Nevada urged to seek new taxes to cover rising state costs
Financial consultants told the bipartisan Legislative Commission that Nevada must levy corporate and personal income taxes and an inheritance tax, while doubling gaming taxes to 50 percent by 1976. Projections show deficits growing from 9 million in 1968 to 45 million by 1976, unless spending is cut or taxes are raised.
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Bipartisan Legislative Commission
Treasury
Dope Scandals and Youth Forum Highlight National Woes
Opinion piece critiques sensational scandal as a driver of readership while warning about dope and drug culture among youth. Highlights from SUN Youth Forum discuss LSD exposure, peer pressure, and the danger of pushers targeting students on school grounds. The author urges vigilance by parents and communities to counter narcotics spread.
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SUN Youth Forum
Industry argues Nevada gaming tax needs price hikes to cover costs
Nevada gaming executives contend the Lybrand report shows gamblers cannot absorb a higher tax unless room and food prices rise. Gabriel Vogliotti of the Nevada Resort Association says the industry could pay an additional 4.2 million annually only if prices on rooms meals and drinks rise or odds are adjusted. Senate leaders caution on economic impact and note charitable ties to the industry.
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Nevada
Gabriel R. Vogliotti
The
Nevada Resort Association
Las Vegas Strip
Vogliotti
Farm Bureau Ends Convention By Warning Dixieland
Farm Bureau ends its Las Vegas convention with a warning as the divided AFBF heads toward departure. President Judy Edsall notes tensions and calls for unity while outlining future policy directions and challenges facing the federation.
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American Farm Bureau Federation
Las Vegas
Witnesses Take Fifth As Skim Probe Continues
Willie Israel Alderman and Richard Levinson appeared before a Federal Grand Jury and invoked the Fifth Amendment amid a probe into possible skimming by Nevada casinos. Alderman, appealing a federal extortion conviction, declined to speak. The report notes Southern lawmakers warned against federal allotment program participation and discusses a tied vote on a cotton resolution amendment led by Illinois farm bureau leadership.
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Willie Israel Alderman
Flamingo
Richard Levinson
Fremont
Nevada
Fear 236 Dead In Ferry Disaster In Aegean
In the Aegean Sea the ferry Heraklion sank after a large truck broke loose causing a gaping hole in heavy seas. Early reports list 45 survivors with 156 passengers and 20 crew aboard plus 66 Greek Navy aboard. rescue efforts continued with U.S. planes and ships aiding.
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UPI
U.S
Aegean
Heraklion
Greek Ministry of Merchant Marine
Royal Navy
Weather Summary for Today and Yesterday
Clear gentle winds with today’s high 690 and low 40. Sunrise at 6 40 and sunset at 4 26. Yesterday’s high 58 and low 39. Noontime relative humidity 57 percent.
Aerial and Ground Attacks Hit Viet Cong Near Saigon
U S air and ground forces conducted a coordinated sweep against Viet Cong units harassing Saigon. B52s blasted a stronghold 25 miles from Saigon, followed by infantry from the 1st Division pushing in. Eight VC were killed, nine captured, and 127 guerrillas rounded up 22 miles north of the city.
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Viet Cong
Saigon
VPI
U.S
U.S. 1St Division
Tan Son Nhut
Airport vineyard eyed for McCarran site
Murray Hoyt Clark County coordinator pushes study to turn about 300 acres at McCarran Airport into a vineyard. He awaits county Commissioners' approval to proceed with research into a winery venture that could boost tax revenue as jets fly overhead.
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Murray Hoyt
Clark County
Federal Fund
Hoyt
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