NIC Tops Nevada Interim Study Priorities for 1979 Legislature
Nevada Industrial Commission leads interim subcommittee studies to shape 1979 bills. The NIC focus covers its procedures and alternate workmen’s compensation methods. Warden Chuck Wolff seeks federal funds for a year-long study on expanding rehabilitation programs at the state women’s prison, noting minority overrepresentation and lack of solid offender data. Estimated cost $20,000 to $25,000.
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Public lands crime rise eyed by federal official
George Turcott of the Bureau of Land Management urged that increased public land use brings higher crime, from homicide to theft, but warned the anti crime drive will not put agents on every juniper tree. The BLM plans a 30 to 40 agent force and 50 to 60 rangers for 11 states, relying on local law enforcement.
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Nevada names Miss Wheelchair Nevada 1978
Karen Godiell of Las Vegas was chosen Miss Wheelchair Nevada 1978 from eight contestants. She contracted polio at nine months old and works as a typist for the Department of Agriculture. She will represent Nevada in the national pageant in Columbus, Ohio, in September.
Judge upholds water rights denial for Double J A Land Co
District Judge Howard McKibben affirms State Engineer Roland Westergard's March 1977 decision denying underground water rights to Double J A Land & Livestock Co in Lyon County. He finds the engineer acted without arbitrariness and that substantial evidence supports the denial, noting much of the land lacks existing underground rights.
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Arden water restored after Union Pacific valve vandalism
Vandals damaged a shutoff valve on the Union Pacific pipeline cutting water to Arden, a 25 resident community south of Las Vegas. Water service was restored about 2 p.m. Thursday after the valve was replaced. No suspects named.
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Blind Man Critically Injured in Union Pacific Yard Fall
Police identify Horace Dee 69 in critical condition after a fall along an embankment near the Las Vegas Express on ramp. Dee struck his head on a cinder block and remained hospitalized as authorities sought next of kin.
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