West Las Vegas bar shooting leaves two wounded
In a family quarrel at the New Town Tavern in West Las Vegas, Bernard Lee Turpin fired a .22 revolver injuring Claude Jackson and Ramon Lee Green. Turpin, 31, was arrested on assault with intent to kill and discharging a firearm. Both victims listed in satisfactory condition at Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital.
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New Town
Jackson Streets
Green
Las Vegas
Turpin
Jackson
West Jefferson Street
Stardust Hotel
Showboat Hotel
Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital
Cunningham Ave
Andy Arrington
Hallie Spears
Paul Gulas
Gulas
Turpins
Suspected Bank Burglar Testifies for Defense
In Carson City UPI report, James R. Day a Reno bartender who pleaded guilty to conspiracy in a 1961 Reno bank burglary testified about planning the crime with John Foster Sandra Barnwell and Josephine Day. Foster Edward Harris and Barnwell face trials and Barnwell earlier testified about keys and safe combinations.
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Carson City
UPI
Reno
James R. Day
Metaire
John Foster
Sandra Barnwell
Josephine Day
Foster
Edward Harris
Security National Bank
U. S
Albert Stephens Jr
Los Angeles
Mrs. Barnwell
Drendel
Nevada Parole Board Frees 56 Inmates for Blue Skies
Fifty six Nevada Prison inmates were granted parole by the State Board on the second day of its spring meeting. Release dates extend over 13 months, bringing the total considered to 80. Thirteen cases involve escapes to other jurisdictions and three will begin new state sentences.
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Carson City
UPI
Nevada
State Board of Paroles
FBI Arrests Man For Parole Violation
A 11 year old man was arrested on probation violation in Las Vegas. Special agent Dean Elson said Joseph Levy was taken into custody on a Kansas City Missouri warrant dated October 15 1962. Levy had a five year federal sentence from 1958 for interstate transportation of stolen goods and was on probation.
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Dean Elson
PBS
Las Vegas
Elson
Joseph Levy
Kansas City
Levy
Hotel Group dinner merges hotel accountants with sales managers
The monthly dinner of the Hotel Accountants Association of Nevada will be held at 6:50 tonight in the Oasis Room of the Hotel Flamingo convention hall. Tonight the event includes members from the Hotel Sales Management Association Southern Nevada Chapter and associates from airline travel and food services.
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Hotel Accountants Association of Nevada
Oasis Room i
Hotel Flamingo
Hotel Sales Management Association
Southern Nevada
Nevada Farm Bureau Chief lauds wheat referendum defeat
Nevada Farm Bureau President Norman Glaser welcomed the nationwide vote against the Kennedy administration wheat controls plan. Nevada growers rejected the proposal by about three to one, with Glaser saying farmers oppose government management and urging Congress to enact a realistic wheat program.
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ELKO
UPI
Nevada Farm Bureau
Norman Glaser
Kennedy
Nevada
America
Glaser
Congress
Retired printer wins prize on vaudeville dance voyage
Frank Gleitz a Brooklyn born octogenarian now living in South Pasadena wins a prize aboard the Matsonia while en route to Hawaii with his wife. Invited to perform on a vaudeville bill with Connie Haynes and John Conte he receives a cigarette lighter for a soft shoe to Alexander's Ragtime Band. He retired two years ago from the New York Herald Tribune composing room after a 25 year linotype career and has 59 years in the International Typographical Union.
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Frank Gleitz
Brooklyn
N.Y
South Pasadena
Calif
Matsonia
Frank
Hawaii
Connie Haynes
John Conte
Alexander
International Typographical Union
Las Vegas ministers attend 56th American Baptist Convention
Four Las Vegas Baptist leaders return from Detroit after participating in a convention endorsing racial equality and halting nuclear weapons tests. The group reported a record missionary budget of 11.68 million dollars and 8,000 delegates representing 1.5 million Baptists.
