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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1966
Page
3
The Atomic Energy Commission schedules an underground low to intermediate yield detonation at 6:33 a.m. at the Nevada Test Site. Some people outside the site may feel a slight tremor, especially atop tall buildings, but no property damage is expected beyond the immediate detonation area within the test site.
Triple funeral services are planned for Henry Conner 39 Archie Conner 36 and Charley Gore 73 victims of a Cessna 182 crash seventeen miles north of Ely. Bodies were charred beyond recognition after the Sunday disaster.
Robert Joseph Finnelly, 35, a San Francisco salesman, was arrested at a Strip hotel after officials flagged checks he cashed at the tables as forged. Investigators noted he had been released from San Quentin last February after nine years, and he faces charges of forgery and failing to register as an ex felon.
A 42 year old retired Army captain named Don Hall was appointed assistant chief probation officer by county officials. Hall will assist Robert E. Mullen in supervising juvenile facilities and 107 department employees. He previously worked with the state juvenile parole department at the Nevada Youth Center in Elko and has resided in the county for eighteen months.
A 25 year old West Las Vegas man, Johnny Gene Kent, facing possession and sale of marijuana charges, saw final arguments and jury instructions given in Judge Clarence Sun dean's district court. Kent was arrested January 19 by Las Vegas police during a narcotics crackdown. His attorney is Charles Kellar.
Union organizer Tom Hanley claims the Hotel Thunderbird election was tainted by bribery coin drops, leaflets, and pre election campaigning. The hotel denies all charges and the NLRB will review the 20 pages of allegations, with a hearing unlikely but possible.
A survey of Las Vegas hotels shows mixed responses to Equal Rights Commission discrimination charges. Sahara-Nevada president A A McCollum awaits mailing a formal reply. Tropicana and Thunderbird executives defend compliance and merit in hiring, dismissing unrest claims and Watts comparisons.
Clark county grand jurors recessed their Henderson land case inquiry until June 7 after hearing witnesses including Harry Polk the Henderson land developer linked to land given to the city by the Bureau of Land Management The probe examines possible conflicts of interest in the citys sale of the land to Polk Jurors plan a summer recess starting in July and will resume after the primary election.
A $500000 negligence suit was filed in Federal District Court naming Mrs Sylvia Gold Arthur Barnes and Transportation Unlimited of Las Vegas as co defendants. Plaintiff Charles Hvass and six children allege Mrs Geraldine Hvass was killed in a Tropicana and Paradise Road collision with a Gold auto and a Las Vegas bus.
Eastern Airlines is honored by the Sales Promotion Executives Association at its ninth International Conference at the Hotel Sahara. SPEA President Irwin M. Towers praises the carrier for reversing five years of losses and forging a new corporate image amid a near bankruptcy.
The Las Vers OSUN lists its staff including Ruthe Desk in as assistant to the publisher Bryn Armstrong executive editor Vince Anselmo managing editor Dave Bradrley city editor Gerry Appleby women s editor Jack Davenport advertising director William Shepwood circulation manager Burt Bay classified director Haney Womack nutritionce retail advertising manager H Greenspun president Ray Germain vice president Ruthe Desk in secretary and Barbara Qreen Spun treasurer Entered at the Las Vegas Nevada post office as second class matter and affiliated with Ward Griffith Co and several press associations.
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