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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1969
Page
3
The 71st Annual Convention and Drug Show of the National Association of Retail Druggists will meet at the International Hotel October 12 to 16. WONARD will hold sessions October 13 and 15 with luncheons for ladies at Caesars Palace October 14 and Flamingo October 16.
The Regional Planning Commission recommended denying Boise Cascade Corp a special use permit for a density subdivision east of Mt. Rose Highway. The plan would have 832 single family and 70 multiple units on 36 acres, 7400 to 8400 feet up overlooking Lake Tahoe. The panel noted Boise Cascade had seven permits last year but completed none and urged pausing further Incline development until a Nevada Tahoe Plan is in place.
The Las Vegas Sun editor and staff list include H M Greenspun president and publisher and Bryn Armstrong executive editor. It notes offices at 12 S Highland Ave Las Vegas Nevada 89106 and details mail subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions and advance payment requirements.
Dr. Thorne J. Butler, a Las Vegas pathologist, was named to the Las Vegas Valley Water District Board of Directors to replace Larry Farnsworth. Butler won more than 10 000 votes in the November election and will represent Division Three, serving until the end of next year.
The program fed about 19 million children during the 1968 69 school year while nearly 9 5 million attended schools not participating.
Dr Tai Yul Nam and Gary L Jones have joined the University of Nevada Las Vegas political science department Belo fall semester. Nam, a South Korean native and UT Tulsa alum, will teach American Constitutional government and developing nations politics. Jones, formerly of Claremont Graduate School, will teach American national government and political theory and plans new courses in political anthropology and analytical philosophy.
Residents of Blue Diamond about 20 miles southwest of Las Vegas appeal to Clark County and lawmakers to curb rising water charges. They say rates rose 30 percent since July after small water companies left PSC oversight, with sewer service at $60 yearly versus $18 for Las Vegas. Dexter Thomas, association president, vows legislative action if not fixed.
Prince Rahman Abdul prime minister of Malaysia and his family check into the Riviera Hotel for a weekend stay. Ambassador Y L Ong accompanies the party with State Department aides and Secret Service. They plan to attend Dean Martin's show in the Versailles Room. The group arrives 24 hours before the prince.
Mrs. Catherine Hart Williams filed a $750,000 suit against Dr. W. H. Kleifgen alleging reckless negligent and defective ingredients in a breast augmentation procedure.
Obituaries note the deaths of Robert E. McFarlane 50 of 143 North 20th Street a World War II veteran and bartender with services in Pasadena California. Carl Benson 71 of 4923 Titanium Street a Des Moines native and salesman. Edward Martin 76 of 2414 Las Vegas Boulevard died in a convalescent center with services held at Memory Gardens. Cecille French Niebuhr 69 of 508 South 4th Street died, Las Vegas resident for 41 years, wife and club memberships listed. Bruce Smith 61 of Wisconsin a security officer with services pending in Mesa Arizona. Francis Porter 64 of 291 Convention Center Drive Apt 7 a retired Burbank police officer with services in Burbank. Bunker Brothers Mortuary arranging services for multiple cases.
Edward Hathoot, 63, of 1223 Maryland Parkway, died Sunday in a local hospital. He lived in the city and his death was witnessed by attending physicians. Funeral arrangements are pending at the time of report.
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