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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1968
Page
3
A Las Vegas waitress told deputies she was followed to a babysitter’s home on Vegas Valley Drive by a man who emerged from bushes and pressed a screwdriver to her throat. He forced her to the rear of the house and attempted to rape her before fleeing after she screamed.
Police report by Roger J. Lucas states he was on a West Las Vegas street near D and Monroe when a gunshot hit his leg. Lucas, 1236 Jefferson, was treated at Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital for a leg wound. A companion said the shot likely targeted him after a prior argument with an unidentified resident.
Burglaries reported yesterday total about 5200 dollars. Sabrina Jourdan of College Park Circle found a pried rear door and missing cash jewelry silverware and furnishings valued at 4765. Helen Hadsell of La Puente California lost 300 cash from a Strip hotel room. A Texas man left 400 in a suit in his hotel room. the suit remained but the money was gone.
Mary Ann Denzel, president of the Women's Democratic Club of Clark County, announces the monthly luncheon at the Dunes Hotel at noon today. Speakers will be Assembly and State Senate candidates. Public invited.
The Las Vegas Sun lists editor and publisher H M Greenspun and staff roles led by executive editor Bryn Armstrong and managing editor Vince Anselmo. It notes distribution details, post office designation, press affiliations, and daily and Sunday subscription rates, including carrier delivery and prepaid options.
City Hall and local businessmen clash over a garage-top convention hall to revive downtown Las Vegas. Prospects include Stewart Street, Mesquite Street, and Sam Boyd properties with talks tied to a broader Civic Center plan and a $1 million facility. Boyd and partners own adjacent parking and land leases.
Federal court reviewed a dispute over a $2 million Southern Nevada water line contract involving Dorfaman Construction Co. Laborers and Plumbers unions clash over which group should install concrete steel core pipe worth 1.6 million. The NLRB seeks an injunction as picketing halted work on a Las Vegas Valley Water District project southeast of Las Vegas. Judge Roger Foley indicated a decision would be reached tomorrow after hearing both sides.
Desks in the Senate chamber have been in use for almost 110 years. Daniel Webster's desk has served a succession of lawmakers including Sumner Hoar Hale Vandenberg White Bridges and Cotton.
Teamsters Union Local 888 failed to win authorization to negotiate wages hours and working conditions for Clark County Sanitation District employees. County board cited state law limits and Dir Atty George Franklin said no authority exists. Calls for bargaining rights by Local 1285 and others loom for 1969 session with Local 881 already under contract.
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