Water Project’s Way Speeded Up By House Action
The House Interior Committee approved an amendment to speed the Southern Nevada water project and to guarantee existing water rights for Basic Management Inc and the Las Vegas Valley Water District. The measure follows President Johnson’s guidance and may go to a House Senate conference committee.
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Washington
UPI
Nevada
House Interior Committee
of Basic Management, Inc
Las Vegas Valley Water District
Walter S. Baring
D-New
Baring
House
Senate
Alan Bible
Howard W. Cannon
Shotgun Robbery at Phillips 66 Station
Two service station attendants were robbed of 216 dollars by masked bandits armed with a shotgun. The $216 was taken from the Phillips 66 Station at 3200 Fremont Street just before midnight. Victims Robert D. Reader and Larry Bastanbury of Henderson identified the robbers, who wore paper sacks as masks, and forced the pair to open the cash box before fleeing.
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Sheriff's
3200
Fremont St
Robert D. Reader
Larry Bastanbury
Henderson
Beverly Hills Jewelry Burglary Suspect Nabbed in Vegas
David Jorden Strandley 38 of Vancouver B C is held on fugitive from California charges after a Beverly Hills jewelry store burglary valued at about 147000. He was arrested at a resort hotel alongside two Vancouver businessmen. about 3000 was found on him. The two men are not believed linked.
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Beverly Hills
California
Ralph Lamb
David Jorden Strandley
Vancouver, B.C
Strandley
Vancouver
Las Vegas Art League Plans Tuesday Meeting and Elections
The Las Vegas Art League will hold a general membership meeting and officer election Tuesday at the League Gallery on Las Vegas Boulevard South. Nomination from the floor will be allowed.
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ART League
Las Vegas Art League
League
Las Vegas Bivd. S
Obituaries from Las Vegas area note multiple services
Obituaries list several services: Frank Leighton 54 burial at Palm Memorial Park after a Wednesday death. Rosary tonight at Palm Chapel. Rev James Sheehy to officiate. Henry Moeller 81 services tomorrow at Palm Chapel and burial details. Champ Lay 54 graveside at Woodlawn Cemetery with Veterans of Foreign Wars, Palm Mortuary handling. Everett Zumbrum 57 services pending with Smith Mortuary. Frank Pimentel 75 services tomorrow at Bunker Brothers Chapel with Elks and American Legion burial at Woodlawn. Survivors listed for several, including Amy Leighton and Alva Zumbrum.
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James Sheehy
St. Christopher's Catholic Church
Frank Clement Leighton
Palm Chapel
Palm Memorial Park
Mr. Leighton
Las Vegas
Goldfield
Shadron
Neb
Amy
Melvin Pekrul
First Baptist Church
Henry Ray Moeller
Sunrise St
Dayton
Ohio
Moeller
Miner
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Woodlawn
Champ Lay
North First St
Palm Mortuary
Everett
Frank Robert Pimentel
Seventh St
Bunker Brothers Chapel
B.P.O. Elks
Pimentel
Las Vegas American Legion Post
Westport
Rites Held for Harve Lester Perry Pioneer Las Vegan
Harve Lester Perry, 75, a Las Vegas pioneer and former city commissioner, died late Friday or Saturday and services were held at Palm Chapel with Masonic Lodge officiating. Burial was at Woodlawn Cemetery. He once managed J C Penny in Las Vegas and later ran a men’s shop in Henderson. He was a charter Kiwanis member and past president, also active in Henderson Rotary Club, the Henderson Chamber of Commerce, and the Masonic Lodge.
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Charlie Askew
A. W. Blackman
Tom Jones
Barney Zigtema
Joe Parrulli
Ed Fountain
Harve Lester Perry
Palm Chapel
Masonic Lodge
Woodlawn Cemetery
Perry
J. C. Penny
Henderson
Las Vegas
Funeral Set In Idaho for Boy Killed in Las Vegas
The body of eight year old Donald Stephen Pewitt will be flown from Las Vegas to Nampa Idaho for funeral and burial. He was born in Boise and died after running into a sheriff's patrol car at Nellis Boulevard and Stanley Avenue. He resided at 176214 N Nellis. Survived by parents Donald Pewitt Sr a brother Darryl Wayne and sister Sandra Lynn.
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Donald Stephen Pewitt
Las Vegas
Nampa
Idaho
Boise
Nellis Boulevard
Stanley Avenue
N. Nellis
Donald
Donald Pewitt
Darryl Wayne
Sandra Lynn
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Johnson
Ncrysis House
Universal Motor
Frank Leighton
Henry Moeller
Knoxville
Tenn
Everett Zumbrum
Alva
Harold
Colorado
Vernon
Robert Johns
Jacksonville
Fla
Jane Rierson
Toledo
Teresa Anderson
Dorothy Pressier
Adaline Teusch
Charllotte Schumann
Columbia City
Ind
Emmet
Milford
Frank Pimentel
Peet
Anye
C. Foot
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