Sproul Tract Expansion Delayed by Homeowner Objections
County commission delayed action on Sproul Homes plan to open 20 lots in El Encanto Three after homeowners warned of devaluation and tighter deed restrictions. Neighbors argued the project would flood the area with expensive homes and lower property values. Decisions on several other development requests followed, including a recording studio, a warehouse, a casino motel project, a truck service complex, and a Paradise Road zone change.
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el Encanto District
el Encanto Three
William Morris
Sproul
Blair Roach
Santa Barbara
Commission
Atlantic Richfield Co
Tropicana Avenue
Mummified Man Found on Sunrise Mountain Identified by Bible Clues
Clark County sheriff seeks public help to identify a mummified middle aged man found near Sunrise Mountain summit. Autopsy says natural causes. about 55 years old, 5 feet 10 inches, 175 pounds. A Bible near the body shows the name Ray Harris written where the pronoun appears. Detectives request information from anyone who knows a Ray Harris, especially if religious.
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Sunrise Mountain
Ray Harris
Jim Duggan
Clark County
Street Planner To Elect Election Af Chairman Agenda
The Regional Streets and Highways Commission in Las Vegas meets at 8:30 a.m. to elect a chairman and vice-chairman. Darwin Lamb, County Commission chairman, and C. R. Bud Cleland, North Las Vegas city councilman, have served two years in their roles. The panel will also weigh granting Nevada Power Co. an easement on Russell Road for a 33,500 relocation of a power line between Paradise and Maple.
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Regional Streets and Highways Commission
Las Vegas City Hall
Darwin Lamb
County Commission
C. R
Bud” Cleland
County approves deputy fire chief post with new promotions
The Board of County Commissioners, at the request of County Fire Chief Herman J. Carson, OKs a deputy fire chief position with a monthly salary of 947 to 1209 dollars. Former Assistant Fire Chief Clell Henley takes the new post, while A. J. Leavitt is promoted to assistant fire chief.
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Board of County Commissioners
Herman J. Carson
Asst
Clell Henley
A. J. Leavitt
Joy Hamann to attend White House Apollo 8 ceremony
Las Vegas Press Club president Joy Hamann will join President Lyndon B. Johnson at the East Room ceremony honoring the Apollo 8 astronauts. She will cover the event for Southern Nevada media including the Las Vegas SUN, with national media and a small invited guest group present.
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Joy Hamann
Las Vegas Press Club
White House
Lyndon B. Johnson
Hamann
Nevada
Las Vegas Sun
Wilkinson Elected President of Clark County School Board
George W. Wilkinson, 34, reelected to a second four year term, becomes president of the Clark County School District Board of Trustees replacing Dr. Clare W. Woodbury. Glen C. Taylor is vice president and Dell H. Robison clerk. The board plans rotating offices every two years.
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George W. Wilkinson
Clark County School District Board of Trustees
Dell H. Robison
Wilkinson
Las Vegas
James Mason
Flamingo Road
Dr. Woodbury
Las Vegas Sun Newspaper Masthead and Rates
The Las Vegas Sun publishes morning editions including Sundays with a full executive and editorial staff listed. Subscription rates are given for daily and Sunday copies, plus mail options ranging from one month to twelve months and a note that all mail subscriptions must be prepaid.
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H. M. Greenspun
The
Las Vegas Sun, Inc
Tom Odiskin
Gerry Appleby
Douglas Ritchie
William Sherwood
Las Vegas
Nevada
Act of Congress
Ward Griffith Co
Chicago
Detroit
New York
San Francisco
Los Angeles
United Press International
Nevada State Press Association
American Newspaper Publishers Association
California Newspaper Publishers Association
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Hecht Nears Senate Minority Leader Post in 1969 Legislature
Sen. Chic Hecht of Las Vegas appears set to become Senate Minority Leader after five of nine Republican senators reaffirmed support. They backed Hecht to replace Sen. Carl Dodge, who will not seek the job again, with no definite committee assignments yet.
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Carson City
UPI
Chic Hecht
Las Vegas
Senate
Hecht
Carl Dodge
Fallon
James Slattery
Cliff Young
Jean Crash Victims Identified
The Nevada Highway Patrol identified two Riverside Calif men killed Monday night in a crash on Interstate 15 near Jean. Timothy E. Shafer 21 the driver and John H. Wiskandt 20 died instantly when their sports car rear ended a truck five miles from the California Nevada line. The tachometer showed the sports car at about 95 to 100 mph and the truck at 49 mph at impact.
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Nevada Highway Patrol
Interstate 15
Jean
California-Nevada Line
Timothy E. Shafer
John H. Wiskandt
Riverside
Calif
Highway Patrol
Las Vegas approves Mirabelli as new convention authority head
Philip M. Mirabelli becomes chairman of the Las Vegas Convention Authority replacing Mayor Oran K. Grayson who declines a second term. Robert Broadbent is vice chairman and Morgan Sweeney secretary treasurer for 1969. Directors allocate 15000 dollars to fund sending Western High School band to Nixon inauguration in Washington D C for chartered plane use only.
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Las Vegas
Philip M. Mirabelli
Regional Planning Council
Regional Streets and Highways Commission
Western High School
Richard M. Nixon
Washington, D.C
Ecuador Sees 13 Of 138 Presidents Complete Four-Year Terms
In 138 years since independence Ecuador has had only 13 presidents who completed a full four-year term. Coups revolutions and deaths eliminated the others, shaping a history of instability and short administrations.
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Quito
Ecuador
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