New Realty Firm Cleared For McCarran Warehouses
Elmer Johnson named new president of Nevada Power, succeeding Reid Gardner who died last week. FAA warned of hazardous conditions from three warehouses near McCarran Field as county officials push urgent FAA contact and possible alternate solutions. Petersons offered to waive demolition compensation if needed, then retracted. Johnson, a 35 year energy veteran, has held top posts in Chile and Brazil before returning to Las Vegas. He is active in Kiwanis and Junior Achievement and married to Mary Cady with two sons.
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Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
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Junior Achievement, Inc
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Cady Leonard
Derek Herbert
Nevada brothels closed in raids in Lyon County
UPI report from Yerington says Lyon County District Attorney Pete Flangas announced raids on Moonlight Ranch near the U S 50 and Virginia City Turnoff. Four women were arrested as part of the operation prompted by complaints that men under 21 frequented the establishment.
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UPI
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U.S. Highway 50
Virginia City
Smallpox scare false alarm in Ely shocks town
Preliminary tests ruled out smallpox in a local high school girl and officials suspect chickenpox. Blood samples were sent to NIH for analysis while a mass immunization drive reached about 6 000 residents.
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UPS
B.A. Winne
State Health Department
National Institute of Health
Bethesda
Winne
Southwest Gas Nevada Refund Share Set at 302000
A Southwest Gas Corp spokesman said Nevada customers will not receive a direct refund from the $35.5 million FPC order. Nevada's portion is about $302,000 with interest covering April 1955 to January 1958, as the company reinvests funds in plant and equipment rather than issuing direct refunds. Southwest Gas Arizona operations will receive $550,000 from the Texas wholesaler.
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FPC
Arizona
Texas
Economic Dilemma Tops Meeting on NTS Pay Fight
AEC labor chiefs and Reynolds Electrical Engineering officials convene today to decide on final terms from President Kennedy’s economy board for the Nevada Test Site. Labor leaders say they still have not received the ten page report and need time to study it before the session. Oscar Smith arrives to mediate with unions and REECO, while a decision on abandoning litigation per NTSSCLB guidance is also anticipated.
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Alamo Flight-O-Rama bid for old McCarran hanger
County commissioners received two lease bids for the McCarran field terminal and adjacent land. Los Angeles bidders Aer: Flight-O-Rama and Crockett propose private aviation facilities and an aviation museum with plans to share space with Alamo Airways. Proposals include annual payments from $7,500 to $16,000 plus percentages of gross revenue for concessions.
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Atewonia
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Las Vegas
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Graveside services for Claude Preston 76 tomorrow in Boulder City
Graveside services for Claude Preston 76 of 443 North 1th Street will be held tomorrow at 10 pm in Boulder City Cemetery with Rev. Ford Gilbert officiating. Preston died Sunday while visiting Reno. He was born June 16 1886 in Fawn River Michigan a retired building contractor and member of Odd Fellows and Modern Woodmen of the World. Survivors include two sons Roger Dale and Frank J widow Adah five grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Palm Mortuary also to transport James V Proctor 66 of Antimony Utah for burial in Richfield Utah following his death yesterday in Boulder City Trailer Park. Proctor born September 5 1906 in Panguitch Utah is survived by his widow Adah, one son Lewis G, and siblings Frank Effie Mary Coriminn Lucy.
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Henderson Community Church
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Las Vegas
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Panguitch
Adah
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Frank
Effie Lambert
Panguiteh
Mary Muier
McGuill
Nev
Rites Planned for Frank Sands in Los Angeles
Frank Sands 2, of 1 Dio Drive Los Angeles is to be sent there for final rites. Born March 15 1931 in Albuquerque New Mexico he worked as a singer in entertainment. Survivors include his widow Patricia and his mother Josephina L Sanchez along with four brothers Julian Mario Ernest and William Sanchez all of Los Angeles.
