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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1966
Page
8
A Las Vegas waitress found a wallet with about $6,006 in a cocktail booth and returned it to a visiting doctor after security counted the cash. He thanked the girl and gave her $3. A bystander noted the man had her break a $100 bill to obtain singles.
The piece portrays Ruggles pushing Earl Gripentrog, now chief criminal deputy, as a candidate for DA against Ray Jeffers and Bill Barker. Jeffers rejects a fit with Ruggles plans, while Barker stays silent. Gripentrog is described as a pleasant, agreeable man who may not share Ruggles ambitions.
Justice of the Peace Jim Brennan considers possible campaigns for district attorney or district court judge but cites low pay at 19 000 a year and family costs as a barrier He says he would love to be a judge but cannot risk the 20 year retirement horizon and uncertain future consensus at the courthouse suggests he would win if he ran, yet economic factors force restraint
A 25-year-old West Las Vegas man, Jesse James Travis, pled guilty to grand larceny after a wallet theft from decorated retired Army sergeant Henry Durkee who died in a West Las Vegas fight. The murder and robbery counts were dropped, the judge imposed 90 days in county jail, with previous six months already served.
Republican Women of Las Vegas hold their monthly luncheon at the Elks Club at 12 30 p m William Morse will speak on Why Your Country and Party Need You Mrs Howard Babcock reports on the National Conference of Republican Women in Washington May 6 All Republican women urged to attend.
Forrest Lee Smith of 2017 Elm St. reports theft from his car trunk in a casino lot in North Las Vegas. Stolen items include $2,291 in cash and checks, two cameras, a wrist watch, and assorted jewelry.
United Fund selects Ray Sheffer of Desert Inn and Stardust as Sponsored Executive Committee chairman and John B. Damron of Montgomery Ward as co-chairman of Corporate Division A. E. Parry Thomas announces the appointments as drive chairman. Sheffer plans to recruit and train young executives for a two to four week campaign period, with a session set for late August.
Riverhead New York plans for residents to drink Atlantic Ocean water by 1968. A nuclear powered desalination plant will be in operation producing one million gallons daily with a 2,500 kilowatt electric generating capacity and radioisotope production.
In observance of Law Day USA, 43 individuals were naturalized in a Federal District Court ceremony led by Judge Roger D. Foley. The event featured a color guard, invocations, oaths by Deputy Court Clerk Carol Fitzgerald, and remarks by Clark County Bar Association's Roy Wooster, with musical interlude from the German High School Choir.
The Atomic Energy Commission will conduct an underground low intermediate yield nuclear test at the Test Site at 7 a.m. Friday. Some people outside the Test Site may feel a slight earth tremor, especially on upper floors of tall buildings, but no property damage is expected beyond the immediate detonation area.
Horace Tucker, once Las Vegas may or former mayor, faces a postponed murder trial as his Texas visit prompts a continuance request. The 66 year old denies guilt in both shootings and remains free on bail after a California Supreme Court reversal of a prior murder conviction.
A local man eyed for the Office of Economic Opportunity faces questions over race attitude while national and media figures share headlines about radio chiefs, FCC appointments, a Las Vegas doctor’s mail service, and political maneuvering in Nevada.
Kent E. Hintze of Dragerton Utah sues Sevier County Sheriff Rex L. Huntsman and deputies plus Clark County Sheriff Ralph J. Lamb and deputies for 150000 alleging he was wrongfully identified in a fugitive complaint after a December Glendale Nevada double slaying. Hintze says deputies seized his property and publicized him as a suspect.
A 21 year old prizefighter Charles E Skinner is indicted for murder in the April 29 shooting of Roosevelt Wright 31 in front of Bruce's Liquor Store H Street and West Lake Mead Boulevard. Dist Judge John Sexton ordered the psychiatric examination. Skinner is held for murder with representation by James Phillips and Charles Kellar.
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