Defendant in Murder May Take the Stand
The defendant Vase Calvin Valrie, 32, faces murder charges in the Aug. 10, 1981, fatal shooting of William Tollus Green, a former federal narcotics officer. The defense seeks to present the defendant while the prosecution’s case ends, with questions over a claimed voluntary statement and payments to a witness.
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Vase Calvin
Valkie
Wiliam Tollus Green
Federal Narcotics Bureau
Green
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Valrie
George Franklin, Jr
Tad Porter
Vallie
Porter
Irving Gilinski
Gilinski
Beasley
Valrier
Tapscott Succeeds Priest As Nevada Deputy Atty General
Atty Gen. Harvey Dickerson promotes deputy C. B. Tapscott to replace Chief Assistant Atty. Gen. D. W. Priest who died last Saturday. Tapscott, 60, has five years in the office, former Elko County DA, and Reno practice. Daniel Walsh, 33, is named to replace Tapscott. both receive raises. A third deputy vacancy remains to be filled at $10,800 annually.
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UPS
Harvey Dickerson
C. B. Tapscott
D. W. Priest
Tapscott
Attorney General
Dickerson
Fike County
Elko County
Reno
Daniel Walsh
Walsh
State Supreme Court
Nevada
Prominent Nevadan Smith Dies At 89
Thomas A. Smith president of the Fly light and Power Co and longtime Nevada Republican leader died Wednesday night of an apparent heart attack at age 89. He served as GOP state chairman and national committeeman from 1954 to 1956, had been on the State Planning Board, and ran the family utility after 1933. A Masonic funeral service will be conducted Saturday.
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Thomas A. Smith
Flylight and Power Co
Nevada
Republican Party
Smith
GOP
State Planning Board
Butte
Mont
Thomas
Pennsy to start talks on selling Long Island Railroad
Philadelphia reports the Pennsylvania Railroad has announced it will begin negotiations to sell the Long Island Railroad to New York State. The move would transfer ownership of the suburban line to the state, signaling a major shift in control of the rail asset.
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Sylvania Railroad
Long Island
New York State
Former Clark County inspector faces trial for statutory rape
Clark County former building inspector Joe Webb, 42, will stand trial June 16 before Dist. Judge William Compton on a statutory rape charge. Webb appeared for arraignment with Tom Purcel appointed to defend him. He is held on $500 bail in the county jail.
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Vallie
U.S
Tom Sheridan
Los Angeles
Los Angeles County
William Farrington
Clark County
Joe Web
Dist
Wiliam Compton
Webb
John Mowbray
Tom Purcel
County plans new Child Haven facility on future site
County officials disclosed that plans for a new Child Haven on the current Juvenile Home site are under review. Architect Jack Miller is asked to scale plans to about 75 000 dollars and construction is hoped for in the 1965 66 fiscal year for a 40 bed facility to ease overcrowding at 310 N Ninth St.
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Robins Cahill
Child Haven
Ninth St
Cahill
New Haven
Origin of the Trousseau as a Dowry
The term trouseau comes from the word trusse and refers to the worldly goods a bride brings to her husband as a dowry or gift.
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State Nurses to Convene 16th Annual Convention
Nevada Licensed Practical Nurses Association will conduct its 16th annual state convention at the Showboat Hotel on Tuesday and Wednesday. Theme is Step a Little Higher stressing continuing education. Guest speaker Wednesday morning will be Sally Rudd RN formerly of the Peace Corps describing work in Central America. Cocktail party Tuesday 7 p.m. Banquet Wednesday. Open to licensed practical nurses nursing students and medical professionals.
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Nevada Licensed Practical Nurses Association
Sally Rudd
R.N
Peace Corps
Central America
Cotton Men Elect Hardin President at Flamingo Hotel
Delegates to the National Cotton Compress and Cotton Warehouse Association convention elected Russell Hardin of Monroe North Carolina as president. Other officers include Rufus M. Mack vice president John Kapell treasurer John H Todd executive vice president and Louise Paine secretary. The 1966 convention will be in Atlanta with 550 warehouses across 14 states in the association.
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Flamingo Hotel
Russell Hardin
Monroe
N.C
Hardin
Southern Cotton Storage, Inc
Mon‘roe
Rufus M. Mack
Greenville
Miss
John Kapell
Memphis
Tenn
John H. Todd
Louise Paine
Atlanta
Boy Dies as Brother Smothers Infant in Las Vegas
Two month old Kirk Robinson died after his two year old brother Lonzo rolled onto him while their mother rested on a living room sofa in Las Vegas. Deputy Coroner Harvey Schnitzer said Lonzo slept atop the infant and suffocated him. The baby died at Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital after officers attempted resuscitation.
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Harvey Schnitzer
Kirk Robinson
Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital
Schnitzer
Robinson
H Street
Lonzo
Nevada Delegation Urges Support for Water Project
Gov. Grant Sawyer and officials including Howard Canon Allan Rible and Rep. Walter Baring prepare to testify May 20 in Washington before a Senate sub committee on the 89 million dollar Southern Nevada Water Supply Project. The Lake Mead pipeline is separated from the broader Southwest water plan and Las Vegas area groups pledge unified support with letters and resolutions for the record.
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Howard Canon
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Baring
Senate
Southern Nevada
Washington, D.C
Lake Mead
Congressonal
Southwest Water Development Package
Grant Stewart
Las Vegas Valley Water District
Las Vegas
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Boulder City
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Southwest Gas Corp
Basic Management, Inc
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