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Frank Sands
Los Angeles
Calif
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Albuquerque
N.M
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Josephina L. Sanchez
Julian
Mario
Ernest
William Sanchez
Los An
Burial plan for Earl R Thurman Sr of Phoenix
The body of Earl Ralph Thurman Sr 40 of Phoenix is being brought there for final rites and burial. His wife Mary Thurman died yesterday at Sunrise Hospital. Thurman a pharmacist and World War II veteran was born January 8 1923 in Illinois. He leaves two sons Earl Ralph Jr and Paul Morton both of Phoenix, two daughters Marilyn Sue and Charlotte Marie both of Phoenix, and one brother Raymond of Dunlap Illinois.
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Abe Hirsch 60 LA Resident Dies at Sunrise Hospital
Abe B. Hirsch of Los Angeles died Saturday at Sunrise Hospital. Born February 12, 1903, in Manchester England, he will be buried at Gromans Mortuary in Los Angeles. He leaves his wife Adeline, son Barry, daughter Sylvia Jones, four brothers Arnold Eli Son of Chicago II and Harry, and three sisters.
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Los Angeles
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Chicago
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San Francisco
Rosary for Alfred O Donnell in Palm Mortuary
Alfred Joseph O Donnell 61 died yesterday at Camp Mercury. A rosary is said tonight at Palm Mortuary with Father Elwood LaVoy officiating. The body to be sent to Boston for final rites. O Donnell born March 1 1902 in Massachusetts was administrative assistant for Reynolds Electric at Mercury and had lived there 10 months. He is survived by a son Alfred O Donnell of Las Vegas.
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Las Vegas
Paradise Valley Residents Win Appeal On PV Tract Stop
Property owners in Paradise Valley secured a victory to halt tract home construction. The district attorney and defense lawyers are weighing an appeal to the Nevada Supreme Court.
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Two Suspects Held in LV For Robbery
Las Vegas police detained Angelo Tofoya and Henry Gillen, ages 21 and 20, after a grocery clerk was beaten and robbed. The men, Albuquerque and Kansas City residents, were arrested near 11th and Fremont following a coffee pot attack and knife threat. A court ruling denied defense intervention and returned the case to county planning scrutiny amid a Paradise Valley zoning dispute involving a 160 acre parcel and a proposed Paradise Vista tract of about 660 homes priced at 20 000 to 25 000 each. Builder Mery Adelson heads Market Town Builders Inc with about 144 million invested, while further court action is anticipated.
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Kansas City
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Fremont
Hal Miller
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Larry Baker
Jim Gastineau
Snyder
Paradise Valley
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Sexton
Dep
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Mendoza
Supreme Court
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Passer Admits Phoenix Store Holdup
Francis Fendrick alias William Dolson, 28, admits he aided a Phoenix market robbery two weeks earlier. Las Vegas officers arrested him on forgery and fugitive charges after a Foodland Market employee found forged 3150 in money orders. Fendrick had 23 money orders drawn on Valley National Bank Phoenix at the time of his arrest.
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Francis Fendrick
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Larry Conlan
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Endrick
Voting List To Be Published For June 4 Election
A city voter list of over 21 000 registered voters will be published before the June 4 general election. The City Commission approved publication to address post primary complaints about voting information. Names will appear under each of the 119 precincts per city clerk Sigrid Dodgson. Publication date not yet set.
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University Frosh Named Miss Rodeo
Toni Pouch, an 18 year old University of Nevada freshman, has been named Reno Rodeo Queen of 1963. She will preside over the annual rodeo beginning June 1.
Police Seek Gunman Behind Ninth Street Gas Station Heist
Police hunt a gunman who robbed Chief Gas Station at Ninth Street and Stewart Ave at dawn. The suspect demanded cash with a 45 caliber pistol and fled south after taking about $107, with roughly $60 from the till and $47 from attendant Fairley Carter.
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Shotgun Bandit Holds Up Motel
Police hunt two men after a double barreled shotgun robbery at the Gateway Motel on Las Vegas Boulevard South. Beatrice Fredi, manager, reports $250 taken around 2 28 a.m. the younger suspect entered the office, locked the door, and ordered, this is a stick up. An older accomplice waited with the second gun.
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