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Nevada's Growth Roars Through Las Vegas in the Swinging Sixties
A decade of rapid population influx and rising costs pressed Las Vegas and Clark County. From 64,405 residents in 1960 to about 167,000, the city expanded services, built Doolittle Center and a new City Hall, while Clark County grew to an estimated 522,000, prompting bond issues, consolidation talk, and tightened pollution controls as government struggled to keep pace with growth.
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Las Vegas
Clark County
Gragson
Grayson
Hal Laird
Doolittle Center
Don Dawson
Sticks
Clerk County
Convention Authority
Henderson
Boulder City
Convention Bureau
Vegas Wash
State Board of Health