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Vegas
Baptist
Las Vegas
National Convention of American Baptists
Detroit
Mich
United Nation
Ralph Bunche
United Nations
Five Million Dollar Vegas Urban Renewal Loan Approved
A federal loan of 4 625 866 to the Las Vegas Housing Authority was approved by the Public Housing Administration. The funds will build 300 low rent homes and cover site acquisition improvements and utilities. The loan will be repaid from long term bonds sold to private investors.
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Las Vegas Housing Authority
Public Housing Administration
Nevada
Alan Bible
Howard W. Cannon
Housing Authority
PHA
Bible
Cannon
Las Vegas
Strip Hotel Guard Wounded by Gunshot
Harold Ficke a special deputy at the Hotel Tropicana was treated at Sunrise Hospital after an apparent self inflicted gunshot wound to his lower leg. He underwent surgery and was reported in satisfactory condition by a hospital spokesman.
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Sunrise Hospital
Harold Ficke
Tropicana
Funeral services for William Lee Nance
Funeral services for 21 year old William Lee Nance of Las Vegas will be held at Palm Mortuary at 1 p m today with Rev Roger Sawyer officiating His body will be taken to San Bernardino California for final cremation He was born March 3 1942 in Utah and resided in Las Vegas nine months He is survived by his widow Ginger a daughter Lori his parents Sherman and Mrs Nance of Salt Lake City three brothers Ronald Sherman of Salt Lake City and Richard of Rogue River Oregon and a sister Karen Thayer of Akron Ohio Also listed is Mrs Bornhoff who died en route to Boulder City Hospital born August 13 1897 in Chicago surviving husband Herman two sons Allan of Boulder City and William of Torrance California and two sisters Evelyn Anderson and Lottie Macken both of California.
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William Lee Nance
McDaniel
Las Vegas
Palm Mortuary
Roger Sawyer
San Bernardino
Calif
Mr. Nance
Utah
Ginger
Lori
Sherman Nance
Salt Lake City
Ronald and
Sherman
Richard
Rogue River
Ore
Karen Thayer
Akron
Ohio
Bornhoff
Boulder City Hospital
Chicago, Ill
Boulder ‘City
Herman
Burbank
Allan
Boulder City
William
Torrance
Evelyn Anderson
Chicago
Lottie Macken
Santa Monica
Funeral rites for Peter B. Smith 82 at Palm Mortuary
Funeral services for Peter B. Smith age 82 of 389 North Bruce will be held at 11 a.m. today at Palm Mortuary with the Rev. Melvin Pekrus officiating. Smith died Tuesday at Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital after being born March 10 in Alabama and living here six months. He is survived by a son Horace of Waterloo Alabama and a brother Elbert of Russellville Alabama.
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Peter B. ‘Smith
North Bruce
Palm Mortuary
Melvin Pekrus
Mr. Smith
Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital
Alabama
Horace
Waterloo
Ala
Elbert
Russellville
Funeral rites for Elizabeth Bornhoff in Burbank
Funeral services for Elizabeth Bornhoff, 65, of Burbank California, will be held at Eckerman Funeral Home in Burbank with Palm handling all local arrangements.
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Elizabeth Bornhoff
Burbank
Calif
Eckerman Funeral Home
Palmom
Services for Fruin Fisher Held at Woodlawn Cemetery
Funeral services for Fruin Fisher, who died May 5, will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at Woodlawn Cemetery with Rev. Melvin Pekrul officiating. Palm Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. There are no known survivors.
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Fruin Fisher
Woodlawn
Melvin Pekrul
Palm Mortuary
Burial Set for Arthur Moore of Las Vegas
Arthur Moore aged 65 of 2609 East Charleston Boulevard died May 16 at Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital. Funeral services are scheduled for 11:30 a.m. Thursday at Woodlawn Cemetery with Rev. Melvin Pekrul officiating. He is survived by a brother A. O. Moore of Atkinson Wisconsin and a cousin L. A. Oliver of Lampasas Texas.
