LV Manager Bill Adams Quits Under Fire
Las Vegas City Manager Bill Adams resigned amid heated criticism of his administration. The 17 year city hall veteran said he would not seek other city roles and will leave Aug. 31, with a special meeting planned to discuss replacement procedures.
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Ron Lane
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Myron Leavitt
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Commission
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Christensen
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Hit And Run Commando Plot Foiled by U S Agents
Federal agents arrested Pedro Gil a 41 year old Brigade 2506 member and seized three boats and a cache of weapons including a 20 millimeter cannon and a 50 caliber machine gun in a thwarted plan for a hit and run raid on Cuba. The operation followed a CBS documentary The CIAs Secret Army and involved about a dozen commandos under surveillance for weeks.
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Sanford
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Las Vegas fence rings cracked in large scale police sweep
Metro Task Force detectives raided Las Vegas based fencing operations in a Monday sweep that netted more than 20 arrests and a cache of nearly 100 stolen rifles and handguns. The operation dubbed Welcome Back involved FBI and Clark County DA agents with LEAA funding, returning over 700000 worth of stolen goods to owners. Robert Pennington and Efthimios Petropoulos were named as major fences in the case.
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Justice of the Peace
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Ken Arnold
Assistnt
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LEAA
Washington
Golden
Howard Hughes
Hughes
Where I Stand on Learning Disabilities in Children
Former Clark County official James Santini discusses how learning disabilities cause frustration and possible juvenile delinquency as thousands of local children return to school. He emphasizes subtle signs, neurological origins, and that many affected children are highly intelligent.
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Clark County
James Santini
Flood swamps Brawley as Baja storm floods Imperial Valley
Desert city of Brawley faces two feet of water with streets and downtown shops flooded. Police rescued stranded motorists while officials warn of ongoing drainage difficulties and widespread high water across Niland Westmorland and Calipatria as desert highways are shut.
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Baja California
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Niland
Westmoreland
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California Highway Patrol
Firefighters Contain Big Sur Blaze With Dug Line
Firefighters completed a dug-out fire line around the Big Sur blaze covering 130,500 acres near central California. Containment rose to about 60 percent as 1,500 fighters battled north state fires along the Oregon border and other outbreaks spread across 9,800 and 2,500 acres.
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Miller Canyon
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