California and a Southern Nevada stretch, stressing readiness for instant mobilization and outlining reserve program limits and strategic aims including anti-submarine warfare and aircraft carriers. He also praised the North Side naval station during an earlier tour before leaving for Tucson, Arizona.
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Las Vegas Naval Reserve
Murr E. Arnold
Loal
Arnold
Eleventh Naval District
San Diego
Calif
California
Santa Barbara
Nevada
Las Vegas
North Side Naval Station
Tucson
Ariz
Doctor Weisser Addresses Nevada Physical Therapy Group
Dr. John Weisser USN retired spoke at Hawthorne for the Nevada Chapter of the American Physical Therapy Association. He compared initial manifestations of physical medicine with its present status. Mrs. Huffaker led the meeting with reports from Las Vegas Reno Carson City and Elko.
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John Weisser
USN
Nevada
American Physical Therapy Association
Hawthorne
Orient
Blanche Huffaker
Las Vegas
Reno
Carson City
Elko
Marion Barfknecht
RPT
Designer Orry Kelly Dresses Claire Bloom For The Chap man Report
Hollywood designer Orry Kelly outfits Claire Bloom in tailored suits for the Warner Bros. comedy The Chap man Report. He favors understated styling with brown Italian silk and a shock green chiffon blouse, plus gold and brown cotton with white handkerchief batiste.
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Claire Bloom
Warner Bros
Orry
Kelly
Batiste
Stone Age Tools Found in Japan Ore First Discovery
In Oita prefecture northern Japan archaeologists reported tools dated at about 150000 years old, uncovered and presented to the Japan archaeological conference yesterday by researchers detailing the ancient site and its significance.
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Japan
Tokyo
UPI
Oita
Japan Archeologial Conference
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Richard Braff
Pilar
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Seabee
Grey
United States
Dr. Weisser
America
Houston
Texaco Eastern
Charleston DU
San Francisco ST
Texaco
E. San Franciso
Main & Carson DU
Belarde & Woods Union
Los Angeles Highway
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L.W. Blvd
Ken’s Nellis Texaco
Art Finch
Tonopah Highway
Bill Day
Texaco Main
Otis Hughes Union
Boulder City
Hollywood
Orry Kelly
Masit
Megpard
Beautyrest
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