Branch pushes refinancing bill to aid North Las Vegas
Assemblyman David Branch says North Las Vegas faces default on April bond payments and seeks to refinance with Public Employer Retirement Board funds. SB 148 would require auditors recommendations to be implemented by July 1, with penalties for officials who fail to comply. An independent audit is ordered as the city grapples with a $203,000 default and a March auditor report.
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SUN Legislative Bureau
David Branch
North
Las Vegas
North Las Vegas
Public Employee Retirement Board
Branch
Committee On Government Affairs
Nellis
Senate Committee On
U S Forces Kill Hundreds in Vietnam Attacks
UPI reports U S forces killed at least 300 Communists in attacks along infiltration routes to Saigon. Cavalry at Landing Zone Grant near the Cambodian border repelled enemy assaults with 79 attackers killed and five Americans dead. Jet bombers and gunships struck bands of infiltrators nearby.
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UPI
U. S
Grant
U. S. 9Th Infantry Division
Mobil Oil executive defends gas promo games beforeFTC
H J Peckheiser of Mobil Oil testifies that promotional games boost gasoline sales and dealer volume, while FTC questions coercion and deception concerns. Dixon challenges the lack of evidence and calls for government policing of promotions. Mobil notes a 6 percent sales rise in 1967, with games popular among 25,000 dealers.
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UPI
Federal Trade Commission
H. J. Peckheiser
Mobil Oil Corp
Philip Elman
Peckheiser
Mobil
FTC
Paul Rand Dixon
Dixon
Nevada legislature debates budget cuts and taxicab rules
Gov Laxalt pushes a community college plan and tourism boost as Senate and Assembly panels cut the UN budget Elko College and Department of Economic Development funding. Taxicab regulation proposals surface with industry disputes while education and welfare bills seek added state support and higher aid for dependent children. A resolution to study public employee retirement is introduced.
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UPI
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Nevada
Senate
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Assembly
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Department of Education
State
Burnell Larsen
The
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Senate Finance Committee
Nevada Association For Retarded Children
Legislative Commission
Hal Smith
R-Henderson
Senators Shelve Reservation in Atom Treaty Move
The Senate rejected an Ervin backed reservation that would limit the treaty’s obligations and argued it would not bind the United States to defend non-nuclear states. The vote was 61 to 30 to shelve the proposal, leaving final ratification uncertain despite broad support for the pact.
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D-N.c
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Soviet Union
Edward M. Kennedy
Dmass
Thomas J. Dodd
D-Conn
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Security Council
Council
Nye County asks for disaster area declaration
White Pine County commissioners urged Gov. Paul Laxalt to declare Nye County a disaster area due to heavy snow. Cooperative Extension Agent A Z Joy notes about 400 head of cattle stranded in small groups needing air feed. Last week the county sought a $6000 emergency loan to clear remote trails. The governor has already proclaimed Eureka County a disaster area for snow.
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White Pine
Paul Laxalt
Cooperative Extension
A. Z. Joy
Eureka County
Apex Construction Owners File Personal Bankruptcy
Richard Stern and Gail Stern petitioned in U S District Court for personal bankruptcy claiming debts of 538858 with assets of 15467. The couple, operating Apex Construction since June 1967, list their household as 4412 Del Monte Circle.
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Richard
Gail Stern
del Monte Circle
U. S
Apex
Expect Contract Award Thursday for Water Plant
The Colorado River Commission will discuss a contract award for the Alfred Merritt Smith Water Treatment Plant near Lake Mead at its 10 a.m. meeting in the First National Bank Building, 302 East Carson Street. Fred J. Early Co. of San Francisco was the apparent low bidder at 5,189,695 dollars on February 20. The lakeshore plant will serve as the intake for the 81 million dollar Southern Nevada Water Project, expected to begin service early in 1971.
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Alfred Merritt Smith
Lake Mead
Colorado River Commission
First National Bank
E. Carson St
Fred J. Early Co
San Francisco
Lakeshore
Southern Nevada
There Has Been One Rough Spot in the Nevada Internship
There has been only one rough spot in the program when two male interns faced pointed remarks from Assemblyman James Wood about their hair. The episode ended with the interns getting haircuts to continue the internship. 30 University of Nevada students are noted as gaining a clearer view of the legislature and its goals, with several showing a willingness to judge lawmakers by their own ideals.
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Nevada Assembly
Nevada
James Wood
Rwashoe
Wood
University of Nevada
Hospital Bid Goes To Planners
Plans for a 50 bed hospital in the western city area were submitted to the city planning department by The Jerry Moss Co. of Palos Verdes Peninsula California. The site spans 22 acres east of Decatur Boulevard between Washington Avenue and Bonanza Road. Initial phase requests 21 000 square feet of space with no cost figure available. Zoning limits single story buildings though future expansion could reach 550 beds.
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Palos Verdes Peninsula
Calif
Decatur Boulevard
Washington Avenue
Bonanza Road
Bob Clemmer
Clemmer
Southern Memorial Hospital
Sunrise Hospital
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