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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1966
Page
8
A reader asks about a husband hoping for a boy and the strain of gender bias during pregnancy. Ann Landers admonishes expectant fathers and urges the couple to heed the column and keep quiet about preferences. Another letter discusses a daughter who pressured her parents for money and inheritance, with guidance that parents should stay independent and avoid emotional blackmail.
Anna Casey aged 81, mother of Walter P. Casey of Las Vegas and Robert L. Casey of Boulder City, died from injuries in a car crash near Niland. Services to be held at Frye Chapel in Brawley at 9 a.m. She was born Anna Irene La Ferra in Long Beach and was active in several local organizations. Surviving daughter Glenn Wallace of Santa Barbara and nine grandchildren.
Clarence James Drouillard 76 of San Diego dies here Tuesday services pending at Lew Colonial Mortuary San Sic. Retired naval officer WW I WW II veteran born May 22 1889 Trenton New Jersey survived by wife Elizabeth and daughter Dorothy Ferry. David Garrett 45 of Las Vegas painter dies in hospital services 10 a m tomorrow at St Christopher Church. Dorothy survivors include wife Dorothy and daughters Mary Holmes Patricia Porter. Sarah Parker 69 Las Vegas dies Saturday services Friday 1 p m Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church officiated by Rev E C Kline. Survived by husband Walace sons Willie Lewis Andrew John daughters Ellen Jones Sue Dixon Margaret Bishop nine grandchildren 16 great grandchildren.
A 25 year old West Las Vegas man Johnny Kent faces a jury in Dist. Judge Clarence Sun's court. Kent was arrested January 19 after allegedly selling marijuana to a police undercover agent.
Negotiations ended after a Sunday vote by 200 Wall Board plant workers at Blue Diamond Corp. The contract runs three years with wage gains of 1.24 dollars per hour in year one and provisions to reopen years two and three for wage talks. It shifts from the old pension to the Teamster pension fund with the company contributing 10 cents per hour per worker.
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