Yuletide Driving Caution Urged by Las Vegas Sheriff
Sheriff Ralph Lamb urged Las Vegas area motorists to drive with extra caution this holiday season. Assistant Sheriff Bart Jacka noted rising serious injuries from crashes on rural roads like Russell Tropicana Sahara Rainbow and Vegas Valley. He emphasized obeying speed limits signals and stop signs and practicing defensive driving to reduce accidents. He cautioned against drinking and driving during the Yule season.
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Burglar Sentenced in Clark County District Court
A 42 year old man, Felix Owen Biggs Jr., was sentenced to five years in the Nevada State Prison for burglarizing a dentist office. Judge Thomas O'Donnell noted a long history of prior convictions with five prior felonies. He broke into an office, stole drugs, and was captured near the scene.
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Rites Set For Scenic Airlines Pilot Bill Stevens
Funeral services will be at 1 p m Saturday at Palm Chapel for Scenic Airlines pilot Charles William Bill Stevens 31 killed in a Las Vegas to Elko crash The body of passenger Charron Hayes 31 of Ocala Fla was recovered Tuesday morning after searchers guided to the site by the beacon near the Buty Mountains The wreck occurred Sunday morning and Stevens leaves a wife Amy two sons and a daughter The Rev Frank Hoffman will lead private rites at Palm Valley View Memorial Park.
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Lenexa
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Subpoena Withdrawn For Earl Morgan
Federal Grand Jury withdraws a subpoena for Earl Morgan, Las Vegas man and 1974 Clark County Sheriff candidate, to answer questions about Sheriff Ralph Lamb affairs. Morgan had been questioned previously. grand jury considered related cases but will end Jan 1. U S Attorney Larry Semenza confirms withdrawal as Morgan faces Deck court on 12 counts of altering vehicle numbers. prior theft charges were dismissed when arraignment deadline lapsed.
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Reno Plans City Mall and Hotel Casinos Downtown
Reno officials propose three hotel casinos downtown with a city owned shopping mall and parking garage on a one block site. A tax increment district would freeze current valuations while new taxes from hotel induced increases fund $17 million construction bonds.
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Yearbook omits Sundowner rites at Nevada campus
Reno UPI reports the University of Nevada yearbook will exclude pictures of Sundowners drinking initiation rites following the death of a student from alcoholic poisoning. The student senate announced the decision on Wednesday.
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Indictments Returned In Federal Securities Case
The federal grand jury indicted two out-of-state men on counts of interstate transportation of forged securities. Lou Lovitt of St Louis faced four counts tied to a Dunes Hotel scheme and using another man’s name and bank account. Calvin Allen of Los Angeles was charged with transporting forged American Express travelers checks from Las Vegas to New York. Bench warrants were issued.
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Utah Homesteader Moved From Land
UPI reports U.S. Marshals cleared Cot tonwood Canyon lands six miles north of Backbone Utah removing more than a dozen illegal homesteaders. Remaining three families, including six adults and seven children, left without violent resistance after a federal court order.
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Rejection Solves Sewer Bid Dispute
Clark County Sanitation District trustees rejected all bids on the sewer rehabilitation project after a bid error led to a $110,000 claim by the contractor. F. T. Ziebarth Co. had won prior approval, but EPA memo required no bid increase. Re-bid planned to proceed under new terms.
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Social Security Lawsuit Filed by Ortega for Disability Benefits
Attorneys for Jesus Ortega filed in federal court seeking retroactive Social Security disability payments after the SSA allegedly denied benefits to Ortega, disabled since 1969. The suit also seeks costs. A separate bidding dispute涉及 EPA project bids with Boves and Crail Construction Co. and Tab Construction.
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