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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1976
Page
8
The city attorney will focus on the Las Vegas Forum sex talk parlor at a 7 p.m. hearing in the city commission chambers to show why it should be closed. Officials will call UNLV professors to discuss Forum advertising and describe alleged customer ripoffs.
An audit shows the district’s costs rose about 21 percent in 1976 from 1975 due to higher interest, power, maintenance and water costs. District plant and property valued at about $80 million this year, up from $34 million in 1966, with 3182 new customers and water sales revenue of $11.7 million. Planning for Phase II of the Southern Nevada Water System aims to double capacity by 1982, serving growth through 2000, with rate increases expected after January to offset rising costs.
John Monahan Jr., 32, was booked into Clark County Jail after a 7-Eleven at 777 E Twain Ave was robbed around 11 45 a m. He is charged with use of a deadly weapon in the crime. A butcher knife and six pack of beer were involved. Police later stopped a vehicle matching the suspect’s description. Separate weekend robbery at Mayfair Market on Boulder Highway netted $435.
Weekend burglary at 400 E Sahara Ave leads to the loss of 3740 including stereo gear an adding machine and an electric mixer entry reported as glass removal from a window. Separately Parkdale Mobile 4191 Boulder Highway robbed of 1700 by two men who beat a station attendant at about 710 am Monday and demanded money with a gun.
Safety guidance urges careful toy selection and supervision to prevent injuries. The National Easter Seal Society and the US Consumer Product Safety Commission note thousands of toy related injuries yearly and recommend age appropriate choices, safe storage, unbreakable items, and UL approved electric toys.
Graveside services are set for Warren McElroy at Palm Memorial Park at noon Wednesday. McElroy, 55, a Fresno resident born in Hope Arkansas, survived by a son Sterling and several brothers and sisters. Palm Mortuary handles arrangements. Clifford Hinricksen, 63, a Payson resident and former Las Vegas heavy duty mechanic, died Thursday in Payson. He is survived by Alma Hinricksen and many relatives. Funeral services were held Saturday in Payson.
Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Group in Middletown plans an $18 million research facility to be completed in 1979. The project is expected to attract more business but create few new jobs after the firm recently laid off 520 engineering workers for lack of aircraft engine orders.
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