Former Vecon Bars Keno Rad Sale to Lotus Theatre
A former Las Vegan, Howard A. Kalmenson of Los Angeles, has bought KENO Radio in Las Vegas. Hogan Feldman Inc says the sale to Lotus Theatre Corp for 330000 awaits FCC approval. The station was owned by V.R.A. Enterprises Inc, with M. C. Buchen as president. Kalmenson runs KWKW in LA and previously managed KLAS TV in Las Vegas.
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Lotus Theatre Corporation
Federal Communications Commission
Jack Feldman
V.R.A. Enterprises, Inc
M. C. Buchen
Los Angeles
Kalmenson
KWKW
Klas TV
Las Vegas
Rose Garden Urban Renewal Gets Federal Advance
Nevada Senators Alan Bible and Howard Cannon announced a 227 568 federal advance to North Las Vegas for the Rose Garden urban renewal project. City Manager Clay Lynch says funds will finance a survey and planning on the 64 acre site with a later decision on full development. the grant follows a prior 2 913 000 cap ital grant and typically covers three quarters of project costs. The Rose Garden would lie along Las Vegas Boulevard east and Tonopah Street north, with much of the land zoned commercial in the city’s southwest.
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Howard Cannon
Washington
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Clay Lynch
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Tonopah Street
Sanitation District Candidates Cleared for Campaign
Three candidates for Sanitation District No. 1 were cleared to campaign after a Friday show cause hearing before District Judge John Mowbray. Four others were declared not qualified for various reasons, including lack of property within the district or failure to appear.
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Cet Green Light
Sanitation Dist. No. 1
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Mowbray
Phil Galt
Desert Inn Road
Sam Jacovette
Orange Ave
Galt
Lacovetto
Burton Hoffman
Toni Ave
Philip St. Marie
E. Tropicana Ave
St. Marie
Hoffman
A. L. Massa
Keith Hayes
Euclid
Continuance Granted in Las Vegas Murder Case
A continuance was granted in the Las Vegas justice court for John Richard Young, 27, charged with murder and first degree burglary in the fatal shooting of Baron LaMont, 26. The delay to March 17 was requested by Tad Porter as Young appeared in court in a hospital gown with minor pellet wounds. Deputy D A T Ray Little announced an inquest into La Mont’s death was canceled because of the murder charge.
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Baron LaMont
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Tad Porter
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Justice of the Peace
Llord George
Las Vegas
James Brennan
Easter Seal Appeal Campaign Heads Into Second Week
The Annual Easter Seal Appeal in Clark County targets 25000 to fund Nevada crippled care. Volunteers drum up support for a March 27 to 31 parade and a bowling event March 14 to 20. Gov. Grant Sawyer is honorary chair. local chair is Robert W. Bugbee.
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Marjorie Dixon
Charleston Heights
Nevada Society For Crippled Children
Eileen Kobielsky
Grant Sawyer
Robert W. Bugbee
Gondoliers Threaten Motors Over Aid Delays
Venice gondoliers warn they will switch to motorboats if the state does not provide promised support. About 400 gondolas remain in use as demand drops. union notes most workers earn only a few months a year and urge quick funding from President Saragat.
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Burt
Giuseppe Saragat
Gondoliers Union
Ex-Veés Chef Faces Belgian Robbery Extradition
Ex-Veees chef Andre Collonge 36 a French national is jailed in San Francisco awaiting an extradition hearing set for March 24 Belgian authorities seek his return to answer to two 1964 bank robberies in Belgium with about 16622 francs stolen He previously worked as a Las Vegas hotel chef after wounding his wife Belgian national Alix 43 in a Las Vegas shooting The hearing is set by U S Commissioner Richard Goldsmith
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UPI
Andre Collonge
Belgium
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Collenge
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Alix
U.S
Richard Goldsmith
Detectives Mistaken for Burglars Spark Stakeout Mixup
A North Las Vegas woman flagged two sheriff's detectives as burglars while they sat in a parked car on a College Park stakeout. Uniformed officers were dispatched but the stakeout continued after the misidentification was cleared. Lt. Pete Garner commented on future communication.
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Snow delays return of suspect in McNamee case
NEVADA Chief Justice Frank McNamee remains hospitalized after a Feb. 16 beating at his Zephyr Cove home. Philip Denning of South Lake Tahoe, wanted for interstate transport of a stolen vehicle, could be extradited to Nevada once snowbound roads clear, likely early next week, after he was arrested in a Missouri bus station.
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UPI
Philip Denning
Nevada
Supreme Court
Frank McNamee
Denning
McNamee
Zephyr Cove
Site Strike at Reynolds Electric and Engineering Continues
Spokesmen for Reynolds Electric and Engineering discuss issues with striking electricians over general foreman assignments. Seven were fired after walking off. 350 others protested by not reporting to work. Union questions whether walkout was organized by Local 357 IBEW and the company cites no disciplinary action beyond firings.
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Reynolds Electric & Engineering Co
Little Rain Lowers Streamflow Forecasts in Nevada
UPI reports the Weather Bureau cut streamflow forecasts due to unusually light February precipitation. Runoff on the Carson River may reach 158 percent of average, Humboldt 120 percent, and Lake Tahoe inflow 146 percent. Upper Humboldt Basin saw only 30 percent February precipitation and little snow below 7000 feet.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
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Humboldt
Lake Tahoe
Humboldt River
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