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Arthur Moore
Charleston Blvd
Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital
Woodlawn
Melvin Pekrul
Moore
A. O. Moore
Atkinson
Wis
L. A. Oliver
Lampasas
Tex
Funeral services for Marie Drossos
Services for Marie Drossos, 69, of 3031 Pecos in North Las Vegas, will be held at Woodlawn Cemetery at 10 30 a.m. Thursday with Rev. Melvin Pekrul of the First Southern Baptist Church officiating. Palm Mortuary is in charge.
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Marie Drossos
Pecos
Las Vegas
Woodlawn
Melvin Pekrul
First Southern Baptist Church
Palm Mortuary
Solon's Reno Home Named For US Shrine
Washington UPS reports the Reno home of late Sen. Francis G. Newlands was approved for registered national historic landmark status. Sen. Howard Cannon notes the site’s exceptional significance in U.S. history. Newlands served in the House 1892 to 1903 and in the Senate until 1917. He proposed federal irrigation funding via a reclamation fund, signed by President Roosevelt on June 17, 1902.
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Washington
UPS
Reno
Francis G. Newlands
Howard Cannon
Advisory Board On National Parks, Historic Sites
United States
Cannon
Newlands
House of Representatives
U. S. Senate
Theodore Roosevelt
Legislator John B. Cooke in Hawaii Hospital
Former California legislator John B. Cooke, 78, of San Francisco, was reported in satisfactory condition at Tripler Army Hospital in Honolulu after a heart attack aboard the transport USS Breckenridge en route to the Far East. He is a retired Navy commander and was traveling with his wife Ann when he became ill.
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Honolulu
UPI
John B. Cooke
San Francisco
California
Tripler Army Hospital
Far East
State Medical School Chances To Be Discussed
Carson City report notes a possible four state medical school for Nevada Idaho Utah and Wyoming to train doctors. Conference attendees include about 70 members of the Governors Medical Survey Committee and two Western Interstate Commission officials. A plan for regional two or four year schools is also considered though Nevada’s current president says a Nevada medical school is years away.
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Carson City
UPS
Nevada
Idaho
Utah
Wyoming
Governor's Medical Survey
Western Interstate Commission On Higher Education
University of Nevada
Charles Armstrong
Inquest Called In Auto Death
An inquest for Elizabeth Bornhoft 65 who died in Boulder City after being struck by a car in a service station parking lot will be held tomorrow. Burleigh E. Steele 25 the station mechanic faces a technical charge of investigation of manslaughter.
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California
Boulder City
Don Wadsworth
Elizabeth, Bornhoft
Burleigh E. Steele
al Bornhott
Nevada Highway
Boulder City Hospital
Burleigh
Bank Robbery Seminar Warns of 1962 Surge
FBI Las Vegas held a three hour conference at city hall attended by about 60 law enforcement and banking representatives. Dean Elson cited 1962 as a record year with 1250 bank robberies, over 30 percent above 1961, and stressed federal jurisdiction and cooperation.
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FBI
Ray Gubser
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Byy
Aboy 60
City Hall
U.S
Elson
Savings and Loan Management
Sheriff's Department
Las Vegas
Leo Kuykendall
Harold Peterson
Nevada Highway Patrol
B. Handson
California Woman Held on Four Bad Check Counts
Regina Hazeltine, 29, sought by Los Angeles authorities on four counts of bad checks. Arrested by local officers and held in city jail after being brought into custody by Detectives Bob Burgess and Seymore Brown. She refused to sign a waiver of extradition.
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California
Los Angeles
Regina Hazeltine
Bob Burgess
Seymore Brown
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Daly Nlwopareo
West Las
Claude Jackson
Ramon Lee Green
Bernard Lee Turpin
Day
Tony Cina
SUN
Sheriff's Office
B. J. Handlen
LV Police
H. L. Greenfield
Bank of Nevada
Sunfoto
World Mission
A.D. King
Birmingham
Martin Luther King
Melvin A. Pekrul
First Baptist Church
Frank Hutchison
Nevada Baptist Women’s Mission Society
Keith Goss
Harold Stassen
Minnesota
Eisenhower
Bap
Peter B. Smith
Elizabeth Bornhof
Solon
US Shrine
Inquest
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