Troubled Woman Floods City With Tears and Frustration
Oleatha Sue, an elderly Black resident on Miller Avenue in Las Vegas, endures 11 inches of mud and water after a flood. She seeks help to clear debris, relight electricity, and obtain a city permit for foundation work while criticizing bureaucratic indifference and missing actions. A local water grant and relief notes appear nearby.
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Bob Palm
Sue
Miller Ave
Sugar Hill
Oleatha Sue
Nevada Supreme Court reverses Riley murder conviction
The Nevada Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned Billy Ray Riley of Las Vegas for attempted murder after finding widespread perjury at his trial. The ruling cites perjured testimony over whether the shooting was accidental or intentional, and notes no suggestion of knowingly used perjury by the prosecutor. Judge Brennan had denied a new trial but called the testimony fraught with perjury and ordered an investigation.
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Carson City
UPI
Nevada Supreme Court
Billy Ray Riley
Las Vegas
Riley
Ira Butler
Gordon Thompson
Anda
Brennan
James Brennan
Proseuctor
Las Vegas schedules second public hearing on jail funding
Las Vegas city commissioners set a second public hearing for 2 p.m. Sept 21 in city hall to discuss funding for a metropolitan jail. Mayor Briare proposed an $11 million city bond plan tied to a Clark County bond election, while critics urge immediate city matching funds and caution against long term bonding.
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SUN
Las Vegas
Commission Chambers
City Hall
Bill Briare
Clark County
Myron Leavitt
Ron Lurie
Paul Christensen
Nevada
Briare
Commission
County Commission
Leavitt
Christensen
Sewage Study For Reno Area
Washoe County Commission orders study of sewage disposal methods for Reno area subdivisions after tentative approval of three projects totaling 1 250 dwellings. One project adds 755 units on the northwest Reno edge as the county grapples with limited sewer capacity and growth.
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Reno
UPI
Washoe County Commission
Reno-area
Sparks
Las Vegas Sun Publisher and Staff Directory
The Las Vegas Sun lists its editor and publisher H M Greenspun and staff roles with names such as David Greenspun Ruth Deskin Burt Buy Al Kolber and Bob Banes. It notes editions published mornings including Sundays and postal and association memberships.
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Las Vegas
SUN
H.M. Greenspun
Las Vegas Sun, Inc
Highland Ave
Nevada
Bill Guthrie
Versiellen
Les Ritchie
AL Smith
Douglas Ritchie
Ward Griffith Co
Chicago
Detroit
New York
San Francisco
Los Angeles
United Press International
Nevada State Press Association
American Newspaper Publisher's Association
California Newspaper Publisher's Association
The
Audit Bureau of Circulation
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Mike O'Callaghan
Ely
Wells
Sufoto
Ken Jones
High Court
Tricia White
Reno Area
Continental
United States
al Om
Sunrise Hospital
Sunrise Hospital Medical Center
Maryland Park
AS Vegas
Commercial Center
East
Sahara
Maine
San Francisco Bay
Corbina
Atlantic Seafood
E. Stewart ST. PH
Maryland Parkway
Stewart
Clarence
Cal
Palm Chapel
Robert Bertram
St Louis
Missouri
James F. Shula
Chicago, Illinois
David Frisk
Cherryville
North Carolina
John Paul Franklin
California
Charles Bunting
Stanley Gura
Martin Ellswood
Clyde Collins
Palm Mortuary
N. Main
Boulder
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