Las Vegas cops and robbers circuit dominates weekend headlines
A wild Las Vegas weekend roundup reports numerous arrests of prominent locals including Mick Jelke, Tom Hanley, Ken Wara, and John Wesley Barger. Police say narcotics and burglary cases, a labor leader kidnapping rumor, and a major street-broker raid colored the spree, with many faces repeatedly in and out of jail.
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Cops and Robbers
Alsup Brothers
Mickey Jelke
Call Girl Fame
Tom Rehner
Ken Wara
Reliable
John Wesley Barger
Andy Ape Hanley
Paul Virgil Mathis
Virgil Allen Mathis
Faye Mathis
Rita Gianikos
Kenneth Wara
William DeHaas
Wara
Mathis
Rarger
Andy Gramby Hanley
Dad
Tom Hanley
Casino Dealers’ Union
Hanley-Barger
Motel Owners Balk at Clark County Garbage Rate Hikes
Motel operators across Clark County voice distrust in the County Commission to hold rates steady as Silver State Sanitation gains a franchise. Managers at the Morte Marie and Del Rey cite high per room charges and prefer tiered or unit-based pricing, with some noting they burn trash themselves. Other motels report mixed experiences with service, while ex-operator R. J. Collette questions dumping charges on federal land. Tomorrow’s note promises a motel owner’s stance on property rights and trash management.
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Judy Edsall
SUN
Clark County Commission
Silver State
Clark Sanitation
Sun Valley Co
Morte Marie
SMN
del Rey
Nevada
del Rey E
Power Company
Full Moon
San Diego
Rodeway Inn
Lone Palm Motel
R. J. Collette
Valley Disposal
Clark Sanitation Co
North Las Vegas Officials Review Liquor License Ordinance
Councilmen Jack Petitti and Jim Kelly discuss proposed revisions with NSW Chamber of Commerce members. A chamber subcommittee, led by Wendell Tobler and Cal Lombardi, has drafted an ordinance outline and met City Atty Bill Barker to refine technical points. Dante Vespignani seeks a liquor license for a cocktail lounge at College Park Shopping Center. Petitti and Myers question if the new building extends the existing complex.
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Las Vegas
Jack Petitti
Jim Kelly
NSW Chamber of Commerce
Peritti
Kelly
Boyd Bulloch
Wendell Tobler
Cal Lombardi
Bill Barker
Iran
Dante Vespignani
College Park
Vespignani
Petttti
John Myers
Baring Denies Park Hearings Delayed by Administration
Rep Walter S. Baring D Nevada says the Johnson administration is holding up hearings on a Great Basin National Park bill for Eastern Nevada. He cites a letter from Rep Wayne Aspinall chairing Interior and Insular Affairs noting awaiting department reports and promising hearings as soon as possible.
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Washington
UPI
Walter S. Baring
D-Nev
Johnson
Great Basin National Park
Nevada
Baring
Wayne N. Aspinall
Interior and Insular Affaires Committee
Interior Department
Department of Agriculture
Great Basin
Aspinall
Workers’ Badges Signal Radiation Exposure At NTS
Nevada Test Site workers wear new badges to quickly gauge exposure. The REECO Radiological Sciences Department describes a film badge with detection for thermal neutron beta and gamma radiation. Glass fluorescent rods extend range beyond film under UV light, costing about $4 per holder.
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Nevada
Reynolds Electrical and Engineering Co., Inc
NTS News
Reeco Radiological Sciences Department
Hanford
Wash
Idaho Falls
National Bureau of Standards
Jay Brady
Gary Iverson
REECO
National Cotton Association Ponders Fate of The King
Albert H. Wilson of Dallas will address the National Cotton Compress and Cotton Warehouse Association at its May 12 meeting at the Flamingo Hotel on The Changing Scene in government population and agriculture. He heads 550 warehousemen in 14 states and warns that the future of the warehouse industry may parallel the cotton farmer.
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Albert H. Wilson
Dallas
National Cotton Compress & Cotton Warehouse Association
Flamingo Hotel
Nelson Resident Bud Landen Found Dead Near Home
The coroner's office reported Bud Edmond Landen, 63, was found in a dry wash near his Nelson home. He had been dead about two days and investigators believe he fell from a homemade bridge or cat walk into the wash, suffering fatal head injuries.
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Nelson
UPI
Bud Edmond Landen
Landen
State Park Master Plan Aims for July Finish
Carson City Nevada State Park Director Dean Kastens said a statewide park master plan should be finished by July 1. The plan, begun in January, seeks eligibility for federal funds to buy the Lake Tahoe Park and adjacent areas.
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Carson City
API
Dean Kastens
Nevada
Lake Tahoe Park
Schedule Social Welfare Meet
The annual Nevada Social Welfare Conference opens May 2 at 9 a.m. at the Las Vegas Convention Center with Ernest C. Skagan as general program chairman. Keynote speaker at lunch May 20 is Charles Munson. officers will be elected May 2.
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Ference
Las Vegas Convention Center
Ernest C. Skagan
Las Vegas
Dorothy Saunders
Charles Munson
Oran Grayson
Quentin L. Emery
Convention Center
Bryn Armstrong
The
Las Vegas Sun
Naomi Kennedy
U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Region 9
San Francisco
Social Welfare
Nevada
Alyce Goldman
Robert Kittredge
Mark Brand
Karl Harris
Ernest Skagen
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Tom Behner
Tom
Uncle Sam
Hanley
Clark County Garbage Collection
Pat Korea
Rapid City
S.D
Miss Rodeo America
McCarran Field
Bunny Harris
Miss Rodeo America Pageant Committee
Austin Bowler
International Rodeo Management
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Miss Koren
Denver
Sunfoto
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National Cotton Association
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Sulphur Springs
Tex
Southwestern Compress and Warehouse Association
Dallas Cotton Exchange
Blackland Income Growth Committee
Texas Blacklands
Farmers and Merchants Compress and Warehouse Co
Kaufman Compress Co
Blackland
Texas
Aubrey L. Lockett
Vernon, Tex
National Cotton Council of America
Indy
L. FE
R. R. Crawford
Allen Warehouse Co
Fresno
Calif
Rufus Mack
Greenville
Miss
John H. Todd
Memphis
A. L. Reed
Rale
R. H. Vickers, Jr
CCC
S. R. Nichols
Des Arc, Ark
Insurance & Standards Committee
Walter B. Dossett, Jr
Labor Relations Committee
Henry (. Nichols
North Little Rock
Ark
R. K. Terry
Montgomery
Ala
John W. Walker
Waynesboro
Man Office & Personnel Committee
J. M. Cole
Union
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Clark County
Nevada Southern Uni
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