Nevada Broadcasters Fuel FCC Activity in Clark County
The FCC’s workload grows as Clark County rivals vie for Channel 4 licenses while KSHO-TV faces shutdown by Sept 26. KTOO fined 750 for log violations and sponsorship invisibility. Vendors test credit card vending systems in two methods linking to billing.
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Clark County
Channel 4
Ksho-Tv
Channel 13
the Trade Bible
KTOO
Automatic Canteen Co. of America
Tateiji Company
Japan
Tree growth at Frenchman Flat during Upshot Knothole
The Nevada Test Site hosted an experiment moving 150 pines and two broadleaf trees to Frenchman Flat for a 1953 test. Most pines survived and formed a stand, while an ash tree survived a cement base but struggles beneath the encasing slab as botanists study blast effects on desert flora.
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REECO
NTS
Frenchman Flat
Frank Woods
Department of Forestry
Duke University
Forest Service
Division of Fire Research
Lee Canyon
Frenchman Fiat
Charleston Ranger District
Nevada National Forest
Reeeco Mhen
U.S. 95
Mercury
Woodbury Named Physician of Year
Dr. C. W. Woodbury age 70 a longtime Southern Nevada physician and Clark County School Board member was named Physician of the Year by the Nevada Medical Society. He will receive a plaque at the state convention in the fall.
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Nevada
Clark County
Nevada Medical Society
State Medical Group
Dr. Woodbury
State
Woodbury
George Washington Medical College
Washington
Utah
Salt Lake City
Las Vegas
Las Vegas Hospital
Residents protest rezoning to block service station
Homeowners led by Betty M. Artese appeal a zoning board use permit for a proposed service station at 25th Street and Stewart Avenue. The hearing adds to a long sequence of city actions granting a zone change and permit, while residents oppose commercial encroachment on the northwest corner.
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Stewart Avenue
City Commission
Zoning Board of Adjustment
City Planning Commission
Zoning Board
Betty M. Artese
Marlin Ave
City considers renaming Second Street to Casino Center Boulevard
A public hearing is set at the City Commission meeting on renaming Second Street to Casino Center Boulevard from Oakey Boulevard south to Bonanza Road to honor the downtown casino center. The Las Vegas Improvement Association backs the change with no organized opposition. if approved, the change would take effect after several months to allow address updates.
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Casino Center
The
Las Vegas Improvement Association
Oakey Boulevard
Bonanza Road
Watusi
Vacation cash hits carpenters as paychecks arrive
Southern Nevada carpenters Local 1780 begin mailing $75 to $204 vacation pay checks totaling about $200,009 under a trust agreement with contractors. Freeman Johnson says payments arrive as members await a special meeting to vote on a Las Vegas contractor proposal. An arbitrator ruled immediate payment and a federal mediator was involved after delays.
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Carpenters
Las Vitas Contractors
Juvenile Curfew Patrol Nets No Arrests in West Las Vegas
West Las Vegas juvenile curfew patrols continued after a week of nightly checks near nightclubs. Robert Mullen, chief county probation officer, said no juveniles were found on Sunday while 16 youths under 17 were arrested in the first four days and scheduled for probation hearings. The crackdown began last Thursday as officials warned of late night street activity.
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Las Vegas
Robert Mullen
the Sun
Mullen
City Officials Seek Medical Checks in Rochester and Las Vegas
Mayor Oran Grayson and City Manager Art Trelease are undergoing complete medical checkups this week. Grayson is at Mayo Bros. Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, with return to Las Vegas expected late this week. Trelease checked into Sunrise Hospital in Las Vegas and is to resume duties soon.
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Art Trelease
Mayo Bros. Clinic
Rochester, Minn
Sunrise Hospital
Las Vegas
Trelease
Clark County Building Permits Rise in July
July valuation of new construction in Clark County rose by 558,076 from July 1964, despite 92 fewer permits. A J Koval, director of the building department, reported July permits valued at 6,544,637 versus 5,985,561 a year earlier, while the first seven months total 36,545,134, still short by 18,841,137 from 1964. The month’s gain was boosted by permits for three new schools totaling 5,884,031.
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Clark County
Attractive transient pleads guilty to vagrancy in court
A 38 year old woman claiming to be Eisenhower's former secretary and a friend of Loretta Young and Johnny Carson pleaded guilty to vagrancy in Municipal Court. Judge Walter Richards sentenced her to 10 days and ordered a background check by police.
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Loretta Young
Johnny Carson
Walter Richards
California
Jhonny Carson
Sahara Hotel
Ariend
Richards
Beverly Hills Show Biz Roundup of 1966 Happenings
Red Buttons returns from Denver to Beverly Hills and announces his engagement while a Vegas rumor names him as a Tropicana alum. Bob Goulet scouts a WWII espionage TV series. Sammy Davis Jr and a London show are hinted, with other club moves and a Miami Beach hotel dispute dominating the chatter. Readouts of performers, theater plans, and a Cinerama Denver dust storm gag close the column.
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Red Buttons
Denver
Bing Crosby
Beverly Hills
Red
Las Vegas
Watusi Wiggler
Sami Davis
Davis
London
Broadway
Bob Goulet
Goulet
Bob
Dick Sale
Sammy
Frank Merriwell
Bond Sale Favorable Signals for Clark County Bonds
County Administrator Robbins Cahill reported favorable reception from eastern bonding firms for Clark County revenue bonds to fund gas tax road construction. He toured Chicago New York and Washington to gauge markets and discussed purchasing about 106 acres of government property across from the old McCarran Airport terminal for potential industrial leasing.
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Robbins Cahill
Chicago
New York
Washington, D.C
Cahill
Washington
McCarran Airport
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