Duties Of NORAD Radar Squadron In Las Vegas
A NORAD system based near Las Vegas coordinates with Cheyenne Mountain to guard North American airspace. The 865th Radar Squadron monitors Western US air activity from 1.3 million square miles, with Major General James R. Winn directing scramble orders and weapon controllers guiding interceptors.
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NORAD
Pacific
Canada
Aerospace Defense Command
United States
North American Air Defense Command
Cheyenne Mountain
Colorado Springs
Colo
U.S
865Th
Las Vegas
North American
Alaska
James R. Winn
Hamilton Air Force Base
Calif
Winn
San Pablo Bay
San Francisco
Las Vegas Sun Masthead and Editorial Staff Notice
Publisher roster and staff positions listed for the Las Vegas Sun including editors, managers, and departments. Subscription rates and office details are provided, with circulation and advertising affiliations noted.
Rice University Professor Visits NSU Campus
Rice University physicist Geoffrey K. Walters will lectu re at Nevada Southern University Las Vegas on May 14 and 15 under the AAPT and AIP programs funded by the National Science Foundation. Walters, a Rice professor with a long career in low temperature physics and nuclear resonance, will give lectures meet students and assist faculty. He joins NSU after a career at Texas Instruments and Rice University and has held NSF and DuPont fellowships.
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Rice University
Department of Physics
Houston
Texas
Nevada Southern University
Las Vegas
American Association of Physics Teachers
American Institute of Physics
National Science Foundation
American Physical Society
Optical Society of America
Acoustical Society of America
the Society of Rheology
American Crystallographic Association
American Astronomical Society
Walters
H. Fechter
Walter
Geoffrey King Walters
Baton Rouge
Rice
Phi Beta Kappa
Sigma Xi
Duke University
William M. Fairbanks
Geoffrey Walters
DuPont Company
William M. Fairbank
Texas Instruments, Inc
Dallas
Texas Instruments’ Physics Research Laboratory
The
American Geophysical Union
American Association For the Advancement of Science
American Association of Physics Teachers, Sigma Xi
Bomb Probe Is Negative After Secret Building Search
Security officials for the Atomic Energy Commission searched the top secret building after a bomb threat. No device was found. AEC security and private guards conducted the search and evacuated employees from the two story building after an anonymous caller alerted the Clark County Sheriff’s Office.
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The
Atomic Energy Commission
Commission
AEC
Clark County Sheriff's Office
Arabian Buffs Conclude Successful Local Show
The Fourth Annual Purebred and Half Arabian Horse Show at the Stardust Hotel ended with gusty winds and cloudy skies not dampening enthusiasm. 116 exhibitors and over 300 horses participated, led by locals Paula Hotchkiss and Curly Schroeder with multiple wins, while Don Rapp placed in Purebred Arabian Western Pleasure and Don Triolo scored in several classes. Howard Murphy of the Las Vegas Arabian Horse Association praised the three day event and its strong showing for Las Vegas as a future show site.
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Stardust Hotel
Horseman’s Park
Las Vegas
Nevada
Frank B. Dodd
Reno
Lucas Arabians
Fernley
Don Rapp
Gloria Kofahl
Fahrul
B. G. Czipott
Hadur
Don Triolo
Howard Murphy
NSU Faces Shortage of Course Catalogs for Incoming Students
Nevada Southern University may run out of catalogs as 7 500 were used last May and 9 000 more expected from the state printer. Dallas Norton, NSU admissions officer, says a general information catalog with photographed course sections will be mailed to applicants. Catalogs cost about 4 600 to produce locally and the university plans pre registration starting May 13 to ease inquiries.
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Nevada Southern University
Dallas Norton
NSU
Central Service Office
Norton
Creel Printing Co
Car Safety Check Set In Vegas
A county wide voluntary vehicle safety check, part of a statewide program, will be held Thursday Friday and Saturday. Check lanes will operate Thursday and Friday 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Lane locations to be announced later.
Nevadans Attend Far West Insurance Conference in San Francisco
Nevada representatives lead a Far West Conference in San Francisco with program chair Charles B. Marriage and panel on State and Local Insurance Practices. Attendees include Edwin Semenza, Oliver G. Bolton, Remo Fratini, and leaders from Reno Sparks Las Vegas Ely and Carson City.
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San Francisco
Charles B. Marriage
Carson City
Far West
Nevada
Edwin Semenza
Reno
National Association of Insurance Agents
Oliver G. Bolton
Nevada Independent Insurance Agents
Nevada Safety
Council
Reno-Sparks
Remo Fratini
Marshall Heuer
Independent Insurance Agents
Don Duke
Carson-Tahoe
Surance Agents Association
Russell Adams
C. H
Bud) Hursh
Dave Armstrong
Las Vegas
George Brown
Frank Kerestesi
Lou Martinez
Lew Atkin
Ely
Leo Curto
State Association
Siam King Offered Elephants to Lincoln Civil War
A Bangkok note says a Siamese king once offered to send elephants to aid President Lincoln in the Civil War. Now Thai troops are participating in the Vietnam conflict a century later.
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Bangkok
Siam
Thailand
Abraham Lincoln
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