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Newspaper

Las Vegas Sun

Location

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America

Date

Sep 11, 1968

Page

5

Obituary for Harriette Holbrook Dress Shop Owner

Harriette Holbrook 45 of 1708 S Eighth St died Monday in a local hospital. She owned Harriette's Dress Shop and was born April 23 1923 in California. She lived in Las Vegas 16 years and belonged to the Las Vegas Emblem Club and the Daughters of the Nile. Survivors include husband Robert Las Vegas. parents Sam and Mrs Fingerhut Garden Grove Calif. sister Muriel Frame South Laguna Beach Calif Los Angeles and Mrs Nettie Applegate Miland Calif. five grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

Harriette Holbrook S. Eighth St Harriette Holbrook California Las Vegas

Funeral services for Josephine Sinderson held in Palm Chapel

Josephine Marie Sinderson 59 of 623 N 14th St died Monday in a local hospital. Born April 21, 1909 in Council Bluffs Iowa she lived here 17 years. Services at 2 p.m. in Palm Chapel Rev Paul Egertson officiating Burial in Woodlawn Cemetery. Survived by Lloyd and son George of Las Vegas two daughters Dalene Demman of Las Vegas Josephine Hatcher of Garden Grove Calif a brother Edwin Mynster of Council Bluffs Town two sisters Mrs Charles Harvey and Mrs Flora Winer of Council Bluffs and five grandchildren.

Josephine Marie Sinderson 14Th St Sinderson Council Bluffs Iowa Palm Chapel Paul Egertson Woodlawn Lloyd George Las Vegas Dalene Demman Josephine Hatcher Garden Grove Calif Edwin Mynster Town Charles Harvey Flora Winer

Las Vegas Woman Catherine Landers Dies At 52

Catherine T Landers 52 of 4789 Everman Dr died Monday in Nellis Air Force Base Hospital. She worked at Caesars Palace and was born September 1915 in New York City. She lived in Las Vegas 14 years. Services 10 am tomorrow at Guardian Angel Shrine. Burial Paradise Memorial Gardens. Survived by daughter Catherine Borla son James mother Mrs Catherine Coyle and one grandson all of Las Vegas.

Catherine T. Landers Everman Nellis Air Force Base Hospital Caesars Palace Landers New York City Guardian Angel Shrine Paradise Memorial Gardens Charles Catherine Borla James Catherine Coyle Las Vegas

Obituary: Lena Weinstein Dies at 74 in Los Angeles

Lena Weinstein 74 homemaker of Los Angeles died here yesterday after living in the city two months. Born May 10 1894 in Poland she leaves three daughters Mrs Evelyn Ruffial Las Vegas Mrs Rose Kahn of ? Services are pending in Los Angeles.

Lena Weinstein Los Angeles Weinstein Poland Evelyn Ruffial Las Vegas Rose Kahn

Obituaries for Elaine Berglund and Etta Heffner

Elaine Marye Berglund of San Francisco died in a local hospital Saturday. She was a homemaker born December 17, 1895 in Santa Rosa. Services pending in Napa with Bunker Brothers Mortuary handling arrangements. Survived by son William R. Berglund of Napa. Etta Heffner of North Las Vegas died Friday in a local hospital. She was 79 and a homemaker born June 12, 1889 in Salt Lake City. Services pending in Salt Lake City with Colonial Mortuary. survivors include husband Edward W. Heffner, son Donald, daughter Ruth Dansee, four grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren.

Elaine Marye Berglund San Francisco Calif Berglund Santa Rosa Napa Bunker Brothers Mortuary William R. Berglund Etta Heffner Daley North Las Vegas Heffner Salt Lake City Colonial Mortuary Edward W. Heffner Donald Ruth Dansee

Bomb Kills Lake Tahoe Club Owner Chartrand

A dynamite bomb likely killed Richard Chartrand, owner of Barney's Club and the South Tahoe Nugget, as he backed from his Zephyr Cove home. FBI findings cited by Dist Atty John Chrislaw point to a bomb as the weapon with many leads to pursue.

Minden Nev UPI Lake Tahoe Richard Chartrand Atty John Chrislaw Chrislaw FBI Chartrand Zephyr Cove Barney’s Club South Tahoe Nugget Stateline

FBI Nab Rochester Man in Interstate Car Theft Case

Donald Pross, 34, of Rochester New York, was arrested in Las Vegas on a Dyer Act warrant outstanding since March 1966 from the Boston area. He allegedly rented cars from agencies and sold them in other states. A recovered Vermont rental car tied to the case.

Federal Bureau of Investigation Donald Pross Rochester N.Y FBI Pross Boston Vermont

Paradise Group to Address Valley Improvement Association

Paradise Group and Paradise Valley Improvement Association plan a joint meeting at 8 p.m. tomorrow in Paradise Town Hall on Harrison Street at Tropicana. The nominating committee will present recommendations for officers for the coming year. President Ernie Garrigus invites all Paradise Valley residents to attend.

Paradise Valley Improvement Association Paradise Town Hall Harrison Street Tropicana Ernie Garrigus Paradise Valley

Breakfast Session Planned by Salvation Army Board

The Advisory Board of the Salvation Army will hold a no host breakfast meeting at 8 a.m. today at the Salvation Army Emergency Lodge. Walter Martinin, advisory board chairman, will preside. Frank Young, chairman of the Youth Committee, will report on youth activities of the summer and review of the fall and winter youth program.

The Salvation Army Walter Martinin Frank Young

Garbage Truck Fire Hurts Local Collector

A garbage man named Sam Prater, 37, was burned at a newspaper plant when a truck’s hydraulic line ruptured and ignited on the mufflers. He suffered second degree burns and was treated at Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital in good condition.

Sam Prater Madison Ave Prater Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital

Flood potential of San Luis Dam water would cover Los Angeles County

Real flood figure from Los Banos California estimates the water behind the San Luis Dam could flood the entire Los Angeles County to a depth of one foot if released or spread.

Los Banos Calif UPI San Luis Dam Los Angeles

League of Women Voters to Host Membership Tea

The League of Women Voters holds its fifth annual membership tea Saturday from 2 to 4 at the International Country Club. State Sen. James Gibson will speak on Nevada state finances as the group previews a proposed debt limitation amendment and ongoing studies of state funding.

League of Women Voters International Country Club James Gibson Nevada League Capitol Legue

Water from reclamation projects waters California crops

A Bureau of Reclamation spokesman says nearly all irrigated California crops from cotton to honeydew melons receive water from federal projects.

Fresno Calif

Ezra Taft Benson to Speak at Convention Center Friday

Ezra Taft Benson of the Quorum of the Twelve will address Mormons at the Convention Center at 7 30 p m Friday. The public is invited. Benson's career includes Secretary of Agriculture and leadership roles in church and farm organizations along with degrees from BYU Iowa State and UC Berkeley.

Ezra Taft Benson Convention Center Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Benson National Council of Farmer Cooperatives National Agricultural Advisory Committee First Inter National Conference of Farm Organizations London Idaho Cooperative Council England Boise (Idaho Boise Washington D.C Oneida Stake Academy Utah State Agricultural College Brigham Young University Iowa State College University of California, Berkeley

NLV Receives 22 000 Grant for Storm Facility

Nevada Senators Alan Bible and Howard W. Cannon announced a water and sewer grant of 22 000 to North Las Vegas for a 54 000 storm facility. Construction is set to begin within 60 days.

Las Vegas Nevada Alan Bible Howard W. Cannon Bible Cannon

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