Las Vegas Frontiers Remembered as New Era Opens
A Las Vegas chronicle recalls the New Frontier era and the 1955 Mario Lanza setback. Maury Friedman and partners plan a $16 million ultra modern hotel on the site while oldtimers mourn the vanished Frontier and recall its legendary openings and shows.
On Again Off Again Auction Held in City
About 125 people attended a city auction of hardware paints and supplies halted by city licensing officials. Auctioneer Jack H Feldman of Los Angeles started bidding after 11 am as Fred Whiteman's Allied Credit Control pursued an injunction to stop inter ference. A May 25 hearing is set. the warehouse was annexed to the city April 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark County
Jack H. Feldman
Los Angeles
Fred Whiteman
Allied Credit Control
Handy Andy Stores, Inc
Iity
Whiteman
60 Year Resident A R Robbins Dies in Goodsprings
Alfred R Robbins 69 a Goodsprings pioneer and former justice of the peace died Saturday in a Las Vegas hospital He served in WWI and was an LV High School first grad He is survived by wife Julia daughter Shirley Fuller two brothers and five grandchildren Graveside services are set for 11 am Wednesday at Goodsprings Cemetery with viewing at Bunker Brothers today and tomorrow.
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Nevada
Alfred R. Robbins
Goodsprings
Robbins
Las Vegas
Julia
Shirley Fuller
Hayward
Calif
Clay
Los Angeles
Scott
New Orleans
Gunnison
Utah
Bunker Brothers
Teen Driver Injured When Car Rolls Near Blue Diamond
A 15-year-old boy, Ralph Montgomery of 2612 Cabot Street, was seriously injured late Saturday when his car left the roadway near Blue Diamond in a desert area and overturned. He was treated at Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital for internal injuries and abrasions and was listed in satisfactory condition. Police cited him for reckless driving and driving without a valid permit.
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Blue Diamond
Nevada Highway Patrol
Ralph Montgomery
Cabot St
Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital
Montgomery
Tthe Pahrump Road
NHP
Vegas Soldier Is Now An MP
Fort Gordon Ga Pvt Robert R House 22 son of Mrs Katie Willett 1900 Linden Ave Las Vegas has completed eight weeks of military police training at the Army Training Center Fort Gordon House trained in civil and military law traffic control map reading prisoner of war control and self defense
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Fort Gordon
Robert R. House
Katie Willett
Linden Ave
Las Vegas
Army Training Center
House
The Source Review Set At Temple
The Temple Beth Sholom lecture series continues with a book review of The Source by James Michener. Rabbi Israel Weisfeld, rabbi of the Burbank Jewish Community Center, will lead the tomorrow event with a Q and A session and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neil Galatz
Temple Beth Sholom
Temple
James Michener
Israel Weisfeld
Weisfeld
University of Chicago
Yeshiva University
New York
Burbank
Calif
Thriftimart Sets Record for Fiscal Year 1966
Thriftimart, Inc. reports all time high sales and net income for the year ended March 26 1966. President R M Laverty Sr. announced sales reached 246 300 378 up 4 40 percent from 235 926 088 last year. The chain operates in Las Vegas at 1808 E Charleston 2200 W Bonanza and North Las Vegas at 2021 Lake Mead Blvd.
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Los Angeles
Thriftimart, Inc
R. M. Laverty Sr
Thriftimart
Las Vegas
E. Charleston
W. Bonanza
Lake Mead Blvd
Landmark Strip Demolished for Modern 650-Room Resort
Ralph Pearl watched the demolition of the New Frontier Hotel on the Strip as Maury Friedman planned a 650 room high rise resort opening in late summer 1967. The Last Frontier, built in 1943, preceded El Rancho Vegas opened 18 months earlier, with ownership linked to a Fearless Fosdick lookalike who spoke with visitors in 1945.
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el Rancho
D. J. Griffith
Dallas
Ballard Baron
Frontier
Griffitth
Jake Kozloff
Beldon Katleman
Murray Randolph
Maury Friedman
el Rancho Vegas
Last Frontier
Fearless Fosdick
Vegas Daze and Nites showbiz platter and fallout
An informal travelogue recalls Jake Kozloff and Bob Cannon at the New Frontier and Last Frontier hotels in Las Vegas. Xavier Cugat and Abbe Lane appear amid gossip about Mary Kaye Trio members and later career moves.
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Jake
Bob Cannon
Xavier Cugat
Gabfest
Cugie
Abbe Lane
Top Fashion Designers At Wards Show Tonight
Montgomery Ward presents Brentshire Designers Collection in Sunrise Shopping Center Las Vegas with five European designers Alberto Fabiani Wanda Roveda Nicoletta de Roma Susan Price and Bud Gernrich. The event runs 7 to 9 pm with free admission and public invited.
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Montgomery Ward
Brentshire
Wards
Sunrise
John Damron
Alberto Fabiani
Wanda Roveda
Nicoletta de Roma
Italy
Susan Price
London
Bud Gernrich
California
Las Vegas
Los Angeles
Austin
Texas
Houston
Chicago
Ill
Richard Gorow
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Paul Price
Ted Marshall
Tom Hanley
Thunderbird Union
SUN
Mike Gordon
Tom
Dad
Mike
Hanley
SUN Photog
Rene Germanier
Friedman
Maury
Mario Lanza
Mario
L.A
Jimmy Durante
Desert Inn
Lanza
Sheetmetal Workers
Vegas Union
A.F. of L
New Frontier
D.I
Durante
the Frontier
Ray Bolger
Billy Daniels
Donald O’connor
Ann Southern
Joe E. Lewis
Mickey Rooney
Vera Krupp
Warren Bayley
John McArthur
Bankers Life Insurance Co
By Bob Barnes
Gigar Store
City
A. R. Robbins
Vegas
Sahara
Congo
Francis
Joe Mazza— Musical
Pat Henry
Paul Steffen
Louis Basil
Olch
Spectacular Theater
Hotel
Fremont
THE
Mills Bros
Lainie
Kazan
Nat Brandwynne
and Gasino
Ralph Pearl
Flight Entertainment
New Frontier Hotel
Mary Kaye
Norman
Frankie Ross
Frankie
Blackie Hunt
Norman Kaye
Cliff Jones
Dutch Netherlands
Equador
Beirut
Cannon
Hal deBecker
Crystal Bay Club
Lake Tahoé
deBecker
Lucille Ball
RKO
Hollywood
Desilu Studios
George Liberace
Lake Tahoe
Fremont Hotel
T’bird
Continental
Anni Anderson
Wick
Brand
Lou Ceil Austin
Gene Austin
FBI
KLUC
Captains Cabin
Flamingo Hotel
St. Moritz
Pierre-Louis Guerin
Rene Fraday
Donnarden
Frank Sennes
Garpost Hotel & Golf Club