Nevada Power gets $11.2 million rate hike in Las Vegas
The Public Service Commission authorized Nevada Power Co to raise annual rates by 11.2 million dollars in the Las Vegas area. The move caps a requested 20.3 million, with opposition from Citizens for Survival, city and county agencies, and local groups. The commission's vote was unanimous.
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San Mateo
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State Probes Slapping Of Youths At Nevada Home
A state inquiry into repeated slappings at the Nevada State Children's Home continues after cottage parent Frank Wooldridge 55 and his wife resigned. The home in Boulder City houses 70 children ages 5 to 18 with a staff of 23. Gardner said the incident involved several youths in one cottage over weeks and followed runaway youths’ reports. Deputy administrator Wahrenbrock vowed zero tolerance for abuse and noted the investigation proceeds.
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Frank Wooldridge
Orville Wahrenbrock
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Wahren
District Court
SUN Defends FBI Part 1 1 Precedent Ignored
The opinion argues that indicting ex FBI agent John J. Kearney for tracking Weathermen used widely approved methods and cites decades of authorized surveillance. It contends retroactive criminalization ignores Supreme Court limits set in 1972 and questions retroactive indictments for actions in 1970 72.
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Chairman's Action Stirs Mills School Board
Clark County school board debate centers on Chairman Helen Cannon admitting she approached District Judge Thomas O'Donnell about a pending case. Trustees clash over ethics as Cannon storms out after a tense closed meeting amid calls for judicial impartiality and accountability.
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Thomas O'Donnell
Cannon
Ottie Shockley
O'Donnell
Shockley
Frank Schreck
Brewster
Las Vegans Put In Focus Colombian Drug Trade
A surge of drug incidents on Colombia s Caribbean coast involving Americans has outraged Colombia s government and drawn US help. DEA estimates annual traffic at 200 to 500 million dollars mostly cocaine and marijuana. Rosy Carter and Lopez Michelsen discussed the issue during a visit. A Kansas arrest involved a DC4 plane with seven tons of marijuana.
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Alfonso Lopez Michelsen
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Four men tied to Barranquilla plane hijack case
In Barranquilla Colombia the four men linked to a hijack claim surfaced weeks after the aircraft was seized, saying the plane was hijacked. They were jailed then released for lack of evidence, sparking protests and prompting top officials to investigate. Arrested are Stephen Bolling Anthony Gekakis Jeffrey Ellis Jose Miguel Parada all of Las Vegas Jim Chagra El Paso and Jerry Lee Wilson Las Vegas.
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Stephen Bolling
Anthony Gekakis
Jeffrey Ellis
Jose Miguel Parada
Las Vegas
Jim Chagra
el Paso
Tex
Jerry Lee Wilson
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