County seeks library district to serve wide Clark County
Petitioners push for a Clark County Library District after Sahara Nevada Corp signs. If approved the district would levy five cents per $100 of assessed value, funding a new county library system for Las Vegas area communities and surrounding unincorporated areas.
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Sahara Nevada Corp
Samuel Ford
Las Vegas
McCollum
Nevada
Ford
Commission
North Las Vegas
Paradise Valley
Blue Diamond
Sioan
Goodsprings
Indian Springs
Nelson
Searchlight
Arrests in Vegas Counterfeit Case Linked to Loraine Wedding
British film producer Dennis Henry Loraine was arrested at his Hollywood wedding reception on charges of transporting counterfeit money to Switzerland. He posted bail at $25,000 and waived removal to Los Angeles. an accomplice was arrested in Switzerland. Police seized counterfeit bills connected to a scheme involving Geneva banks and Hollywood clients.
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the Pines
Switzerland
Los Angeles Federal District
Loraine
Secret Service
Los Angeles
Hollywood
Sandra Marshall
U.S
Bey Perkins
FBI
Iustice of the Peace
James Brennan
Robert Torrey
Thomas ©. Roe
Jarrey
Roe
Lake Geneva
Police Query Suspect In $100000 Robbery
City detectives questioned Calvin Blackmore, 30, for over two hours about a $100000 California jewelry store burglary. He was later returned to Pasadena, with California authorities seeking him for a $190000 Riverside theft.
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Pasadena
Calvin Blackmore
Char- al
Riverside
Blackmore
Paul Mathis
Jefferson
Las Vegas
Cherriffs
Woman Dies in Hospital After Overdose Attempt
A 21 year old woman Dorothy Crow died in Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital late Tuesday after an overdose attempt three days earlier. She resided at 1414 Carson Avenue and was admitted Sunday following the self inflicted actions.
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Nevada Memorial Hospital
Dorothy Crow
State silent on Kolod injunction in gambling case
State gaming officials focused on their defeat in the Ruby Kolod case. Kolod, a millionaire Strip gambler with ties to the Desert Inn and Stardust, won an injunction in District Court to bar the state from driving him from the gambling industry. The state had suspended Kolod's license and forbidden hotels from paying dividends on his stock.
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Kolod
Desert Inn
Stardust
Nevada crime rate tops nation as population miss counted
Gov. Grant Sawyer charges FBI figures overstate Nevada’s crime burden by 20 percent due to a 72,000 population undercount and tourists not included. He notes Nevada led the nation in crime for a fourth straight year while the rate fell seven percent from the prior year.
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Nev
UPI
Grant Sawyer
Nevada
Sawyer
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Picket Signs Disgraceful At Las Vegas Casino
Hotel workers in Las Vegas picketed the California Club demanding an immediate NLRB election and urging Gov Grant Sawyer to revoke the club’s corporate charter. The protest targets the American Federation of Gaming and Casino Employees amid accusations of disreputable union tactics and interference with state gaming authorities.
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Grant Sawyer
American Federation of Gaming and Casino
Robert Feldman
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Pickering
Rigged Feldman
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California
Las Vegas
State Gaming Control Commission
Feldman
Nevada
Billy Long
State Gaming Control Board
State Gaming Commission
Howard Cannon
Alan Bible
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Postmaster Lias Opens All Mail Classes to Canada Dispatch
Postmaster Robert H. Lias announces that effective immediately all classes of mail may be sent to Canada. The change expands international mailing options and applies to standard, expedited, and parcel mail.
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Robert H. Lias
Canada
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