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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1965
Page
16
The Old County School District runs a brain damage education program aiming for community life integration. Frank Lamping notes new methods, drugs, and Delacato theory guiding tailored schooling to unlock abilities and reduce institutional needs.
The National Automobile Dealers Association convention brings over 15 000 delegates to Las Vegas January 28 at Hotel Sahara. The GM Chevrolet division plans a Ponderosa replica in Sahara Convention Hall with Bonanza stars Lorne Greene Dan Blocker Michael Landon Pernell Roberts present. A life sized corral will greet attendees and the project exceeds 100000 dollars.
County commissioners will not disclose which ambulance firm wins the contract. Mercy Ambulance bids $750 monthly while A A Ambulance bids $600. Mercy has four ready, A A has one. Moore offers a performance bond and two more units soon.
Clark County grand jurors met for about two hours in the morning then recessed until next week. No witnesses were called during the brief session. The panel began studying testimony from the Sanitation District investigation and is not expected to release findings until late this month or early February.
The University of Nevada and five other universities joined a study on whether dirty clothes come cleaner in hot or cold water. The College of Agriculture will wash samples in standard automatic machines using both temperatures, with results measured by a telelectometer assessing whiteness.
A reader questions the hospital parking chaos at Southern Nevada Memorial and suggests lining and repainting lots. Hospital officials cite space limits and pole relocation, with a three member board committee investigating. resolution hoped for in about a month.
Clark County School District weathering rapid growth from 19,000 students in 1955 to 54,000 in 1965. Twelve new schools will open in September to ease split shifts, with vocational emphasis under study. Southern Nevada Vocational Technical Center planned for fall 1966 aims to be prestige work.
Las Vegas Variety announces first night opening of Circus World at the new Cinerama theater on Paradise Valley Road. Tickets go on sale tomorrow at multiple local banks and outlets including Bank of Nevada and Nevada State Bank. Proceeds go to Variety charity funds supporting the School of Special Education and the Day Nursery with all funds staying in the community. John Wayne and Rita Hayworth star in the event, with advance reservations via Variety.
Oliver Kahle the owner of Oliver's Club, a pioneer Tahoe gambling house, plans a controlled blaze as a training exercise to clear the site for a new resort hotel casino. The postwar casino has been closed since September 1963 and nine fire chiefs will oversee the preparation.
Travel agents from the west gather in Las Vegas for a three day Winter Showcase sponsored by the Flamingo Hotel with advance reservations predicting attendance over 1,000. Agents tour local travel and vacation spots in the area.
The Land Bureau in Las Vegas will host a Friday meeting at City Hall to review multiple use legislation and public land laws in Nevada. J R Penny of Reno will join federal and local officials to discuss the tangled maze of laws and answer questions starting at 3 p m. The 18 member Public Land Law Review Commission functions will also be covered.
The Riviera hosts its first annual Riviera Masters International Bridge Tournament February 8 to 13 with a record first prize of 5000. Top teams led by Charles H. Goren Howard Schenken Bobby Jordan Arthur Robinson Sam Stayman Vic Mitchell Don Krauss Robert Hamman Edwin B. Kantar and Alphonse Moyse Jr compete in the Riviera convention hall with an entry fee of 100 per team. Spectators welcome.
City records show 5,800 permits in 1964 with a total value of $39,716,387.35, far below 1963’s $105,648,706.16 and 8,195 permits. Single family homes dropped dramatically, though downtown growth nudged overall construction up 25 percent. 927 new single family permits valued at $17,674,023 versus 3,668 permits valued at $68,369,031 in 1963.
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