Indictment of four in diplomat narcotics ring case
A US federal indictment charges Joseph Sax known Marblehead Mass lawyer as a kingpin in a diplomat narcotics ring. Co defendants include Joseph Massa 60 of Revere Mass Robert Ager 37 of Groton Conn and elder Jean Ager living in Clermont Ferrand France. Evidence links couriers with diplomatic immunity to heroin shipments from France via Canada into the United States with thousands of kilograms involved and a wholesale kilo price of 25000 dollars.
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United States
Joseph Sax
Marblehead
Mass
Dope Ring
Joseph Massa
Revere
Robert Ager
Groten
Conn
Jean Azer
Clermont-Ferrand
France
Ager
Sax
Dominican Republic
Porfirio Rubirosa
Robo Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Winthrom Rockefeller
Robo
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Morriston
Canada
Ager US
Vincent L Broderick
Sax and
Massa
Broderick
Dangers Spark Heated Debate Over Tunnels Lighting
City commissioners heatedly debated two passenger tunnels under the Bonanza Street underpass after a rape report and multiple holdups in the last decade. Public Works Director Richard Sauer said lighting is adequate but vandalism damages lines, and the decision ordered better protection and more frequent checks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonanza Street
Harry Levy
Levy
Richard Sauer
Last-Minute Registrars Set for Election Deadline
Clark County Democratic Central Committee organizes six mobile registrar booths for last minute voters. Deputy registrars operate today and tomorrow at Panorama Market Vegas Village Thriftimart L-Bar-L Market Fantastic Fair and Bonanza Club with varied hours for assistance before the November 6 general election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark County Democratic Central Committee
Panorama Market
West Charleston
Vegas Village
Las Vegas Blvd
Thriftimart
East Charleston
L-Bar-L
East San Francisco
West San Francisco
Bonanza Club
Bas Vegas Blvd
World Wide Communion Sunday at Griffith Methodist
The Griffith Methodist Church invites all to World Wide Communion Sunday on Oct 7 with Rev. Roger W. Sawyer delivering a sermon Between Two Worlds. The day marks a global service and special offering to aid overseas disaster victims and military personnel. The Chancel Choir will perform In Remembrance of Me under Marjorie Dickinson. Sunday School at 9:45 and worship at 11, followed by a coffee hour in Kingsbury Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger W. Sawyer
Griffith Methodist Church
East Oakey
Griffith
United States
General Conference of the Methodist Church
Marjorie Dickinson
Margaret Hannah
Kingsbury Hall
Deputy Catches Two Suspects In Burglary
Sheriff deputy captures two 22-year-old suspects, Claude D. Sharbone and Thomas Fred Jones, after spotting them at the Richfield Service Station near Maryland Parkway and Desert Inn Road. They are jailed on burglary charges after breaking a window drew attention and a rapid response assisted by detectives Downing and Been.
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Claude D. Sharbone
Harvard
Las Vegas
Thomas Fred Jones
Ft. Ord
Calif
H D. Rowe
Richfield
Maryland Parkway
Desert Inn Road
Sheriff's Office
Robert Downing
William Been
Grayson Attacks Sawyer On Nevada Industry Growth Falsity
Mayor Oran Grayson in Reno charged Gov. Sawyer exaggerated claims of 64 new industries in Nevada as a public funded hoax. He cited declines in manufacturing mining construction and railroad employment since Sawyer took office, contrasting with Republican growth in finance insurance and real estate during the 1950s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oran Grayson
Las Vegas
Reno
Sawyer
Nevada
Grayson
Obituary: Esme Nell Low 80 Dies in Boulder City
Esma Nell Low 80 died at Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital. Born in Kiowa Kansas she lived in Boulder City since 1933. Graveside services set for 10 a.m. Monday at Boulder City Cemetery with Rev. Ford Gilbert officiating. Survived by son Roger B. Scott of Harbor City California and three brothers Herbert Lindley Liberal Kansas Gordon Lindley Topeka Kansas and Robert Lindley Huntington Beach California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esma Ne! Low
Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital
Kiowa
Kans
Boulder City
Ford Gilbert
Roger B. Scott
Harbor City
Calif
Herbert Lindley
Gordon Lindley
Topeka
Robert Lindley
Huntington Beach
Gertrude Harper 54 dies at home in Chambersville area
Birgie Harper aged 54 died at 216 Alexander Street on Wednesday. A native of Chambersville Arkansas she had lived seven years in the area. Under Bunker Bros Mortuary direction she will be shipped to Perdyce Arkansas for final services and interment. She is survived by her husband Ezell Harper of Las Vegas and nine grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birgie Harper
Alexander St
Chambersville Ark
Bunker Bros. Mortuary
Perdyce Ark
Ezell Harper
Las Vegas
Residents Protest County Road At Commission Hearing
A Blue Diamond area delegation asks county commissioners for relief at today's session. William C. Scharedin and George R. Stapley meet officials to protest the county road from the new freeway to the Blue Diamond tunnels and Pahrump Valley routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue Diamond Area
William C. Scharedin
George R. Stapley
Blue Diamond
Pahrump Valley
Former County Official M C Oglesby Dies in California
Las Vegas resident M. C. Mac Oglesby dies in Upland California at times. He served as Clark County assessor from 1944 for ten years and was deputy assessor. He led Nevada Assessors Association twice as president and received a presidential award at a national convention. He later worked in real estate and as comptroller for Nevada Flagstone Quarries. Funeral services are set for tomorrow at 11 am at Little Church of the Flowers Forest Lawn Glendale with interment there.
