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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1975
Page
9
A long column of local notes mentions the Las Vegas Chamber and Beverly Hills in civic chatter about cutting Christmas lights for year round flowers. It highlights various people, places, plans, and cultural tidbits from food handling to art courses and local commerce.
A Nevada group linked to the women's rights movement urged Senators Laxalt and Cannon to vote against Supreme Court nominee John Paul Stevens. Members cited Stevens's rulings on four cases and criticized the rapid scheduling of his confirmation.
UNLV officials unveil fall concert calendar for the 2000 seat Artemus Ham Concert Hall with a 4.2 million building. Opening Oct 5 features Melbourne Symphony and Isaac Stern. the lineup includes Tokyo, Polish National Radio Orchestra, Prague Chamber Orchestra, Richter Hauser, Utah Symphony and others. The season aims to showcase world class orchestras with evening performances in a state funded venue in Las Vegas.
Clark County Commission set for a Tuesday hearing on a constitutional challenge to the work permit law covering all hotel and motel workers. Unions and the ACLU argue licensing beyond gaming workers is unlawful while sheriffs power and police input are on the agenda. Also listed are Star Escorts licensing, rock concert promoter rules, and a $59,200 airport land purchase for McCarran expansion.
District Court Judge Charles Thompson sentenced Eli Van Fedder 24 of Fontana California to 20 years for burglary battery with a deadly weapon and second degree sentencing after a jury conviction. Fedder, who jumped bail pending sentencing, received a harsher term for fleeing. The case involved a desert assault on April 24 1974 and a subsequent arrest near the scene. Fedder denies guilt and was kept free on bail until his sentencing.
The Nevada Test Site prepares for a Tuesday detonation code named Chiberta, with a yield estimated between 20 and 200 kilotons. An 85 mile ring of Las Vegas could feel minor tremors from the test as workers encase the device in sand and gravel after lowering it 2350 feet in a vertical shaft. This marks the 282nd announced test since the 1963 limited test ban treaty.
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