Airport Business Rises 34 Percent County Audit Reports
Clark Airport shows a 34 percent rise in business for the first nine months of 1968, adding nearly $500,000 over last year, with total income at McCarran reaching $2.1 million against $1.6 million previously. Air West Airlines led landing fees last month at $18,014. County officials also reviewed fuel supply and base operator fees after a Trans Nevada complaint, noting Trans Nevada lacks terminus facilities and must use fixed base operators for fuel.
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Taylor
McCarran
Air West Air Lines
Atty
James Bartley
Trans-Nevada Air Service Inc
Trans-Nevada
Las Vegas
Grand Canyon
Commission
Hughes Aircraft
Henderson Directors Hear Lake Adair Plan
Henderson officials heard plans from U.S. Lands Development and Boise Cascade for Lake Adair near Henderson. Bids for the dam construction will open today with awarding expected in two to three weeks. Water is planned to flow into the lake by June next year and the lake should be partly full by January the following year. The project includes two nine hole golf courses and a clubhouse with an investment exceeding five million dollars, dam height over 115 feet, three spillways and a four lane highway across the top. Location is near Las Vegas Wash, about 1.5 miles from Lake Mead, six miles from Henderson and 16 miles from Las Vegas.
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al Littman
Boise Cascade
U.S. Lands Development
Lake Adair
Adair
Western States WAABI Conclave Gathers 100 Women in Las Vegas
About 100 women from 18 chapters in eight western states attend the Ninth Annual Western States Conclave of the Womens Association of the Allied Beverage Industries in Las Vegas at the Stardust Hotel. WAABI, founded in 1944, promotes industry significance and community service through philanthropy and civic projects. The Las Vegas Chapter hosts workshops on communication leadership and public speaking along with industry education.
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Western States
Womens Association of the Allied Beverage Industries
W.A.A.B.I
Las Vegas
Stardust Hotel
WAABI
Europe’s Longest Underwater Road Tunnel Starts in Hamburg
Work begins in Hamburg on Europe’s second River Elbe tunnel. Including ramps the two mile long tunnel will be the most expensive and complex part of the new auto bahn linking Kiel Flensburg with Hanover and Bremen in the western city area.
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Hamburg
Germany
Europe
Elbe
Kiel
Candidates Night Set By LV Club
The Men's Club of Temple Beth Sholom sponsors a Meet the Candidates night in the Social Hall at 7 p.m. Open to the public, the event lets residents meet all November election candidates with a social hour, brief talks, Q and A, and refreshments.
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Temple Beth Sholom
Mike Katz
Men’s Club
Harry Levy
Gill Blonsley
City Officials Study Highway Sharing Costs In Las Vegas
The Regional Street and Highway Commission meets at 8 30 a m to consider a 978 857 dollar city share of a 1 42 million Las Vegas West Charleston Boulevard project plus 107 717 for Civic Center Drive sewers and signals. A Yale urban design studio proposal and a hospital parking lot permit are also on the day’s agenda with a 7 30 p m recreation board session to close.
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Milllion
Las Vegas
West Charleston Boulevard
Pahor Drive
Westwind Road
Civic Center Drive
Maryland Parkway
Sahara Avenue
Charleston Boulevard
Yale University Urban Design Studio
Yale
Las Vegas Strip
Council Chamber
Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital
Rose St
R. E. Hawley
Willow St
Board of
Ralph E. Adams
Recreation Advisory Board
Nevada Supreme Court Receives Azbill Appeal Delaying Murder Trial
The Nevada Supreme Court yesterday received an appeal by Las Vegas lawyers Louis Wiener and John Manzonie seeking to overturn a District Court ruling to hold Sylvester J. Azbill for trial on murder and arson charges in the December 27 torch murder of his wife Rose Mapel Arbill. The filing is expected to push proceedings back for months marking the third trip to Carson City by the defense team.
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Nevada Supreme Court
Las Vegas
Sylvester J. Azbill
Azbill
Rose Mapel Arbill
Louis Wiener
John Manzonie
Carson City
Toy makers forecast 1.7 billion sales this year
New York toy manufacturers project 1.7 billion dollars in sales for the year as they prepare to launch about 5 000 new items when the toy season opens in October.
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New York
Charles Rank Las Vegas civic figure dies at 49
Charles J Rank a longtime Las Vegas resident and former NCR branch manager died Saturday in Phoenix Arizona at age 49 He was born April 24 1919 in Williamsburg Pa Rank served in the European Theater during World War II and held numerous local leadership roles including Las Vegas United Fund Chamber of Commerce and Boulder Dam Council of the Boy Scouts He is survived by his wife Patricia Rank sons Dan and Tim Rank daughters Karen Paradee and Dana Ludwig brother Vernon Bank and sisters Mildred Wood and Catherine Brenneman He was active in several Masonic Shrine Rotary and Elks organizations.
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National Cash Register
Las Vegas
Charles J. Rank
Phoenix
Ariz
Mr. Rank
Williamsburg
Masons Lodge
Palm Memorial Park
Rank
U.S. Army
San Bernardino
Calif
Las
Vegas United Fund
Tim Rank
Pomona
Karen Paradee
Los Angeles
Dana Ludwig
Cedar City
Utah
Vernon Bank
Elmira
N.Y
Mildred Wood
Catherine Brenneman
St. College
Burglars Hit Vegans For 10 700 In Loot
Burglars struck yesterday and took about 10 765 in loot including boats and car parts. Fletcher Jones Chevrolet reported a 1 200 engine stolen from a new car. James Merrett reported 544 missing items from his downtown garage car. Donna Krasaway reported a 5 000 boat missing at Lake Mead Marina.
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Fletcher Jones Chevrolet
S. Decatur Blvd
Phoenix
James Merrett
Donna Krasaway
Lake Mead Marina
Richard Harvey
Golden Arrow
Richard Hunter
Westward Ho Executive Suites
Alfred Epstein
Los Angeles
James Halulakon
Long Island
E. Fremont
Chester Hewitt
Phoenician Stone Mystery Linked to Ancient Voyage
In Paraiba a stone 100 years old is identified as Phoenician by inscriptions. A tentative translation suggests sailors carved it after a Red Sea voyage around Africa, blown to Brazil by a 2,500 year old South Atlantic storm. Deputies report multiple hotel burglaries with various loot listings.
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Paraiba
Brazil
Red Sea
Africa
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Erle A. Taylor
Board of Commissioners
U.S. Lands Development Co
Boise Cascades Corp
Henderson City
Henderson
Carlton Adair
Port Holiday Authority
Bob Onorato
U.S. Land
The
Council
Boise Cascade Corp
Littman
Las Vegas Wash
Lake Mead
Onorato
LV Club
Lawrence Revere
UPI
Æo Eīe
Charles Rank
Vegas
Stone
L. A. Blvd
Ito
Eesha
Highland
Pals
Jack Conlon
Guardian Angel Shrine
Dorothy Heeke
Norman Mayfield Dennis Dean Reese
Johnson Brothers
Pera
RATCO
Johnson Brothers Auto Service Center
Pitts Pye
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