Hawaiian Investors Settle Bid to Widen Flamingo Road
Hawaiian groups owning major Flamingo Road frontage signed agreements with the state covering more than 75000 feet of right of way. The Nevada Highway Department prepared to condemn land between Eastern Avenue and Boulder Highway. Condemnation suits may proceed in March against holdouts while three owners seek full value for 33 foot patent easements in court.
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SUN
Flamingo Road
H.B. Rothbard
Hawaii-Nevada Properties Inc
Nevada Investments Inc
Nevada Highway Department
Eastern Avenue
Boulder Highway
Rothbard
Flamingo- McLeod
Flamingo-Mt. Vista
Flamingo-Pearl
Flamingo
Kermitt L. Waters
Howard Babcock
Las Vegas concerns clash over crime and convention plans
A Las Vegas column voices residents worry about crime driving tourism declines and urges independent study of the justice system. It questions downtown redevelopment, railroad removal, and a proposed Convention Center Sports Complex funded partly by entertainment tax rebates, while critiquing state budget priorities.
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Las Vegas
Atlantic City
New York
Chamber of Commerce
Kishner and Stout
Spring Mountain Road
Washington
Oakey
Spring Mountain
Clark County
Convention Authority
Panorama Pickup Suits and Assets Seized Over Loan
Panorama newspaper edition and office equipment were seized under a judgment against publisher Ralph Petillo for failing to repay an $85,000 loan to a New York firm. Trucker Hy Hardison hauls one of Panorama's news racks on the Strip as Deputy Sheriff John Sleeper supervises.
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Panorama
Ralph Petillo
New York
Hy Hardison
John Sleeper
Court Order Shuts Panorama's Doors in Las Vegas
Foreclosure assets of Panorama expose a Las Vegas struggle as deputies seize 134 news racks and the building at 2450 Industrial Road. Canaveral Capital, suing for $107,600, plans sheriff sale January 11 with Mead Publishing poised to continue Panorama if bids fall short. Ralph Petillo accuses coercion while admitting ongoing losses.
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Panorama
Las Vegas
Metro Police Department
Ralph Petillo
Entertainment Weekly
Canaveral Capital Corp
New York
U.S. Small Business Administration
SBA
Petillo
Canaveral
Canaveral Capital
Robert J. Young
Young
Los Angeles
Mead Publishing Co
Oung and Mead Publi Co
Roger C. Wirsing
George Rudiak
Mead
the Sun
Court Sides With Couple In Tax Fight
A Bellview couple Phillip and Sue Long won a 9th Circuit decision 2-1 over the IRS in a long tax dispute tied to a 1969 duplex audit. Their case sparked reforms including public reading rooms and disclosure access, and they have lobbied for amendments to curb jeopardy assessments and FOIA exemptions.
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SUN
Bellview
Wash
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
U.S. 9Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Phillip
Sue Long
Two Brothers Convicted Of Store Robbery
George Johnson Jr. and Phillip Lee Johnson, both 25, were found guilty by a District Court jury of armed robbery and use of a deadly weapon in the Oct. 19 Hancock Fabrics holdup. The pair netted $266.74 and were captured leaving the store by Metro Police. Judge Paul Goldman scheduled sentencing for Jan. 31 with a maximum 30 year term. they were remanded without bail.
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George Johnson Jr
Phillip Lee Johnson
Levy Lane
Hancock Fabrics
Bonanza Road
Metro
District Court
Paul Goldman
Dave Schwartz
Michael Cherry
Tom Jarrett
Goldman
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By Ann Ehrenburg
Grant Bastian
State Highway Board
Highway Department
Paul Dino
Vivian Buree
Jerry Moffitt
George
Jim Joyce
Joyce-Martin Advertising Agency
Reno
Carson City
Nevada Council of the Arts
Board of Public Health Sanitarians
Sufoto
Stan Clawson
Harold Hyman
Canaveral Corp
Petilio
Robert Young
Chance
Longs
Wright Angles
By Larry Wright
Waite House
President
Sten
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