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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1975
Page
3
Public Administrator Nat Adler, 66, was arraigned in district court after a Thursday indictment on charges of misusing his office. Bail was set and then adjusted from 100000 to 15000 amid a prior bonding mix up, with Adler later released.
Five soldiers completed a 117 mile hike across Death Valley in 122 degree heat to raise funds for Muscular Dystrophy. Team leader Bill Burr and four teammates finished at Ubehebe Crater after days of peril, ending with a steak lunch at Furnace Creek Inn and champagne celebration. The group, nicknamed Seven-Ups, will donate proceeds to the Muscular Dystrophy Foundation and Jerry Lewis telethon.
In Washington the House Public Lands Subcommittee backed Santini's amendment to force BLM to hire local law enforcement to administer public land laws. The move would end a federal armed police role, with the feds reimbursing local agencies for services while BLM loses warrant and arrest powers on Nevada lands.
U S District Judge Roger Foley ruled against former Air Force airmen Milo A. Ayen and Michael B. Thompson who sought permission to wear hair pieces. The decision contrasted with cases involving reservists and noted women could wear wigs while men could not. Other rulings covered police arrest legality and a Clark Equipment wrongful death suit, with a Finland rural population note appended.
County officials discuss moving administration and commissioners between courthouse and city hall to aid consolidation planned for January 1977. Space consultants warn even full occupancy won t fit and suggest leasing outside space, with bank building at Fourth and Bridger eyed for assessor, recorder, and courtrooms relocation.
The Las Vegas Sun lists staff and executives including Green spun and Germain with roles from president to editor and secretary. It notes second class postage in Las Vegas and advertising associations. Subscription rates are given for daily and Sunday single copies and mail orders, with a note that rates apply to the continental United States.
North Las Vegas police and U S Postal Inspectors busted an alleged mail theft ring after complaints of missing welfare checks. Walter Alex 27 Landers Bobby Ray Schneider 22 and 26 Valda Faye Swanson 24 and Glenn E. Dodd 19 were booked on forgery conspiracy to possess forged documents and mail theft charges. Three welfare checks worth about 200 each were recovered and the four month theft span likely totaled thousands. The arrests followed weeklong stakeouts and surveillance.
William P. Clements Jr. will keynote the 80th National Convention of the Jewish War Veterans at the Frontier Hotel Las Vegas Aug 4 6. Judge Paul Ribner announces Clements speaks Aug 6. other speakers include Avraham Adan Hank Greenspun Jack Marshall Isaac Kidd Yeheshil Sahar.
Nevada Senator Howard Cannon co sponsors the Fairness in Emergency Standby Gasoline Rationing Act to require differential rations based on public transport access and driving distances. He warns equal nationwide rationing would cripple Nevada economy reliant on tourism and autos. Cannon had earlier backed a measure against uniform standby rationing that would paralyze non urban areas.
George Riesz 45 of Mt. Sinai Los Angeles selected by Hyatt Medical Management Services to become SNMH administrator. He will take over Aug. 18 replacing interim leaders after Dr. Samuel Crucilla’s January 1973 firing. Riesz holds a Toronto hospital administration degree and awards.
The Clark County Liquor and Gaming Licensing Board will elect a new chairman at its August 29 meeting. Sheriff Ralph Lamb, returned to the board by the 1975 Legislature, prompts a fresh election. Lamb, Ralph Pettiti and Commissioner Tom Weisner all seek the leadership.
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