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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1977
Page
5
Bob Mandelbaum resumes selling Christmas trees at Twin Lakes Plaza after state forestry officials confiscated over 700 trees for a $30.20 tag fee. The state spent more than $500 to seize the trees, which Mandelbaum retrieved on Tuesday.
Henderson city plans to spend 8000 in federal revenue sharing funds for downtown wheelchair ramps and building accessibility but a Nevada coordinator says the money cannot be used for new construction or renovations. Repairs only cover maintenance, per the program rules, leaving the ramps project non permissible. City Manager Bob Campbell calls the interpretation surprising and not in line with accessibility directives.
A 22 year old man, McKinley Scott also known as Michael O Neal of 1000 Bull Run Ave North Las Vegas, was sentenced by District Court Judge Paul Goldman to 60 years in prison after pleading guilty to three downtown robberies using a .25 pistol. He received four 15 year terms for two robbery counts and two weapon counts, plus a 30 year term for another robbery and weapon use and a 10 year term for battery, with the latter sentences suspended and probation set for five years. Victims included Golden Hotel Bar, Ray s Terminal Bar and Nationwide Finance Co with stolen amounts of 135 400 and 300 respectively. He was arrested after the last robbery at Rendezvous Casino. Three robbery charges and related weapon counts were dismissed in exchange for the pleas.
Nevada officials seized trees from Mandelbaum in a weekend raid costing over 500 to reclaim 30.20 in fees. He says permission to cut came from owners, but boundary lines remain unmarked and 76 trees on private land were disputed, with a misdemeanor cited for illegal harvesting.
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