Week in Review: Nevada Top News Digest
A week of Las Vegas stories includes two liquor probe arrests with bail posted for Richard Bernstein and Jesse Myers Jr. on tavern licensing charges. Public hearing on a gun law is set amid a crowded City Hall audience and police input. Edward Levinson defies senators over business ties to Bobby Baker. Irwin Gordon faces a $5 million tax lien while serving a five year sentence. City Attorney Whitmore voids a zoning approval at West Charleston and Arville. A March 18 public hearing covers a $9.9 million city budget for the next year.
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Richard T. Bernstein
Las Vegas Blvd
West Las Veras
Jesse Myers, Jr
Myers
Bernstein
City Hall
Las Vegas
Irwin
Liver Lips
Gordon
Henderson titanium plane plans boost local prospects
Titani um Corp of America officials say US plans for supersonic aircraft with titanium could benefit Henderson and Clark County where the firm runs its ore and metal producing plant. Other items note a hepatitis outbreak at St Peter's, a $40 000 Henderson recreation budget request, GOP precinct meetings, a coroner's jury ruling in a fatal shooting, union re openings at Nevada Test Site, school weapons concerns, Judge Zenoff comments, a federal court brief on casino discrimination, and a hospital administrator salary increase.
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United States
Henderson
Clark County
Titanium Corp. of America
GOP squabble hits Nevada figures over party funds
William Romack accused Lt. Gov. Paul Laxalt Edmund Converse Las Vegas and Amy Gulling Reno of misusing GOP money to back Sen. Barry Goldwater. Leaders denied the charges. Regent Run Molly Magee seeks re election to UNR board representing 15 counties. Senator Cannon urges Mint to issue 50 million silver dollars with liberty head and Nevada Centennial design. Paradise Airlines crash near Lake Tahoe kills all 85 aboard. FAA grounds airline. $3.5 million in suits filed. Attorneys deny Kellar bar ethics charges. race bias alleged. Thomas Bean appeals Reno murder conviction claiming sanity tests and DA misconduct tainted trial.
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GOP
Sparks
William Romack
Washoe County
Republican Committee
Paul Laxalt
Edmund Converse
Las Vegas
Amy Gulling
Reno
Barry Goldwater
Howard Cannon
D-Nev
House
Treasury
Sawyer denounces extremists in Reno patriotism speech
Gov. Grant Sawyer condemned extremists who cloak nefarious acts as patriotism at a Reno DAR luncheon. He warned that patriotism has become a refuge for venom and urged erasing the image of the super-patriot who rejects opposition to his view of America.
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RENO
UPI
Grant Sawyer
Supreme Court
Daughters of the American Revolution
America
La Porta Seeks Hospital Reevaluate and Salary Plan
County Commissioner Lou La Porta calls for a complete re evaluation of Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital and a controlled salary plan to address underpaid staff. He proposes five $25 000 medical salaries funded via indigent care contracts and urges a regional hospital board to coordinate needs and avoid duplicating costly facilities.
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Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital
Jack Staggs
Lou la Porta
la Porta
Social Service Welfare
Karl Haris
Harris
Board of County Commissioners
Las Vegas Recreation Plans Archery Range Delayed
The Las Vegas City Recreation Department delays Lyon's Park archery range citing need for grading and reseeding. Public notice will announce when the range is ready with target faces from 16 to 48 inches and varied shooting distances. The 18th annual National Electric Sign Association convention opens at Flamingo Hotel with 2000 delegates from the U S Canada and Mexico.
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Las Vegas City
Lyon's Park
Las Vegas Blvd
Washington Ave
National Electric Sign Association
Flamingo Hotel
von Cannon
Young Electric Sign Co
Las Vegas
Cannon
Oran Grayson
U.S
Canada
Mexico
Royal Garth
University of Utah
Salt Lake City
Demos Pick Vegan For U S Post
Patrick C. Clary of Las Vegas named Young Democratic Clubs of America delegate to the United States Youth Council. A 1960 Las Vegas High School graduate and former UNR student, he attends American University Washington College of Law. The council includes 33 national youth groups and links to World Assembly of Youth.
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Patrick C. Clary
Las Vegas
Young Democratic Clubs of America
United States Youth Council
Clary
University of Nevada At Reno
Ernest H. Clary
American University Washington College of Law
Washington, D.C
National Social Welfare Assembly
U.S
World Assembly of Youth
Young Democrats
Nevada
University of Nevada
Driest February Lowers Nevada Streamflow Forecasts
In Reno the driest February on record cut forecasted river flows for northern Nevada. Bright sun and drying winds reduced mountain snow pack water content and lowered valley moisture prompting some irrigation. In Durango two Las Vegas men face burglary and conspiracy trial for multiple breaks, free on 30000 bond. In Carson City the Nevada Park System advances a new 15 unit campground at Valley of Fire and upgrades infrastructure. In Elko deputies identify the pilot killed near Secret Pass as Austin Moody with confirmation delayed by dental and fingerprint checks.
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Reno
Carson City
Nevada Park System
Valley of Fire
Clark County
Dean Kastensy
Park System
ELKO
UPI
Here
Austin Moody
Longmont
Colo
Moody
Colorado
Secret Pass
Ultra Sensitive Space Sensor Detects Salt-Grain Impact
Washington scientists unveiled an electronic detector so sensitive it can register impacts as small as one hundredth of a grain of salt falling three eighths of an inch.
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Washington
UPI
Teen Girls Placed on Probation for Extortion
Two teenage junior high girls ages 15 and 17 extorted $20 from a 14 year-old girl using implied threats over three weeks. They are placed on formal probation for one year under strict supervision with weekly checks on grades and conduct.
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Pete Updike
Court Services
Updike
Sat
Bill Ragland
Las Vegas
Centennial Parade Nevada News 100 Years Ago March
In March 1864 the Austin Clifton feud cooled into guarded cooperation as Clifton’s Boldenweck Co proposed gifting 500 town lots to new residents. The Reese River Reveille projected vast growth and mining boom, while Today’s Star in Our Crown noted Nevada towns aimed high though most expected only Sacramento-scale populations, save Las Vegas and Reno chasing larger goals.
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Reese River
Messrs. Boldenweck & Co
Clifton
1Sl
Austin
Nevada
Sacramento
Las Vegas
Reno
Los
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