Nevada community votes against early prison releases
Las Vegas residents oppose Gov. Sawyer's parole plan to ease crowding at Nevada State Penitentiary. Interviews reveal strongest opposition from residents and law enforcement families who argue for full sentences, more facilities, and skepticism about rehabilitation. A minority favors early release citing faster processing and social readiness.
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Pittman
C. W. Shelley
Griffith Ave
Perkins
Elwood Stringham
N. Lrth St
Sawyer
Parole Bill Draws Fire From Reno Police Chief
Reno Police Chief Fimer Briscoe condemned a proposed Nevada parole bill. He warned it would worsen crime without real rehabilitation. He noted the legislature fails to treat prison as a correctional institution and opposed early release despite administration support. William Raggio also rejects early parole while backing stronger parole oversight.
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Fimer Briscoe
Nevada
Nuclear test may jar Las Vegas from Nevada site blast
The Atomic Energy Commission announced an intermediate underground nuclear test at the Nevada Test Site set for 10 a.m. Wednesday. It may shake buildings in Las Vegas about 65 miles away, especially if occupants are on upper floors. In 1963 an intermediate shot rattled Las Vegas structures, leading to earlier warnings for such tests.
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Atomic Energy Commission
Nevada Test Site
Las Vegas
AEC
Desert Testing Area
NSU Students Seek Budget Restorations From Finance Committee
Four NSU student leaders urged Carson City lawmakers to restore cuts in the Nevada Southern University budget. Governor Grant Sawyer slashed over two million dollars, with an extra six hundred thousand cut by the Senate Finance Committee. Student President Bill Daley praised past library funding but warned books are useless without staff to catalog and manage them. Committee Chair Floyd Lamb said post review a restoration look would be possible.
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Senate Finance Committee
Carson City
Grant Sawyer
Finance Committee
Bill Daley
Floyd Lamb
D-Lincoln
Testimony on Silver Slipper Ends in Bankruptcy Hearing
In U.S. Bankruptcy Court proceedings the Silver Slipper ownership dispute wraps up two days of testimony. Debtors Robert C. Schulze and the Slipper Corp face creditors Maurice Friedman Irving Leff Beldon Katleman B Frank Williams T W Richardson and Jack Barenfeld with a decision due by March 22 23 after briefs by March 9 16 and rebuttals by March 19.
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Maurice H. Friedman
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Beldon Kat
Taylor
Bernfeld
Thomas A. Foley
Schulze
Debtor Corporation
Herbert Glaser
Leo K. Gold
Bankruptcy Court
Post Office
Used Car Dealers Clash Over Title Law and Prices
Nevada independent dealers criticize New Car Dealers Association over protecting consumers while accusing rivals of blocking current models to keep prices high. They cite DMV delays on faulty titles, legislative threats, and price drops after independent dealers offered cheaper American sports cars. A delegation may go to Carson City to oppose AB 324 restricting independent imports.
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New Car Dealers Association
SUN
Mike Mars
Independent Association
Mars
Hal Foutz
Department of Motor Vehicles
Foutz
Harvey Dickerson
DMV
Sawyer
Grant Sawyer
Teen GOP Meet at Headquarters with Guest Speaker
Bruce Adams announces teenage Republicans Club will meet Wednesday at 7 30 p m at GOP headquarters 15th and Charleston Bryn Armstrong executive editor of the SUN will speak on The Republican Party Today
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15H
Charleston
Bruce Adams
Bryn Armstrong
the Sun
Republican Party
Real estate broker to lead Clark County Easter Seal Drive
Robert W. Bugbee, prominent Las Vegas broker and Roberts Realty owner, will chair the Clark County Easter Seal Appeal for 1965. The drive runs March 1 to April 18 to raise 25000 for Nevada crippled residents with 90 percent allotted to local therapy programs. Bugbee, active in community service, pledges Southern Nevada support to aid crippled children and adults.
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Las Vegas
Robert W. Bugbee
Clark County
Nevada
Bugbee
Roberts Realty
Grand jury costs reach 30000 after two year probe
Officials said the grand jury investigating the sanitation districts cost about 30 000. It was impaneled April 4, 1963 at the request of Dist Atty Edward Marsh and discharged last Friday by Judge John Mowbray after nearly two years with no indictments.
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Dist
Atty
Edward Marshall
John Mowbray
Rise in Nevada Business Counts Across Northwest Counties
Dun and Bradstreet reports a 16.7 percent rise in 1964 business listings across 13 Nevada counties compared with 1954. Total 2,432 firms include manufacturers wholesalers retailers and some service firms. barber beauty shops and others are excluded. Counties with gains include Douglas 5 percent Humboldt 8.5 Land er 2.4 Lyon 13.5 Nye 8.7 Ormsby 55.9 Storey 11.5 and Washoe 25 percent.
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UPT
Nevada
Dun & Bradstreet
Douglas
Humboldt
Lander
Lyon
Nye
Ormsby
Storey
Washoe
Cab Case Civil Suit Continues
In U S District Court Judge Roger Foley hears a civil suit for 158000 in damages against Checker Cab Incorporated. Plaintiffs Mrs. Sarah Smith her husband Jack Smith and daughter Gladys Simon seek 18000 75000 and 65000 dollars respectively for injuries from a taxicab accident. Trial resumes today at 930 am in the Post Office Building.
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U.S. District Court
Roger Foley
Sarah Smith
Jack Smith
Daugh
Ter
Gladys Simon
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