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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1968
Page
3
City commissioners vote three to one to restore nine licenses to Strip and Nellis Taxicab companies, reversing a prior revocation. The move follows a dispute over whether the city or county has licensing jurisdiction and whether PSC certificates suffice for operation.
The State Highway Department reported the theft of two traffic counters from the Oakey Boulevard and 8th Street area. Counters valued at 75 dollars each were stolen within the past five days. Gaffers and Sattler reported seven hot water heaters and three air conditioners valued wholesale at 2093 dollars stolen from a new storage yard. A company spokesman said the top of a six foot fence looked bent and a forklift may have been used to move the merchandise. Sidney Shoemaker reported someone entered his apartment and took 195 dollars from atop his television while he slept, with no signs of forced entry.
The Grand Founders of Nevada Southern University plan a 8 a.m. meeting in President Don ald Moyer’s office for a progress report on the 1969 planned center for Performing Arts. The committee has raised 250000 dollars to date.
Clark County obtained a 690000 emergency loan approved by the State Finance Board to cover unforeseen costs in the county indigent program under Title 19 SAMMY. The measure follows similar loans to Washoe and White Pine counties as counties grapple with escalating federal program expenses.
Francis Grant Barstow admitted breaking into Uncle John's Pancake House at 1404 E. Fremont the night of Feb 9. Judge Alvin N Wartman scheduled sentencing for March 27 with Public Defender representation.
Richard Hicks Jr., 22, received five to six years in Nevada State Prison for armed robbery. District Judge William P. Compton noted he imposed the minimum because the crime occurred before January 1, 1967 when robbery became a probationary offense. The victim, Mrs Barbara Gordon, 64, was robbed of $11 at gunpoint in Vegas Village North parking lot on November 11, 1966.
Senator Alan Bible was named yesterday to receive a Distinguished Service to Conservation Award from the National Wildlife Federation, alongside Senator Thomas H. Kuchel. The prize, a whooping crane statuette, will be presented Saturday in Houston, honoring Bible for leadership in the 90th Congress as chairman of the Parks and Recreation Subcommittee, Interior and Insular Affairs.
Maryland Parkway returned to normal flow yesterday after nearly eight months of restrictions. Plans call for widening from Charleston Boulevard to Clark Street in a $439000 project begun last July, with a second $85000 widening set to start in about 75 days and last three months.
Japan's Hokkaido Honshu Shikoku and Kyushu account for 97 percent of the nation’s land area out of more than 3 235 islands.
Walter Wammack of 705 Utah Street Boulder City received a PSC franchise to operate the Boulder Cab Service from his home. A temporary Certificate of Public Convenience was issued with potential for a permanent certificate if the service proves used. Pickups are in Boulder City Railroad Pass Lake Mead Marina Hoover Dam and nearby areas within five miles of City Hall. Deliveries may be made anywhere in Clark County.
The Las Vegas Sun lists editors and publishers including H M Greenspun as editor and publisher and staff such as Bryn Armstrong executive editor Vince Anselmo managing editor Jim Barrows city editor and Barbara Greenspun treasurer. It notes post office designation and national ad representation by Ward Griffin Co. with memberships in press associations.
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