Obituaries from Las Vegas area churches and cemeteries
Obituaries list multiple local residents with interments at Star of David Cemetery Tamarac. Woodlawn Palm Valley View and Grace Gardens. noting birthdates, spouses, children and veterans status. Services set at New Jerusalem Church Griffith United Methodist Palm Mortuary and other locations. memorials and rosaries planned.
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Star of David
Tamarac
Fla
Rose Altam
St. Lauder Hill
Altman
New York
Charles Altman
Lauderhill
Bunker Mortuary
New Jerusalem Church
Jodie Smith
Sword Place
F.H. Addison
Woodlawn
Smith
Desert Inn
Hermitage
Ark
Las Vegas
Mattie
North Las Vegas
Lonnie Thomas
Minnesota
Dorothy Poole
Paula Vaughn
Andrew Craney
Edward Smith
Ellen Girtsman
Griffith United Methodist Church
Donald E. Miller
Hialeah Way
Marvin Gant
Mason City
Iowa
Pete Findley
Oldsmobile
Miller
Don M. Miller
Plymouth
Fred Miller
St. Mary
Alt Palm Mortuary Chapel
John Louis Martin
Ogden Avenue
Palm Valley View Memorial
Island Prison Turned Tourist Site in Thailand
A postwar high security facility for political prisoners on Tu Ra Tao Island near Malaysia opens as a new tourist spot four hours by boat from the southeast coast. The island previously housed inmates deemed political threats after World War II.
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Bangkok
Thailand
UPI
Tu Ra Tao Island
Indian Ocean
Malaysia
Las Vegas Walk-a-Thon Sets 20 Mile Route Saturday
About 5000 Las Vegans will hike a 20 mile course through the city to raise funds against birth defects. The route features 11 major check points and starts and finishes at the Convention Center Rotunda.
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Convention Center Rotunda
Trouble Plagued Carey Arms Apartments Sold
Dalton Properties Inc. of California purchased the 280 unit Carey Arms Apartments at Highland Drive and Carey Avenue in North Las Vegas from Joseph F Sanson Investment Co. The sale amount is undisclosed. Evan Williams of Dalton Properties confirmed the sale but did not release details. The complex had been labeled a death trap by a tenant group and plagued by wild dogs, dog dung, rats and snakes. A Clark County grand jury visited the site but took no action. The North Las Vegas City Council had pressed for repairs with limited success.
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Las Vegas
Dalton Properties Inc
Carey Arms
SUN
Evan Williams
Joseph F Sanson Investment Co
New York
Highland Drive
Carey Avenue
Walk-A-Thon Aims To Raise Birth Defect Funds In Las Vegas
From 10 cents a mile to 10 dollars per mile Las Vegans pledge for a 2 mile walkathon to support March of Dimes in southern Nevada. The event expects 5000 participants, with 7-Eleven Landshire Foods and hotels donating goods and services and Pepsi supplying 20000 beverages.
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Pepsi Cola
Sahara
Mint
Stardust
Landshire Foods
Sheriff's Jeep Posse
Nevada
Clark County
REACT
Corvette Club of
Las Vegas
Optimist Club
Peter Strudwick
Los Angeles
SUN
Bob Krause
Thon
Wynn
March of Dimes
Reno cab driver shot near Reno on 395 corridor
Reno cab driver Tom Sumida, 62, was found shot dead in Cab No 82 on a gravel road near Bordertown ten miles north of Reno. He had picked up a fare at 8 15 and last spoke with dispatch about ten minutes later near Black Springs. Authorities recovered the vehicle and continued the investigation into the slaying.
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Reno
UPI
U.S. 395
California- Nevada Line
Tom Sumida
Whittlesea Cab Co
Sumida
Black Springs
Bordertown
Correction notice in Sears circular carpet ads 1977
The Sears October 12 to 15 1977 circular warns of errors in page 5 carpet ads. Descriptions wrong for several art copies A through E and their matching carpet names and prices. Corrected pairings include Showstopper Festival Day Break Enduring Beauty and Rough and Ready pricing at $7.99 to $13.99 per square yard.
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SEARS
C. Amd
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Rose Altman
Lila A. Kirchman
Palm Mortuary Chapel
Henderson
Boulder City
Joseph Baldus
St. Andrews Catholic Church
Boulder
Weston
Neb
John L. Martin
Park
Martin
Harriett
Francis Martin
Charles Martin
Masschusetts
Grace Franklin
Paradise Gardens
Overton
Sierra Vista
Ariz
Melvin Pekrus
First Baptist Church
Franklin
Gladys Godoy
Encino
Calif
June Baerwaldt
Ige
Ana
Boulevard Mall
By Bob Palm
Westland Mall
W. Charleston Bird
Las Vegas Convention Center
Rotunda
Business Leaders of America
Nellis Air Force Base
Steve Wynn
Golden Nugget
Sunrise Hospital
District Health Department
Sheriff's
Lorne Butner
Butner
Flamingo
Curley Williams
Geneve
Diamo
Bulova- Accutron
Seikor Longines
Speidel
Curley William
Don's Jewelers
SDN Tes
Pasquale
Maryland Parkway
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