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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1965
Page
2
City probe widens as preliminary audit planned to assess need for a special audit of court records. Mayor and commissioners weigh authority and legality while Whitmore gathers fresh evidence on alleged case fixes and missing fines.
Apartment group leaders and officials discussed relief beyond apartment owners, urging analysis of recent sales to present to the State Board of Equalization. Bilbray admitted granting 8 to 10 percent decreases may have violated the law amid limited protests at the hearing. The board will reconvene on call with county and city officials and school district representation.
A long column sends New Year greetings to a wide network in Las Vegas including Hank Greenspun, George of Clark County Wholesale, Jeane, Ray and Lillian Collins, Gladys Griffin, the Sam Paternostros, Harvey Silbert, Mary and Russel Scott, Commissioner Harry Levy, Paul Spence, Dell E Webb’s Ocean House staff, Duke Zeibert, local doctors, the SUN newsboys and many others. It expresses gratitude to Nellis Air Force Base personnel, Kennecott Copper, Boots Van Horn, Keely Smith, and Alberto L. Cabezut, wishing everyone a sincere, tardy but heartfelt, biggest boomiest 1965.
Democratic leaders agreed to a bipartisan two seat increase in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee while keeping the tax financing committee at 11 to 6. The finance decision marked a victory for newly elected Democratic whip Russell B. Long who opposed expanding the group.
The Atomic Energy Commission plans a safety demonstration at Jackass Flats in a remote desert site. A nuclear rocket reactor called Kiwi-TNT will be destroyed to study shutdown behavior and effluent movement under accident conditions. Winds and weather judged favorable. The test is part of Project Rover with over $50 million invested to develop nuclear propulsion for U. S. space efforts.
Dist Atty William Raggio and welfare deputy William Hadley urged opposition to a proposed 1.25 million boost in aid to dependent children. The plan would lift average monthly checks from 30 to 50 as the state now spends 5.25 million monthly, with officials warning it may attract more welfare reliance and strain scarce resources.
Cohen with Owen Evans developed a machine they say cannot be manipulated. A handler pull starts motion by a small electric current with random results. The device offers faster play with a coin every four seconds and an automatic registering system to track money in and out. Results flash electronically and there are no wheels or rollers.
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