Excellent ore find boosts Silver Peak mines output
Sunshine Mining Co reports a large silver ore body at Silver Peak Nevada in Nivloc and Sixteen-to-One mines. The vein assays 16 oz silver and 0.5 oz gold per ton, with an expected 300000 tons. Stockholders approve share increase to 5 million and company eyes acquisitions. First quarter profit $269,079. revenue rises to $1,382,974 from $239,013.
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Sunshine Mining Co
Silver
Nev
Spokane
Wash
Wall Street Journal
Thomas M. McManus
Mc Marus
McManus
Digits Fidget at Las Vegas Office Dedication
Andrew H. Thomson of New York Life visited Las Vegas to dedicate a new general office and address the Kiwanis Club on Inside Businessmen Today. He touted Southern Nevada as a growing, stable market and noted New York Life's local mortgage loans and multi million dollar producers.
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Andrew H. Thomson
New York Life Insurance Co
Thomson
Nevada
Las Vegas
New York
Life
F. Charleston Blvd
Kiwanis Club
New York Daily News
News
Reno
New York Life
California
Arizona
Amargosa Valley Cooperative Approved for Expanded Rural Loan
Nevada Public Service Commission authorized Amargosa Valley Cooperative to expand its service area with a $996,000 Rural Electrification Administration loan. The company, already certified to serve parts of Nye and Clark Counties, Beatty, Lathrop Wells, and Pahrump Valley, gains authority to serve beyond its members. A public hearing March 22 included Southern California Edison and Bell Telephone Co. witnesses.
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Nevada Public Service Commission
Amargosa Valley Cooperative
Las Vegas
Rural Electrification Administration
Nye
Esmeralda
Nye and Clark
Beatty
Lathrop Wells
Pahrump Valley
Southern California Edison Co
Ing
Bell Telephone Co
Representa
Commission
Amargosa
Amargosa Valley Cooperative, Inc
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Henderson
Pahrump
Ash Meadows
Amargosa Desert
Saxophonist Ventura Set For September Trial
Saxophonist Charles Ventura, 48, now living in Philadelphia, faces a marijuana possession charge tied to a December 30, 1959 arrest when deputies found a pipe and marijuana in his car after a traffic stop. A hung jury ended the first trial. a new trial date was set for September after a May date was vacated. Ventura contends he was intoxicated by Bloody Marys.
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Charles Ventura
Ventura
John Mowbray
Philadelphia
Synanon seeks state backing before Nevada fundraising drive
Synanon officials in Reno urge a written approval from the prison board before launching a Nevada fund raising effort for the rehab program at the state prison. Lloyd Austin, chairman, says a committee will solicit funds and run a house here but wants the policy statement first. Governor Sawyer supported the project but the 1965 request for 36 thousand dollars was denied. 74 thousand had been provided in 1963. If funds are not found, the Nevada project may end.
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Reno
UPI
Synanon
Nevada
Sparks
Lloyd Austin
Grant Sawyer
Prison Board
Austin
Sawyer
Jack Foghani
California joins Tahoe study committee bill advances
Sacramento UPI reports Senate Finance Committee cleared a bill to let California and Nevada participate in a two year Lake Tahoe regional study. Senator Paul Lunardi of Roseville sponsors the measure providing ten thousand dollars for California’s share of costs to develop a basin governing authority.
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Sacramento
UPI
California
Lake Tahoe
Senate Finance Committee
Nevada
Paul Lunardi
D-Roseville
Nevada cigarette tax yields April revenue share to counties
Nevada Tax Commission reports 467079 total from a seven cent per pack cigarette tax in April with 133117 allocated to cities and counties as their 28.5 percent share. Rep Walter S Baring proposes repeal of retailer and communications excise taxes, arguing long distance phone levies are outdated and burdens small businesses and consumers.
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Carson City
UPI
Nevada
Washington
Walter S. Baring
D-Nev
Baring
Reno man in critical condition after triple shooting chain
Charles Hughes age 39 of Sparks remained in critical condition Friday from bullet wounds after arriving at Carl Wheeler's Reno home hours after Hughes allegedly shot and killed a companion. Wheeler claimed self defense as police investigated links to another motel shooting involving Jack Spurling.
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Reno
UPI
Charles Hughes
Sparks
Hughes
Carl Wheeler
Wheeler
Jack Spurling
Spurling
Elmer Briscoe
Nebraska
Bridgeport
Calif
Bill Stiles to Head Public Relations Committee in 1965 Fall Campaign
Bill Stiles, vice president and manager of the Thomas C. Wilson Advertising Agency in Las Vegas, was named chairman of the Public Relations Committee for the 1965 fall campaign. He will coordinate and design the overall public relations program and advise on United Fund PR. An advisory group includes Joe Digles, Mark Smith, Sam Salerno, and Fd Spoon.
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Bill Stiles
Thomas C. Wilson
Las Vegas
Herbert E. Grier
Stiles
United Fund
Joe Digles
Review-Journal
Mark Smith
Klas-Tv
Sam Salerno
KLAC
Fd Spoon
Donrey Outdoor Advertising
Klaj-Tv
Donald W. Reynolds
San Diego
Calif
Fembtv
Radio
Wilson Advertising Agency
Death by own action cited as public health issue
Dr. Norman L. Farberow told the Northern Nevada Association for Mental Health that death by own action is a major public health problem, with at least one self initiated death every 30 minutes, and outlined prevention factors including crisis recognition, evaluation, and treatment.
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Sparks
UPS
Norman L. Farberow
Los Angeles
Farberow
Northern Nevada Association For Mental Health
Parking Facility Bond Issue Set for June Ballots
The City Commission approved a $5 million bond election to fund two high rise parking structures in downtown. The plan aims to save costs by holding the bond vote with the June 8 general election while financing through structure revenues, not taxes, over 25 years. The city may operate or lease the facilities, with possible private joint ventures, and seeks a third parcel for future use.
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City Commission
City Commission Studies Plan To Legalize Free Parking
City officials review a proposed ordinance to allow free parking in metered areas for jurors public officials investigative agencies and press personnel with exemption certificates. The plan aims to curb illegal voiding of tickets and formalize press and agency exemptions while committee members study details before a full vote.
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City Commission
Ed Fountain
Reed Whipple
Art Trelease
Jean Dutton
Department of License and Revenue
Crime Conference on State Crime Suppression Held in Carson City
A conference on crime suppression drawn from state criminal law administrators will take place Saturday in Carson City. Attorney General Harvey Dickerson organized the forum which widened from a district attorneys meeting to include police officials and other officials. The program will stress close cooperation among government subdivisions and consider many elements of crime suppression.
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Carson City
CPT
Atty
Harvey Dickerson
Dickerson
Two Men Convicted of Motel Robbery Sentenced
Edward Crosely aged 35 and Charles Ray Edwards aged 26 were found guilty of robbery after trial in Judge Sundean's court. Dist. Judge Clarence Sun dean sentenced them Friday to five to ten years in prison.
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Dist
Clarence Sundean
Edward Crosely
Charles Ray Edwards
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