National AWDA Conference at Caesars Palace
The 29th annual national conference of the Automotive Warehouse Distributors Association will be held at Caesars Palace October 25 29 with speakers FTC commissioner Paul Rand Dixon Gulf Oil president James E Lee AWDA president Martin Fromm says 1000 members attend The banquet will honor Automotive Man of the Year Aaron Berkowitz will speak Tuesday Dr Paul McCracken follows Wednesday and Thursday morning addresses from Lee and Dixon respectively.
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Paul Rand Dixon
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
James E. Lee
Gulf Oil Corp
Automotive Warehouse Distributors Association
Caesars Palace
Martin Fromm
Association
Aaron Berkowitz
AWDA
Paul McCracken
University of Michigan
Lee
Dix
Fromm
LV Man Commits Death by Own Action
Las Vegas Metropolitan police report Leo Lawrence Etrus 50 of 455 E Twain Ave apparently hanged himself from a tree in Mt. Charleston. His body was found by a teenage couple exploring Robbers Roost area. A separate incident left Branch Kerns 33 in fair condition after three stomach shots at his home. Ernestine Kerns 33 of the same address was booked for attempted murder after a prior argument between the couple.
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Las Vegas
Leo Lawrence
Etrus
E. Twain Ave
Mt. Charleston
Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital
Suspect Identified in Two Year Old Teresa Selph Slaying
North Las Vegas police said a suspect has been identified in the two year old Teresa Selph disappearance case. Det. Alan Nelson noted charges had not been filed and the case was sent to the Clark County district attorney for grand jury review. The body of four year old Teresa was found in September in a wash near Craig Road Speedway with her head missing.
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North Las Vegas
Little Teresa Selph
Alan Nelson
Teresa
Obituary notices for Blanche Seeley and others in Las Vegas area
Funeral services are set for Blanche Welsh Seeley at Bunker Brothers Chapel in Las Vegas with burial at Fairview Cemetery Manton Mich. She is survived by two daughters, siblings, grandchildren and great grandchildren. Additional notices list William H Clark William B Hrynchuk Henry H Love Jr and Gwendolyn Cassandra West with funeral details and survivor lists.
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Bunker Brothers
Blanche Welsh Seeley
Woodbury Ave
Fairview Cemetery
Manton
Mich
Kansas
Seeley
Eleanor Leavitt
Verna Reed
Las Vegas
Vernon Bowen
Roland David Bowen
Robert Bowen
Denver, Cole
Fern Crowder
Denver
Bea Jensen
Neat Falls
Mont
Bunkerrothers Chapel
William H. Clark
DeMet Drive
Houston
Tex
Clark
Army Air Corps
William L. Clark
Susan Ann Lepczyk
Candace Lou Kostelac
Myr Funeral Home
Ventura
Calif
William B. Hrynchuk
Teleph Road
Ivy Lawn Memorial Park
Cana
Palm Chapel
Henry H. Love Jr
E. Harmon
Steve Prodromides
St. John's
Palm Chape
Gwendolyn Cassandra West
Ventura Way
North Las Vegas
Palm Valley View Memorial Park
Little Rock
Ark
Miss West
Operation
Life
Eldora B. West
Terri West
Barry West
North
Joanna Dawson
Cincinnati
Ohio
Artis Dawson
Mary J. Johnson
Tallulah, la
Peacekeepers Extend Sinai Mission for Another Year
The United Nations Security Council approved a one year extension of the 4,300 member U N Emergency Force patrolling the Sinai between Israel and Egypt. The vote 13 in favor with China and Iraq not participating extended the mandate to October 24, 1977.
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United Nations
UPI
Security Council
U.N
Sinai Desert
Israel
Middle East
China
Iraq
Alligators Revealed in Nevada’s Lost History
Archaeologists in the future may find alligators in Nevada traced to 1898 shipments from Jacksonville during the Spanish American War. The creatures were kept as curiosities by Nevadans, then released or displayed in marshes of Grass Valley where one died after a sixteen year mystery finally cleared by a 1914 cold spell finding a six foot alligator.
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Nevada
Jacksonville
Fla
Troop M
Second
U.S. Volunteer Cavalry
Arthur E. Wallace
Austin
G.I. Gordon
Bank of Austin
Gordon
S. Spencer
Grass Valley
Walts
Commuter Train Daily Odyssey
Rio de Janeiro commuter riders endure crowded trains on the Central do Brasil system. Jose Ribamar, a 33 year old government worker, coins a two hour journey with buses and ferries as 175 old electric trains move 550000 daily passengers. He laments delays and dangerous crowding as pingentes ride outside cars for ventilation.
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Rio DE Janeiro
UPI
Honorio Gurgel
Jose Ribamar
Ribamar
Rio
Central Do Brasil
Geographic Institute
the Central
Pingentes
Central
Ri Samar
Cuba delays $90 million Japanese goods shipments
Cuba curbed foreign exchange reserves forcing postponement of shipments of Japanese goods valued at $90 million. Japanese trading firms faced export pileups as the island tightens dollar flows. Separately, Kay Hawkins, Steve Kostelac Jr., and Ray Benson endorsed Garwood Van for Clark County Commission Seat C. Van won the Republican primary.
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Tokyo
UPI
Cuba
Clark County
Kay Hawkins
Steve Kostelac Jr
Ray Benson
Garwood van
Commission
Van
Grass Savers Guard Gulf Coast Beaches
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station scientists J D Dodd and J W Webb designed wave-stilling devices built from old tires and steel cable to prevent beach grass washout along the Gulf Coast. The three foot tall devices serve Arkansas Louisiana New Mexico Oklahoma and Texas. Region VI small business loans reached 285 million last year.
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Galveston
UPS
Texas
Gulf Coast
J.D. Dodd
J.W Webb
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Region VI
Fricke Haven and Goretzki Wedding Guests
Mrs. William Fricke Mrs. Betty Haven and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Goretzki appear among attendees at the social event. The gathering honors the couple and highlights family ties and community connections.
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William Fricke
Betty Haven
Thomas Goretzki
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Caesars
Hrynchu
U.S
Alice Hrynchuk
Ed Todd
Gem
Tuscarora
Ed Geiselman
John Hannah
Yerington
J.S. Craig
Mason Valley
Albert Butler
Cornelius Snyder
Elko
Commercial Hotel
Reese River
The
Arkansas
Louisiana
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Underwood Olivetti
Monroe
Olympic
Kodak
Dismantled
E.T.C
Alternat
Emerg
Dumont
Westcoaster
Business Services
University of Nevada
Maryland Parkway
University Purchasing Department
Excel
L.V. Blvd. No
Nellie Afb
Eagles Auxiliary No
Relief Society of
43Rd Ward
William “Bill” Fricke
God
Prime Rib OF
Omaha
MR. Porterhouse
Onal
Ya Inn Sino
Las Vegas, Nevada
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