Ernest Moritz, Former BLM Director, Dies at 92
Ernest A. Moritz, 92, first director of the Bureau of Reclamation's Lower Colorado regional office, died Friday in a Las Vegas nursing home. Born in Wisconsin, Moritz began at Hoover Dam in 1941 and led southern Nevada and parts of four states before retiring in 1952 with the Interior Department's Distinguished Service Award. He joined Reclamation in 1905 and worked on major irrigation projects nationwide. Survivors include wife Cora, sons Holly and Robert, and daughter Betty. Palm Mortuary, Henderson, to handle arrangements.
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Ernest A. Moritz
Bureau of Reclamation
Lower Colorado
Boulder City
Las Vegas
Moritz
Nevada
Hoover Dam
California
Utah
Arizona
New Mexico
Department of the Interior
Chebogan
Wis
United States
Garden City Project
Kansas
Yakima Project
Flathead
Montana
Parker Dam
Marshall Ford Dam
Texas
Commissioners
Washington, D.C
Denver, Colo
C. J. Moritz
Illinois
Cora Moritz
Spencer St
Holly Moritz
Centerville
Ohio
Robert Moritz
Dallas
Tex
Betty Jones
Austin
Palm Mortuary
Henderson
Vegas Heights Off Site Improvement Plan Advances
The final environmental impact statement for the $1.5 million Vegas Heights Off site Improvement Project will be reviewed by the Clark County Regional Planning Council at 3 p.m. in Las Vegas City Hall Commission Chambers. The DA seeks a $459,358 grant for a conspiratorial crimes prevention effort while EOB requests funding for alcoholism training and food stamp transport.
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Vegas Heights
Clark County
Commission
Las Vegas
Clark County District Attorney's Office
Economic Opportunity Board of
EOB
Teen Hurt In Tumble On Sunrise Mountain
Sixteen year old Raymond Petricka brother of a Las Vegas officer suffered head injuries when he fell while climbing Sunrise Mountain. He was admitted in fair condition to Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital for head injuries and multiple lacerations. He climbed alone as two youths saw the accident and called for help. He was air lifted from the mountainside by a police helicopter.
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Raymond Petricka
Las Vegas
Sunrise Mountain
Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital
Petricka
Vietnamese refugee homemaker classes at Clark County Extension
Clark County Extension, in Las Vegas, offers September Vietnamese classes for homemakers with translation by a volunteer. Four food and nutrition sessions led by Susan Olmsted and Jean Gray begin Sept 4 at 1 30 p.m. Two sewing sessions led by Katherine Everson follow on Sept 23 and 30. Babysitting is available, and organizers seek refugee details to plan activities while keeping data confidential. Volunteers for Vietnamese English interpretation are welcome. In other news, USD 243.9 million in 1974 OC S receipts supported the Land and Water Conservation Fund, funding recreation nationwide.
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Clark County Cooperative Extension Service
Sahara
Susan Olmsted
Jean Gray
Katherine Everson
Michael B. Mooney
Mooney
Las Vegas
Nevada approves 115 contracts for ads and record searches
The State Board of Examiners authorized over 115 contracts including a 46 000 public relations package to advertise Nevada and a controversial one time deal with Credit Bureau Service of Reno to search traffic and vehicle records. The Attorney General affirmed private firms may conduct searches for the public record.
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Carson City
UPI
State Board of Examiners
Nevada
State Motor Vehicle Department
Credit Bureau Service of
Reno
State Economic
Motor Vehicle Department
Nevada Research of
State Attorney General
Attorney General
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Washington
Federal Land and Water Conservation Fund
OCS
Pat
Uquid Ory
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Satwadat
Ane
Ea Shegaq
Ang
Zard
EASY
Proctor
Cornwall
Skaggs Family Store
Steczecey
Pak Cou
Teflon
Aus
Kelly & Reber Advertising of
Winnemucca
Lyon County Fair
Media Consultants
Oregon
South
Culley
Willis
Faust
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