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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1966
Page
4
Las Vegas Mayor Oran Gragson announced new ordinances to limit tax cabs amid a lengthy cab strike. City officials reported police overtime costs totaling 8,580 dollars already incurred, with an ongoing 438 dollar daily rate for added patrols as the dispute flares anew.
Felix J Arabia a 39 year old Strip drummer was sentenced to 5 to 10 years in prison for possessing marijuana. Dist Judge Taylor Wines imposed the sentence and denied a new trial motion. Arabia was arrested on March 12 for drunken driving after marijuana was found in a jacket. he will appeal to the State Supreme Court.
Sheriff's detectives posing as playboys yesterday arrested three women at a Strip hotel after allegedly being propositioned. Brenda Lynn Brown 23 Reno Stacy Lee Harris 22 Las Vegas Linda Wood Giovacchina 23 Las Vegas were identified as the detainees.
School Trustees appoint Dr. Tom Tucker of the University of Nevada to head a screening committee to select a new Clark County schools superintendent. The Jan. 13 meeting will name three more members, with a possible acting interim to replace the retiring Dr. Leland Newcomer whose resignation takes effect Jan. 31.
Walter Watts 68 of Reno died after being struck by a car on East Fourth Street Tuesday night. Police identified the driver as 28 year old Donald Davis of Sparks. Watts was not in a crosswalk at the time of the crash.
County commissioners drew 5000 registered voters for jury panels an increase of about 1400 from last year. The first panel begins a two month duty February 1 and will be drawn by next Monday. Jury Commissioner Dorothy Prostack noted the elimination of tagging non jurors reduced the list and county official Robert Baskin helped draw the names.
UPI reports Cairo's Al Ahram saying the U A R will renew talks with Communist and other Viet Nam war critics following presidential envoy W Averell Harriman's visit. The report links Harriman's talks to President Johnson's New Year peace push after a meeting with Gamal Abdel Nasser.
Police report burglars robbed Nevada Laundry and Dry Cleaners at 2333 Industrial Road of $300. Manager Linda Baird found the scene when opening the business at 5 a.m. Tuesday.
Nevada's first Job Corps camp faces water and sewage limits as plans for extra lines and a small treatment plant move forward. Camp Director Charles Hendrick says the 165 youths consume the water supply, and no health issues exist, but intake of more boys awaits completed facilities seven miles south of Carson City.
Ella Klinghagen, 52, from Harrisburg South Dakota, was killed when her car skidded on U S 40 and collided with a tractor trailer at the edge of Wells Nevada yesterday.
Dist. Judge John Mowbray delayed court hearings on a $3 million wire tapping case against Central Telephone Co and the FBI. Central Telephone seeks dismissal of the suit filed by Ed Levinson of the Fremont Hotel and John Grandi, alleging a conspiracy to tap lines into the Fremont and other downtown Strip hotels.
City officials urge a coordinating committee of city state and local agencies to tighten traffic control standards on city road projects. Director Richard Sauer calls for revisions to contractor requirements and insists plans be reviewed by the city before bidding. He cites state and city road work causing public disruption and criticizes exemption of state contractors from city traffic ordinances.
A memorial service for the late Judge William E. Orr is set for 2 p.m. Monday in Federal Court. Attending will be Ninth Circuit Judge Charles M. Merrill, U.S. District Judge Roger Foley Jr. and retired U.S. District Judge Roger Foley Sr., with possible attendance by Judge Bruce Thompson of Reno. Speakers include A. E. Cahlan, William Woodburn, Marion B. Earl, R. B. Griffith, Vles M. Pike, and others as the Las Vegas Reno ceremony honors Orr who died at 84 from a heart attack last November. W. Gray Gubler heads the arrangements committee.
Hayes reports home burglary Tuesday at 212 N Ith St. Missing are two cigarette lighters a portable tape recorder and $225 in personal belongings.
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