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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1966
Page
3
The John F Miller Elementary School hosts its annual carnival with 12 booths a Spook House a photo center and a refreshment stand. PTA president Rick Richardson announced the event features guests Colonel Frank and Clyde from a local TV kiddie show.
Allied Credit Bureau president Fred Whiteman won a temporary injunction from District Judge John Sexton delaying city licensing actions for an auction of Handy Andy Stores creditors. The sale at 3049 Rigel Ave proceeds Sunday despite objections, as Whiteman asserts the parcel lies under county jurisdiction and is exempt for the assignee for the benefit of creditors.
Farmers owned $25 billion worth of machines and vehicles in 1965, accounting for 32 percent of all farm assets excluding real estate. The share of machinery value rose from 21 percent of assets in 1950.
Christine Kloepfel a Tehachapi graduate and Las Vegas crime figure from the early 1960s will be released from Nevada State Prison in August after a five to 15 year sentence for robbery. She and Pauline Vandam terrorized lawmen from Nevada to Ohio, including a Salt Lake Highway robbery and a casino boss shooting. Vandam died in prison last year. Stephen Messmore awaits retrial.
Calvary Lutheran Church selects the Rev. Paul W. Egertson and Daryl M. Hanson as delegates to the sixth annual South Pacific District Convention of the American Lutheran Church in Los Angeles. Over 600 delegates from Nevada California Arizona New Mexico Utah and Hawaii attend at the Ambassador hotel from Tuesday through Friday. Call 385-31 to place a classified ad.
Former lawman Edward H. Sleeper filed as a candidate for sheriff. Sleeper of 308 Flaxen Circle will face incumbent Ralph Lamb in the November election.
Calls flood Sun, Nellis Air Base and McCarran Field about a Typhoon that struck Las Vegas. At 1715 E Fremont Street Biddulph Rambler debuted the 1966 Rambler American with a 290 Cube 200 horsepower Typhoon engine amid an aggressive sales pitch for V-8 Ramblers in Las Vegas with prices starting at 1790 delivered.
Biddulph reduces automobile prices citing high sales volumes and factory cooperation as key factors. The move aims to attract buyers and clear inventories while maintaining market competitiveness.
The service department at Biddulph Rambler has expanded its staff and facilities to meet growing demand. Ray Kennedy now manages the reorganized department with experienced mechanics, improving service quality for customers in Clark County.
A roster of Las Vegas Sun staff and executives includes Ruthe Deskin as assistant to the publisher Bryn Armstrong as executive editor Vince Anselmo as managing editor Dave Bradley as city editor Gerry Appleby as women's editor Jack Davenport as advertising director William Sherwood as circulation manager Burt Bay as classified director Haney Womack as national retail advertising manager H M Greenspun as president Ruthe Deskin as secretary Barbara Greenspun as treasurer.
Rates show daily single copy ten cents Sunday twenty cents with carrier delivery two dollars monthly. Mail subscriptions listed at three, nine, sixteen fifty, and thirty dollars for continental United States. all mail subscriptions must be prepaid.
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