Guard's K Troop Gains New Leader in Nevada Guard
Nevada National Guard announces Capt. Steven Osborn as new commander of Guard's K Troop 163rd Armored Cavalry Regiment. Osborn succeeds 1st Lt. Louis Cabrera who moves to Headquarters Troop after leading K Troop. Cabrera, from Los Angeles, long Las Vegas resident, Mindful father of two, manages iris cooperative unit. Osborn, Las Vegas resident for 11 years, married with one child, serves 10 years in the Guard and works at the Nevada Test Site.
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Nevada National Guard
163Rd Armored Cavalry Regiment
Steven Osborn
Louis Cabrera
3Rd Acr
Cabrera
Osborn
Los Angeles
Las Vegas
National Guard
Smart
Final
Iris Co
Nevada
Guard
Lawsuit Against Las Vegas Sun Moves Toward Dismissal
Two local families sue the Las Vegas SUN for more than 10000 citing a Jan 23 1974 story about minors accused of stealing from cars at 221 Lorenzi Blvd The trial with an eight member jury continues as Judge Howard Babcock weighs two dismissal motions and testimony notes the minors privacy and public record issues
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SUN
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Lorenzi Blvd
Robert Vannah
Harold Hyman
Las Vegas
Scott Leany
Nelson
Dylan Allen
Leany
Nevada State Museum to Buy 1904 Saddle
The Nevada State Museum agrees to purchase a prize-winning 1904 saddle created by Guadalupe Garcia for the St. Louis World’s Fair. The $20,000 price is split with $10,000 paid to Mrs. James White, granddaughter of the maker, who will donate the other $10,000 back to the museum. Negotiations lasted over a year and a half.
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Nevada State
Carson City
UPS
Nevada State Museum
Museum
Guadalupe Garcia
St. Louis
James White
Garcia
Price Hikes Too High Steel Problems Self Caused
A price stability expert told the Association of Steel Distributors that the steel industry itself drives current price problems not Japanese dumping. Jack Meyers said high steel prices from 1976 to 1977 outpaced inflation, blamed industry executives for not controlling prices, and noted a forthcoming antidumping proposal to limit unfairly priced imports.
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SUN
Jack Meyers
Council On
Association of Steel Distributors
ASD
Dunes Hotel
Washington, D.C
Meyers
America
Carter
Washington
Woman Reports Gunpoint Abduction Near Las Vegas
A Las Vegas woman said she was abducted at gunpoint Friday morning near Nellis Boulevard and Boulder Highway as she exited her car for work. Police described the suspect as a Black man in his early 20s, about 200 pounds, 6 to 6 foot 2, who forced her to drive to the radar station area near Indian Springs on the Tonopah Highway.
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Las Vegas
Nellis Boulevard
Boulder Highway
Metro
Indian Springs
Tonopah
Yoxen Firm Submits Sole Bid for Women’s Jail Expansion
John Yoxen Construction Co of Las Vegas filed the only bid with the Public Works Board for a 1.2 million expansion of the Carson City women’s prison adding 5 living units and new classrooms. The project, slated to cost about 1.3 million, aims to provide housing for 110 to 112 inmates when completed in November 1978, with vocational facilities and craft shops included.
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UPI
John Yoxen Construction Co
Las Vegas
State Public Works Board
Bill Hancock
Federal Economic Development Administration
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