Emmy Sweep For The Dick Van Dyke Show At Television Awards
Hollywood reports the Dick Van Dyke Show swept the comedy Emmys with Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore winning top acting prizes and the series taking best comedy. Simone Signoret and Cliff Robertson won drama acting honors while The Fugitive earned best dramatic series. Don Knotts obtained his fourth Emmy for supporting comedy.
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Beauty Parade Tops Helldorado Festivities on Fremont Street
Thousands of Vegans lined Fremont Street for the Boots and Beauty Parade ending a four day Helldorado celebration. The Hotel Tropicana float with Miss Helldorado 66 Judy Fleishman won the Sweep Stakes. Anderson Dairy claimed the trophy for theme trophy and Ronzone's Department Store won the Pioneer Trophy in the business firm group.
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Anderson Dairy
Ronzone's Department Store
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Ruthe Deskin Elected State Press President in Nevada
Ruthe Deskin assistant to SUN publisher H M Greenspun was elected president of the Nevada State Press Association. She has worked with the paper since 1950 and is former Las Vegas Press Club president and wife of Jim Deskin World Boxing Association president. Delegates in Elko heard Salt Lake Tribune publisher J W Gallivan predict a merger wave of electronic journalism with newspapers and noted computerization expanding to home TV and production processes. Gov Grant Sawyer presented awards including Best Editorial Las Vegas Review Journal and Best News Story Jack Digles as judges split between silver horse and beauty old timer panels during Helldorado events at Cashman Field ending with Miss Helldorado Rodeo Linda Lee Brown and Miss Rodeo America Carolynn Seay.
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Hank) Greenspun
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Elko
J. W. Gallivan
Salt Lake Tribune
Gallivan
Beach Band Parade Triumph Turns To Standing Ovation
Beach Junior Concert Band, noted for six consecutive category wins, was eliminated yet drew a standing ovation as Gov. Grant Sawyer served as grand marshal in a parade with Strip hotel floats and local officials. Other appearances included County Commissioners Biare and LaPorta and state attorney general Dickerson.
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Six Crucial Months for LBJ in 1966 Survey
The Harris survey shows President Johnson’s job rating at 55 percent excellent or good, down from two months earlier. Inflation and the Vietnam War concern voters, while Democratic prospects vary by region, with gains in the South and declines in the East and Midwest. The coming six months will determine party fate and congressional balance, with urban and southern dynamics shaping November’s outcome.
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