Franklin targets nude shows to curb resort sin
Clark County District Attorney George Franklin announced plans to introduce an ordinance on December 10 to suspend or revoke gaming licenses for gambling resorts that host nude performances in hotels. The musical Hair opened at the International Hotel with preview shows featuring fully nude scenes.
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George Franklin
Franklin
Clark County Liquor and Gaming License Board
International Hotel
Clark County
Supreme Court
Nevada
U.S. Supreme Court
Las Vegas “Strip
Local Industry Presses Pollution Rules Plan
A public hearing on proposed pollution controls for local industry reveals debate over exemptions for government controlled plants and the need for state and local accountability. Officials cite gaps in coal burning regulations while urging timely action and possible variances.
Youth Forum finalists named from Clark and surrounding schools
The SUN Forum selected 14 summarists from Clark High Boulder High Rancho Western Vegas High and other schools for presentations at a SUN sponsored luncheon for community leaders on December 5. The summaries will be rebroadcast on KLAS Channel 8 at 6 p.m. on December 7. Alternates include students from Western Basic Vegas High Clark High Valley High Rancho Boulder Bishop Gorman High and others. The event featured a SUN lunch and entertainment by the Cascades and Bob Newhart.
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Klas-Tv
Channel 8
Dana Edwards
Marie Shea
Western
Vicki Nield
Basic
Linda Robertson
Vegas High
June Wolever
Gregg Lawrence
Bruce Davies
Clark High
The
Cascades
Bob Newhart
Hecht Calls for Tighter Pollution Rules in Nevada
State Senator Chic Hecht urged the Clark County Board of Health to push stricter air pollution controls and back state legislative changes. He advocated local authority in enforcement, noted industry has spent 13.7 million dollars on controls, and called for tax incentives to install equipment amid Nevada’s limited incentives and tax burdens.
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Chic Hecht
Clark County Board of Health
Hecht
Health Department
Senate
The
Board of Health
Las Vegas Valley
Las Vegas
Nevada
NATO warns and weighs limited nuclear strike option
Western defense ministers consider using a limited nuclear salvo against Eastern Europe if a major Soviet attack continues. Target sites would include airfields and nuclear installations in Poland or Czechoslovakia, not the Soviet Union, with Moscow reachable via a Washington hot line.
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NATO
West
Europe
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Soviet Union
Moscow
Washington
Missing vegan manogaue kin seek whereabouts in NYC
Friends and relatives of Stephen Manogue, 26, former Lake Tahoe and Las Vegas dealer, seek information on his location. He last spoke to his parents in July from New York City where he planned to visit for a brother’s wedding and Thanksgiving. He left his job July 30 at the Kopicana Hotel and has not been heard from since. If you have information call 212 685 9300 3-C apartment collect. Manogue is six four with brown hair and blue eyes.
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Stephen Manogue
Lake Tahoe
Las Vegas
Manogue
Walter Rusdell
Madison Ave
New York City
Navy
Rusdell
Recreation plan sparks youth talks at SUN Forum
Hundreds of Clark County teens met with Las Vegas area officials after a SUN Youth Forum discussion on the teenage dilemma. Fred Little of Rancho High School led the effort seeking recreation facilities and a mass meeting with the Clark County Recreation Board and mayors. If approved, a public meeting would be held the following Saturday and announced in the SUN.
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Clark County
Las Vegas
Henderson
Boulder City
SUN Youth Forum
Rancho High School
Fred Little
Youth Forum
Gold
Convention Center
Clark County Recreation Board
Little
Convention
Recreation Board
Rancho
Fremont St
Strip
Theotis Glover Receives Probation After Guilty Plea
Theotis Glover pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the death of a West Las Vegas youth and received three years probation from Dist. Judge William Compton. He and Alonzo Tugwell, both 24, faced murder charges in the July 13 death of 19 year old William Wimberly during a dispute over a girl.
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Theotis Glover
Las Vegas
Dist
William Compton
Glover
Alonzo Tugwell
William Wimberly
Tugwell
Compton
James Santini
Social Security Benefit Rise Clears House Panel
The House Ways and Means Committee approved a 15 percent increase in monthly Social Security benefits for about 25 million people, effective January 1, 1970. The plan would raise typical retiree checks from 100 to 115 dollars and adjust other benefit categories accordingly.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Sharon Tate's Father Tries Hooded Hippie Probe
Paul J. Tate, a retired Army intelligence officer and Sharon Tate's father, admitted he masqueraded as a hippie for four months to locate the killers. He declined to reveal any value of his clues, citing sensitivity and safety concerns, and said his family suffered amid sensational press coverage.
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Palos Verdes
Calif
UPI
Sharon Tate
Army
Paul J. Tate
Army Intelligence
Tate
California
Los Angeles
Kidnaper Waives Extradition In Las Vegas Abduction
Las Vegas police recount a bungled kidnap attempt involving singer Miss Birdsong. Collier allegedly held her at knifepoint in her apartment, forced her into her car, and drove toward Long Beach before she escaped on the freeway. He was arrested, waived extradition to Los Angeles, and faces kidnapping robbery and auto theft charges.
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Las Vegas
Miss Birdsong
Long Beach
Collier
Clarence Sundean
Los Angeles
California
County Sues NSV Over Annexation of Sunrise Manor and Nellis
The county files a second lawsuit against North Las Vegas to compel a show cause hearing on the annexation of Sunrise Manor Town and Nellis Air Force Base. The county alleges NSV violated state law, seeks voiding of the annexations and asserts irreparable injury from service responsibility confusion between the two jurisdictions.
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North Las Vegas
Sunrise Manor Town
Nellis Air Force Base
North
Las Vegas
Sunrise
Hanley pleads not guilty to Alsup murder
Former gaming union leader Thomas Hanley pleads not guilty to the murder of Ralph Alsup, shot jan 19 1966 outside Alsup’s Paradise Valley home after a Plumbers and Pipetters Local 925 meeting. Judge Clarence Sundean sets trial for April 6, 1970.
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Hanley
Alsup
Gaming Union
Thomas Hanley
Ralph Alsup
Dist
Clarence Sundean
Harry Claiborne
Albert Dreyer
Paradise Valley
American Federation of Casino and Gaming
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Sunfoto
Colorado River
Colorado River Commission
Stanley Cuffe
Air Pollution Control Administration
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Ringlemann
Charles Deaner
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Ardis Kearns
League of Women Voters
Hyman Yanke
Deaner
SUN Forum
Mary Donaldson
Bart Jones
Don Smith
Tina Leon
Vo-Tech
Denise Brothers
Dan Evans
Boulder High
David Hirsh
Jeffifer Vorpahl
Barry Gunderson
Valley High
Bill Stoddard
Mike Arenaz
Rudy Scott
Mike Amundsen
Tim McRoberts
Las Vegas High
Bonnie Braiker
Jeff Eskin
Annette Fortier
Mark Tratos
Marilyn McCoy
David Freeland
Boulder
Tom Banfield
Bishop Gorman High
NATO OK
Brussels
Manson
Charles Manson
Inyo County
Independence
Miss Tate
Hippie
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