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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1965
Page
3
North Las Vegas residents pack City Hall to back a ballot question on whether the city should pursue any urban renewal project. Council votes to place the issue on spring elections amid protests and a lone dissent by Councilman Pettiti.
A neighborhood meeting drew a packed crowd with debate over tackling blight. A grass roots cleanup group was praised while many residents urged an off site assessment district for improvements. Mayor Taylor urged action aligning with public will as the audience urged placing the issue on the spring ballot. Councilman Jim Kelly motioned to place the matter on the ballot.
A 34 year old West Las Vegas man Van Jackson was found guilty of possessing heroin by Dist Judge John Sexton after a three hour jury deliberation. Jackson arrested July 22 1964 at E and Monroe Sts by Las Vegas police. Officer testimony stated he disposed of a heroin capsule when stopped. Jackson testified he had no knowledge of the capsule. The state was represented by Deputy Dist Attys Ray Jeffers and Rennie Ashleman with court appointed attorney Douglas Pike defending.
About 400 electricians at Reynolds Electric remain off the Nevada Test Site as talks between management and IBEW Local 357 continue. Other trades meet with officials while some crafts report to work. no picket line yet. The dispute centers on whether multiple foremen are required for electrical crews under the contract.
A Strip hotel casino executive and his wife were robbed of about 400 dollars and jewelry by two gunmen who entered on a telegram pretext. The wife freed herself, called deputies, and named two suspects believed to be involved in other local robberies.
Former Clark County assemblyman M. M. (Bud) Bishop, 52, was reported improved Tuesday at Sunrise Hospital after suffering a heart attack on February 24. He was admitted in critical condition and placed in an oxygen tent.
Clark County Fair and Recreation Board okayed low bids for a prefabricated steel building and installation to house the Las Vegas News Bureau at the Convention Center. Total cost, moving, carpet and furniture estimated near 40000 dollars with duct work pending. The move aims to provide space until the center expands in two years, contingent on a bond vote.
Senator Howard Cannon co sponsors a bill to retain silver in United States coinage arguing against full elimination. He cites global silver use and a Treasury backed price hindering mining and urges reducing silver content to about one third to buy time to address the crisis while preserving coin production and electrical applicability for industry.
NASA facility in Greenbelt Maryland tests Honeywell solar simulators that expose space vehicles to sunlike radiation. Operators wear heavy dark glasses to protect eyes during the tests.
Three California men Armen Leon Baggs 28 Glendale Raymond Phillip Charl and 26 Santa Monica and Robert James Latta 27 Los Angeles were released on 3000 bail after arson arrests at the Goodsprings Yell ow Jacket Mine where timbers burned Monday. Deputies said patrols curb vandalism as mine property remains at risk.
At a Clark County PTA meeting over 100 parents and teachers urged stronger school support. They split on how to raise funds, backing A B 448’s 2.8 percent per pupil increase while considering slot and sales taxes and even a state lottery as revenue options.
A bench warrant was ordered for 25 year old Andrew Gramby Hanley after he failed to appear for continuation of a burglary trial in Dist Judge David Zenoff's court. The warrant followed the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals denial of a certificate of probable cause. Hanley's attorney Raymond Sutton had presented before the appeals court Monday and learned of the denial Tuesday morning. The case involves an alleged break in at Al's Cycle Shop three years ago. Hanley has been free on $2,500 bail. The trial has faced multiple delays with appeals actions by Sutton on behalf of Hanley.
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