UNLV Students Demonstrate Solar Cookers and Ovens
UNLV physics students under Dr. Jeff Dundon showcase solar powered cookers ovens stills and a flat plate collector. The projects aim to measure efficiency and illustrate solar energy for cooking water heating and purification.
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Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
UNLV
Jeff Dundon
Dundon
Carole Webber
Phil Harrell
Robert Karehling
Corinne Frazier
Debbie Siewert
Suzanne Labak
Frank Huntsman
William Motis
Ray Ballew
McDonalds
Vo Tech Receives Computer Terminal From Lear Siegler
Student Troy Sypien at Southern Nevada Vocational Technical School wrote to Lear Siegler asking for a discount or installments for a $995 terminal. The company donated a more advanced machine worth about $1,400, installed before Christmas. Lee Falco Jr. and Teryl Taylor delivered the terminal in Las Vegas from Anaheim.
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Troy Sypien
California
Electronics Instrument Division
Lear Siegler
Southern Nevada Vocational Technical School
LSI
Teryl Taylor
Data Products
Lee Falco Jr
Santa
Electronic Instrument Division
Lear Siegler, Inc
Sypien
Las Vegas
Headquarers
Anaheim
Ool
LV Pioneers Donate Early Las Vegas Memorabilia to UNLV
A Las Vegas couple donated a collection of 1904 to 1927 photographs and items to UNLV Dickinson Library Special Collections. The Eglintons documented the city’s origins from the Old Ranch to the first frame school and Lost City excavations, with notes on the Eglinton Ranch and prominent locals.
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Las Vegas
Dickinson Library
UNLV
Earle Eglinton
Special
Robert E. Lake
Eglington
Las Vegas High School
Anna Dean Kepper
Lost City
Overton
Eglinton Ranch
Las
Eglingtons
Pirotes
Nevada seniors tax refund deadline and eligibility changes
Gov. Mike O Callaghan announced December 31 as the last date to file for a 1975 Nevada senior tax refund. Clark County seniors receive 418000 of 725000 statewide. law amended in 1975 with age limit cut to 62 and income cap raised from 5000 to 10000.
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Nevada
Mike O’callaghan
Clark County
O'Callaghan
Sex Diary Barred as Evidence in Crockett Murder Trial
Reno attorney seeks to exclude a torn diary page from the trial of Edward Crockett accused of killing his 15 year old stepdaughter Blythe Harrington. District attorney Mills Lane questions the diary’s admissibility after investigators seized it illegally. Harrington was shot July 2, 1974, near Lemmon Valley.
Reno Officials Seek More Air Service After Strike
Reno City Council backs Chamber of Commerce resolution urging Western Airlines to add flights or let other carriers compete. Prompted by United Airlines strike reducing tourist traffic at Reno International Airport, Western and Hughes Airwest said they cannot provide added interim service. The resolution asks Congress for help obtaining new or added service and asks the Civil Aeronautics Board for extra certificates of service.
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Reno
UPI
Chamber of Commerce
Western Airlines
United Airlines
Reno International
Western
Hughes Airwest
Congressional
Civil Aeronautics Board
Las Vegas Mom Named Chairman of Mother’s March Drive
Katie Miller, a 32 year old Las Vegas mother and March of Dimes board member, will lead the Southern Nevada Mother’s March drive January 17 to 24 with 2 000 volunteers. She heads a Central Organizational Committee backing fundraising and birth defect education efforts and will distribute health bookmarks to aid prevention. Miller notes the program builds on polio victory with aims to erase birth defect fears for new mothers.
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Las Vegas
Nevada
Katie Miller
March of Dimes Board of Directors
Seymore H. Brown
Shirley Leavitt
Adrienne Blatt
Ace Indee
Miller
Tom Miller
Todd, G
Daughters of Erin
St. Jude’s Auxiliary
Women’s Democratic Ub
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Vo Tech
Santa Claus
Stonehaven
William Sullivans
Weather Bureau
Stan Clawson
Decatur Boulevard
Smoke Ranch Road
Camber of Commerce
Kepper
United States
Phoenix
Ariz
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