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Las Vegas Sun

Location

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America

Date

May 27, 1968

Page

3

ASIS Honors Founder Phil Betts of Las Vegas Chapter

The Las Vegas ASIS chapter presents founder Phil Betts with an engraved plaque for his role in forming the local branch. Betts, EG&G Las Vegas safety director, started the chapter a year ago and has grown membership and activities. A one day security seminar is planned for July 26 at the Stardust Hotel with guest panelists across security disciplines.

Phil Betts Las Vegas The American Society For Industrial Security Don Dillman ASIS Betts Eg&g Stardust Hotel

Bandits Rob Vegas Cook at Gunpoint Outside Police Station

Three armed men robbed cook Danny O Hara for 280 dollars late Saturday near the police station at 1st and Stewart streets. O Hara said a gun was pressed to his stomach as a man demanded compliance, while another accomplice waited nearby and a third in a car with engine running. The trio fled in the waiting vehicle after he handed over his wallet.

1St Stewart Danny O’hara Brown O’hara

Hotel Execs Choose Cannon As Leader

Robert O. Cannon executive vice president and general manager of the Tropicana Hotel was elected president of the Rocky Mountain Hotel Association at its 67th annual convention in Denver. The association includes hotel industry executives from Nevada Utah New Mexico Colorado Wyoming Montana and Idaho. Cannon began at El Rancho Vegas in 1941, served in the Army Air Corps, and rose to hotel executive roles including Last Frontier and Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce director.

Robert O. Cannon Tropicana Rocky Mountain Hotel Association Denver Colo Nevada Utah New Mexico Colorado Wyoming Montana Idaho Cannon Las Vegas el Rancho Vegas Army Air Corps Guam Pacific Last Frontier Utah-Nevada Hotel Association Las

Library Sets Summer Schedule for Clark County Trail Library

Clark County Library District begins summer service on June 3 with Book Trailer hours from 10 a.m. to 5 30 p.m. The 5000 volume trailer visits Paradise Spa St Viator School parking lot St Matthew Church Newton Nellis Avenue Parkdale Shopping Center Boulder Highway Desert Inn Road. Children may register and join the Mighty Dragon summer reading program. Residents in visiting communities may use the trailer free of charge.

Clark County Charles K. Atkins Paradise Spa St. Viator’s St. Matthew Episcopal Church Newton Nellis Avenue Parkdale Boulder Highway Desert Inn Road

Broadway Youth Councils to Be Feted at Tropicana Hotel

The Broadway Hi-Debs and Key-Men councils will be honored at a Saturday 10 a.m. to noon coffee in the Gourmet Room of the Tropicana Hotel. Attendees include council members mothers high school faculty and Broadway executives. The youth clubs began in 1959 for girls and 1965 for boys now exceed 90 000 members and span Southern California Nevada and Arizona. Council candidates must be high school seniors with strong academics and leadership. Speaker will be William Favre manager of The Broadway Las Vegas.

Broadway Tropicana Hotel The Ganization William Favre Broadway Las Vegas

Raggio Praises Senate Passage of Safe Streets Bill

Washoe County District Attorney William Raggio and Clark County DA George Franklin, in Denver for the National District Attorneys Association board meeting, welcomed the Senate passage of the administration's amended Safe Streets and Crime Control Bill. The measure would shift funds and powers to states and local authorities, with a conference committee to reconcile differences before final Congress vote.

Denver Colo William Raggio Washoe County National District Attorneys Association U.S. Senate Raggio George Franklin Clark County Association Nevada U.S. Justice Department Senate House Conference Committee Congress

Paychecks Stolen From Union Office Break-in

Police say Culinary Union Local 226 at 1630 South Commerce was broken into between 10 p.m. Friday and 7 a.m. Saturday, with payroll checks stolen after the thief pried open a rear window screen. A separate report notes Linda Edwards, living at 100014 No. C St., had a $100 TV taken from her bedroom window by a thief who pried the screen between 3:30 and 5:20 p.m. Saturday.

Culinary Union 1630 South Commerce Linda L. Edwards No. “C” St

Las Vegas Sun Masthead and Rates Ad

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Nevada reports three deaths in separate Nevada accidents

Three people died in two crashes on Saturday raising Nevada’s highway toll to 70 for the year. An eight year old South Lake Tahoe boy, Wayne Huseman, was struck on U S 50 near Carson City while crossing with two 17 year olds after a flat tire left them walking. A California plated car struck him. the driver was not cited. In a second crash on U S 95, Warren Williams of Lexington Washington and Harry Phillips of Carson City died in a head on collision. The Nevada Highway Patrol continues to investigate both accidents.

South Lake Tahoe Wayne Frank Huseman U. S. 50 Carson City U. S. 395 Young Huseman California U. S. 95 Nevada Highway Patrol Warren Louis Williams Lexington Wash Fallon Naval Air Station Harry Eugene Phillips Phillips

Three-Car Crash Hospitalizes Three Vegans on Paradise Road

A three car collision on Paradise Road north of Karen Street injured three people. Gloria Ann Ness 38 and Michael Casswell 15 were hospitalized in satisfactory condition with fractures and cuts. Dr William Benjamin Harris 44 treated and released for a broken left hand. Nevada Highway Patrolman Ken Martens cited John Edward Long 24 for reckless driving after he swerved to avoid the first car, triggering the crash.

Paradise Road Karen St Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital Gloria Ann Ness Hazlewood Rd Michael Casswell William Benjamin Harris Rancho Rd Nevada Highway Ken Martens John Edward Long Central Park Circle Paradise

Memory Mastery Adverts Offers Free booklet

A Chicago publisher promotes a self training method to improve memory for business and social success. It promises added poise confidence and popularity and offers a free booklet Adventures in Memory by mail.

Chicago

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