GM Show Highlights 1978 Firebird Debut in Las Vegas
General Motors staged a dealer show at the Las Vegas Convention Center featuring the 1978 Pontiacs. The centerpiece was the Firebird floated on a hovercraft with showgirls guiding the float, underscoring the automaker’s spectacle-driven reveal approach.
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Women's Equality Day Picnic and Vigil in Nevada
ERA supporters gather at Paradise Park for a 7 p.m. Friday picnic and dusk candle light vigil hosted by NOW and the ACLU. The event marks Women's Equality Day and notes Nevada's ongoing ERA battle ahead of the 1979 legislature and the 1978 nonbinding referendum.
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American Civil Liberties Union
Southern Nevada
National Organization of Women (Now
Paradise Park
Nevada
Equal Rights
Women’s Rights
Mormon Church
ERA
Pontiac unveils 1978 models in Las Vegas circus style show
The first national reveal of the 1978 Pontiacs in Las Vegas featured glamorous acts and hovercraft car demonstrations. Models include the Bonneville Phoenix Sunbird Firebird Grand LeMans Grand Am and Grand Prix with dealers from the western region in attendance.
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Las Vegas
Las Vegas Convention Center
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Nock Brothers
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Regional Planners OK Grants for Air Quality and Local H2O Projects
The Regional Planning Council approved Clark County Health Districts $132 000 federal grant with $147 800 local match to advance an air quality maintenance plan. Henderson won grants for Paradise Hills R4 Pumps and Green Valley water line. Nevada statewide highway planning received $768 900 with $854 500 local match. An $16 500 court intake officer grant for the Clark County Eighth Judicial District Court was approved, with matching funds debated.
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Clark County
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North Las Vegas
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Las Vegas
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Eighth Judicial District Court
39 Local Citizens Appointed to Air Pollution Advisory Council
Clark County District Board of Health formed a 39 member citizens advisory committee for air pollution control. Don Arkell said the panel will provide citizen input. members hail from labor, business, institutional, service, community groups, media, and citizens at large.
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eLabor
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Gary Johnson
Henderson Chamber of Commerce
Earl Apprill
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Tom Isola
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Roger Beddell
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AJ. Dubuc Jr
Southwest Gas Corp
Vernon Frehner
Associated General Contractors
Barry Perea
Las Vegas Transit System, Inc
Deborah Millett
Downtown Progress
Assn
Don H. Baker III
Timet
Jerry Bruner
Southern Nevada Homebuilders
Stanley O. Bokelman
Clark County
Robert Capell
Ellis Air Force Base
Aioe
Gig Brann
Lions Club
William Meyers
Mobilehome Owners League
Harrison Jones
Save Our Citizens, Inc
Robert Holman
Districts Expand Immunization Drive for School Children
Clark County Health District and School District team up to vaccinate all county children not up to date on polio measles and DPT. Nevada law requires immunization or boosters for public school enrollment. Free shots given at 625 Shadow Lane with extended hours 8 am to 7 pm weekdays and 9 am to 3 pm Saturdays. Parents urged to check records. blue computer cards mailed and should be brought to clinic.
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Nevada
Shadow Lane
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