Las Vegas Briare defies court in mass age parlor clash
A Las Vegas letter-writer accuses Mayor Briare and city commissioners of civil disobedience over massage parlor licenses after a Nevada Supreme Court ruling favored masseuses. The piece urges respect for the law, calls for cooler heads, and warns of potential contempt if officials persist.
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City of
Las Vegas
Bill Briare
Nevada Supreme Court
Briare
Paul Goldman
City Hall
Carl Lovell
Supreme Court
Goldman
Carson City
High Court
Bnare
United States Supreme Court
Atty. Lovell
the Sun
United States
Room Rates and Charges Hiked at Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital
Hospital trustees approved a 9 percent cost of living raise for SNMH staff and higher room rates to fund the pay increases. The plan raises private room to 90 dollars, semi private to 83, intensive care to 220, coronary care to 175, and lab services by 15 percent, offsetting about 699,172 dollars in budget impact with projected 700,000 dollars in new revenues. The board also terminated Ellerbe and Associates and sought new architects, with about 4,200 dollars owed, and decided to place a new prison wing in a small public wing of the hospital.
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Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital
SNMH
Ellerbe and Associates
St. Paul, Minn
Police Commission
Commission
Jacka
Police Department
County Commission
New SNMH Administrator Takes On Duties Sunday
George Riesz named administrator of Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital effective Aug 18. He plans improved communication with the medical community and aims to make SNMH one of the region’s top facilities. Riesz endorses staff changes by attrition and has a background at Cedars Sinai Mount Sinai and Jewish General Hospital.
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SNMH
Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital
George Riesz
California
Riesz
Hyatt Medical Management Services, Inc
Mount Sinai
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles
Sinai
Hyatt
University of Toronto
Canada
Jewish General Hospital
Montreal
Budapest
Hungary
Robert Wood Johnson
American College of Hospital Administrators
Downtown Mall Group Appointed for Las Vegas Project
Mayor Bill Briare named a committee to study a pedestrian only mall on Fremont Street from Main to Las Vegas Boulevard. City officials and business leaders including Ron Lurie Andy Tompkins Steve Wynn and Chick Hecht join with Burrell Cohen proposing a limited start and data gathering on pre and post-closure business impact.
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Las Vegas
Bill Briare
Ron Lurie
Andy Tompkins
The
Lady Luck Casino
Steve Wynn
Golden Nugget
Chick Hecht
Hecht Women’s Apparel
Lurie
Tompkins and
Wynn
Downtown Hotel Association
Hecht
Burrell Cohen
City Commission
Fremont Street
Main
Las Vegas Boulevard
Cohen
Casino Center Boulevard
4Th Street
SUN
Churchill County Denies Fallon Brothel Permit
The Churchill County Commission refused two Fallon men permission to open a brothel southwest of Fallon due to enforcement concerns and local resident objections. County officials noted existing brothels 14 miles east are in sparsely populated areas, while Lahontan Dam area residents opposed the plan. Nevada Parks Director Eric Cronkhite also argued the site was too close to Lahontan State Park’s main entrance.
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Commission
Lahontan State Park
Officials Add To Police Budget Boost To 1.245 Million
City and county officials plan an additional 1.245 million for the Metropolitan Police Department, bringing the total to 20.3 million plus 500 thousand from the city and 745,187 from the county. A deficit of 1.398 million had prompted potential service cuts, but officials say they are satisfied with current funding.
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Metropolitan Police Department
Metro
Bart Jacka
Superintendent Dies in Test Site Crash
Owen F. Sammons 51, superintendent of field surveys for Holmes and Narver Co at the Nevada Test Site, was killed when his car ran off the road and overturned. Donald Tarbell 18, a cafeteria employee at the test site, suffered serious head injuries and was taken to hospital. The accident occurred as the men were driving to report for work in Area 12. no skid marks were found.
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UPS
Owen Franklyn Sammons
Holmes and Narver Co
Nevada
Donald Tarbell
Southern
Nevada Memorial Hospital
Las Vegas
Nevada Test Site
Area 12
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Alesperson
Marjorie Bott
Police Civil Serve Board
Thomas Malry
Fry Stoner
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