Senator Cannon urges ICC to block Hazen Fallon rail abandon
Washington Senator Howard Cannon urged the Interstate Commerce Commission to deny Southern Pacific Railroad’s request to drop service on the 15 mile Hazen Fallon line. He warned abandonment would harm Churchill County agriculture and raise farmer freight costs, deterring new industry.
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Washington
UPI
Howard Cannon
Interstate Commerce Commission
Hazen
Fallon
Cannon
ICC
Southern Pacific Railroad
Churchill County
Mt Rose Road Project To Widen Near Lake Tahoe
State Highway Department will open bids June 10 to widen and improve 2 1 miles of State Route 27 on the Mt Rose Road summit near Lake Tahoe. Estimated cost is 594 191 dollars. The 13 week project may cause traffic delays.
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Carson City
UPI
State Highway Department
Mt. Rose
Lake Tahoe
Highway Department
Nevada seeks prison superintendent for new Las Vegas facility
The State Personnel Division begins hiring for the $7 million medium security prison to be opened near Las Vegas in late 1977. The warden says the new hire will train locally before transfer as construction starts in the year. Salary ranges from 18097 to 25172 dollars. Jeneane Harter, 24, lobbyist for the Chiropractic Association of Nevada, files to run in the state assembly to challenge incumbent Alan Glover, a Democrat.
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Carson City
UPI
Las Vegas
Ed Pogue
Jeneane Harter
Chiropractic Association of Nevada
State Assembly
Miss Harter
Alan Glover
Nevada Seeks HUD Funding For Elderly Housing
Rep. James Santini charges HUD, in a letter to Carla Hills, that Nevada received no funding for its elderly and handicapped housing program while larger cities did. He warns substandard housing spans beyond inner cities and notes five Nevada applicants were rejected.
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Washington
UPI
James Santini
D-Nev
Housing and Urban Development Department
Nevada
HUD
Carla Hills
Conforte passes lie test over Mustang Ranch fire
Reno polygraph examiner J W Abel reports brothel owner Joe Conforte passed a lie detector test regarding involvement in the Mustang Ranch fire of November 20 1975. Abel said Conforte had no knowledge of who started the blaze or any conspiracy and was not personally involved. Fire caused over $500000 in damage near Storey County.
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Reno
UPI
Joe Conforte
Here
J. W. Abel
Conforte
Stan Brown
Abel
Mustang
Mustang Ranch
Storey County
Albertan to face new trial in San Jose killings
A Nevada Supreme Court ruling orders a new trial for Robert G. Johnstone 31 of Edmonton after overturning his murder conviction in the 1972 San Jose room slayings of Eugene and Mary Carone both 47. Codefendants Lloyd Paulette and Claude Theriault were upheld on appeal.
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High Court
Robert G. Johnstone
Edmonton
Alberta
San Jose
Westward Ho
Eugene
Mary Carone
Johnstone
Lloyd Paulette
Claude Theriault
Carone
Royal Crest Residents Defeat Road Proposal
Clark County Commission rejects a public works plan to open Spencer Street through Royal Crest Rancheros. Residents warn opening would raise traffic hazards for children and lay out a rural neighborhood feel. The panel also postponed Sultan Corporation casino plans and approved a storage yard zone change.
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Royal Crest Rancheros
Clark County Commission
County Commission
Spencer Street
Maryland Parkway
George Monahan
Royal Crest Ranchero
Monahan
Commission
Sultan Corporation
Jockey Club
Las Vegas Strip
Pan Western Corporation
University Avenue
Ullom Drive
Mayor Briare to Keynote Western Health Centers Meet
Mayor Bill Briare will deliver the keynote at the Western Association of Neighborhood Health Centers conference. The event runs Thursday through Sunday at the Marina Hotel and is expected to draw about 250 health personnel to West Las Vegas. Operation Life hosts the three day meeting and presents the Miss Health Pageant Friday evening at 7 at the same venue.
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Bill Briare
Western Association of Neighborhood
Marina Hotel
Operation Life
West Las Vegas
Miss Health
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