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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1970
Page
6
Nevada Dairy Commission edges toward lower skim milk price by two cents per half gallon while weighing a one cent rise for homogenized milk. A June 1 Reno vote will decide, with Gov. Laxalt urged to sign the emergency measure if approved.
Henrette Fagan 68 of 1713 Silver Birch Lane died Wednesday in a local hospital. Rosary is set for 7 p.m. tomorrow in Palm Chapel and Requiem Mass Monday at 10 a.m. at St. Anne's Church, officiated by Father Joseph Baldus. Interment follows in Woodlawn Cemetery. Born February 25, 1902 in Brooklyn, she lived here 20 years. Surviving: son Kenneth of Las Vegas, four grandchildren in Montana, sister Esther Edwards of Dundee, New York, six grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 11 am today in Memory Gardens for Malcolm Beam age 65 of 1928 Canosa died Thursday in a local hospital. The Rev. Harrison Thompson will officiate. Beam was born July 5, 1904 in Knoxsville Pa and lived here 24 years. Surviving are his widow Thelma of Las Vegas two sons John McKendree of Alexandria Va Malcolm Beam of Camarillo Calif and daughter Joan Lochner of Great Falls.
One a.m. service held for nine year old Robert Blackmer who died Thursday. Bishop Dwayne Ence to officiate with interment at Rose Hills in Whittier. Born October 4, 1960 in Covina, he lived in Las Vegas for six years. Survived by parents W. H. Blackmer, Scott, Diane, grandmother Lou Blackmer, and grandparents Richard Vanier, Castro Valley. Rosary and Requiem Mass noted for Grace Lucatuarte, 71, Las Vegas.
Funeral services are planned for 16 year old Joseph Wilson and Eldon Coy of Mesquite who died when their motorcycle was struck by a pickup near Bunkerville. Wilson’s service is Monday at 9 am in the Mesquite Ward LDS Chapel with burial in Mesquite City Cemetery. visitation Sunday 7 to 8 pm at Metcalf Mortuary St George. Coy’s funeral is Monday at 2 pm at Palm Chapel Las Vegas with burial at Palm Memorial Park. officiant Rev Donald Loving. Both were Virgin Valley High School students and long time Mesquite residents.
The state selective service released 28 Clark County servicemen. Names include Nicholas A. Homes James A. Armstrong George T. Logan John M. Acocella David M. Anderson Terry L. Sisk Delbert L Richardson Leland G. Swain Crag M Barnson Barry M. Klein John A. Aranbasich Anthony Barre Fred Adams Harry R. Brown George W. Ray Richard M. Hersey Jerry Chastain Patrick M. Brady Gunar R. Grinfelds and others from Army Navy and Marine Corps.
North Las Vegas and Clark County recreation departments cosponsor a five day day camp open to children 8 to 12 at Mt Charleston and Lake Mead sites. Activities include crafts hiking and storytelling. Sessions run June July and August with May 25 registration and a $5 fee. Teen curfew hours for summer move to 2 a.m. and to 12 a.m. on school holidays.
Joseph Wood Krutch noted author critic and naturalist died in Tucson at age 76. A former New York drama critic he led in Tucson for years and wrote The Desert Year after studying the Upper Sonoran Desert fauna and flora. Born in Knoxville Tennessee he studied at the University of Tennessee and Columbia. He taught and served in World War I and was associated with the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn Vas College and Columbia University.
The Prehistoric American Artifact Club offers guidance on dating and identifying a found arrowhead. The group meets at 8 p.m. Tuesdays at the Las Vegas Recreation Department Teen Center located at West Fremont and Jones Boulevard. For details call Dean Blake at 385-1220 ext 379.
Brazil announces a National Center for Vocational Training in Brasilia funded with about 5.4 million dollars from the United Nations Development Program. The project aims to enhance workforce skills and vocational education nationwide.
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