Mayor backs bonds for downtown cultural complex plan
Las Vegas Mayor Bill Briare urged a voter bond election to fund a downtown cultural arts center with potential convention and sports space. Finance chief Marvin Leavitt warned a $5 million bond at 8 percent over 20 years would cost about $509000 yearly, with debt service rising if a $1 million cultural arts loan were added.
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Ken Langbell
SUN
Las Vegas
Bill Briare
Marvin Leavitt
Briare
Miami Beach
National League of Cities
NLC
Florida
Reed Whipple Cultural Arts Center
Strip
Leavitt
the Sun
State Tax Commission For
Cultural Arts
Las Vegas Notes and Local Happenings Preview
A Las Vegas column roundups items from entertainment and culture. UNLV trainer Joan Gillette discussed in Redbook spring issue. local artists offer free oil painting workshops at Reed Whipple Center led by Rick Langdon. Goodyear conference travel by TV crews to Phoenix and New Orleans. margarine makers launch lower fat spread. Allied Arts Council seeks part time admin assistant. reader letters and mail guidance included.
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Reed Whipple Cultural Arts Center
Rick Langdon
Las Vegas
Phoenix
Goodyear Company
New Orleans
Great Mousetrap Race at UNLV Promises Fun and Friction
UNLV engineering students from two sophomore classes compete in the first annual Great Mousetrap Race in the Moyer Student Union Tuesday at 1 p.m. Each team builds a vehicle powered by a Victor mousetrap using 10 feet of string four wheels two dowels glue cardboard and the trap itself.
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UNLV
Moyer
Ramon Martinez
Herb Wells
Martinez
Chicago
Machine Design Magazine
Plea Guilty in 1972 Nevada Murder Case
Gerald Denono, 39, pleaded guilty in Clark County District Court to the October 18, 1972 murder of Patricia Ann Shirley near Nipton Road just over the California line. He faces life in Nevada State Prison without parole. sentencing set for January 16. Authorities say robbery was the motive. a $10,000 diamond ring disappeared and later surfaced in Las Vegas shops. Also charged is David Ray Bean, Denono’s brother-in-law, whose indictment is contested.
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Chicago
Clark County
Union Plaza
California
Gerald Denono
James Brennan
Denono
Nevada
Florida
Patricia Ann Shirley
Nipton Road
Brennan
Shirley
Las Vegas
David Ray Bean
Grand Jury
Bean
Courtesy Campaign Launched in Las Vegas
Las Vegas advertising committee approves a 125000 courtesy campaign to urge locals to be pleasant to the nine million annual visitors. Burton Cohen leads the effort with Kelly and Rebel Advertising handling layouts using a baby theme. Targets bartenders casino staff pit bosses with outdoor print radio TV and production costs itemized.
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Las Vegas
Cohen
Chamber of Commerce
Yule Window Artistry A Holiday Hobby Turns Profit
Alice Bell and her sister Doris Jones turned holiday window painting into a growing business. They began with banks and stores using water base tempera, completing seven Center Telephone Co branches this year. The duo balance work with family duties, earning extra Christmas income for their household.
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John Read
SUN
Neiping LO
Carl Ol
Chris
Alice Bell
Winston
Betty Reynolds
Mrs. Bell
Doris Jones
Center Telephone Co
Las Vegas Blvd
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UN Local
LAS Vegas Sun
Ivuriel Stevens
Cal State
Joan Gillette
Redbook
Ms. Gillette
Burlington Mills
Hilton Hotel
Steve Hates
Monty Hall
Allied Arts Council
c/o
Zeller
Bureau of Weights and Measures
Brand
Weights and Measures
Charles Chaplin
Pierre Auguste Renoir
Walter Pach
Renoir
P.O
Detroit
Yule
Church To Jesus Christ of Latter Saintsmainument Service
Eugene W. Smith
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