LAS VEGAS LOYALTY AND DOOM PROPHECIES IN SUNdial REPORT
Sam Salerno and Lowell Cannon take the reins at KLAV while ex KLAC staffers. The Mirage Motel pool leak drains the Strip pool. Sahara exec Alex Shoofey earns praise for his role in the Let my people in incident. Dizzy Gillespie to headline Monterey data festival tribute to the trumpet. Joe Kelley proposed Pinon Nut and Cactus Award for Casino Show Boat. offers free meals per shift and full vacation for staff. ABC vice president Earl Mullins announces KRAM becomes ABC affiliate September 15. Las Vegas enlistment centers show 150 percent loyalty. local trainees excel. Doom spreaders warned but city shows growth with Caesars Palace and others rising as skyline expands.
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Sam Salerno
Lowell Cannon
Radio Klav
Sam
Lowell
KLAC
Mirage
Sahara Exec
Alex Shoofey
Dizzy Gillespie
Joe Kelley
Joe
Earl Mullins
ABC
Radio Kram
Las Vegas
Caesar's Palace
Four Queens
Nevada tops per capita income in Census figures
Census Bureau data show Nevada leading states in per capita income at 2356 dollars and a 9424 dollar family of four. District of Columbia had the highest state level figure while Hinsdale County Colorado and Stamford Connecticut led counties and cities with higher per capita and family incomes.
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Las Vegas
Nevada
Census Bureau
Hinsdale
Stamford
Clever thieves clip coins from sidewalk dispensers
Kenneth Barnett reports $150 lost from his coin dispensers in two weeks as thieves use a gum tipped stick to fish out dimes one by one. Two suspects were seen at 300 N First St Wednesday night but fled before officers arrived at the Center Hotel.
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Kenneth Barnett
Barnett
First St
Center Hotel
Stop Urban Renewal Opposed by Nevada Group
Ralph Kraemer launches Stop Urban Renewal Entirely a county-wide effort in Southern Nevada aimed at educational outreach and documentation of violence related to federal urban renewal. The group plans a county campaign, will meet again Saturday to form a committee, and will engage property owners and federal urban officials.
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Nevada
Ralph Kraemer
Rose Garden
Las Vegas
Kraemer
America
Nevada Education Leader Farl Wooster Retires After 43 Years
Reno dispatch reports Farl Wooster, executive secretary of the Nevada State Education Association since 1959, retires after a 43 year Nevada education career. He began teaching at Churchill County High School in 1953, rose to principal at several high schools, and became Washoe County School District superintendent in 1956. James Butler will replace him as his assistant.
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Nevada State Education Association
Nevada
Wooster
Churchill County
Washoe County
James Butler
Henderson City Clerk Office Closed At Noon
City Clerk Genevieve Harper said the Clerk's Office will close for one hour each day at noon for the next two weeks because the assistant is on vacation.
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Henderson
Genevieve Harper
Home Owners Tie In Old Rezoning Scrap
A city commission tie vote on a third service station at 25th Street and Stewart Avenue preserves the impasse. Betty Artese and other homeowners appealed the Board of Zoning Adjustment, claiming the new station would lower property values and drive tenants away. The parcel is owned by Lillian Hilde, who said she has a lease with a major oil company. two other stations already serve the intersection. The tie will push the final decision to the next meeting, with Mayor Gragson as potential tie breaker, though he is currently out of town.
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25Th Street
Stewart Avenue
City Commission
Betty Artese
Board of Zoning Adjustment
Lillian K. Hilde
Commission
Gragson
Prosecutor Sees Value in Traffic Court Convention
Deputy City Attorney Fd Weinstein and other judges and lawyers attended a traffic court convention at Denver University Law School. Weinstein said the event was worthwhile and highlighted exhibits showing drunk driving arrests. He advocated using motion pictures by Las Vegas Police to document arrestees for court use.
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Dep
Weinstein
Denver University Law School
Las Vegas
Old Gaming Organization Fires a Volley at the New
Reno attorney Jack Streeter accuses the new Gaming Industry Association of Nevada of lacking true industry representation. Streeter represents the six year old Nevada Casino Association and fears the new group will be dominated by large casinos. Charlies Munson of the Gaming Industry Association counters that the old group is inclusive and that the new body includes large, medium and small clubs.
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Reno
UPI
New Gaming Industry Association of Nevada
Jack Streeter
Streeter
Nevada Casing Association
Nevada Casino Association
Munson
Gaming Industry Association
Gaming Control Board Studies License Bids
Several license applications were taken under advisement by the State Gaming Control Board in Carson City. Recommendations will be made at the Aug. 16 meeting with final action by the State Gaming Commission the next day.
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Carson City
UPI
State Gaming Control Board
State Gaming Commission
William Campbell
Sonoma Inn
Winnemucca
Catholics Get Meat Dispensation Dinner in Las Vegas
Catholics in Southern Nevada may eat meat on Friday August 13 at the Serra Club steak dinner at Bishop Gorman High School. Bishop Dwyer of the Reno Diocese issued a special dispensation for the meal which funds a seminarian. The $5 plate event begins at 5 p.m. hosts are Howard Brandis and Walt Geary with reservations by August 9 at two local phone numbers.
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Serra Club
Bishop Gorman High School
Robert Dwyer
Reno
Las Vegas
Dwyer
Howard Brandis
Serra Clule
Walt Geary
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