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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1968
Page
3
City commissioners and contractor representatives will meet at 2 p.m. to discuss ongoing paving problems. W. C. Mendenhall of Ideal Asphalt Paving Co. accused city work of being subcontracted at higher cost and poorer quality during Thursday’s meeting.
North Las Vegas city council plans a Friday meeting with Rev. Prentiss Walker of Faith Baptist Church to discuss the church confectionary aimed at helping needy members, opposed by officials who say it violates zoning. The talk follows stormy sessions about city paving work and business license fee hikes for contractors, part of a crash ordinance to fix City finances.
Dr. Otto Ravenholt Clark County Coroner asked the Clark County Commission to relieve his office of property control duties in deaths and homicides. He proposed transferring all property handling to law enforcement, citing past function limits to medical examinations and cause of death.
Nevada public land disposals by the Bureau of Land Management totaled over 7,000 acres in 1967 as part of the Classification and Multiple Use Act. State BLM Director Nolan Keil cited the ongoing classification program and timely disposal within the state.
The SEC suspended over the counter trading of Wyoming Nuclear Corp stock for 10 days after the price jumped from 15 cents in July 1967 to 4.25 by December 15. The spokesman noted no current financial data and that information on operations seemed inaccurate. The firm is based in North Hollywood California.
The Las Vegas Sun lists staff names including Ruthe Deskin Haney Womack Bryn Armstrong Vince Anselmo Tom Diskin Gerry Appleby John Fry and Barbara Gres spans. It notes addresses post office entry second class matter and national advertising representation. Subscription rates are listed for daily and Sunday editions with monthly and annual options.
Reno policewoman Linda Burrell 27 died in a head on collision north of Reno. She had served three months with the Reno police, assigned to the jail division. Driver Walter E Brig ham 54 of Reno was cited for DUI and suffered minor injuries as his truck veered into the wrong lane.
Gov. Paul Laxalt rejected a Las Vegas blind man's plea to revise Aid to the Blind allocations, stating aid must follow statutory actual needs within appropriations. A. William Villa, citing 1,400 signatures, argued the law is misinterpreted and that welfare cuts hit the blind and aged. The governor defended his review and urged uniform standards while noting ongoing budget constraints.
Local parents and friends of soldiers in Vietnam are invited to use the Navy Marine radio station hookup at the Sahara Hotel lobby during the Sahara Amateur Radio Operators Convention through Sunday. The station reaches 18 destinations at scheduled times and allows messages to Vietnam or Honolulu, Hawaii via in person or Sahara phone line 735 2111 Ext. 566 or 790.
City commissioners voted to end all parking-exempt stickers with one day left for holders. The change also raises fines from 1 to 2 dollars, effective in two weeks.
Bonanza West Coast and Pacific Airlines win recommended CAB approval for a new Air West. Routes reach from California to Washington and Calgary, with service to 150 communities and about 78 000 passengers. Nevada Senator Alan Bible supports the plan, saying subsidies will fall and no jobs will be cut.
Television and radio newsman Ted McKinstry was found dead in a Fremont Street motel at 12 15 p m Thursday. He was 41 and died from a self inflicted wound from a 38 caliber automatic. Edward Paul McKinstry Jr born 1926 in Superior Wisconsin had been Las Vegas resident 15 years and formerly worked for KSHO TV Channel 13. Funeral arrangements are pending at Bunker Brothers Mortuary.
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