Editorial Highlights Paradise Road Flooding Faults in Planning
The Las Vegas Valley flood experience exposed Paradise Road vulnerabilities and the need for culverts and flood control. The piece criticizes planning choices, notes missed flights due to runoffs near McCarran Field, and recalls voter rejection of a valley flood facility. It compares local planning to national league delegates touring the city.
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Paradise Road
Las Vegas Valley
McCarran Field
Sands
Flamingo
National League of Cities
Fresh Air and Courageful Doctor Inspire Arizona Visit
In Flagstaff and later Los Angeles, humor and hard facts mix as ART BUCHWALD recounts a trip about fresh air and the odd contrasts of modern life. A Southwest eye surgeon from Arizona, a Catholic and polio survivor, is highlighted for grit, practice, and a pending cataract operation.
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Flagstaff
Ariz
Los Angeles
Calif
Butte
Mont
New York City
Southwest
Kennedy authorized FBI listening devices during his tenure
The article alleges that Robert Kennedy personally approved in writing the FBI use of electronic listening devices from 1961 to 1964, including in Las Vegas and at the Desert Inn, and that he later denied knowledge of such wiretaps. It cites Thurgood Marshall's supplemental memorandum and chronicled exchanges over the distinction between wiretaps and microphone devices.
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Washington
Robert Kennedy
FBI
Kennedy
Justice Department
Internal Revenue Service
Secret Service
New York
Thurgood Marshall
Supreme Court
Fred Black
Marshall
Department of Justice
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Solicitor General
Black
Las Vegas
Desert Inn
Underworld
Roosevelt
Biddle
Senate
House
Dodge
Duck
Inquiring Photographer Readers Favor Tax Balance View
Pamela Torre te and William Clark of Las Vegas discuss tax fairness. They support broad sales tax with lower property taxes and oppose gasoline tax rises. They urge balance by lowering one tax when the other rises and prefer taxes not on essentials.
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Las Vegas
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William E. Clark
Barbara Cornell
Clifford
Scott King Credit Manager
LV Building Materials
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Ken Jones
Mike Gordon
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