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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1966
Page
3
The Board of Regents unanimously renamed the NSU library in Las Vegas the Ames R Dickinson Library. Dr Dickinson arrived in 1951 as the first full time staffer on the fledgling campus and led NSU humanities until 1965. The 93,000 volume library opened in 1963 and is planned to expand to three stories by 1967.
A District Court jury after 31 minutes convicted Alton Clarence Henry of possession of narcotics syringes and needles. Police conducted a three day stakeout ending in his arrest after witnesses saw him and a female companion using drugs in a West Las Vegas backyard. The companion was later convicted on a similar charge. Henry had been ill and hospitalized delaying his trial.
Judge William P. Compton denied County Auditor Paul Horn’s bid to dissolve a restraining order and ruled that all county claims must be approved by the county commissioners before routing to the auditor. Vendors will file with the purchasing agent and follow to commissioners for approval, with the auditor handling checks only after commission approval. The ruling limits Horn’s role and sets the commissioners as sole determiner of filing and accounting procedures, with potential legislative changes anticipated.
County Commissioner Robert Baskin resigned from the Clark County Fair and Recreation Board citing personal business. He said his departure leaves two seats and that future filling may come from Commission Chairman Bill Briare or Commissioner Lou LaPorta, who has prior board experience.
The Las Vegas Sun announces its editorial and operational team including editor Bryn Armstrong and executive editor Vinces Anselmo along with department heads and officers. The notice lists roles from publisher H M Greenspun to circulation manager William Sherwood and various editors.
The notice lists single copy daily ten cents and Sunday twenty cents, with carrier delivery two dollars monthly and mail subscriptions in advance. It details One Month three dollars, Three Months nine dollars, Six Months and Twelve Months rates, applicable to the Continental United States only, with a sixteen fifty and thirty dollar figure noted.
John Replogle city building and safety director warned against posting political signs. He said placards handbills posters cannot be posted on utility poles and warned linemen risk injury from nail heads. It is illegal to post signs in the public right of way.
Scientists note that electric eels navigate their environment without vision by emitting electric fields that detect nearby objects. The system acts as a natural sonar like radar allowing them to avoid collisions and locate prey in murky waters.
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