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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1966
Page
8
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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