Nevada reads unique analog computer for groundwater planning
Nevada makes history as the Desert Research Institute unveils an analog groundwater computer in Las Vegas Valley. Under Dr. George Maxey and a team including Patrick Domenico and David Stephenson, the device simulates water storage and flow to guide long range use and determine pumping limits. Governor Sawyer, State Engineer DeRicco, local officials, and University of Nevada representatives will attend a Friday ceremony unveiling the machine and a demonstration solving complex problems in minutes.
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Las Vegas Valley
Desert Research Institute
George B. Maxey
Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
Patrick Domenico
David Stephenson
LeRoy Pendleton
John Hardaway
Natu
Las Vegas
Grant Sawyer
Elmo DeRicco
University of Nevada
Virginia City Planning Gala Annual Celebration
Virginia City hosts a two day celebration featuring camel races with 11 entrants from Las Vegas Reno Carson City and California agents. Local saloons and regional groups join the event while Indian dance performances and a display of dates add to the program.
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Virginia
Virgina City
Comstock
Jim Gross
Nevada Resort Assn
Racial Civil Rights Debate Shifts to Churches
Washington Rabbi Joachim Prinz, president of the American Jewish Congress, warned that the battle for Negro civil rights may be won or lost in churches. He urged religious leaders to win the minds and hearts of their parishioners toward racial equality.
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Joachim Prinz
American Jewish Congress
Prinz
Shakespearean Course Planned at Statewide Services
A two credit Shakespearean course will start September 16 through Statewide Services. The class meets Mondays 7 to 9 p.m. and covers theatre, acting companies, and play structures with about 10 plays read. Dr. David W. Hettich of the University of Nevada teaches. Registration in Stewart Hall, mail or call FA. 3-2081 ext. 221-222 for details.
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David W. Hettich
University of Nevada
College of Arts and Science
Stewart Hall
Ability Mobilized For Folk Opera In Centennial
University of Nevada mobilizes students and faculty to stage a folk opera about pioneer Nevada Territory. The work, a Nevada Centennial project, will tour Nevada and air nationwide. Ronald Williams conducts music. Dr. William C. Miller leads drama and staging.
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Nevada to Place Centennial History Markers Across Counties
Nevada establishes historical marker sites in all counties to memorialize significant events. first monument near Empire on Highway 50 recalls Carson River mills and Comstock era mining. extra markers will describe places like Sand Mountain, Carson Valley, Hastings Cutoff, Tonopah, and Virginia City with inscriptions at Nevada State Prison workshops.
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Comstock Lode
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Virginia and Truckee
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Brunswick
Merrimac
Vivian
Santiago
Clark Guild
Clara Beatty
Jack Fogliani
Jack Cooney
Ralph Ottini
Eric Cronkite
Vincent Gianela
Ivan Sack
James Deitch
Victor Goodwin
Elko
William Kohlmoos
Ely
Nevada State Prison
Fogliani
Highway Department
Sand Mountain
Churchill County
Eldorace Canyon
Clark County
Carson Valley
Douglas County
Hastings Cutoff
Elko County
City of Seven
Sureka County
Coaldale
Sevan
Boundary Peak
Esmeralda
Pioneer Cemetery
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Austin
Lander County
Pioche
Lincoln County
Dayton
Lyon County
Tonopah
Nye County
Walker Lake
Mineral County
Ormsby County
Humboldt
Pershing County
Virginia City
Storey County
Washoe County
White Pine County
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