Downtown Las Vegas eyes $900000 renovation plans
City commissioners preview a Fremont Street renewal project with storm drain work put to bid. Public input sought for rest of the 900000 upgrade including decorative mid block paving and intersection designs as other funding sources are addressed.
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Public Services
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Hampton
State Highway Department
Don Saylor
Progress Association
Main
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Saylor
Hayes Denies Bias in Will Case at Houston Hospital
Judge Hayes, visiting Houston for cancer treatment, defends his impartiality in the disputed will case. He says he met with both Dilworth and proponent executor Harold Rhoden and defends no wrongdoing while insisting he will keep his door open to discuss scheduling. He calls the legal process slow but vows fidelity to the law and apologizes to all parties, noting a colleague’s disqualification bid and his own role in the proceedings.
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Houston
Dilworth
Harold Rhoden
Hayes
Nee
Who
Cop Released in Norwalk Case After Witness Refusal
In Norwalk California a police officer charged by his stepdaughter was dismissed when the girl refused to testify and admitted she had lied about the case.
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Norwalk
Calif
UPI
Nevada Prison Finish Set For December Completion
Nevada Public Works Board heard target dates for the Southern Nevada State Prison to finish by December 31 and for the Capitol renovation to begin December 1. The Jean prison is about 20 miles from Las Vegas and water treatment remains the primary unknown. officials anticipate possible use of untreated or bottled water temporarily.
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UPS
Nevada Public Works Board
Nevada
Bill Flangas
Las Vegas
Jean
Clark County
Bill Hancock
Flangas
Peter Simon
Robert List
Desert Development Center
Morrill Hall
University of Nevada
Ruling on Lamb indictment revising after Morgan testimony
The government was ordered to revise the Lamb indictment after Morgan the former friend testified. Attorneys argued four hours over Morgan and the Binion plan in 1971 72 behind closed doors. One count was dismissed and the jury was kept from hearing further acquittal arguments. If acquittal is denied the defense will start its case at 930 am Thursday.
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Lamb
Foley
Floyd Lamb
Ralph Lamb
Downtown Library Relocation Delayed by City Commission
Las Vegas city commissioners delayed approval of moving the downtown library from 400 E Mesquite Ave to Charleston Plaza Shopping Mall. The panel questioned a five year lease and urged alternatives while renovations up to 60000 were discussed with merchants and the mall owner.
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Las Vegas
CIA Names Mind Experimenters In MKULTRA Inquiry
CIA Director Stansfield Turner disclosed 185 private researchers and 80 institutions linked to the MKULTRA program, revealing details of covert drug, electroshock, and chemical experiments on unwitting subjects in prisons hospitals and colleges during the 1950s and 60s. He noted some projects used unwitting subjects including criminal sexual psychopaths and described operations such as Midnight Climax in New York and San Francisco safe houses.
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UPI
CIA
Stansfield Turner
Senate
Turner
New York
San Francisco
Senate Intelligence Committee
Senate Health
Air Panel Approves Second Round Of Airline Fare Hikes
The Civil Aeronautics Board approves a second rise in domestic air fares within a month, boosting overall increases to 1.5 to 2 percent from mid July levels. The move covers all U S flights among the 48 contiguous states and lifts return on investment to about 11.6 percent, despite a consumer group challenge.
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API
Civil Aeronautics Board
National Passenger Traffic Association
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