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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1969
Page
11
A Las Vegas report warns of a dangerous traffic situation at Paradise Road and Riviera Boulevard. The piece predicts a calamitous crash when the International Hotel opens on July 2 unless a signal is installed and roads are better managed.
Paul Pry avoids Dike in Belmont but the famed horse returns in the Arlington Classic in Chicago. Facing rivals Ack Ack King of the Castle and Vast Hilarious, Dike is a crowd favorite with odds around 5-2 as Ack Ack leads the field.
William Wright of the Las Vegas Convention Authority defends current spending as aimed at visitors’ origins. Harvey Diederich, named to Nevada Tourism Advisory Group, urges expanding into Texas and the Midwest to boost reach.
A letter questions zoo conditions and educational value. It asks when city representatives last visited the zoo and what the Jaycees have recently done to improve it. The writers invite corrections if their statements are wrong and offer to retract.
A letter signed by Gail Snodgrass Susan Morris and Laura Williams lists additional signers including Karen Brady Craig Foster Lance Lindsay David Barry Yvonne Bejcek Keith Foster Matt McClone Scott McClone and Mary D Bejcek Frontier Girl Scout Central District Chairman. The group questions Humane Society operations and urges decisive action after a 48 hour wait.
Las Vegas becomes the second city to adopt Miracode a microphotography system from Eastman Kodak to speed case retrieval. Clerk Loretta Bowman notes instant access within 60 seconds, reduced space needs, and controlled access to originals, with duplicate jackets for attorneys.
A busload of 39 American Field Service scholarship students will depart Las Vegas this weekend, returning home after a year of U S high school study. Mrs. Dick Worthen says 31 Las Vegas host families will greet the group at the Elks Lodge at 4 p m. today.
A light column notes a Washington committee probe into Senator travel expenses and mentions two IBM machines invoking the Fifth Amendment. It also says a general may be back from Vietnam and warns his wife about frontline duty. A gun law duel between two senators is teased with a humorous jab. De Gaulle aides visit France and quote a line about not needing food, only two loaves and three fishes.
Public defender James D. Santini and Richard H. Bryan will lead a two week law workshop at the University of Nevada Las Vegas starting Monday. The course targets entering law students and teaches legal terminology in property contracts and torts, along with study methods and legal reasoning. Registration runs to 5 p.m. Monday. classes meet 6 to 830 p.m. weekdays in Room 211, Social Sciences Building. fee is 40 dollars.
The Southern Nevada Industrial Foundation led by John F. Cahlan has opened an inquiry into the disposition of Lake Mead Base. Letters were sent to Nevada congressional representatives to probe whether the property could be acquired for industrial use or an industrial park. Cahlan cited Stead Air Force Base near Reno as a local example of city acquisition for industry. Acquisition would likely be by the county or a municipality at a low lease or grant.
A celebrity on a return flight from Greece allegedly caused a scene near a tour official, while later news notes Webb’s Thunder Bird Hotel rumor and the Sun Realty exclusive listing controversy at Landmark Tower. The piece critiques union restraints and media reactions amid local political criticism.
A mother, Patricia Price, told Clark County School Trustees that a relaxed atmosphere means dirty classrooms and empty lavatories at Bonanza Elementary. She cited no soap and no toilet paper in the school bathroom and said a teacher advised contacting the board. Board Chair George Wilkinson told her to speak with the principal, asserting the district is not that relaxed.
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