Reno Aims to Curb Lurid Reno News With Publicity Push
Reno Chamber of Commerce unveils a $165,000 1948 49 campaign to mask sensational stories of gambling divorce and prostitution in Reno. New manager William Brussard invites press to focus on fishing hunting skiing and other attractions to reshape the citys image.
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Reno
Nev
Chamber of Commerce
William Brussard
New Chamber
Boston
Brussard
George Lohse
Virginia City
Fallon
Truckee
Ruth Lusch
Lusch
Las Vegas
Encyclopedia Britannica
New Jersey
Kansas City
Chicago
Police Court records list fines and pleas across several cases
Frank Hynek faced a stop sign charge and paid 7.50. Another motorist speeding pleaded guilty with a 10.00 fine. George Kohl Jr was guilty of reckless driving with a 25.00 fine and suspended sentence. Bond forfeiture occurred for a stop signal case. Borders pleaded guilty to failure to stop and paid 7.50. Bowen and Pardini also pleaded guilty to speeding and stop signal violations with 15.00 and 7.50 fines respectively. Marriage licenses issued for Bobbie Horn and Norma Mercer. Births recorded at General Hospital and St. Anthony's with multiple families. Building permits included interior remodels, new dwelling, and sheds with values from 100 to 9500. Moving permits for seven box car moves and several construction adds.
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Frank Hynek
Rosewood Ave
George Kohl, Jr
South Garfield Ave
Fred W. Dalton
Foothill Blvd
Vernon L. Borders
Tyhee
Gordon W. Bowen
Cahoon St
Lewis Pardini
North Seventh Ave
Leonard Miller
Fort Hall
Boy
Paul Hopkins
East Oak St
P. E. Parrish
Frank P. Allen
East Lander St
D. C. Construction Company
Ebony Street
A. C. Goldsmith
North Ninth Ave
Painter wins $5000 Grand American preliminary
Ray S. Painter, 35, Lomax Ill, captured the $5000 Grand American handicap at Vandalia by hitting 99 of 100 targets and 50 more in a five man shoot-off. He led a field including M C Rucker James P Wincker M J Mathias and Arthur Finney, all at 99. Mrs G A Roose won the women’s title with 23 of 25 from 18 yards. Dr J B McCullough won the all physicians handicap with 98 of 100.
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Vandalia
Ray S. Painter
Lomax
Ill
Painter
Illinois
M. C. Rucker
Toledo
James P. Wincker
Cambridge
M. J. Mathias
Mansfield
Arthur Finney
Mankato
George Fairchild
Reading
J. B. McCullough
Aurora
Lobster Festival Opens In Rockland Maine
Rockland Maine hosts the annual seafood festival with 3200 pounds of lobster sold daily during opening. More than 15000 summer tourists and residents buy two lobsters for a dollar at the event.
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Rockland
Maine
Magnesium plant to relocate after night noise complaints
Waltham officials of the Magnesium and Alloys Corp. branch agreed to move the entire plant following complaints from nearby residents about excessive nighttime noise.
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Waltham, Mass
Magnesium & Alloys Corp
Time Fading Out For Kid Dying Of TB
A 19 year old convict with tuberculosis is released from San Quentin to spend his last days in a San Mateo hospital. Adrian L Acosta is dying of TB after a San Diego assault conviction. His mother Eupdosia Acosta accompanies him as prison gates open for medical care.
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San Quentin
Calif
San Mateo
Adrian L. Acosta
San Diego
Leather goods owner seeks halt to parking next door
Morris Goldstein, owner of a leather goods maker in Denver, asked a judge to stop car parking in the adjacent lot. He said parking lot attendants bumped his wall so hard it cracked and weakened, and that merchandise was knocked from shelves as a result.
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Denver
Morris Goldstein
Goldstein
Angling Permit Not Needed at Crater Lake Oregon Deep Lake
Crater Lake in Oregon, the deepest in the nation at about 2,000 feet, does not require angling licenses to fish. The National Park Service stocks fish in Crater Lake's blue waters.
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Crater Lake
Oregon
National Park Service
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News of Record
Bobbie R. Horn
Bloomfield
Iowa
Norma J. Mercer
Pocatello
General Hospital
Jack Nevins
South Main St
Kenneth Nelson
Lorenzo
St. Anthony’s Hospital
T. H. Gathe, Jr
West Benton St
J. S. Halford
Pole Line Road
Cedar St
Willy the
Weasel
Willy
Bernie
Herman
Bob
Top
Ayn
Brennan & Cahoon
Polo Line
San Mateo Community Hospital
Eupdosia Acosta
Young Acosta
Acosta
California Youth Authority
LABOR
Ev Ptv
Fifth & Lewis
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