Las Vegas Crime Analysis Debate Opens Chamber Luncheon
A dispute at a Desert Inn luncheon pitted Clark County District Attorney George Holt against Irwin Kishner over funding an outside crime analysis for Las Vegas. The petition seeks a $50,000 to $100,000 study linking police, the DA, and the courts to improve priorities and budgeting while a 400-strong audience watched.
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Las Vegas
Clark County
George Holt
Irwin Kishner
Chamber
Clark County Commission
Holt
Kishner
Baloney
Harley Harmon
Fifty New Citizens Naturalized In U S Ceremony
Fifty people from twenty one countries became United States citizens at a federal court ceremony. Names include Pensri O'Brien Josefina Lopez Eleuteria Flores Celene Kanjirathumkal Francisco Lorie Dalia Castro and Mari Briesacher among others from Thailand Mexico India Cuba Spain and more. The ceremony list spans many nations and individual names.
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United States
Thailand
Mexico
India
Cuba
Spain
France
Korea
Denmark
Argentina
Lebanon
Philippines
China
el Salvador
Iran
Greece
Israel
Ireland
Bulgaria
Canada
Costa Rica
England
Pensri O'Brien
Josefina Lopez
Eleuteria Flores
Celene Kanjirathumkal
Francisco Lorie
Dalia Castro
Mari Briesacher
Henri Cordier
Vilawan Holdi
Zoning Change Requests Denied by Clark County Panel
The Clark County Planning Commission denied three zoning change requests after hearings on Tompkins Street and Harrison Drive. Sun City Development, Merry and Rice, and Katsumi Kazama had actions denied or held. Some approvals were granted forPercussion firms and extensions, with others denied or postponed.
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Clark County Planning Commission
Johnson, Richardson and Johnson Co
Tompkins Street
Harrison Drive
Sun City Development Co
Boulder Highway
Sandhill Road
Merry and Rice Co
Eldorado Road
Cameron Street
Katsumi Kazama
Quenton Perkins
David Miller
Paradise Homes
Roggen Enterprises
Henry St. Amand
Pardee Construction Co
Ferry and Associates Realty Co
Colorado River Resort Hotel Inc
J.C. Lancaster
Jack Woodcock
Paradee Tropicana East. Ltd
Romano Realty
Howard Downes
Bureau of Land Management
Clark County
Conforte sues private eye over conspiracy claims
Must read: Joe Conforte owner of Mustang Ranch files a $10,000 libel suit in Storey County against Donn Baliotis a Las Vegas private detective who alleged a conspiracy to arrest him. Conforte calls the charges false and vows to prove them wrong noting no arrests or convictions occurred in the arson of his ranch last November. Baliotis had claimed a conspiracy to arrest him and noted a prior acquaintance between the two.
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Joe Conforte
Storey County
Las Vegas
Conforte
Donn Baliotis
Mustang Ranch
Baliotis
Kelly Swanson
Robert del Carlo
James Miller
Virgil Bucchianeri
Carl Martilero
Edward Colletti
Laura del Carlo
Robert Berry
Henry Blane
Briefcase threat ends as case turns out empty
Las Vegas city hall security pause as bailiffs and fire department disarmed a suspicious briefcase found propped against the judge’s desk. Judge Robert E. Mullen later said the case contained only papers forgotten by an absentminded visitor.
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Las Vegas
Fire Department
Municipal
Robert E. ‘Moon’ Mullen
Mullen
Legislature pre-files broad auto emission testing bill
Senate bill filed by Sen Manuel Pena seeks to extend Arizona auto emission testing from Maricopa and Pima counties to all 14 counties. The current program faced a voter repeal defeat in the November general election.
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Phoenix
API
State Senate
Manuel Pena
Maricopa
Pima
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Metropolitan Police Department
District Attorney's Office
Judicial Court System
Keith Hayes
Bart Jacka
U.S
Ingelisa Newton
Maria Mangoni
Camille Castro
Assaf Sawaya
Encarnita Tayeneco
Arthur Tayencco
George Shen
Eduardo Tino
Agnes Hill
Polo Carrasco
Alicia Prisca
Reza Sheikhzadeh
Graham Hamilton
Ofelia Martin
Juan Martin
Antonio Rodriguez
Trini Salazar
Antonio Tzelalis
Paitoon Lewis
Manuel Magers
Pedro Laroya
Julia Messing
Batia Pinas
Rosa Mesha
Sheila Dwyer
Martha Wright
Tony
Rosa Gurovsky
Stephn
Katherina Gurovsky
Flavia Villapando
Kenneth Speirs
Loni Perez
Helen Robichaud
Oanta
Aladdin Bazaar
Private Eye
Tila E
Whold
Boulder
Maryland
First Western Savings
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