Whipple Denies SUN Bond Issue Allegations
Whipple, chairman of the Fair and Recreation Board, rejected a SUN report claiming Strip hotels killed the $8 million bond issue. He called the paper’s facts liberties and noted meetings are taped at the Convention Center. He thanked Strip hotel supporters and urged public access to tapes of May 10 proceedings.
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Reed Whipple
Fair and Recreation Board
SUN
Convention Center
Fair Board
Reynolds Plumbers Negotiate After Midnight Contract Talk
Reynolds Electrical and Engineering Co presented a contract proposal to Plumbers and Pipe Fitters Local 525 in a meeting that extended past midnight. The union plans a counter-proposal at a second meeting next Tuesday night as officials analyze the terms and seek clarity on disputed points from last year.
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David McGinty
No Clemency Denied for Kinney in Lewdness Case
District Judge John Mowbray refused clemency for 32 year old Las Vegas resident Lawrence Kinney who pled guilty to lewdness with a minor. Attorney Patrick Finnegan urged treatment but the judge said society must be protected and Kinney faces a 5 to 10 year sentence after his Dec 14 1965 arrest for a sex offense against a teenage boy.
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John Mowbray
Patrick Finnegan
Lawrence Kinney
Mowbray
Kinney
The
Jack
Las Vegas SUN staff and affiliations listed in masthead
The Las Vegas Sun staff and office details are listed in the newspaper masthead. Names include Ruthe Deskin as assistant to the publisher Bryn Armstrong as executive editor Vince Ansemo as managing editor and others with roles in advertising circulation and management.
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Las Vegas Sun, Inc
9U0 South
Commerce Street
Las Vegas
Nevada
Ruthe Deskin
Publsher
Bryn Armstrong
Vince Ansemo
Bill Fitzgerald
Gerry Appleby
Jack Davenport
William Sherwood
Burt Bay
Haney Womack
H. M Greenspun
Ray Germain
Ruithe Deskin
Barbara Green
Span
Congress
Ward Griffith Co
Chicago
Detroit
New York
San Francisco
Los Angeles
United Press International
Nevada State Press Association
American Newspaper Publishers Association
California Newspaper Publishers Association
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Claiborne Steps In To Defend Young Robber
A young offender named Jerry Byerly asked for no legal help but Judge Mowbray urged counsel. Attorney Harry Claiborne volunteered to represent Byerly after the defendant refused appointed counsel. Claiborne’s decision followed Byerly’s insistence on pleading guilty and beginning his sentence, while the court paused the case for today.
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Claiborne
Jerry Byerly
Byerly
Battle of the Beard heads to Clark County board meeting
The Round Three battle over a Western High School student allowed to wear a beard advances to a Clark County School Board session. Principal Theron Swainston won the first round by suspending the boy. a district judge postponed action pending board decision.
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Clark County
Theron Swainston
John Sexton
Peti
Las Vegas man placed on probation after guilty plea
Robert A. Goderre, a 39 year old Las Vegas salesman, was placed on one year probation after pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the traffic death of 9 year old Debra Morgan. Judge John Sexton had initially sentenced him to 1 to 14 years in prison before suspending the sentence.
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Las Vegas
Robert A. Goderre
John Sexton
Sexton
Goderre
Myron Leavitt
Debra Morgan
Bonanza
25Th Sts
New Trial Set in $13,000 Bad Check Case
Mrs. Billy Garnick will face a new trial November 14 on charges she issued a bad check for 13000 to Carl Alderson of Sacramento for cattle turned over to the Midwest Livestock Commission once run by Mrs. Garnick and her husband. Dist. Judge Richard Waters set the date after the first trial ended with a hung jury.
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Fallon
UPI
Billy Garnick
Carl Alderson
Sacramento
Calif
Midwest Livestock Commission
Dope Trials Continue in District Court
Three West Las Vegas youths face marijuana sale and possession charges in district court. Earl Fairman Jr and Johnny Benson stand trial in Compton and Sundeen courts respectively for dated incidents in 1965 and 1966. Roosevelt Turner, also 21, awaits retrial after a hung jury in Sexton court. Mowbray assigns Turner’s case.
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Roosevelt Turner
Dist
John Mowbray
Turner
John Sexton
Twin Lakes Elementary P TA to Install New Officers
Twin Lakes Elementary P TA meeting will be held tonight at 7 30 in the multi purpose room. Main event is the installation of the new officers.
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Twin Lakes
Bond KO Stymies Convention Sales
Desmond Kelly director of the Las Vegas Convention Bureau told the Clark County Fair and Recreation Board that sales efforts are temporarily stymied by the failure of an $8 million bond issue. He said he hopes the issue may be approved later to allow growth as a leading convention capital. April was the biggest convention booking month in Las Vegas history with the National Automobile Dealers Association contributing to a $6,135,000 booked volume. the convention is booked for 1969.
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Desmond Kelly
Las Veas
Clark County Fair and Recreation Board
Kelly
Ancheim
Las Vegas
National Automobile Dealers Association
Four Suspects Detained in Frisco Shotgun Slaying Case
San Francisco police arrest four suspects in the shotgun killing of union official Ralph Alsup, a 53 year old Plumbers and Pipefitters Union business agent slain at his Warm Springs Road home. Deputies say no new leads in Alsup case and still consider it open, with no indicated link to Frisco arrests.
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San Francisco
Trial rescheduled in Las Vegas manslaughter case
Las Vegas wife Victoria Cameron Devere, 38, facing voluntary manslaughter charges for the alleged June 30 1964 stabbing of her husband Albert, saw trial postponed to Oct 3 after a state request. Judge John Mowbray presided with attorney Harry Claiborne.
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Las Vegas
John Mowbray
Victoria Cameron Devere
Albert
Harry Claiborne
Typhoon hits Las Vegas bring phone lines to jam
Typhoon causes a Las Vegas uproar with switchboards at the Sun Nellis and McCarran Field flooded by calls about the 1966 Rambler American Typhoon engine. Biddulph Rambler touts seven Rambler models with V eight power and low prices starting at 1790 delivered in Las Vegas.
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Nellis Air Base
McCarran Field
Las Vegas
E. Fremont Street
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U.S
Rambler American
American Motors
Biddulph Cuts Car Prices Amid Strong Sales
Biddulph Ramber lowers automobile prices citing high volume sales and factory cooperation. The move comes as dealers report robust demand and strategic supplier support to enhance affordability for buyers.
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Biddulph Ramber
Courtesy Service Forces Biddulph To Expand
The service department at Biddulph Rambler in Clark County expanded its staff and facilities under Ray Kennedy. Kennedy reorganized and revitalized the department bringing in experienced mechanics, and hundreds of customers now seek servicing there.
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Biddulph
Clark County
Ray Kennedy
Kennedy
Las Vegas
Biddulph’s
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