Cab drivers dispute with Sheriff Lamb prompts union bid for injunction
Las Vegas detectives report Dick Thomas, secretary treasurer of Teamsters local 881, defending cab drivers in a clash with Sheriff Ralph Lamb. The union seeks to halt arrests during peaceful picketing and traffic violations, arguing the sheriff harasses drivers while enforcing laws differently for cabbies. Thomas cites past incidents of violence and car impounds, but stresses no tolerance for unlawful acts and calls for courts to resolve the dispute.
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North Las Vegas Wins Federal Aid for Beautification
North Las Vegas secured federal funding under the original Housing Act program for land acquisition and beautification. City officials led by NDA Urban Renewal Director Lou Hess saw approval described as a model application, with $149,000 earmarked for Civic Center Drive median and parks projects plus library mall and city hall area landscaping. The two year plan anticipates further requests as the program advances.
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Night Airgas Robbery At Jet Away Station
At 2 15 a m two masked robbers entered the Jet Away Gas Station office and forced attendant Leo Felix to surrender keys to a cash box. One produced a pocket knife, the other a blue revolver and demanded over one hundred dollars before fleeing in a loud, older car heading north. Felix was locked in the rest room and warned of being shot.
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NLV Kills Print Bid as Costs Outspace Plan
North Las Vegas city council rejected all bids on the master plan citing figures as too high. Planning Director George Churchalis urged bid modification. council to seek new bids later.
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Driver Falls From Auto in Desert Motors Lot Crash
James Kimberly, 45, suffered extensive cuts and bruises after falling from his car during a slow right turn on Boulder Highway. The vehicle crossed a divider, reentered northbound lanes, and struck a newly parked 1986 automobile at Desert Motors, 3115 Boulder Highway, at 12:30 a.m., with witnesses describing the door flying open as the car plowed into the showroom vehicle.
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Industrial relations head named for Space Nuclear Propulsion Station
Don A. Horsewood has been named industrial relations and personnel specialist for the Space Nuclear Propulsion Station at Jackass Flats. The AEC and NASA joint operation develops a nuclear rocket for manned spaceflight. Horsewood will advise on contracts and personnel matters. he was born in Albion Indiana and holds an MBA from Indiana University. He joined the AEC in 1962 in Chicago.
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Secretary Rusk to Address Rural Electric Convention in Vegas
Secretary of State Dean Rusk will visit Las Vegas February 16 to address the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association annual convention at the Convention Center. About 8,000 delegates from nearly 1,000 cooperatives will hear from Rusk and other lawmakers and officials on financing and expansion of rural electric systems. The gathering runs February 14 to 17 with speakers including Senators Bible Cooper Harris and Edith Green and Representatives Poage Stalbaum, among others.
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Alan Bible
Nevada
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Kentucky
Fred Harris
Oklahoma
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Texas
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Junk Yards Get A Beauty Break In North Las Vegas
North Las Vegas city council grants junk yards extra time to meet beauty standards after a show cause hearing. Forest Purdy of Nevada Iron and Metals praised for efforts. others receive one to sixty days extensions to repair fencing paint and landscaping and move operations as needed.
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Test Site Bomb Booms Nuclear Test at Nevada Site
A low intermediate yield underground detonation at the Nevada Test Site occurred yesterday after a Friday delay by the AEC. The 20 to 200 kiloton device was the second 1966 test announced by the agency, with 26 tests announced last year. Observers in Las Vegas reported only faint indications from high-rise vantage points.
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