Wells Fargo stagecoach marks centennial on Overland Trail
A Wells Fargo stagecoach, driven by a woman, reappears on the old Overland Trail to honor the centennial of the golden spike at Promontory Point. The event contrasts past hardships with modern nostalgia as the coach relives days of 24 day crossings and stage life amid playful banter and the press.
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Russell Nielsen
Fort Churchill
Nev
UPI
Wells Fargo
St. Joe
San Francisco
Promontory Point
Utah
Promontory
Buckland’s
Virginia City
Market Street
Black Bart
Nevada Streamflows Remain High for Summer Irrigation
State conservationist Charles W. Cleary Jr reports excellent water supplies across Nevada after heavy winter snowpack. Snow surveys show Truckee Carson and Walker drainages over 200 percent of normal, with most streams forecast above 200 percent for April through July, signaling a strong irrigation season despite some northeastern flooding.
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Nevada
Charles W. Cleary, Jr
The
Soil Conservation Service
Humboldt
Cleary
Truckee
Carson
Walker
Sierra Range
New IRS System Centralizes Tax Exempt Returns
A new method for handling annual information returns by tax exempt organizations is now in effect. Most returns will be filed directly with a single IRS Service Center and processed by computer in Philadelphia, aiming to cut costs and improve efficiency for about 400,000 organizations on the Exempt Organization Master File.
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IRS Service Center
Philadelphia
IRS
Memorial Obituaries and Funeral Services Noted
Obituaries list Delwyn Blane Huff 46 of Las Vegas with services held at Bunker Brothers Chapel and burial at Woodlawn Cemetery. Huff born April 3 1923 in Minot North Carolina was a real estate salesman with survivors Irene Thomas Huff Thomas Susan and Rubie Arnhold from Las Vegas and Grant Michigan.
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Bunker Brothers
Delwyn Blane Huff
Griffith Ave
Harrison Thompson
Woodlawn
Mr. Huff
Minot
N.C
Irene
Thomas Huff
Susan
M. J. Arnhold
Las Vegas
Services for 18 Month-Old Darren Wood in Bunker Brothers Chapel
Funeral arrangements are set for Darren LeGrand Wood aged 18 months. Services will be held Monday at 10 a.m. in Bunker Brothers Chapel with Bishop Dale Huntsman officiating. Burial follows at Woodlawn Cemetery. Survived by parents Dennis and Wood, grandparents LaGrand E. Wood and Isobel Donaldson, and great-grandmother Isobel Donaldson.
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Bunker Brothers
Albert Strawbridge 56 dies. services pending
Albert Strawbridge 56 of Star Route died Thursday in a local hospital. Born August 10, 1912 in Michigan, he lived here 15 years and was a maintenance man. Services are pending in Grant, Michigan with Palm Mortuary in charge of arrangements.
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Mr. Salmon
Salt Lake City
Utah
Oxnard
Calif
Palm Mortuary
Albert Strawbridge
Star Route
Mr. Strawbridge
Michigan
Grant, Mich
Gardner Rites Held for Local Resident George Gardner
George Gardner 58 of 6001 Mt McKinley Ave died Thursday. A retired office clerk born March 10 1911 in New York City he lived here 18 years. Services Monday at 1 p.m. Palm Chapel burial in Palm Mausoleum. Survivors include wife Patricia of Sparks daughter Jean of Las Vegas and half brother Richard Denham of San Francisco.
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George Gardner
Mt. McKinley Ave
Mr. Gardner
New York City
Palm Chapel
Palm Mausoleum
Patricia
Sparks
Jean
Las Vegas
Richard Denham
San Francisco
Calif
Oxnard Cocktail Lounge Owner Lorenzo Salmon Dies
Lorenzo Salmon, 47, of Oxnard, California, died Thursday. He was the owner of a cocktail lounge.
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Lorenzo Salmon
Oxnard, Calif
Nevada Las Vegas Lecturer Attends Calgary Mathematics Conference
A lecturer from the University of Nevada Las Vegas will join an international mathematics conference at the University of Calgary in Alberta from June 2 to 14. The meeting will gather North American and European mathematicians to discuss combinatorial structures and their applications.
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University of Nevada
Las Vegas
University of Calgary
Alberta
Canada
Lewis J. Simonoff
North America
Europe
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Richard Homan
Veterans of Foreign Wars
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Woody Rainbolt
John McDonald
Nevada State Department
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Carson River
Walker River
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Myer
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Charles Swarts
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Darren Wood
Scotty’s
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East
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