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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1966
Page
5
CAB examiner reaffirmed a ruling allowing Bonanza Air Lines to participate in the Mineral County Airlines bid for Hawthorne to Los Angeles service. Mineral, subsidized by El Capitan Casino, seeks CAB certification for its Hawthorne Los Angeles route.
William Barker, the city attorney of North Las Vegas, said he will file to run for district attorney as a Democrat later this month. He urged a team approach among police, prosecutors, and the courts and pledged to build a professional staff if elected. Barker previously served as chief deputy district attorney in charge of criminal prosecutions in 1961 and 1962 and has been city attorney for North Las Vegas for the past 14 years.
Representative Walter Baring of Nevada urged a space age approach to gold mining and criticized 1934 price controls. He announced plans to testify Thursday before a House subcommittee in favor of legislation to grant incentive payments to domestic gold mines.
Miss Sharalee Springmeyer of Reno and Miss Joan Gansberg of Gardnerville received Fulbright-Hays grants to study and teach abroad. Sens. Bible and Cannon announced. Springmeyer will study 16th century French literature at the University of Lyon, Gansberg will teach in Bolivia. About 2,500 U.S. citizens receive such grants annually.
Lawrence A. and Judie E. Dickinson sold the 23 000 acre Red Rock Ranch north of Stead Air Force Base for 1 million dollars. John M. Berry led a group of buyers listed as purchaser. The sale was disclosed yesterday.
The New Frontier complex on the Strip is in final demolition stages with levelling expected by May 15. A 650 room hotel and casino is planned for completion by July 1967, led by Maurice H. Friedman. The project, costing over $18 million, will rebuild the entire area and introduce upgraded hotel and gaming facilities.
Eleven people were injured when a bus and a police paddy wagon collided near downtown Reno. Nine were treated and released. two prisoners in the wagon Robert Sorrells and Laura Evans suffered broken collar bones and were hospitalized. The bus, driven by Timothy Farrell, was empty and struck a tree after hitting the wagon and a car.
Drex Bayles 17 from East Ely is in fair condition after an explosion of blasting caps in a Mosier Canyon mine 40 miles south. Lena Bernd 18 and Frank Schumacher 20 were with him and found six caps as they played with them. Bayles sustained copper fragment injuries to his right arm.
Reno police chief Elmer Briscoe defended officers after a 21 year old Negro was arrested for resisting arrest disturbing the peace and using obscene language. A citizens committee alleged brutality and urged a civilian review board and psychological testing for officers.
A standing room crowd enjoyed Gian-Carlo Menotti’s The Old Maid and the Thief and The Telephone at Nevada Southern University. Phyllis Deyo and Franklin Siu led strong singing and acting in The Telephone, while Marjorie Dickinson Ruth Julian and Ruth Tener shone in The Old Maid and the Thief. Scenery by Bob Burgin and chalk backdrops by Ruby Young added period flair to the productions.
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