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$ o "< ’<)//// 35 SOUTH FOURTH STREET I AS V E 6 A S * MEVAOA e^iAjcrrLe.—. DU 2-1750 REI’ ROIHXEI) FROM: L a s V e u a S i r R FEB 2 0 1956 trnnm wH»f oott mm mwmi Wednesday, February 15, 1956 LAS VEGAS SUN Industrial Survey Group Organizes As Association F orm al incorporation o f the ^ c e n tly form ed Southern N e ­vada industrial survey group ms a permanent non-profit asso­ciation, was effected yesterday at a luncheon m eeting in the Thunderbird hotel when 20 local business, professional, labor, civic and industrial leaders signed articles o f incorporation and appointed an initial nine-m em ber board o f trustees. The Incorporators w ere: G eorge H. Albright, chairman, board o f county commissioners; C. D. Baker, m ayor o f la s V e ­gas; W . Bruce Beckley, attor­ney; S. L. Butterfield, president, Bank o f N evada; Thom as A. Campbell, president, Las Vegas V alley W a ter D istrict; H ow ard W . Cannon, c i t y attorney; Charles !E. Collins, president, L a s Vegas Board o f Realtors; F red D. Gibson, Am erican Pot ash St Chemical Corporation? DW ight L . Gravett, First C all forrda Company; John L. Hoi lenfh, Nevada Southern Gas Com pany; Carl L. Hyde, build­er; H. G. Laub, N evada South­ern Gas Company; Theodore R. Lawson, Central Labor Coun­cil; H arry B. Manente, F irst N a ­tional Bank; Julian Moore, m an­ager, Basic Management, Inc.; W arren G. Neustrom, Las Ve­gas agent, Union Pacific R a il­road; F. L . Ronnow, Clark County W holesale M ercantile; James G. “Sailor” Ryan, Build­in g f r r f ; Construction Trades C o u n ty - *la o president, State FedeWtflbn o f Lab or; M, M. Sweeney, Pioneer T itle Insur­ance and Trust Company; and Gerald Wyness, president, A sso­ciated Brokers. Th e board o f trustees pom}- nated b y the incorporators, com­prises the follow in g who w ill m eet in the near future and, elect officers consisting o f a president, vice-president, secre­tary and treasurer: H. L. Laub, Julian Moore, M axw ell Kelch, Warden G. Neu-strfem, Thom as A. Campbell, S. L. Butterfield, C yril S. Wen-gert, D w ight L. Gravett, James G. Ryan. Th e corporation is being o r­ganized sojely fo r the promotion and advancement o f civic, com­mercial, industrial and agricul­tural activities in Nevada, and particularly In Clark county, and fo r the benefit o f the com­m unity as a whole, and w ill collect, organize, reproduce and dissepiTnate inform ation fo r the purpose o f im proving the social, economic and business condi­tions in file Southern Nevada area. ? ? Harold G. Laub, president o f Nevada Southern Gas company, w ho has been spearheading the movement, told those in attend­ance that excellent progress was being made on the survey be­ing conducted by D uff, Ander­son and Clark. H e stated that the report should be completed about March 1. Another meeting at which the group w ill be given an up‘to-date progress report, is expected to be held some­time next week. 1956 y Uhi't -o