Casino workers push to organize at Las Vegas Strip hotels
Sun staff writer reports Teamster Local 14 boss Jim Wilkerson testifying at an NLRB hearing on whether Frontier Hotel dealers harassed after voting 120 to 94 for the union Summa Corp the owner has appealed. Hearing resumes Aug 23 with Wilkerson predicting a Dec decision and noting broader hotel workers’ interest while dealers seek job security and union protection.
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Jim Wilkerson
National Labor Relations Board
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Wilkerson
Frontier Hotel
Earldean W.S. Robbins
Frontier
Summa Corp
Washington, D.C
Summa
Teamsters
Culinary Union Local 226
Billy Carter Flies to Las Vegas for Weekend Visit
Billy Carter and wife Sybil arrived in Las Vegas for a weekend trip to promote a TV appearance. He said blackjack is his favorite game but would avoid the tables if possible during the stay. He noted seven years since last Las Vegas visit and cited a $500,000 pay for a recent nationwide tour. He commented on beer, his brother Jimmy’s hops allergy, and the President’s abstinence from beer. He linked tourism to Arc gas station business growth in Plains Georgia to Las Vegas success.
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Las Vegas
Sybil
West Coast
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Jimmy
Billy
Plains
Where I Stand Where I Stand
Editor notes the August tradition of guest columns at the SUN. A weary publisher relinquishes duties for a month while staffers fill the space with perspectives from politics business and community life.
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SUN
First Flight U Photo of Space Shuttle Enterprise Separation
A National Aeronautics and Space Administration chase plane captured the Enterprise separating from a Boeing 747 during its first free flight at Edwards Air Force Base California.
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Enterprise Completes Powerless Landing At Edwards AFB
Astronauts Fred Haise and Gordon Fullerton guided the space shuttle Enterprise to a flawless powerless landing at Edwards Air Force Base California in a key step toward the 1979 manned space flight program. The 122 foot craft landed after a 5 2 minute flight from a 24 100 foot drop, with spectators and a national TV audience watching the event.
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Calif
UPI
Fred Haise
Gordon Fullerton
Enterprise
America
Mojave
Karen Bobko
Mission Control
Houston
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Wight Brothers
Goldwater
Air Force Test Center
Haise
Cancer Doc Kilfoyle Faces Fraud and Poisoning Charges in Las Vegas
Michael Earl Kilfoyle, 52, appeared in Las Vegas court to answer charges of practicing medicine without a license and possession of dangerous drugs. Investigators say he injected cancer patients with a worthless substance sold as a cure since 1972, drawing in wealthy and poor victims alike. He also allegedly ran schemes selling non existent tin mines and used the Hughes Aircraft name to solicit funds, with a 1976 judgment against him by Rose Tambor unresolved.
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Michael Earl Kilfoyle
Bar of Justice
Las Vegas
Kilfoyle
Africa
Rose Tambor
Summa Corp
Howard Hughes
Evolution of Las Vegas Sports Complex
Sun series examines how the downtown sports complex grew after the Legislature backed V A to use public funds without Clark County voter approval. Penny Levin investigates potential economic effects as the five part series launches in Sunday’s edition.
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Nevada
Las Vegas
Alaska selects Nevada chancellor as University of Alaska president
Neil Humphrey, 49, chosen Friday by the University of Alaska Regents from three finalists to lead the Alaska system. He will live in Fairbanks and oversee three campuses and 10 community colleges with a salary of 63000 dollars. Humphrey has led the University of Nevada since the late 1960s and previously served as finance chief for the Reno and Las Vegas campuses.
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Neil Humphrey
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Humphrey
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Anchorage
Donald Schwartz
Purdue University-Indiana University
Ft. Wayne
James Brooks
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Ellensburg
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Juneau
Reno
Las Vegas
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Alaska
Regents
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