Teens resist drugs through faith and family in Las Vegas study
The SUN survey of Las Vegas high schools shows 20 percent abstainers, many Mormon, Catholic, Jehovah’s Witness, Seventh Day Adventist, or Assembly of God, with strong family ties and religious belief. Athletes also abstain to protect performance, while others stay busy with school, jobs, and activities.
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Las Vegas
SUN
Clark County
Tom
Norman Rockwell
Church
Moapa
Mesquite
Moapa Valley High School
Seventh Day Adventists
Assembly of God
Fire safety tips fight Christmas fires in Las Vegas
Fire inspectors urge safe tree care with sand and water, corn syrup sap treatment, test lights on flat surface, limit 50 lights per extension cord, avoid candles, and install UL approved detectors. Bishop Gorman dinner-dance in Las Vegas Center raises funds for band uniforms with Dean Martin ticket sales.
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Las Vegas
Fred Jameson
Jameson
Tom Huddleston
Huddleston
Bishop Gorman High School
Gold Room
Las Vegas Convention Center
Dean Martin
Mary Barnett
Carmelia Chris
Jeanne von
City Officials Cite Las Vegas’s Fiscal Discipline
City Commissioner Paul Christensen says Las Vegas is in better shape than most cities due to past fiscal restraint. He warns about Washington funded programs that may leave cities with long term costs if funding ends. Christensen returned from the NLC conference in Denver noting lessons and conference challenges.
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Las Vegas
Paul Christensen
Christensen
City Hall
National League of Cities
NLC
Denver
Commission
Council
Washington, D.C
Alvin Beets Gets Life For Murder
Alvin R. Beets Sr was sentenced to life in prison by Clark County District Court Judge Joseph Pawiikowski for first degree murder of his wife Lugener Beets 36 on Oct 1 1975 outside their home at 3036 Speer St Witnesses recalled a heated argument before the shooting Beets claimed self defense saying the attack happened inside the home with scissors.
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Alvin R. Beets, Sr
Beets
Clark County
Joseph Pawiikowski
Lugener
Speer St
Four men indicted in Brooker murder case in Clark County
The Clark County Grand Jury indicted Montena Smyth James Hens Lewis Bonnie Fred Crawford and William McKinney on charges of slaying Lloyd T Brooker during a robbery. All four are jailed on $100000 bail as police tie the case to a fencing operation that netted 50 arrests.
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Clark County
Montena Smyth
West
St. James
Hens Lewis
H’ St
Bonnie Fred Crawford
Reed Place
William McKinney
Clark County District Court
Charles Thompson
Lloyd T Brooker
Skaggs Drug Store
Bonanza Road
Mt Charleston
Larry Leavitt
Crie
Leavitt
Grand Jury
Brooker
Smith
McKinney
Lewis
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