North Las Vegas voters reelect leaders. Cleland rises atop ticket
North Las Vegas residents reelected Mayor William Taylor Councilman John F Myers and Municipal Judge Dean Breeze. Dr Bud Cleland, a newcomer, led city council candidates by 10 points signaling a new political star. Voter turnout reached 45.3 percent, the highest in years, with praise for City Clerk Helen Piveda's team for swift vote tabulation.
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Las Vegas
NSV
William Taylor
John F Myers
Dean Breeze
Cleland
Myers
Nsw
Taylor
Nevada
Earl Hartke
Rob Bradley
Clay Lynch
North
Runoff Forecast Rises in Colorado Basin Ahead of May 1
The Upper Colorado River Basin showed a slight increase in May 1 runoff forecast to about 11.0 million acre feet, up from 5.54 million last year. April was cool with solid precipitation especially in San Juan and Green River areas, mostly as snow, with 1.54 million acre feet from Upper Green above Flaming Gorge and 1.14 million from San Juan above Navajo.
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Colorado River
Bureau of Reclamation
San Juan
Green River
Flamingo Gorge
San Juan River
Navajo Dam
Two men shot in Reno area killings. suspect wounded
Police questioned Carl Wheeler as a link between two related Reno incidents that left Jack Spurling dead and Charles Hughes wounded. Spurling died after a bathroom shooting at the El Rancho lounge. Hughes was shot three times at Wheeler's home in a related sequence.
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Reno
UPI
Carl Wheeler
Jack Spurling
Charles Hughes
Sparks
Wheeler
Fl Rancho
South Virginia Street
Spurling
Hughes
el Rancho
Nebraska
Bridgeport
California
Helldorado Doin’s Week Events Announced in Las Vegas
The Helldorado week events run May 12 to May 15 at Cashman Field and Freemont Street. Activities include Friday teen-age hop at Fiks Lodge and a Miss Rodeo Hell Dorado contest at the Riviera Hotel. A Young Timers Parade and Roots and Beauty Parade are planned for May 13 and May 15 respectively.
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Fiks Lodge
Las Vegas Boulevard
North
Riviera Hotel
the Elks Lodge
Cashman Field
Fremont Street
Powers Pleads Guilty Again for Gross Intoxication
In Las Vegas, Marie Audry Powers of 308 S Tenth St faced Judge Walter Richards for the ninth time and pled guilty to gross intoxication. The judge warned she would serve sixty days in the city jail. Separately, North Las Vegas officials opened separate bank accounts for the urban renewal agency to manage Rose Garden and Cartier Avenue projects and related costs. Las Vegas High School students receive extended curfew for the Senior Ball at Eighth and Linden. SUN newsboy Adam D McCoy earns USC honors upon admission with a 3.75 GPA. Community drives for the American Cancer Society launch Friday in Clark County with chairs named across North Las Vegas Henderson Moapa Valley and Las Vegas. Assemblyman James Gibson to address Southside Improvement Association on annexation law Monday at Paradise School Tropicana Avenue.
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Marie Audry Powers
S. Tenth St
Richards
Miss Powers
Las Vegas
Nevada Bank of Commerce
Bank of Las Vegas
Las Vegas High School
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Eighth and
Linden Streets
Adam D. McCoy
Vernon Ave
SUN
American Cancer Society
Clark County
Verle Lee
Independent Business Solicitation
Angelo Manzi
Special Gifts
Joe Breen
John Myers
Don Stanley
Henderson
Breen
Lester Burgwart
Jay Bagstad
Harold English
Stanley Jones
Charles Ashman
Irvin Bryner
Moapa Valley
James Gibson
Southside Improvement Association
Paradise School
Tropicana Avenue
Gibson
North Las Vegas Civil Defense Rise Under Mayor Taylor
Four years of effort transformed North Las Vegas Civil Defense from neglect to national regard. Mayor Bill Taylor and Vernon Munsell built a robust program with 100 vehicles and 600 trained volunteers, plus an emergency hospital and a Nevada post office for disaster mail, all under a city SOP guiding emergency response.
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Bill Taylor
Nevada
National CD
West
Plete
Nsw
U.S
United States
Taylor
Las Vegas
Chairman Brundage to speak at Nevada Heart meeting awards
John D. Brundage chairman of the American Heart Association will speak at the 8th annual Nevada Heart Association meeting May 19 at the Hacienda Hotel. Lunch at 12 30 p m precedes presentation of 1965 Heart Fund awards to volunteers and leaders.
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John D. Brundage
American Heart Association
Nevada Heart Association
Brundage
J. Stephen Phalen
Frederick D. Elliott
Death Stops Murder Trial in Reno Court
The murder trial of Ellis White halted Thursday due to the death of District Judge Jon Collins’ mother. Collins left for his Ely home and did not indicate a return date, with proceedings not expected to resume before Monday.
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Reno
Ellis White
Jon Collins
Collins
Ely
Four TV Programs To Spotlight Clark County Schools
Clark County School District partners with a local station to present four thirty minute television programs about public schools starting Saturday. Each 1:30 p.m. showing will cover district information and classroom instruction, with topics including governance by trustees, superintendent roles, and education trends.
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Clark County
Chester Sewell
Clausen Named Humboldt County Sheriff
Leonard Clausen will succeed Delbert Moore as Humboldt County Sheriff when Moore retires May 15. County commissioners chose Clausen who has eight years as undersheriff to fill the vacancy after Moore resigned with a year and a half left in his term. Clausen was named undersheriff when his brother resigned in 1955.
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Winnemucca
UPS
Leonard Clausen
Delbert Moore
Humboldt County
Moore
Clausen
Two Hundred Sixty Children in YMCA Aquatic Program
John J. Wawerna announces 260 students from Lois Craig Helen J Stewart Ruby Thomas and Variety Schools are in the Las Vegas YMCA aequatic program now in its second year. Since inception 438 Clark County exceptional children have received therapy and skills through this cooperative effort.
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Las Vegas
Lois Craig
Helen J. Stewart
Ruby Thomas
Variety Schools
YMCA
John J. Wawerna
Aequatic
Dren
Clark County
Wawerna
Variety
al Benedict
Chief Barker
Variety Tent 39
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Bud” Cleland
ARE
North Las
John Mowbray
Charles Kellar
Kellar
State Supreme Court
Michael
Colorado Basin
Elmer Briscoe
Helldorado
Boree
Fiks
Vegas Briefs
Municipal Court
Walter Richards
Rose Garden
Cartier Avenue
Cartier Ave
Newsboy
USC
Fred Morledge
R. Roberts
ACS
Assemblyman
NLW Defense Agency
By Allen Reeves
Taylor and
Civil Defense
Vernon Munsell
Clark County Disaster Control Board
Heart
Judith Bayley
Gus Giuffre
Jack Kogan
Darwin Lamb
C. E. Rushing
F. ©. Scheel
Heart Sunday
D. C
Cation
Board of School Trustees
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