Five held in Oakland slay linked to Las Vegas inquiry
Las Vegas detectives probing the Alsup murder learned one Oakland suspect, among five indicted there, visited Las Vegas the night Ralph Alsup was killed at his Warm Springs Road home. Sheriff Lamb noted no proven link yet, as evidence from both cases is reviewed by authorities in Nevada and California.
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Bay Area
Las Vegas
Ralph Alsup
Plumber's Union
Clark County Sheriff’s
Alsup
San Francisco Union
Ralph Lamb
John Meekes
Carl Albright
Warm Springs Road
Meekes
Albright
Lamb
Smithsonian dance and Frontier Hotel memories stir Las Vegas columns
A local column laments the Frontier Hotel’s demise and praises Bill Moore’s Frontier era. It notes the President’s late nights and questions Viet Nam tensions. Gladys Myers, 70, dazzles at a Southern Nevada women’s golf event. Doris Bell skis then reports litter at Sandy Beach with beer cans and broken bottles.
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Doris Bell
Nevada lawmakers push big tax on gaming in special session
Assembly Taxation Committee members Cyril Bastian and Ray Kinsley filed AB-19 to raise casino taxes by more than 20 percent affecting both large and small casinos. They argue funds are needed for education construction and treasury balance, citing the 1960 Zubrow recommendation.
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Nev
UPI
Assembly Taxation Committee
Nevada
Cyril Bastian
D-Caliente
Ray Kinsley D-Lovelock
Taxation Committee
Treasury
Zubrow
Helldorado 66 Gala Opens With Carnival and Beard Contest
Helldorado '66 kicks off with the largest carnival yet at Cashman Field. Elks Lodge officials anticipate about 2,000 attendees for a 5 to 10 p.m. barbecue. The Whiskerine beard contest draws over 50 entrants with prizes for longest beard to peach fuzz types. Miss Rodeo America Carolynn Seay featured.
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Helldorado '66
Elks Lodge
Cashman Field
Nevada Gaming Bodies Back Equal Rights Drive
Bob Bailey, chair of the Equal Rights Commission, won support from the Nevada Gaming Commission in urging casinos to hire Negroes. The agencies will mail a 1961 discrimination policy to licensees, urging self compliance with civil rights laws without a formal vote to revoke licenses.
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Bob Bailey
Equal Rights Commission
Nevada Gaming Commission
Nevada
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Gaming Commission and Gaming Control Board
Nevada Gaming Policy Board
Five-Man Gaming Commission
Three-Man Gaming Control Board
Gov. Sawyer
Bailey
Gaming Commission
Landmark Tower sale hints rise of owner for Nevada hotel
In Chicago LA, ABCC lawyers expect a Las Vegas appearance as nearly five million dollars are tied to Landmark Tower. The 31 story Nevada project began in 1961 with a 140 room hotel plan, halted after 1962 loans. Builders face ongoing suits and window issues as ABCC previously funded the casino hotel project.
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Appliance Buyers Credit Corp
ABCC
Chicago
Las Vegas
Frank Caracciolo
Weather Summary for Today and Yesterday
Clear with gentle winds and a predicted high of 90 and low of 65 today. Yesterday’s high reached 96 and low 67 with noontime humidity at 6 percent. Sunrise was at 5 33 and sunset at 7 42.
Atlas rocket mishap halts Agena crash lands in Atlantic
Atlas engine veered out of control delaying the two man Gemini mission as the $10 million Agena target satellite plunged into the Atlantic. Astronauts Thomas Stafford and Eugene Cernan remained grounded for at least three weeks awaiting the next launch window.
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UPS
Atlantic Ocean
Gemini
Thomas Stafford
Eugene Cernan
Stafford
Final Rites Today for Part Owner of LV's Sands Hotel
Funeral services for Aaron Weisberg major Sands Hotel stockholder are set for 4 p.m. at Palm Mortuary with burial at Woodlawn Cemetery. Weisberg 62 arrived in Las Vegas in 1952 from Newark New Jersey where he ran a juke box business and linked with gaming in several states and the Caribbean. He is survived by his wife Helen and brother Dr William Weisberg. Cantor Joseph Kohn to officiate. pallbearers include Sands president Jack Entratter and Carl Cohen.
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Sands Hotel
Palm Mortuary
Woodlawn Cemetery
Weisberg
Las Vegas
Newark
N.J
Florida
New York
Caribbean
Nevada
Helen
William Weisberg
New Jersey
Joseph Kohn
Jack Entratter
Sands
Carl Cohen
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Bill Moyers
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Smithsonian
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Frontier Hotel
Frontier
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Bill) Moore
Gladys Myers
Hank Greenspun
By CY Ryan
Kinsley
Helldorado Village
Austin Bowler
Helldorado
Said
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Gaming Body
ERC
Landmark Tower
LBJ
Johnson
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SUN
Convention Center
Howard Babcock
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Mint Hotel
Convention Center Drive
Paradise Road
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Cape
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Henderson Perr
Paul Price
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