Law themed youth forum discusses juvenile justice and driver education
Students at the seventh annual SUN Youth Forum, moderated by Mrs. George Phillips, tackled law enforcement issues in Clark County Nevada. The discussion urged fines for juvenile offenders, reviewed court procedures, and supported mandatory driver education in high schools, plus repeated licensing tests for chronic offenders.
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SUN Youth Forum
George Phillips
Avenue Home
Spring Mountain
Clark County
Completely Bewildered By Action Stardust Hotel Landlord
John F. Factor 70 year old Stardust Hotel landlord and philanthropist says he will fight deportation orders issued in Los Angeles over a 20 year old Iowa fraud conviction. Factor, commuting between here and Los Angeles, denies multiple convictions and vows to appeal to the highest court. He notes his charity work and past kidnapping case linkage to Roger Touhy.
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Stardust
John F. Factor
Los Angeles
Factor
Here
Englami
Iowa
Fire kills North Las Vegas man in trailer park blaze
Andrew Eastham, 70, died six hours after a trailer fire at the B Dar B trailer park on Las Vegas Boulevard North. His wife Alice, 67, and son Aldrich, 29, suffered critical third degree burns and remained hospitalized with doctors fighting to save their lives. Coroner M. M. Bishop confirmed the death, as fire crews worked to determine the cause and extinguish the blaze.
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B Bar B
Las Vegas
Andrew Eastham
Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital
Las Vegas Blvd
Alice Eastham
Aldrich
M. M
Bud) Bishop
Nsw
George Rembo
Tev
Record Highway Budget Okayed
CARSON CITY UP I A record 46 million road construction budget for 1963 was approved by the State Highway board. A 5.2 million maintenance budget covers 4 600 miles of roads. Plans include 83 miles of freeway costing over 32 million with Clark county receiving about one third of the work.
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Carson City
UPI
Highway Board
Highway Department
Clark County
Humboldt County
Eureka County
Washoe
Elko
Lyon
Lander
Storey
Is Vegas
Ely Teenager Killed in Crash
UPI reports 19 year old Nancy Kogan of Ely died when the car carrying five people left U S 93 south of Ely and rolled over. Driver Jim Chachas, 19, and another passenger received minor injuries and were treated at Steptoe Hospital. Investigators cited icy highway conditions.
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UPI
Nancy Kogan
U. S. 93
Here
Jim Chachas
Steptoe Hospital
Chacas
Officials OK Bill Creating Water District in Las Vegas Area
Southern Nevada leaders and state officials agreed on a draft bill to create a master water district for Las Vegas to source water from Lake Mead. The panel would include representatives from Boulder City Las Vegas Clark County North Las Vegas and Henderson. The district would issue groundwater policy recommendations to the state engineer before final authority.
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Carson City
UPD
Nevada
Las Vegas
Lake Mead
Clark County
Art Olsen
Boulder City
Henderson
Hugh Shamberger
State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
North
Shamberger
Congo Tension Dominates Kennedy MacMillan Talks
The Congo crisis looms in Big Two Summit discussions between President Kennedy and Prime Minister MacMillan. A high level U S military team will assess UN forces readiness to counter Soviet influence as Skybolt program ends. Lt Gen Louis Truman will lead a mission of eight to Congo for a two week survey.
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Kennedy
MacMillan
United States
United Nations
Army
Louis Truman
Weather Keeps BC Vote Light on Golf Course Bond
Boulder City voters turnout was light as rain kept many at home for a special bond election on a $450,000 golf course and recreation complex. Officials reported 2,173 registered voters, with weather cited as the reason for the low turnout.
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Boulder City
New Pact Expands Power for Las Vegas Area CRC
A 10 year agreement approved with the Interior Department will provide the Colorado River Commission of Nevada an extra 73 million kilowatt hours annually. The contract, to be executed by Burea of Reclamation Regional Director A. B. West, begins January 1. It also allows direct contracts with Amargosa Valley Cooperative Inc. Overton Power District and White Mountain Power Cooperative for 8 000 kilowatts firm power, plus 8 000 kilowatts withdrawable power subject to two years notice. The bureau will not withdraw the withdrawable power until a similar quantity is available from the Glen Canyon project starting in 1964.
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Colorado River Commission of
Nevada
CRC
Department of Interior
Bureau of Reclamation
A. B. West
Bouldercup
Commission
Amargosa Valley Cooperative Inc
Overton Power District
White Mountain Power Cooperative
Fish Lake Valley
Burea of Reclamation
Operationaf Bureau
Bureau
Colorado ‘River
Glen Canyon
Nevada Power to Appeal Court Ruling on Coop Lines
Nevada Power Company will appeal a Fifth District Court decision denying a preliminary injunction against Amargosa Valley Cooperative and two construction firms. Reid Gardner states the appeal hinges on whether a subsidized cooperative may build duplicate lines without Nevada Public Service Commission approval, asserting Nevada jurisdiction and public interest.
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Nevada Power Company
Amargosa Valley Cooperative, Inc
Coop
Reid Gardner
Rural Electrification Administration
Coperative
Public Service Commission of Nevada
California Public Utilities Commission
California
Death Valley
Pahrump
Amargosa
Nevada
Rain Blamed For Dozens Of Las Vegas Area Crashes
Unseasonal drizzle caused more than 30 traffic accidents in and around Las Vegas with 13 crashes reported by city police mainly on wet pavement. Clark County sheriff's office logged nine incidents between noon Monday and yesterday afternoon, and Highway Patrol noted higher totals as investigations continued. Mount Charleston saw light snow and a dusting over high mountain areas.
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Las Vegas
Clark County Sheriff's Office
Mount Charleston
The
Park Service
Cloudy Weather With Light Rain and Gentle Winds
The report notes cloudy skies with light rain and gentle winds. High 58 degrees, low 40, yesterday high 52 and low 48. Noontime humidity 93 percent with sunrise at 6 46 and sunset at 4 28.
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