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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1970
Page
9
After New Year football games a Las Vegas letter suggests a benefit for bookmakers amid big parlay bets. The text cites Kelly Gates with recent extortion and stolen property charges and notes two jail bookings at 533 North 10th Street.
Doris Campbell and Ruthe Scott launch Nevada Motion Picture Services to register local talent for Las Vegas film productions. Registration at the Bonanza Hotel January 6 to 8, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. SAG and other groups may benefit from direct casting access.
Bargaining teams for the Clark County teachers and school board reconvene today with state appointed mediator Dr Orrin B Evans to push toward a next year contract. Evans has limited authority. a three man fact finding panel will later decide with public pressure influence.
Nevada records three highway fatalities in 1970 opening days. Lawrence VanDerbur of California died when his southbound station wagon struck a guardrail near Las Vegas. Four others were injured, including his wife and two Carmel residents. A North Las Vegas laborer and his wife were injured when their car hit a light pole. In Lake Tahoe area, 22-year-old Michael Schofield from Placerville died after crashing into two trees near the California border.
IRS spokesman says Atomic Energy Commission Nevada Test Site workers may deduct work travel costs on 1969 returns. Nevada staff may deduct mileage from North Las Vegas at 10 cents per mile up to 15000 miles, then seven cents thereafter. Bus fares and driver payments count as transportation. Traveling allowances and inconvenience pay are gross income. Meals and lodging while at the site are not deductible.
Brian Glenn Harr weighing seven pounds was born at 3 49 a.m. to Mr and Mrs Arthur Harr of 216 Philadelphia Street Clark County marking the first boy born in the county this year. An hospital spokesman stated earlier that no boys were delivered before 8 a.m. on New Year’s Day.
Russell Payne, charged with the murders of his parents in Wyoming, waived extradition in Las Vegas and plans to plead guilty to a reduced manslaughter charge. Aims to testify for Payne at sentencing as negotiations with Wyoming officials continue. The victims, Dr. Martin and Emmalyn Payne, were found in a common grave near Wilson, Wyoming, after a lengthy search.
Sun columnist Florine Lawlor releases a pocket tour guide drawn from her Adventure A Day Away column. The La Siesta Press edition covers native Indians lost mines and wildlife around Las Vegas and is available at most bookstores.
The U S Labor Department extends the Concentrated Employment Program in Las Vegas through March 31 with a $100 000 extension to revise training for black workers. Clark County Economic Opportunity Board tightens administration as a new contract drafts to widen the Employment Service role. Also, U S Representative Shirley Chisholm speaks at the Flamingo Hotel on Sunday about look to the 1970s with tickets at 2 50 for adults.
North Las Vegas police detectives ordered an autopsy to determine the cause of death of an unidentified woman found in a motel room Friday at the Cactus Motel on Las Vegas Boulevard North. Initial reports suggested natural causes. The body had no ID. Post mortem results were expected late today.
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