Civil Defense Conference Opens in Las Vegas with Region 7 Leaders
Civil Defense officials from six states gather at the Hotel Sahara for the United States Civil Defense Council Region 7 meeting. Key speakers include Charl H. Aulick and John W. Gaffney, with sessions on operational plans, management, federal aid, and emergency public information. A field trip to Boulder City Hoover Dam closes the 1965 conference.
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Nevada
United States Civil Defense Council
Hotel Sahara
Russell Lunsford
Region 7
William Taylor
North Las Vegas
Robbins Cahill
Clark County
Charl H. Aulick
Office of Civil Defense
Col
Carl M. Smith
U. S. Army
Arizona States Civil Defense Office
John W. Gaffney
California Civil Defense Office
Honolulu
Claude Shipley
Nevada Civil Defense
Long Beach Civil Defense
John McConnell
Federal Office of Civil Defense
Washington, D. C
William G. Eldridge
Civil Defense
Phoenix
Harry Braze
Peterson
Robert M. Winsor
Office of Emergency Planning
Larry Stevenson
National Civil Defense Council
Vernon
Munsell
City of North Las Vegas
McConnell
Maj
R. H. Bucknell Jr
California
Arizona
Utah
Hawaii
Boulder City
Hoover Dam
Lake Mead Marina
Bucknel
Woman Sues Riviera Hotel Over 1963 Slip and Fall
A Phoenix woman, Muriel K Palmer, testified in U S District Court that the Riviera Hotel's curb caused her 1983 slip and fall. She seeks 25000 damages, arguing the curb was an obvious hazard and the hotel negligent.
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Phoenix
Io U.S. District Court
Riviera
Muriel K Palmer
Roger J. Foley
Mrs. Palmer
Palmer
Clark P-TA States Meet At Western High Thursday
The new Fd W Clark High School P-TA holds its organizational meeting Thursday at 7:30 am in Western High School Little Theater. Parents joining will sign a charter scroll on display in the new building. By-laws, nominating slate, floor nominations, and election of officers will occur.
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Fd W. Clark High School
P-Ta
Little Theater
Western High School
Venezuelan Navy Ship Adrift Off Puerto Rico
The Venezuelan navy ship T-17 Capana, en route from La Guaira to Bayonne with cargo, was reported adrift in the Atlantic about 125 miles northwest of San Juan after an engine room breakdown. The U S Coast Guard said there was no danger of sinking and about 150 crewmen were aboard.
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San Juan
P. R
UPIT
Atlantic
U. S. Coast Guard
la Guaira
Bayonne
N. J
Vandals Hit Church Steal 30 Dollars
The Church of God in Christ on Madison Streets was ransacked Tuesday night. Juveniles broke a soft drink machine, took about 30 dollars, and tried to pry open a locked file cabinet in Rev. C. C. Cox’s office after smashing a rear window to enter the church.
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Madison Streets
C. C. Cox
New Jail Bids Invited for Overton Facility
County commissioners will invite bids May 7 for a new Overton jail and Justice Court designed by J. M. Weller. The project on Jones Street near Highway 91 includes a sheriff substation and justice court with an estimated construction cost around 10000 dollars.
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Overton
J. M. Weller
Jones Street
Highway 91
American Legion
Former Vegan Apparently Takes Life in Las Vegas Motel
A 45-year-old former Las Vegan named William Braxton Armstrong reportedly took his own life Wednesday. He was found in a motel room at Main and Oakey around 1 p.m. with a 32 caliber Spanish made automatic pistol nearby. Armstrong had returned here four days earlier and was estranged from his wife Sally, who works for a telephone company.
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Las
William Braxton Armstrong
Main and
Oakey
Ken Elder
Armstrong
Fider
Sally
Detroit Painter Tar tarsky Identified After Death
Relatives identified a man missing since 1961 as Charles Tartarsky, a 42 year old unemployed painter, found hanged in a Detroit motel room on Tuesday. Deputy coroner Harvey Schnitzer said Tartarsky used a plastic clothes line, the chair remained nearby, and 38 cents along with dirty clothes were in the room. He had been despondent over work and money problems.
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Detroit
Mich
Harvey Schnitzer
Charles A. Tartarsky
Tartarsky
F. Carson St
Virginia Griffin
Schnitzer
Plane Crash Kills Relatives of Sunrise Hospital Chief
The bodies of Gerald H. Crovity and his wife from Woodland Hills California were identified as the niece and nephew of Nate Adelson Sunrise Hospital Board President. The Cessna 172 vanished Saturday on a Redlands to Van Nuys flight and was found on a fog shrouded peak northeast of Upland. Investigators believe the wreckage occurred due to fog and low visibility.
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Gerald H. Crovity
Woodland Hills
Calif
Sunrise Hospital Board
Nate Adelson
Redlands
van Nuys
Adelson
California
Reno Population Rise Forecast by Planning Official
Reno Regional Planning Commission Manager Richard Allen predicted Reno’s population will reach 120.0 percent of the 1974 level by 1975, rising from about 70,000. He outlined needs for 16 elementary schools, six junior high schools, and three high schools, figures presented to the Washoe County School Board.
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Reno
UPI
Regional Planning Commission
Richard Allen
Allen
Washoe County
Clark County Board to sign Head Start contract
The Clark County School District Board plans to sign a federal contract Thursday night for a 62 603 program to aid culturally underprivileged students. The project titled Head Start will start in June with 35 kindergarten students and 34 staff for seven weeks. It uses 53 131 from Economic Opportunity funds to provide early schooling.
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Clark County
Kintergarten
Boulder City Seceeding from Clark County Dubious Says Official
County Assessor James Bilbray called Boulder City secession from Clark County ridiculous noting the city could not form its own county in 100 years. Boulder City councilman Dr James French proposed withdrawal to avoid being swallowed by Las Vegas as it grows. He warned the plan is economically unfeasible because tax rates cannot be lowered until county bonds are released.
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James Bilbray
Boulder City
Clark County
Bilbray
James French
Las Vegas
Grant Stewart Wins City Commission Vote in Las Vegas
In Las Vegas the primary results show Grant Stewart leading 5 to 1 in precincts where he ran a neighborhood market and liquor store. Voters who know both candidates and do business with them favor Stewart over the incumbent by over 2 to 1, including neighbors backing Stewart.
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City Commission
Las Vegas
Grant Stewart
Grant Stewart Prevails Over Incumbent in Las Vegas
In Las Vegas 147 election precincts reported. Grant Stewart captured 124 votes while his opponent had 23. Of the 23 precincts only 8 were non Negro. 15 were in the Negro community where religious bigotry is cited as a campaigning tool. Stewart won citywide by more than a 2 to 1 margin outside the Negro precincts.
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Las Vegas
Grant Stewart
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