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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1965
Page
9
Competition for ambulance service ends with the city as the apparent winner as Mercy Ambulance and AA Ambulance submit bids to pay the city for service. Mercy offers 101 dollars per month. AA offers 11 dollars. The city attorney must decide contract eligibility and terms before awarding.
The City Planning Commission, in an unusually generous mood, nearly approved ten zoning requests with only one denial. W A Robinson’s C1 to C2 change on East Charleston Boulevard faced denial due to parking concerns. Cornelia Kellar sought Commercial zoning on Owens Avenue but was held in abeyance pending actions by the City Commission on related cases.
A Las Vegas committee circulates an initiative petition to raise gambling taxes across Nevada. Spokesman Joe Matthews aims for about 25 000 signatures to place the measure on the 1966 general election ballot, with 14 000 signatures required by law. If approved, 60 percent of new revenues would go to school districts and the rest to the state fund counties and cities. Matthews argues gambling profits have long gone untaxed, urging resident benefits and state action.
City plans a proposed city wide special assessment district for street lighting and will mail general information to more than 4 000 Las Vegas property owners within a few days to explain the program and its impact.
Patrick Ryan attended NSW court as a witness in an assault case against William Cowan. He was not called, the case was dismissed, and he later was jailed for drunkenness, all within a short sequence near the courthouse.
Postmaster Robert H. Lias announces a dedication for a new Las Vegas post office station named in honor of long serving postmaster Frank F. Garside. The ceremony is Sunday at 2 p.m. at 1319 S. Decatur Blvd near Charleston Blvd, with a public invitation. The station will open at 8:30 a.m. Monday.
Dr John W Gofman associate director of the Lawrence Radiation Laboratories Liver more Calif addressed the Nevada Section NS of Engineers on the dilemma of hazards to man from radioactivity. He warned that biological costs and uncertain standards may slow peacetime atomic work while urging continued study and careful regulation.
The Nevada Assembly approved AB-187 requiring First Western Financial Corp to divest holdings beyond its savings and loan operation. The bill, passed 21 to 11, targets a large financial group controlling an insurance firm, a title company, a bank, and a savings and loan, with many legislators serving as directors. The measure moves to the Senate.
Foxhole Hollings na tional hospital co chairman will be a guest on Channel 8&8 with Gus Giuffre for St Patrick's Day. He will perform the Irish classic Galway Bay to honor Irish who served the country since the Revolutionary War.
The Civil Aeronautics Board in Washington on Friday rejected for a second time West Coast Airlines plea to expedite hearings for nonstop Boise Idaho to Las Vegas authority. The CAB also denied Bonanza Airlines request as moot if West Coast time saved. The board said West Coast failed to present legitimate arguments for speeding the proceeding.
The original territorial seat was Fillmore City in Carson County about 150 miles south of Salt Lake City. Salt Lake City served as territorial capital in 1856. Carson City became territorial capital one day before Nevada statehood in 1861 and remains state capital per the Nevada Constitution.
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