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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1977
Page
5
Wednesday air pollution workshop participants tested their knowledge in a practical demonstration outside district health headquarters on Shadow Lane, applying new skills to read and interpret emission readings.
About 50 participants from the Nevada Highway Patrol Clark County Taxicab Authority and private industry attended a three hour visible emissions evaluation workshop at district health headquarters in Las Vegas. The session covered health effects weather impacts laws and field detection methods with a smoke stack demonstration and 25 readings. The aim is greater awareness of pollution sources and voluntary compliance rather than immediate enforcement.
Las Vegas police report a local couple Phyllis Tipp and Jowers Tripp, both of 204 Minnesota, arrested on sexual assault and first degree kidnapping charges. They are held without bail after allegedly abducting a juvenile girl and taking her into the desert near North Las Vegas Airport for assault.
W R McGrew Centel division manager says the federal 5 to 4 percent excise tax on Centel customers takes effect Jan 1 1978. The decrease is the sixth step in a 10 year plan to reduce the rate by 1 percent annually through Jan 1 1982. The new 4 percent applies to monthly bills and message charges including long distance. Registration for Las Vegas Parks and Recreation classes is announced for Monday at the Mirabelli Teen Center. The tax is slated for repeal in 1982 under the 1970 act.
Las Vegas bail bondsman Joseph Abrahams testified to paying Municipal Judge Robert Mullen fifty to one hundred dollars annually for four or five years. State Insurance Commissioner Dick Rottman set January four for a possible license revocation hearing, seeking whether federal immunity applies to state boards. Abrahams operates Joe's Bail Bonds and the probe may extend to other bondmen who testified paying Mullen. The Las Vegas hearing marks the first in a series of show cause actions.
Nevada Division of State Parks plans two holiday programs in December at Spring Mountain Ranch and Valley of Fire. On December 29 visitors ages 5 to 12 can enjoy stories, a puppet show by Brian Lewis and a short hike to the reservoir. On December 31 a slide lecture and hike at Valley of Fire will feature Things to See and Do in the Valley of Fire followed by a hike to Petroglyph Canyon. Wear sturdy shoes and warm clothing.
The Holiday Casino highlights Old Fashioned Triple-Action Bingo with three cards per board and double pay opportunities on party sessions. Beta Callaway touts nine cards for the price, breakfast club bargains, $12,500 single bingo wins, and nightly $500 or $1000 jackpots with easy card watching and amenities.
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