Inventors tout curbside pedestal cuts home construction costs
Las Vegas men Melvin Lesher and Harold King patent the utility component pedestal to house meters and hookups and a curbside mailbox. The device cuts trenching by half and allows underground power, gas shutoffs, aiding firefighters and homeowners while servicing two homes per unit.
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Las Vegas
Melvin Lesher
Harold King
al Johns
Inventors
Utility Component Pedestal Corp
S. Highland Dr
Los Angeles
Johns
Lesher
Judge closes Carson City jail juvenile section after girl’s death
District Judge Frank Gregory and Judge Mike Fondi ordered a grand jury probe into the death of 16 year old Tammie Axt found hanged in her jail cell. The incident renews calls for a new juvenile facility as juveniles are to be transferred to Wittenberg Hall in Reno. An autopsy was ordered.
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Carson City
UPI
Frank Gregory
Gregory
Mike Fondi
Tammie Axt
Wittenberg Hall
Reno
Miss Axt
Man Guilty In Slaying Involuntary Manslaughter Verdict
A North Las Vegas man, John William Shufford Jr., 23, was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter by a district court jury after a two hour deliberation. The case involves the April 3 shooting death of Peter J. Cobblah, a Hilton Hotel coworker. Shufford claimed the rifle fired accidentally while he prepared to clean it. Judge Paul Goldman set sentencing for September 14 and he remains jailed in lieu of bail.
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Las Vegas
John William Shufford Jr
Ferguson St
Peter J. Cobblah
Hilton Hotel
Shufford
Paul Goldman
Las Vegans Appointed To Board
Gov. Mike O'Callaghan named Yvonne R. Atkinson 20 Mary S. Awohi 28 both Las Vegas and Lane L. Maestretti 18 of Austin to the Youth Services Agency Advisory Board The three youths replace Lloyd Newton Norman Craft and Frances Hawkins The governor also appointed Karen Scianna Las Vegas to succeed Nobuo Nakashima Elko Scianna is an interior design consultant.
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Carson City
UPI
Mike O'Callaghan
Yvonne R. Atkinson
Mary S. Awohi
Las Vegas
Lane L. Maestretti
Austin
Youth Services Agency Advisory Board
Lloyd Newton
Elko
Norman Craft
Frances Hawkins
Hawthorne
Karen Scianna
Nobuo Nakashima
Scianna
Hoover Dam Study To Probe Changes
A two year study by the Bureau of Reclamation and the U S Army Corps of Engineers will assess changes on the Colorado River since Hoover Dam construction. The work will evaluate Lake Mead water reserves and the rate of releases to prevent shoreline flooding with drought and runoff data cited. Local sites in Arizona and California face flood risk while Williams notes Lake Mead's current level at 72 percent capacity.
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Hoover Dam
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Bureau of Reclamation
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Colorado River
Bill Williams
Boulder City
Lake Mead
Hoover
Glen Canyon
Hugh Robinson
Corps
Los Angeles
Bullhead City
Yuma
Parker Strip
Arizona
Blythe and Needles
Calif
Williams
Colorado
Rocky Mountains
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