Southern Nevada Vocational Center Aims for Job Training Growth
Final installment on the $37 million school bond details the Southern Nevada Vocational Technical Center. If approved, the center opens in September 1966, offering 24 hour operation for 1,000 students in day programs and expanded adult training. It sits on a 390 acre Whitney Mesa site near Henderson purchased for $975, with future plans for dormitories and additional schools. The center seeks to boost employment by supplying workers for new Southern Nevada industries and upgrading current workers.
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Southern Nevada Vocational Technical Center
Southern Nevada Vocational-Technical Center
Whitney Mesa
Henderson
Clark County
Wail Opcs Cve
Wivee WY GI VL
Palm UW
Alien College
Nevada
Memo to Hank About Sunshine and Letter to the President
A cheerful note describes the SUN shining brighter and asks if everyone is happy. It mentions a letter to President Lyndon B. Johnson regarding insurance problems as the inspiration for another letter to the President and presents that letter to follow.
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Hank
Lyndon B. Johnson
Hank Greenspun
Las Vegas Sun
C. M. Matheus
Union Battle At Test Site
Negotiations on a new Pan American contract for NRDS at Jackass Flats begin at the Rivera Hotel. TWU chief E M Wright says the union seeks a separate agreement for the development station amid a jurisdictional dispute with the Las Vegas Building and Construction Trades Council.
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SUN
Pan American
Nevada Rocket Development Station
NRDS
Jackass Flats
Rivera Hotel
Transport Workers Union of America
TWU
E. M. Wright
New York City
Las Vegas
Las Vegas Building and Construction Trades Council
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Pan Am
Nicklaus wins Tournament of Champions at Desert Inn
Jack Nicklaus clinches the Desert Inn title with a final 73 to finish 289, two strokes ahead of Doug Sanders and Jean Geiberger. Chi Chi Rodriguez falters after an early surge to tie for second as Arnold Palmer, Julius Boros, Paul Harney, Tommy Jacobs and Don Fairfield share 282.
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Jack Nicklaus
Desert Inn Country Club
Doug Sanders
Ojai
Calif
Jean al Gieberger
Carlton Oaks
Calif Sanders
Geiberger
Nicklaus
Juan Rodriguez
Dorado Beach
P.R
Chi Chi
Desert Inn Risk Claim by Public Figure Warned
A murky public remark notes Gene Murphy aligning with Walter Winchell on a desert venue. The speaker argues the Desert Inn would be making a grave error if pursued, signaling a controversial stance without details of the dispute.
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Walter Winchell
Gene Murphy
Winchell
Desert Inn
Desert War Escalates With Yemen Offensive Planned
UPI reports the British command announced an offensive against Yemen based rebels that may last a year. The move followed unconfirmed claims that the heads of a British captain and trooper killed by rebels were paraded in Sanaa. A London Foreign Office spokesman denied confirmation of decapitation reports.
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UPI
Sanaa
London
Foreign Office
U.S. State Department
U.S. Legation
Taiz
Yemen
Appeal Set for Rights Commission Ruling in Nevada Case
Dist. Judge John Gabrielli ruled the 1961 rights commission unconstitutional citing abdication of legislative authority and lack of subpoena power. Hawthorne casino operator Lindsay Smith challenged the commission after a Reno hearing on alleged racial discrimination and testimony at El Capitan Casino Restaurant.
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Dist
John Gabrielli
Hawthorne Casino
Lindsay Smith
Smith
Commission
Reno
Soustelle Reveals Communist Shift Behind De Gaulle
Jacques Soustelle now in hiding speaks exclusively to the Sun about the unexpected move of the French Communist Party to back De Gaulle. He notes his past role in the 1958 Gaullist coup and discusses current risks while offering a rare perspective for the North American Newspaper Alliance.
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Jacques Soustelle
Charles de Gaulle
Communist Party
de Gaulle
Soustelle
North American Newspaper Alliance
SUN
Deseret Inn memo and Las Vegas visit noted by Winchell
Winchell recounts his New York press trip to Las Vegas for the Desert Inn annual event and a large donation event. He notes a 24 hour interruption for Kern County officials and that the King's Crown Tally-Ho Hotel staff welcomed him upon return. He suggests using newspaper quotes in ads to amplify publicity.
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Kern County
Calif
Bar Ass'n
King’s Crown Tally-Ho Hotel
Sawyer an Opportunist Or Dedicated Servant
Editor's note introduces the first of two dispatches examining Governor Grant Sawyer's administration. Cyrian United Press International frames the piece as an inquiry into Sawyer's motives, balancing questions of opportunism and dedication amid his governance.
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Sawyer
Grant Sawyer
Cyryan
United Press International
Police nab suspects on stakeout and crime round-up
Carson City detectives arrested Bobby Jack Reynolds of Jackson Mississippi on bad check warrants after a stakeout near Cincinnati and Tam Drive while visiting an acquaintance. William J. Dowel of Long Beach was seized at a root beer stand on Charleston Boulevard, suspected in robbing a Long Beach grocery store of 400 dollars. Both suspects held for California and Texas authorities. The piece notes Gov. Grant Sawyer's sixth year in office and his administration’s civil rights push and public image efforts.
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Bobby Jack Reynolds
Jackson
Miss
Texas
Cincinnati
Tam Drive
Bob Hillard
Bob Cleveland
California
William J. Dowel
Long Beach
Charleston Boulevard
Dowel
Dinah Shore Set for Splitsville in Divorce Talk
Dinah Shore and Maury Smith of Palm Springs California are at the center of divorce rumors. Shore, formerly married to George Montgomery, has conferred with her lawyers about a probable separation. No children exist from the union, and close sources say reconciliation is sought despite showbiz career pressures.
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Dinah Shore
Maury Smith
Palm Springs
Calif
The
Tiviera
Miss Shore
George Montgomery
Mided
Maury
Chevrolet
Dinah
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