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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1968
Page
2
Charles Cherry of Bagdad Arizona disappeared while fishing on Lake Mead near Temple Bar. Authorities found his boat circling Sandy Point Friday and divers searched the area over the weekend with no trace of the 32 year old man.
Jimmy Lee Hall 23 of 615 Jackson Street pleaded not guilty in district court to rape assault with a deadly weapon and robbery. He was arrested June 27 for the alleged rape of an 18 year old at Boulder Beach. her 17 year old boyfriend was beaten with a tire iron and robbed of a wristwatch and ring.
The Las Vegas Sun masthead lists executives and editors including H. M. Greenspun as president Ray Germain as VP Ruthe Deskin as secretary Barbara Greenspun as treasurer Ruth E Deskin as assistant publisher Haney Womack as general manager Bryn Armstrong as executive editor Vince Anselmo as managing editor Jim Barrows as city editor Tom Odiskin as sports editor Gerry Appleby as women's editor Douglas Ritchie as classified ad manager John Cavaness as circulation manager. The paper is entered as second class matter at the Las Vegas post office and is a member of multiple press associations and the Audit Bureau of Circulation.
District Attorney George Franklin stated Henderson Justice Delwin Potter may not perform marriages in Las Vegas township without a local request. Potter wed couples last weekend, saying he acted on instruction from Las Vegas Justice Joe Pawlikowski, who was away fishing. The law allows out of township duties only for illness or vacation of the regular justice.
Federal court in Las Vegas continues the trial of Charles Marandola alias Charles Julian, charged with transporting two women from New York to Las Vegas for prostitution. The 44 year old, free on bail, is defended by Harry Claiborne and others. his brother Joe Julian faces a tomorrow perjury charge linked to the case.
The thief took a Conn Organ worth 700 dollars from St James Catholic Church at 821 No H St while night watchman slept in a back room. Gilbert F E Keitges reported he slept from 9 p.m. Sunday until 6 30 a.m. and found the organ missing from the front of the church after entering through a bathroom window.
Motorists will face delays due to construction on Tonopah Drive from Alta Drive to 200 feet south of Pinto Lane and on Shadow Lane a 600 foot section just south of Pinto Lane, per city public works director Richard P. Sauer.
The Southern Nevada Purchasing Management Association hosts a 7 p.m. dinner at the Holiday Inn on Las Vegas Boulevard South. The program features the film Operation Gasbuggy and a talk on training future business leaders led by Dr. W. T. White of Nevada Southern University. Contact Jim Sauerwein at 736-8111 ext. 458 for details.
Twelve Lincoln County youths remained hospitalized after a bus truck collision Friday. Nancy Lee, 16, Panaca, listed critical and Brookie Swallow, 14, Panaca, listed serious at Valley View Medical Center in Cedar City Utah. Mike Cox, 14, Panaca, died in the crash. The bus carried Lincoln County High band members and cheerleaders.
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