Land grab charges arise as BLM refuses homestead claims near Las Vegas
About 850 applicants, some eight years or more in the queue, received notices that their land claims cannot be fulfilled. Parcels range from 144 to five acres across 20 sections south and west of Las Vegas. BLM Reno Office manager H Curt Hammit said further action would not be in the public interest, while claimants plotted options including alternate lands or government purchases at $200 to $1500 per acre.
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Reno
Bureau of Land Management
Howard Green
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Journey to the Orient with Nevada notables stalled
A reflective travel sketch outlines plans by Milton Presss and the Jacobsons of Phoenix to journey to the Far East. Roy Drachman of Tucson and Jake Webb of Del E. Webb Corp plan a joint account of staged theater life and business interest in Tokyo.
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Sahara Hotel
L. C. Jacobsons
Phoenix
Jake
del E. Webb Corporation
Roy Drachmans
Tucson
Roy
Jacobsons
Japan
Milton
Tokyo
Far East
Trapped Alive As Flames Destroy Home
A North Las Vegas housewife Lucille Pendleton, 40, perished as a fire gutted her residence at 1000 Putnam Road. Her husband Gene Pendleton, returning from the grocery, rushed home to find the roof engulfed and heard his wife cry for help. Fire Chief George Rambo and the arson squad sought a cause.
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Las Vegas
George Rambo
Lucille Pendleton
Putnam Road
Gene Pendleton
Nick Janise
Marines land in Thailand to back Kennedy pledge
American Marines armed for combat landed in Thailand by helicopter and assault craft to back President Kennedy's pledge to guard against invasion from Communist held areas of Laos. Maj. W. R. Affleck of Beaufort, NC, led the 1,800-man 3rd Combat team.
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Laos
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W. R. Affleck
Beaufort
N.C
Desert Manhunt Looms For Armed Gunman
A large group of exhausted deputies scoured the wet desert between Las Vegas and Needles last night for an armed stickup artist. Officials said they believe he is holed up somewhere and that the search would continue until he is found.
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Needles
Storms Hit Northern Nevada Rains Pelt Las Vegas
A heavy storm moved through Las Vegas with rain and thunder at noon, while mountains saw snow. The Weather Bureau forecasts cloudy skies and 15 to 25 mph winds for the Old Timers Parade, with rain not unusual for the season, and operations at the Nevada Test Site proceeding except on some construction work.
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Nevada Test Site
Services Set Tomorrow For Harold Hind
Harold Hind 63 died Tuesday at Sunrise Hospital after a lengthy illness. Born in Boston in 1898 he came to Las Vegas in 1942 as an executive of the Last Frontier Hotel and later became a partner in the El Cortez Hotel. Rev. Talley Jarrett of Christ Church Episcopal will conduct the services with interment to follow in the cemetery.
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Las Vegas
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el Cortez Hotel
Talley Jarrett
Christ Church Episcopal
Helldorado Parade Promises Bigger Crowd This Afternoon
Helldorado events draw 5 000 served at barbecue while 6 500 served last year. Weather expected to improve for the 28th Helldorado Old Timers Parade at 4 p m. About 20 000 spectators expected along the route from Las Vegas Riva North and Bonanza Rd. Parade forms at the corner of Las Vegas Riva North and Bonanza Rd.
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Annex dispute looms in Las Vegas area ruling set
District Judge George Marshall will hear multiple disputed motions tomorrow over overlapping annexations near Tule Springs Ranch. LV and NLV clash on authority to sue and county plans to establish Thunderbird unincorporated town. Lawyers debate who may file and proper boundaries amid confusion.
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Dickerson
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Love
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Parade March Units Named for Old Timers Parade
More than 100 units are set to march today in the Old Timers Parade starting at 4 p.m. from Las Vegas Blvd North and Bonanza, proceeding south to Fremont then west to Main. Named participants include Ute Rangers Garden Grove High School Band Rex Bell Grand Marshal Elks Officers General Chairman Robert E Robinson Jim Cashman Sr and Mark Sullivan Floyd Wallace Marshal Lakewood Pan American Youth Band Lake Mead Base Seabee Drill Team Arcadia Mounted Police Miss Rodeo Hellidorado Miss Rodeo America Miss Rodeo Little Wrangler and Princess Past Helldorado Queens Rodeo Group Senator Howard W Cannon Marshal Nevada Lariettes Las Vegas City Dads Elks Old Timers Stage Coach Jack Streeter Marshal.
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Bonanza
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Main St
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Garden Grove High School
Rex Bell
Grand Marshal
Elks Officers
Robert E. Robinson
Jim Cashman Sr
Mark Sullivan
Floyd Wallace
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Seabee Drill Team
Arcadia Mounted Police
Miss Rodeo
Hellidorado
Princess Past
Helldorado Queens Rodeo Group
Howard W. Cannon
Virgin Valley High School Band
Nevada Lariettes
Las Vegas City
Dads Elks Old Timers
Jack Streeter
Blue Heaven Star Files for Governor Candidacy
Gene Austin, famed showman and songwriter, announces he will run against incumbent Grant Sawyer for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in the September primary. At 61, he noted politics mirrors show business and cites past campaigns with governors in Oklahoma and Louisiana and a friendship with Huey P. Long.
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Hollywood
Grant Sawyer
Austin
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Huey P. Long
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