Vegas plans 13 ballot items for city bond issue
The city considers expanding a 20.7 million bond package to 13 ballot titles with 90 days after final approval for an April election. Projects include parks sanitation a new city hall and police and fire facilities plus downtown parking and bridges over Vegas Wash. Public Works reviews six categories to refine the list before City Commission sign off.
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Vegas Heights
Vegas Wash
Public Works
Richard Sauer
Commission
Glare bond defeat and city land deals provoke mixed views
A city column laments the failed Glare bond issue and critiques land giveaways to downtown casino owners. The writer praises Antonio Morelli and local brokers Evelyn Finlayson and others, suggesting city land deals could fund broader prosperity and even proposing City Hall be used as a free concert hall.
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Frank Scott
SUN Plant
Evelyn Finlayson
Evelyn
Antonio
Helen Morelli
Morelli
Sands Hotel
Daring Berlin Escape By Family Along Wall
Five East Berlin family members fled to West Berlin by lowering a rope from a bricked up third floor window. The escape, planned by Bernard Matters in West Germany, left the mother with a broken leg and two sons with rope burns. Peter 14 nearly hanged before rescuers freed him. A West Berlin witness reported the dramatic scenes as guards did not intervene.
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Berlin
UPI
East Berlin
West Berlin
West Germany
Bernard Matters
East Germany
Freidrich Motters
Michael
Wolfgang
Peter
Joachim Schmidt
Vegas Heights Annexation Moves Forward After Ordinance
Clark County Commission adopts an emergency ordinance easing hurdles to annex Vegas Heights to Las Vegas. City officials previously approved a residents petition for annexation to add about 160 acres and 2 000 residents. A further 60 day notice to the county is required before formal action and another public hearing.
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Clark County Commission
Vegas Heights
Las Vegas
City Commission
George Ogilvie
Ogilvie
County Board
Vegasland Wins County Approval for Disneylike Park Near Tropicana
Vegasland received a county use permit to begin a junior Disneyland type recreation area near Tropicana Avenue and Lamb Boulevard. Attorney Clifford Jones assured limits on noise and dust and said construction would start only after escrowed funds guarantee completion. Commissioner Baskin called the vote very fair while Denton noted financing assurances. Briare dissented.
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Tropicana Avenue
Lamb Boulevard
Vegasland
Clifford Jones
Bob Baskin
Ralph Denton
Jones
Denton
Bill Briare
Garland Custody Case Postponed to February Sixth
A custody battle between Judy Garland and Sid Luft was continued again at the request of attorneys. Judge Edward R. Brand set February 6 as the new date to allow counsel to complete preparations.
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Santa Monica
Calif
UPI
Judy Garland
Sid Luft
Edward R. Brand
World Briefs: Crashed B26 Causes No Survivors Near Saigon
A Vietnamese air force B26 bomber with two U.S. officers aboard crashed southeast of Saigon during a test flight. An American spokesman stated there were no survivors and offered no details on the crash cause.
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Saigon
Worker Dies in Plunge at Henderson Titanium Plant
A 25 year old ironworker Donald Earl Pressberg died after apparently falling forty feet from a Henderson roof at Titanium Metals Co. plant. He had been making repairs for Taylor Steel Co. and was taken to Rose de Lima Hospital where doctors fought to save him. He and his wife Gail recently moved from Chicago and lived at 2500 Warren St.
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Titanium Metals Co
Henderson
Donald Earl Pressberg
Rose de Lima Hospital
Preliberg
Taylor Steel Co
Gail
Chicago
Warren St
Bandit Robs Man Of 1300 After Casino Visit
Albert Smutmy, at 225 N. 7th St., was assaulted and robbed near North Seventh Street after leaving a downtown casino. He suffered a fractured hip and was taken to Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital after the dawn incident that netted the thief about $1,300.
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Albert Smutmy
Smutmy
N. 7Th St
North Seventh Street
Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital
Zoning Session Reviews Ten Applications for Reclassification
City Planning Commission to consider two dozen items tomorrow in a marathon session. Key cases include NewSur Insurance Agency’s request to rezone two West Fremont parcels for commercial and multi unit construction amid protests from nearby homeowners. Dr Dennis G Campton seeks to convert a residence at Cashman Drive and West Charleston Boulevard into offices after a tie vote left a recommendation unresolved.
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City Planning Co
NewSur Insurance Agency, Inc
Ernest Becker
Fremont Street
Becker
Dennis G. Campton
Cashman Drive
West Charleston Boulevard
Campton
City Commission
Small Turnout Denies $18 Million Clark County Bond Issue
Southern Nevada voters rejected an $18 million bond plan to expand the Clark County Convention Center and acquire land nearby. Ballots tallied from 39 of 57 districts show broad no votes among property and non property owners, with Henderson and Boulder City also voting against the measure. County funds would have financed land purchase, center expansion, and local recreation. Voter turnout fell well short of the 50 percent forecast.
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Nevada
Clark County
Henderson
Boulder
County Fair and Recreation Board
Paradise Road
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