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Las Vegas Sun

Location

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America

Date

Aug 17, 1976

Page

3

Rate Hike Showdown Resumes at Public Service Hearing

Public Service Commission cross examination resumed Monday in the Nevada Power rate case stalled since May 26. Nevada Power seeks a 15.6 million increase adding about 5.85 dollars per month for the average customer as auditors review the company’s financials and two new generating units funded by investors, with Citizens for Survival challenging a dismissal over missing balance sheets. Testimony continued into Tuesday morning.

Public Service Commission Nevada Power Commission Bob Crowell Charles Lenzie Edwin Gunlop Gunlop Citizens For Survival

Concession Contract Award Planned for Las Vegas Stadium

The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority will award the food and beverage concession contract at the Las Vegas Stadium at an 8 a.m. special meeting. Four bids were opened last week and forwarded to staff for review to determine the winner by the highest percentage of sales. Also on the agenda is a discussion about refunding $12 million in bonds issued in 1975.

Las Vegas Stadium Las Vegas

California Waits On Hughes Will

California courts hold Hughes estate cases in abeyance pending Nevada proceedings on a 1968 purported will. Judge Neil Lake ordered continuances through Jan 7 1977 as multiple claimants press for authentication and trial dates.

California Hughes Los Angeles UPI Howard Hughes Nevada Superior Court Neil Lake Bruce Altman Noah Dietrich Richard Gano

Witness Paid For Testimony In Maxwell Murder Case

A prosecution witness testified that a defense witness was paid 1000 for her testimony in the Rosalie Maxwell murder case. Maxwell is accused of hiring a killer to murder Hilda Krause on January 14 1974 as part of a plan involving Marvin Krause. The trial enters its sixth week with multiple inmates offering conflicting accounts of Maxwell’s statements.

Rosalie Maxwell Maxwell Caesars Palace Hilda Krause Marvin Krause Krause Jeannine Guerin Guerin Johnson Kathy Theobald Theobald

City Clerk Hiring Fight Looms Over Nevada Court

City Manager Bill Adams and Municipal Court Judge Robert Mullen clash over a request to fill an intermediate clerk post after Judge Mullen fired a clerk two weeks ago. Judge Mullen will not reinstate Margaret James, while Adams contemplates denying the request pending Civil Service Board actions and a legal ruling on whether clerks must require witnesses to swear or may affirm.

Bill Adams Robert Mullen Mullen Susan Jenkins Margaret James Jenkins Adams James Civil Service Board Don Ashworth City Attorney's Office Carl Lovell Ashworth Nevada

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