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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1968
Page
3
Nevada senator James Slattery criticized tax hikes and urged belt tightening. He complained that lawmakers cater to the do gooders and the League of Women Voters rather than taxpayers and said education should be affordable without luxuries. He urged restraint and cutting spending.
Leslie Gray, vice chairman of the State Equal Rights Commission, said no racial discrimination was found at the Nevada Maximum Security Prison after an inspection prompted by inmate complaints. Gray and two other members reported that menial jobs were not assigned by race and praised steps to eliminate prior inequities.
The State Parole Board meets March 11 12 to review 95 inmate cases including two for voluntary manslaughter seeking release. Eleven will have good time credits revoked and six parole revocations are on the agenda. Tyson C Johnson is among manslaughter candidates with a 5 to 10 year term for a June 1965 Clark County Las Vegas area shooting of two people.
Carson City reports the Nevada Health and Welfare Department aims to hire a director Karl Harris and four aides this month if federal funds allow. They seek $25,000 for salaries this year and $47,000 for next year, with the director starting at $11,500 annually. Two technicians and two secretaries would assist in data collection and service organization.
Reno Nevada auditors push to empower county assessors with subpoena and audit authority to verify tax evaluations. Donald I. Peckham, president of the Assessors Association of Nevada, says the current system leaves assessors unable to challenge submitted values. The Tax Commission is asked to grant legal tools to verify business records and detect overstatements.
President Richard Petty says the Nevada State Medical Association will seek minimum medical requirements for driver license issuance. An ad hoc committee will draft suggestions under the Highway Safety Act of 1966 as Nevada faces a high violent death rate, with 94.1 deaths per 100,000 in 1966.
Police and the FBI probe an early morning explosion that damaged a $55,000 D 9 Caterpillar bulldozer near Bonanza Road and Highland Avenue. The blast, which damaged nearby construction equipment, may have used cordite with a fuse suspected.
The IRS announced a sliding scale for reporting gaming payoffs to tax authorities, ending an earlier rule that would have required casinos to report winnings over 600. Nevada officials and casino groups criticized the plan, but praised the final policy set to take effect April 1. Under the rules, all keno payoffs of 10 000 or bingo payoffs of 2 400 or more must be reported, with smaller amounts reported on a scale tied to wager size.
Sylvester J. Azbill, accused of murdering his wealthy bride, declined to answer questions on grounds it may incriminate him. The probate hearing heard testimony from bankers and witnesses about his finances while Azbill, indicted for the killing, remains jailed without bail as arguments resume.
In District Court Judge Howard W. Babcock sentenced Michael Lee Potter to one year in Clark County Jail for possession of dangerous drugs marijuana after an arrest near Boulder Beach. Charles William Cain and Michael Dennis Kennedy received one year suspended sentences with probation and related conditions.
A British government board calculates the average net earnings of a representative group of solicitors at 10640 dollars annually.
A Federal Grand Jury indicted the Independent Body Repair Shop Association of Reno and Sparks and unnamed co conspirators for fixing prices on auto body repair parts and labor in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act. The Justice Department filed a civil suit seeking a permanent injunction and alleged schemes to allocate work and penalize noncompliant members hurting owners and insurers.
Bonnie B. M. Wade received two years probation after pleading no contest to involuntary manslaughter in the Dec 11 crash at West Oakey and West Wind Road that killed motorcyclist Richard LaMar Neeley. Wade was charged with running a stop sign and colliding with Neeley’s bike before Dist. Judge Howard Babcock.
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