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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1963
Page
23
Joe Herbst recalls the Sunday death of his black and white spaniel Harry after a pellet hit the dog’s backbone. The Herbst family suspects a neighborhood child fired from a bedroom window. Joe emphasizes pellet guns are dangerous, not toys.
Donal Mike O Callaghan, state director of health and welfare, says local health agencies will gain more authority. He made a flying visit to confer with area state and county officials about decentralizing control.
Nevada Attorney General Harvey Dickerson urged replacing the highway board with a non elected panel to speed big projects. He spoke at a Western Association of State Highway Officials meeting noting current board includes the governor and state controller and that decentralization must respect federal funds.
A violent rain storm drenched the Las Vegas area and washed out portions of the Tonopah highway between Las Vegas and Camp Mercury. State highway department crews were dispatched to clear debris and repair damaged sections while traffic remained slow due to the road conditions as reported by the Nevada Highway Patrol.
Tenor Karl Gipson will give a 4 p.m. concert at Zion Methodist Church Washington at G Streets. He will sing art songs religious classics and operatic arias. Gipson’s credits include Porgy and Bess The Dick Powell Show Carmen Jones Fly Blackbird Show Boat. The program’s second part, The Negro Speaks, features works by Still Johnson Swanson, with Waldemar Hille on piano.
Four Air Force officers including two nurses died in a weekend boating accident at Lake Tahoe. The victims were Capt. Jean Gesbari, 30, Leonminster. 1st Lt. Janet L. Rankin, 28, Bradford. 1st Lt. J. O. Murdaugh, 25, Tulsa. and 1st Lt. G. L. Morgan, 27, Athens. Coast Guard found a plank fragment, prompting questions about whether the boat remained intact or sunk elsewhere.
Thieves tapped a public phone at 3201 Michael Way and took 105 dollars, then pried the Fremont Hotel phone, stealing 175 dollars. A burglary at Adolph Hecker’s home on 2525 W Charleston yielded two furs valued at 400 and 1500 dollars. The Bud Stewart Signal Gas Station on 5700 W Charleston reported a 2.50 theft from a Coca Cola machine.
North Las Vegas siblings Marvin 2 and Carol 4, hospitalized for over a week with an undetermined illness, show signs of improvement and may be released later this week. Father J D Hobson says a sister died about 10 days ago. cause not announced. The family plans to move from a run-down trailer to a new home at 425 North St.
Police search for Julius Bunkowski a 35 year old Carson City builder who vanished after a hotel meeting. A pickup truck tied to him was found running in downtown Reno on Tuesday as investigators pursue possible foul play.
Pamela Jagodzinski eight months old swims daily and performs underwater feats at the Riviera Hotel pool. Her father Walt, a former swimmer and head lifeguard, teaches her with a simple word system and reports no fear. Pamela loves her daily dips and grins at home when shown her bikini.
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