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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1968
Page
1
A stormy hearing over two cabbies demands that the county hand over multiple cab permits is set for today before District Judge John Mendoza. The judge ruled a week earlier on cabbies.
In a memo to Hank Greenspun the writer contrasts hard hitting Paul Price with a softer approach while hinting at an alleged bribe involving a county commissioner. The piece questions the lack of public inquiry into misdeeds, the disappearance of dollars off corpses, and calls for charges or exoneration amid ongoing suspicions.
Bill Mirin and Ray Chennoweth seek mandamus to force grant of operating licenses for their so called one man cab companies. District Attorney George Franklin vows no revival of the 1965 66 taxi strike and the case follows a 1963 PSC supervision shift.
Warden Carl Hocker of the Nevada maximum security prison said he would not retreat an inch as 323 inmates began a second day of work and food strike. The State Prison Board backed his handling while two Democratic members criticized lack of notification on progress.
Clark County school trustees consider a $59 million bond issue over six years with no tax-rate increase. The plan aims to fund operating expenses and bond repayment, aligning with the district master plan forecasting 513 201 residents by 1972 and 91 003 students.
A series of 12 earthquakes in 34 hours struck western Sicily causing massive destruction in poverty stricken hill communities. Rescue teams recovered 60 bodies with officials warning the final toll could exceed 300 as thousands fled freezing winds and snow. The disaster is Sicily’s worst in 69 years since the 1998 Messina quake.
Las Vegas Lt. Gov. Edward Fike formally announces candidacy for the U S Senate. He frames himself as a conservative businessman who can read a budget and vows to oppose the White House strategy. Bible already plans to run again and accuses Fike of political misdirection.
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