Laxalt and Sawyer Clash Over PSC Wiretap Probe
Republican Paul Laxalt denounces the Nevada Public Service Commission probe into Nevada Bell saying it is a cover up for Gov. Grant Sawyer’s failure to stop illegal wiretapping. Sawyer defends the probe as limited to rates and service and accuses Laxalt of a sellout while referencing FBI ties to private lines and Hoover.
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Paul Laxalt
General Telephone Company
Grant Sawyer
Las Vegas
Laxalt
Sawyer
FBI
Nevada
Public Service Commission
J. Edgar Hoover
Ed Olsen
Gaming Control Board
Hoover
Justice Department
Oregon auctions idle ferries for sale to buyers
Salem Oregon with three idle ferries put up for sale after service ends. Inquiries came from buyers seeking use as a restaurant a marine supply store and a floating bunkhouse for offshore drilling crews.
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Salem
Ore
UPI
Oregon
Noted Las Vegas youth worker Kermit Booker dies
Kermit Roosevelt Booker Sr., 60, longtime Las Vegas educator and Scout leader, died Wednesday after a lengthy illness. Funeral tomorrow at 2 p.m. at Zion Methodist Church with Rev. Marion Bennett officiating. He taught at Madison Elementary and the Clark County Juvenile Home and earned the Silver Beaver Award in 1959. He is survived by his wife Ethel, two sons Kermit Jr. and Jerald, two grandsons, three sisters, and a brother. Born January 25, 1906 in Lexington Missouri.
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Kermit Roosevelt Booker Sr
Las Vegas
Zion Methodist Church
Marion Bennett
Booker
Madison
Clark County
W. Bonanza Rd
Boy Scouts
Cub Scouts
Trailblazers
Ethel Booker
Kermit R. Booker Jr
Jerald Payne Booker
Gary
Keith
Missouri Wilson
Lexington
Vera Mae Williams
Omaha
Neb
Mazie McCarrell
Walter Booker
Kansas City
Las Vegas Sun masthead and staff list
The Las Vegas Sun printing details list editor in chief H M Greenspun and publisher, executive editor Bryn Armstrong, managing editor Vince Anselmo, city editor Dave Bradley, women's editor Gerry Appleby, advertising director Jack Davenport, circulation A E Burk Buy, national ads manager Aney Womack, and officers Ruth Deskin and Barbara Greenspun. Subscription rates show daily 10 cents and Sunday 20 cents with carrier delivery $2.00 per month.
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Las Vegas Sun, Inc
Commerce Street
Las Vegas
Nevade
Rputhe Deskin
Bryn Armstrong
Vince Anselmo
Dave Bradley
Gerry Appleby
Jack Davenport
William Smepwood
Burt Buy
Direc
E. Aney Womack
National Reto
H MM. Greenspun
Noisy Race to the Top Around Here
A local boast highlights rapid ascent and high tempo ambition as competitors push for leadership. The comment signals aggression and fast tracking toward prominence within the community or organization.
Rites Set For Vegas War Victim
The body of Las Vegas teen Ray Walter Holeman 19 died Sept 23 in Da Nang Vietnam is brought home for burial. He earned the Bronze Star and served in E Company 2nd Battalion First Marine Division. Funeral Monday 3 p.m. Palm Chapel with burial at Palm Memorial Park. He is survived by his mother Audie Morgan stepfather a brother Lance Corporal Wayne Holeman and maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs G W Puett.
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Las Vegas
Ray Walter Holeman
Southeast Asia
da Nang
Akron
Ohio
Palm Chapel
Palm Memorial Park
E Company
2Nd Battalion
First Marine Division
Holeman
Audie Morgan
S. 4Th St
Wayne G. Holeman
Chu Lai
Viet Nam
G. W. Puett
Bell Gardens
Calif
Airman Hurt in Nellis Crash Near Intersections
Airman Bob Wilfawn, 36, of Nellis Air Force Base, remained in fair condition at Nellis AFB Hospital after his car overturned several times. Police said his vehicle ran off the road near Nellis Boulevard and Cheyenne Avenue, skidding 402 feet before sliding across the road and rolling.
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Bob Wilfawn
Nellis
Nellis Afb Hospital
Nellis Boulevard
Cheyenne Avenue
Highway Patrol
Wilfawn
LV Flier Maj Walter E Carson III to return to Viet Nam
Las Vegas native Maj Walter E Carson III leaves home for another Viet Nam deployment after a 16 year career in the Air Force. He has logged over 4,000 flight hours and 36 F105 missions since February. Carson earned an Air Medal and Distinguished Flying Cross in Yokota ceremonies in August.
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Carson
Air Force
Southeast Asia
E. G., Stephens
41St Air Division
Yokota Air Base
Japan
388Th Tactical Fighter Wing
Las Vegas
Nellis Afb
Pitburg Air Base
Germany
Nellis
4526
Yokota
Viet Nam
U.S
Maxwell
Ala
Democrats Plan Area Rallies Across Clark County
Clark County Democrats will hold a series of rallies ahead of the November general election. Governor Grant Sawyer, Lt. Gubernatorial candidate John Foley, and multiple nominees reviewed plans. Chairman Carl Price noted a strong Democratic trend, with rallies directed by William Morris who sought the attorney general nomination.
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Clark County
Carl “Curly” Price
Central Committee
Grant Sawyer
John Foley
Price
William Morris
Hemis Fair 1968 Opens First Southwestern World Fair
The Hemis Fair 1968 opens in San Antonio on April 6 marking the first World's Fair staged in the southwestern United States and highlighting regional and national exhibits.
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San Antonio, Tex
San Antonio
United States
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PSC Probe
Nevada Public Service Commission
Telephone Company
Kermit Roosevelt Booker
Boulder Dam Council
Lexington, Mo
Las Vego
H. M. Greenspun
Los Vecas
Congress
Advertising Eee Ennaimn Co
Cleese
Detroit
New York
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Cofornia Newspaper Publishers Association and
The
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Advesce
Robert Jr
Mrs. So and
Anthony
Anthony Pools
Evada
Trian Avenue
Tropicena Avenue
Vegas
Nathan Schriber
Grant
Parnleigh
Denver, Colo
Kermit Booker
Pfc
Ray Holeman
Joyce Lane
Laden
Bone
Navy
Ivy
Continental
Destown
Pennleigh
Grant Maid
Sele
Maj
Walter E. Carson III
Diane
Kit
Asia
Walter E. Carson
Demos
anAite
Rio
Decatur
College Park
Lake Mead North
Maryland Parkway
Charleston
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