Parents fund and run own summer program for visually impaired
Undaunted parents of visually handicapped children organize a two day weekly summer program at Lorenzi Park Handicapped Center after Clark County School District refused. The group funds activities from a rummage sale, with volunteers aiding and siblings attending, expanding to include speech and hearing difficulties.
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Clark County
Lorenzi Park
Younsters
Sharon Peoples
The
Friends of the Visually Handicapped
Las Vegas
Schoo
Marjory Becker
Southern Nevada Association For the Handicapped
Merluzzi Dance Center
Marlene Philips
Study links dispensed drugs to Nevada overdose deaths
Nevada officials reveal that up to 90 percent of overdoses stem from pharmaceutically dispensed drugs obtained legally or illegally. Vern Calhoun notes a state coroner program found 38 Nevadans died from overdoses last November to March, with 30 from legal sources and eight from illegal sources. The report highlights barbiturates, Darvon, and tranquilizers as leading killers and describes a new enforcement approach using registered pharmacists as compliance officers to monitor drug dispensation.
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Nevada Division of Investigation and Narcotics
Vern Calhoun
Division of Coroners
Nevada
Calhoun
Clean Bill of Health for Nevada Gaming Industry
A federal study commission reports Nevada gaming shows no organized crime influence in casinos and credits strong internal controls. The panel notes small theft by employees or customers, but regulation and enforcement are effective and crime rates are not significantly affected by legalized gaming. Senator Howard Cannon cites findings to counter misinformation.
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Nevada
Howard Cannon
Cannon
National Commission On Gaming Police
Commission
Vegas Vegas Vegas shows Las Vegas in a different light
Judith Berger, production assistant to a Los Angeles film crew, describes completing two weeks of shoot for a documentary titled Vegas, Vegas, Vegas that explores the other side of Las Vegas.
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Las Vegas
Impact Report on I 515 Plan On Display
A draft Environmental Impact Statement for alignments of the east leg of the U S 95 Expressway and the I 515 spur will be shown at the Las Vegas Convention Center Monday and Tuesday. A public hearing is set for 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Center with Nevada Highway Dept personnel explaining the project and answering questions.
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Las Vegas Convention Center
Convention Center
Nevada Highway Dept
Railroad Pass
Henderson
Las Vegas Boulevard
Boulder Highway
Conviction Overthrown in Kidnap Case of Virgil Womack
Federal prosecutors await guidance on appealing a 9th Circuit ruling that tossed Virgil Paul Womack's kidnapping conviction. The decision could lead to a new trial, while his state court plea to second degree murder remains tied to the same incident and a parallel Miranda rights dispute is upheld.
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Jerry Cox
SUN
Reno
Justice Department
Virgil Paul Womack
9Th Circuit Court of Appeals
San Francisco
M. Daniel Markoff
Federal Public Defender’s Office
Las Vegas
Womack
Elko
U.S. Supreme Court
Circuit
Winslow
Ariz
Miranda
Markoff
Circuit Court
9Th Circuit
Taylor
U.S. Dist
Bruce R. Thompson
Two Suspects Charged in Oregon Cattle Buyer Kidnapping
Womack of Burley Idaho and Jack Taylor age 50 of Oklahoma face kidnapping charges after a sequence beginning Jan 7 1975 in Boise and ending with the murder of Merrill Abrahams Wells Nevada. The circuit court found Womack coerced by Taylor and violated rights in custodial statements.
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Womack
Burley
Idaho
Jack Taylor
Oklahoma
Oregon
Taylor
Boise
Florida
Washington
Wack
Ontario
Ore
Merrill Abrahams
Dean
Abrahams
Talor
Wells
Nev
Arizona
Winslow
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Dren
Bloomfield Camp
Sufoto
David Lee Waite
Micki Philips
Mark Hibbert
Blackbird
Speed
Air Force
California
Ninth Strategic Reconnaissance Wing
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