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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1975
Page
9
The Las Vegas column warns that transferring health services from District to State Health will delay testing and treatment as the only lab moves away. No public transport to the new facility could hinder Crippled Children and venereal disease patients, creating health hazards and inconvenience.
A Bicentennial Parade opens the Jaycee State Fair at 6 p.m. Wednesday on Joe W. Brown Drive to Paradise Road, then to the Las Vegas Convention Center. Miss Nevada Sherri Lowe cuts the ribbon and starts sponsor booths. Soil testing exhibit and free tests run daily with hours listed.
Las Vegas meeting of college student body presidents forms Nevada Colleges Student Government Council. Attendees include presidents from University of Nevada Reno UNLV Clark County Community College and Northern Nevada Community College. Plan lobbying for more representation pursue campus series update tutorials and study funding for work programs. A second Reno area meeting is planned for late September.
Kathleen Olson announces the Miss Wheelchair Nevada pageant for disabled women 18 or older who use a wheelchair half the time. Entries due Sept. 2 to the Governor's Committee in Carson City. The winner advances to Miss Wheelchair America in Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 26 28. The event highlights removing barriers and showcases abilities. Thirty five states have participated in the two year series.
Residents may join the Citizen's Advisory Committee as it begins its first meeting at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the Las Vegas City Hall chambers. Over 150 people are already on the panel, with others welcome. subcommittees will be formed. UNLV professor Dr. Al Johns chairs the group, but his appointment will be discussed at the next Joint Consolidation Committee meeting.
Reno attorney Gary Backus fights to keep his dog Ichabod from being impounded. He has been jailed twice for refusing to surrender the dog after it allegedly bit a man last week, arguing the law violates due process by denying a hearing.
The Nevada PSC schedules three hearings at the Convention Center starting Tuesday on Southwest Gas request for 3.5 million additional annual revenues from Southern Nevadans and 3.3 million from Northern Nevadans. Residential bills could rise about 1.34 dollars monthly.
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