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Oglesby
Clark County
Denison
Tex
Las Vegas
Nevada
Assessors Association of Nevada
Nevada Flagstone Quarries, Inc
Forest Lawn Glendale
Calif
Hollywood Blonde Held for Trial In Old Badger Game
Dolores Johns twenty five a Hollywood beauty operator faced trial after waiving a preliminary hearing on larceny from the person in the old badger game case that netted 155 dollars at gunpoint. She and Gordon Biehl twenty one were arrested in Kingman Arizona after the escape attempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood Blonde
Hollywood
Crusading Rancher Challenges Las Vegas Water District Boundaries
Fred B. Houghton, a rancher and former attorney, charges the Las Vegas Valley Water District with illegal boundaries and seeks a voiding of all district actions. He says divisions are uneven and that the district has never been legally organized. No legalization plan offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Las Vegas Valley
Houghton
Eastern
Las Vegas Valley Water District Act
Vegas Tot Dies After Noontime Freak Accident
Five year old Shera Lynn Bovee of 1913 E St Louis Las Vegas tripped while walking home for lunch and struck her chin on a curb. She was taken to Sunrise Hospital and pronounced dead. Deputy Coroner M M Bud Bishop ruled the death a broken neck from the impact.
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Las Vegas
Shera Lynn Bovee
E. St. Louis
Nancy
George Bovee
Sunrise Hospital
Bud” Bishop
Minow Said TV Was Bad But TV Still Shapes Life
In Los Angeles a caller requested an ambulance after failing to get help turning off a television at Central Receiving Hospital. The incident highlights how the electronic age influences emergency requests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minow
Los Angeles
UPI
Central Receiving Hospital
Nevada Utility Assessments Jump in 1962-63 Figures
The Nevada Tax Commission set 1962-63 utility assessments at 150,649,000, up 73,000,000 from 1961-62. Electric, telephone, and telegraph firms led gains, while railroads dropped. Major increases affected Nevada Power, Sierra Pacific, Bell of Nevada, and Central Telephone. Airlines and gas firms rose about 500,000. Union Pacific and Western Pacific cuts occurred. Gaming Board considered eight nonrestricted licenses with final recommendations due Oct 14 and 45 minor-interest applications approved. Eight bidees include Richard Pieper and Don French with significant casino interests in Ely and North Las Vegas. In Ely, the involuntary manslaughter trial of David Bentz was dismissed after jurors split 6-6. the case involved a 1961 Highway 6 crash that killed Clyde Swickert and his parents.
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Carson City
UPI
Nevada Tax Commission
Frawes
Nevada Power Company of
Las Vegas
Elko
Sierra Pacific Power Company
Reno
Millon Bell of
Nevada
Central Telephone Company of
Union Pacific Railroad
Southern Pacific
Gaming Control Board
Gaming Commission
Richard Pieper
Lake Tahoe
Bank Club
Ely
Don French
Ower
North Las Vegas
Bonanza
Clyde
Pershing Hotel
Love
Joan Licini
Desert Inn
Andrew Tompkins
Nevada Club
David Bentz
Rentz
Ontario
Calif
Clyde Swickert
Swickert
Bentz
Here
Allocation Granted for Nellis Base Construction Projects
Congressman Walter Bar ing announced release of 590000 to the Army Corps of Engineers to fund two Nellis Air Force Base projects an aircraft weapons calibration shelter and a ground powered equipment shop and warehouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Baring
Army Corps of Engineers
Nellis Air Force Base
Burglaries Reported Across Las Vegas Area Overnight
Night of burglaries saw two parked cars and three businesses hit, with $1000 plus value stolen. Tinch Furniture lost two TV sets and a transistor radio. Clark County Wholesale was entered but nothing stolen. Esquire Builders reported stolen electric stoves. Individual car losses included suits, slacks, a camera, decor items, and money.
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Tinch Furniture
Main St
Clark County Wholesale
Clark County
Stanley Brower
Esquire Builders
S. 13Th St
Poto
Francis Walters
South Bend
Ind
Carson
Betty W. Weber
Desert Homemakers Meet in Paradise Valley Home
Desert Homemakers of Paradise Valley will meet Tuesday at 9 30 a m in the home of Mrs Jean Rambo. An program of slides and films on lighting in the home will be shown through the courtesy of the Nevada Power Company.
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Paradise Valley
Jean Rambo
Nevada Power Company
North Las Vegas to Build 200‑Unit Housing Near Nellis AFB
The first US housing project approved under Section 810 of the National Housing Act will be built near Nellis Air Force Base in North Las Vegas. Nevada Law and Mortgage Co will develop 200 rental units with priority to government personnel for five years. Rentals will align with servicemen's quarters allowances and base pay.
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K. K. Jacobson
Bank of Las Vegas
Civilian Military Council of Southern
United States
Las Vegas
R. R. Jacobson
Civilian Military Council of
Southern Nevada
Jacobson
Nellis Air Force Base
Nevada Law! and
Mortgage Co
Nellis
Ing
Jame E. Baker
FHA
Reno
Loren E Fielder
R. 8. Kintner
Neil B. Faunce
TAC Nead
Wm. A Alford
C. E. Vandover
Office of Civil Engineering
Hugh F. Taylor
David W Holloway
Institutional Mortgage Co
B J. Swanson
Nevada Land and Mortgage Co
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Esme Nell Low
M. C
Mac) Oglesby
Upland
Morday
Gordon Bieh
Pottstown
Jackman
Kingman
Ariz
Sheriff's Department
Bren
United Fund of
Warren Neustrom
Union Pacific
Harold Vandesforde
the Water District Board
Vegas
Western Pacific
N Vegas
Film For Homemakers
North Vegas
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