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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1964
Page
2
The Bank of Las Vegas urges customers to open a Christmas Club account across seven branches to manage the holiday budget. It highlights local staff Ralph W. Spencer at Sunrise, a new baby, and festive charity notes while lampooning extravagant dog gifts and seasonal wants.
The district votes a rate decrease effective Feb 1, after a year in advance billing helped cut costs. Directors Clemens, Doyle, and Schieff led the move, opposed by concerns over monthly billing and bookkeeping costs but supported unanimously by the board. The change will appear on the next annual billing date, August 1.
The public health officer outlined a plan to staff autopsies and coroner work, including two investigators and deputy coroners, to supplement law enforcement reports while avoiding overuse of autopsies and allowing a pathologist on contract. He agreed to present a detailed staffing plan at the next board meeting.
Carson City officials say employees of the State Board of Registered Professional Engineers qualify for coverage under the Nevada Public Employees Retirement System. The attorney general's office announced this interpretation yesterday.
Carson City UPI reports the Nevada Attorney General allows a student to be excused from physical education on request by a state licensed chiropractor. The Nevada Board of Chiropractic Examiners declares chiropractors are physicians under state law.
A list of individuals and firms seeking corporate officer roles or investments in Nevada gambling venues. Andrew Tompkins seeks licensure for Tic Toc Liquors in Las Vegas. Victor Mastin plans 40500 to start a 21 game and poker table at Jolly Jug in Henderson. Paul Alexander funds a dealer's choice game at Three Pigs on Boulder Highway. John Kelly to open a 21 pm at Bunny's Bar North Las Vegas with 2500. Leonard Campbell and Norma Riddle as officers in Dunes Las Vegas without investment.
Regents say they have not yet appraised a proposed name change and learned of the idea only on Wednesday. The statement follows discussion raised by a Mrs. in connection with the university's naming review.
A man died in a Las Vegas apartment fire when flames erupted from the lower unit. Firemen found the victim Barndt in the bedroom in a bathrobe, with burns on the feet as investigators prepared to determine the cause. The incident followed university naming debates and regents’ discussions on changing the name to The University of Nevada at Las Vegas.
A Strip party at the Black Forest ended in a confrontation when Collonge allegedly shot and wounded Paul Pauman during a struggle over a silenced .22 pistol. Deputies arrested Collonge as he dragged his wife from the couple’s apartment as she watched him stumble, bleeding from a leg wound.
The project would hire 100 permanent personnel and spend a large part of about 8 million dollars in annual operating costs in Nevada. Tax receipts for year one could reach 4 million dollars with 3.6 million in use and sales taxes on the original investment. When four units run, output would reach 3 million kilowatts, making it the world’s largest of its kind. Hoover Dam tops at 1.38 million kilowatts. Fort Mohave land acreage and a 60,000 acre foot water allotment are planned, with water flowing to California and Arizona currently bypassing Nevada. Construction would start late 1960s, with units phased through the early 1970s, and 100 jobs created locally.
A historical note records Hank Greenspun summarizing a group’s debates on U S options toward Cuba and Latin America. They weighed unilateral action versus regional cooperation, rejected U S meddling in others' internal affairs, and noted Latin pro Castro sentiment. They also discussed Britain’s socialist government and U S relations, concluding with cautious stability and limited prospects for consensus.
Laxalt, brother of the GOP candidate, says the court has final jurisdiction over members and can aid in judging legal ballots. He plans no appeal and calls the outcome the most difficult weeks of his life while congratulating Sen. Cannon.
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