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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1968
Page
5
Police report four robberies yesterday ended with suspects empty handed after misfires and struggles. Joe E. May of the Danube Restaurant on 309 Wisteria lost $140 plus receipts, a Las Vegas Blvd liquor store pistol misfired, a customer fought back, and Strip Hotel manager LeRoy Osler shut the door as a gunman fled.
The Farmers Home Administration offers a rural housing program with long term loans up to 33 years at 54 percent interest to low to moderate income families lacking adequate housing. Loans cover purchase remodeling enlargement or new construction in rural areas outside towns of 5500 population or more. Information available at the Las Vegas Federal Building office.
Back at the Desert Inn Sky Room, Murray Arnold and his quintet bring vocal and piano brilliance. He is described as the Strip’s most popular entertainer with an unmatched longevity record at the venue.
The Clark County Business Teachers Association named officers for the year with Dillard Thetford as president, Georgann Rice as vice president, Arlene Parkinson as secretary, Harold McKay as treasurer, and Marjorie Love as historian. The group reports strong membership and plans a Western Regional Association meeting at the Frontier Hotel in March 2022 co hosted by Nevada and Utah associations. A committee led by Thetford, McKay, and Wayne Adams prepared an Interim Curriculum Guide on Clark County business courses and teaching methods with further survey work planned to standardize the curriculum district wide.
Jack Hammes a 15 year Las Vegas resident announces candidacy for District 4 on the Las Vegas Valley Water District Board of Directors. He cites civic leadership and aims to ensure uninterrupted water flow, stable pricing, and future supplies for recreation industry municipal and agricultural use.
Nevada Southern University regent candidate James H. Bilbray calls on incumbent regents and other candidates to stop extending specialized schools on the Reno campus until undergraduate development is maximized. He warns such programs threaten NSU parity between campuses and notes a northward move to a law school. He also accuses Clark County of underfinancing NSU.
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