Sinatra Defamation Suit Tops Las Vegas Entertainment News
Las Vegas columnist Earl Wilson faces a three million dollar defamation suit from Frank Sinatra as Wilson’s forthcoming book on the singer faces publication challenges. Joan Rivers is profiled in Pageant Magazine, revealing a wealthy upbringing and switch to show business. Celebrity notes mark birthdays and TV ratings, including Laverne and Shirley in the top five. A Strip executive comments on dining costs during policy shifts at Aladdin and Caesars Palace.
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Earl Wilson
Frank Sinatra
Wilson
Sinatra
New York
Frank
Mickey Rudin
Joan Rivers
Pageant Magazine
Joan
Manhattan
Pocatello
Idaho
Johnny Carson
Las Vegas
Nielsen
Mike Douglas
Dinah Shore
Merv Griffin
Laverne & Shirley
Harry Truman
Sonny Liston
Don Rickles
Bishop Fulton Sheen
Candice Bergen
Pancho Gonzales
Mike Wallace
Robert Blake
Baretta
Ernie DiGregorio
Buffalo
Caesars Palace
Gent
Aladdin appoints Graham as first Black booking executive
Gerald Graham of Detroit has been named assistant to the executive producer for the Aladdin Hotel Theatre for the Performing Arts. Graham, a promoter and soul music entrepreneur, joined Motown Records in 1968 after college and will become the first Black executive assigned booking duties at the venue.
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Gerald Graham
Detroit
Mich
Aladdin Hotel
Theatre
Graham
Motown Records
Dillard University
New Orleans
Celebration Message By Sheen at Bicentennial Event
Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen will speak at a Las Vegas Bicentennial celebration in the Rotunda Room of the Las Vegas Convention Center at 8 p.m. Monday. The program includes a six-school pageant on Nevada history, a 200-voice choir with 100 adults, and a civic processional led by Nellis AFB color guard.
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Fulton J. Sheen
Las Vegas Convention Center
Las Vegas
United States
America
Elwood Lavoy
Russ Martino
Nellis Afb
Sin City Van Club to Host 1200 Trucker Weekend
The Sin City Van Club of Las Vegas hosts more than 1,200 truckers at the Hacienda Hotel for Spring Fun Festival II. The California van club president will wed Saturday at 5 p.m. on the Hacienda grass area. Uncle Sam and Mrs Yankee Doodle attend the trophy event at 11 a.m. Sunday in the showroom. Proceeds benefit the Combined Health Agency Program. Miss Las Vegas and other celebrities will join the awards presentation.
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Sin City van Club
Las Vegas
Hacienda
California
Water conservation on agenda for Clark County meeting
A slide presentation on water conservation landscaping as a partial solution to future shortages in Clark County will be featured at the Clark County Conservation District Board of Supervisors meeting. The board meets Tuesday at 1 30 p m in the Federal Building GSA Building Conference Room 4010. Also on the agenda is the 1975 Conservationist of the Year award.
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Clark County
Clark County Conservation District Board of Supervisors
Federal Building
General Services Administration
Harris Must Show Cause In Clark County Public Defender Row
Harris and Deputy Michael Harrison were ordered to appear Monday at 11 a.m. before Justice of the Peace Robert Legakes to show cause why they should not be held in contempt. The judge cited the detention of James L. Butt without attorney access after Butt was jailed April 3 on marijuana possession and probation violation charges.
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Morgan Harris
Clark County Public Defender's
Justice of the Peace
Robert Legakes
Harris
Michael Harrison
Legakes
Public Defender's Office
James L. Butt
Butt
Harrison
Reno
Paradise Valley Lions Club Charter Night Speaker May 15
Briare Lions Club will host the charter presentation at Piccolos Restaurant Dawson Building at 8 p.m. May 15 with Mayor Bill Briare as keynote. Lions District Governor Harry Poe will present the charter to Glen Nelson, charter president. Local service includes the Blind Center Burn Center and programs for the aurally handicapped. The club meets each Tuesday at Denny's Restaurant 3081 S Maryland Parkway at 7 30 a.m.
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Bill Briare
Paradise Valley Lions Club
Piccolos Restorant
Dawson
Lions District
Harry Poe
Glen Nelson
Lions Club
Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital
Denny's Resturant
S. Maryland Parkway
Governor O'Callaghan to address Clark County CC graduates
Gov. Mike O Callaghan will speak to the 1975 76Clark County Community College graduating class of 217 in the Las Vegas Convention Center rooms 18 21 and 24 at 7 p.m. May 19. Dr. Heinz Rettig calls this the largest class since the college opened in October 1971.
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Mike O'Callaghan
Clark County Community College
Las Vegas Convention Center
Heinz Rettig
Stephen Nicholson
Charles Donnelly
Las Vegas Recreation Center
Culinary Arts
Municipal Judges Re Argued Over Attorney Requirement
The re argument set for June 14 before Judge Paul Goldman concerns whether a municipal court judge must be an attorney. Carlo Poliak seeks to strike the requirement. Goldman previously ruled for Poliak then reversed. If Poliak prevailed, Municipal Judge Frances Horsey could be deemed illegally serving. Poliak's suit does not name Horsey. amendment ordered.
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Clark County District Court
Paul Goldman
Carlo Poliak
Horsey
Poliak
Iage
Litter Cleanup Drives Youth Volunteers at Las Vegas Park
Public-minded youths invade Nature Park in Las Vegas to remove heaps of litter. A dozen Cub Scouts started the effort, joined by 20 Girl Scouts, with 100 LDS youth volunteers planning further cleanups and a bigger turnout. Coordinated by the city's Department of Planning Development.
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Las Vegas
Tom Graham
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Student Association
LDS Seminaries
Graham
Department of Planning Development
FAA seminar on mountain flying and new operation areas
The Las Vegas Flight Standards District Office will host a free aviation safety seminar at UNLV in the Student Union Ballroom on May 21 at 7 p.m. The program targets pilots and aviation enthusiasts with a film on mountain flying, a discussion by the Air Force on proposed military operation areas north of Nellis AFB, and civilian entering procedures for those areas.
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Las Vegas
Indicted Fore accused of underreporting income on tax returns
Roy Lawson Fore a 55 year old air conditioning and sheetmetal contractor and former rodeo cowboy faces a two count federal indictment in Las Vegas alleging he underreported his 1971 and 1972 gross income. The case cites minimal reported figures despite having substantially higher earnings. A Los Angeles man Archie Clinton Callahan was also named in a separate Las Vegas case accused of taking over 5000 in traveler's checks stolen in Beverly Hills and found with over 5000 in stolen checks when arrested. The UNLV Yoga Club announces a weekend program of meditation and creativity workshops led by Guru Jagat Khalsa with a free opening lecture Friday May 14.
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Las Vegas
Roy Lawson Fore
E. Owens
Fore
Los Angeles
Archie Clinton Callahan
Clark County
U.S
Joseph L. Ward
Callahan
Metro
Beverly Hilton
Beverly Hills
Calif
UNLV
Jagat Khalsa
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