Miss Nevada Beauty Winner to Receive Top Scholarship
The Reno Venture Club announces scholarships and awards for Miss Nevada finalists. The 1965 Miss Nevada will win a $1000 top scholarship plus an Oldsmobile for her reign, a $500 Soroptimist-Venture award for first runner up, $250 for second, $100 for third and fourth, and a $250 Harold’s Club Miss Congeniality scholarship. Trophies, air travel to Atlantic City, and numerous gifts complete the prize package. The pageant is set for June 12 in Reno at Centennial Coliseum, with state contestants aiming for Miss America berth.
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Reno Venture Club
Pepsi-Cola Rattlers of
Nevada
Harold's Club
Harrah's Club
Oldsmobile
General Motors
Judy Lee
American Millinery Institute
Atlantic City
Reno
Centennial Coliseum
Obituaries for Blumenthal Lynch and Anderson Named
Funeral services are set for Joseph Blumenthal 82 of Las Vegas with burial at Hillside Memorial Park. Also scheduled are Eugene C. Lynch 49 at Palm Mortuary and Eva Anderson 47 at Bunker Brothers Mortuary with local survivors listed and burials planned at Mountain View Gardens of Memory and Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Joseph Blumenthal
Las Vegas
Eugene C. Lynch
S. Seventh St
Palm Mortuary
Glenn L. Tudor
The
First Christian Church
Mr. Lynch
Fostoria
Ohio
Conrad
Truesdale Fife
Standish Shore
Mass
Mountain View Gardens of Memory
Eva Anderson
Recco St
North
Bunker Brothers Mortuary
Leo Johnson
St. Peter's Baptist Church
Anderson
Tellulah
Martha Anderson
North Las Vegas
Lula Anderson
Olivia Richardson
Los Angeles
Bennie
Baumer
Matt
Ollie
Woodlawn Cemetery
Washoe County Considers One Cent Gas Tax
Washoe County Commission directed drafting an ordinance for a one cent county gas tax to raise about 500000 to fund the county master highway and street plan. The 1965 legislature allowed Clark and Washoe Counties to levy the tax to relieve traffic. The state currently imposes a six cent gas tax with part returned to cities and counties.
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Reno
UPI
Washoe County
Clark
Washoe
Cold Weather Damages Nevada Crops
The U S Agriculture Department said freezing temperatures in early month damaged alfalfa and spring grains. Eastern Nevada suffered below zero conditions on several occasions. The agency noted conditions were good until May 1 when the cold spell hit.
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Reno
UPI
U. S. Agricultural Department
Nevada
Sierra Club Will Present River Trek Lecture
William Belknap, boating expert, will give an illustrated talk at 8 p.m. Wednesday for the Sierra Club at the Science Technology Building, Nevada Southern University. He coauthored Time and the River Flowing and will show Grand Canyon and Glen Canyon Dam views. The club will discuss Colorado dam plans and host Zion National Park trips with camping and hiking options led by Walt Schlager and Howard Booth.
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William Belknap
Colorado River
Sierra Club
Science Technology
Nevada Southern University
Belknap
Dave Brower
Grand Canyon
Glen Canyon
Marble Gorge
Club
Colorado
Zion National Park
Utah
Walt Schlager
Kolob Plateau
Ia Verkin Creek
Howard Booth
Firemen Respond to Eight Calls Across City and County
City and county fire crews answered eight emergency calls in a 24 hour period ending midnight Sunday. Incidents included electrical short with no fire, trash can fire, rear bedroom and furniture fire, air conditioning unit fire, overheated pot of beans, a resuscitation call for a 40 year old, a brush fire at Nellis Boulevard, and a car fire on Paradise Road.
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Sweeney Ave
Wisteria Ave
Carver Ave
Mallard St
S. Eleventh St
Betty Jean Ferguson
N. 27Th St
Southern Nevada Hospital
Nellis Boulevard
Bonanza Road
Paradise Road
Have You Seen Him Have You Seen Him
Police search for Fred Henry Jacobs 76 who was reported missing May 9. His wife says he is under a doctor’s care for a heart ailment and may be staying in downtown area rooming houses or motels. A family car was found locked near a downtown hotel with no clue to his whereabouts. Information to missing persons division of Las Vegas Police.
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Mr. Blumenthal
Omaha
Neb
Anne Blumenthal
Las Vegas
Lillian Brick
Harold Blumenthal
Los Angeles
Palm Mortuary
Fred Henry Jacobs
Jacobs
Local Group Seeks Affiliation With National Council
Leonard Godick urges Na tional Council for Local Studies members to contact Dr. Floyd Scritchfield, the local classification committee chair, to pursue affiliation with the national organization.
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National Council For Local Studies
Leonard Godick
Floyd Scritchfield
Wholesale firms in Las Vegas show big 1963 sales gains
United States Census data for Southern Nevada wholesale firms reports 1963 sales of 201 million dollars, up 170 percent from 1958, and 13 million dollars in 1963 payroll, up 194 percent. In the week of November 15, 1983, 1,909 workers were paid 253 thousand dollars, up 121 percent in headcount and 179 percent in payroll from 1958. Groceries lead, electrical goods surge 542 percent with 12.5 million dollars in sales. largest payroll lies with electrical goods at 16.4 million dollars, up 448 percent.
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Nevada
Las Vegas
United States Department of Commerce
Local Teacher Earns National Education Scholarship to France
Rancho High Latin teacher Serena Chernik and North Las Vegas mother was named one of 40 recipients nationwide for a seven week French Institute at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. She departs June 23 for the program funded by the National Defense Act to advance foreign language teaching.
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Rancho
North Las Vegas
U.S. Office of Education
Rancho High
Fairbanks
Alaska
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Paradise Rds
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University of Alaska
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U.S. Office of Education For Advanced Study
National Defense
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Albany
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