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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1963
Page
6
El Dorado County supervisors voted to allow the South Tahoe Public Utility District to spray treated sewage on 145 acres near the Lake Tahoe airport. Three supervisors approved the special use permit two opposed. Health officials approved the use but opponents warn nutrients and algae could pollute the lake water.
Richard B Toolson gains the Eagle Scout rank from the Realder Dem Area Council Board of Review. The ceremony features Troop 7 of the LDS Fifth Ward Las Vegas Stake with supporters R Burns Toolson and Mrs Toolson and board members including Thomas Parker of Boulder City and Thomas R Logan.
Gov Grant Sawyer told the Western States Taxpayers Association that federal lands hinder state progress and development. He noted about 60 million acres or 86.2 percent of Nevada’s land is federally owned, leaving roughly 13 percent as the property tax base and slowing planning efforts.
The record shows no contact by Senator Howard W. Cannon about the TFX contract. Zuckert submitted a log listing five members who spoke with him, but Cannon did not attend the January 22 meeting and Rep. Clarence Cannon cannot recall any contact with the secretary.
State superintendent Byron F. Stetler notes Nevada's eighth grade finishers who drop out before high school place the state well below the national average. The preliminary 1962-63 data show 280 dropouts across 17 counties, signaling a statewide need for programs to cut dropout numbers.
A Census Bureau report shows Nevada's total local and state property on tax rolls in 1961 at 875 million with 51 million exempt. Local real estate 501 million, local personal property 154 million, state property 169 million. Nevada tax revenues 30 million. per capita 94.64. national 98.35. Nevada real estate count 104000 pieces. Local assessed value at 21 percent of market. total market value about 2.5 billion or 7959 per person.
Theo Chagares of 2575 Van Patten is among 105 men completing a two week course at the University of Southern California on basic principles methods and techniques of real estate appraisal offered by the American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers. A second two week class in urban property appraisal began Monday with instructor 10 J Finney of Dallas and William T Van Court of Denver.
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