Hospital Bond Bill Projected for Southern Nevada
The Clark County Assembly delegation plans to introduce a bill allowing Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital to issue 8 million dollars in bonds for expansion. Bond approval would require county commissioners and a public vote. Hospital chair James Brennan said funds would be phased to match growth, citing a projected 17.2 million needed to meet future bed shortages and prevent crowding in corridors.
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Carson City
UPI
Clark County Assembly
Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital
James Brennan
Nevada
Brennan
Firemen Bill Boosts Volunteer Pay in Nevada
The Nevada Senate passed SB 75 sending to the Assembly a measure increasing volunteer firemen’s base pay from 208 to 300 dollars monthly in case of disablement in action. The body also heard SB 261 proposing higher pay for the Gaming Commission executive secretary, raising Dr Walter Wilson’s pay from 12000 to 14000 if approved by the commission.
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Carson City
Cpi
Senate
Nevada
Nevada Gaming Commission
Roger Bissett
Washoe
Walter Wilson
Taxation Committee Advances School Funding Bills and Debt Plan
The Taxation Committee endorsed two bills to boost school funding by fixing property assessments at 35 percent and expanding district bonding capacity from 10 to 15 percent. A constitutional debt-limit increase from 1 to 2 percent was rejected. The 35 percent measure already cleared both houses and awaits the governor, while the equalization bill would raise the state assessed valuation by about 400 million dollars.
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Carson City
UPI
Assembly Taxation Committee
Nevada
Offices Planned Near State Highways Building Site Considered
A state senate committee discussed site options for a 91.5 million headquarters for the Department of Motor Vehicles and related offices. Officials proposed land south of the city or downtown land within the capitol complex, noting proximity to highway and state centers would aid operations. Committee members urged the three leaders to choose a site and report back.
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Gcarsga
Pi Senate
SF Caecce Committee
Meter
Vetacles
Louis Soux
Ststreet
Greece
State Planning Board
William Hancock
Capitol
Merit System Bill Wins Favorable Assembly nod
Carson City United Press staff says a bill to end the State Personnel Department and create a merit system won a favorable recommendation from the Assembly State, County and City Affairs Committee. Sponsor Ed Delaney says the bill strengthens good government and reduces head-of-agency firing power.
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Carson City
UPD
State
Assembly State, County and City Affairs Committee
Ed Delaney
Eureka
Delaney
State Department
Reno urges federal road work to widen South Virginia Street
The Nevada Assembly adopted a resolution urging the Federal Bureau of Public Roads to join widening of a Reno segment on South Virginia Street. After an initial rejection the bureau said it would reconsider if Reno funds off street parking in the bottleneck area.
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Carson City
UPI
Assembly
Federal Bureau of Public Roads
South Virginia Street
Reno
India Educator Makes Tour Stop at University of Nevada
Calcutta English professor Purshotam Lal visits Reno on April 1 for two NV lectures. He speaks on Three Renaissance Indians Gandhi Tagore Nehru and later India’s Foreign Policy. Travel grant funds his lecture tour while he updates Crowell’s Reader’s Encyclopedia entries.
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Reno
Purshotam Lal
Calcutta
India
University of Nevada
Lal
Gandhi
Tagore
Nehru
Fulton
Crowell
Former envoy appeals reversal of conviction
Irvin C. Scarbeck, former U S envoy to Poland, asks the Supreme Court to overturn his 1961 conviction for passing diplomatic secrets to Poland. He contends the law may not cover documents classified by ambassadors and that his Germany confessions were improperly admitted.
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Ormer
Washington
API
Irvin C. Scarbeck
Supreme Court
Poland
U.S
Warsaw
Scarbeck
U.S. Court of Appeals
Urszula Discher
Miss Discher
Searbecks
State Department
Germany
Air Ground Hunt for Man in Superstition Mountains
In Apache Junction Arizona Pinal County authorities searched the Shad ow y Superstition Mountains after one man was reported dead and another stranded on a ledge. Ground teams and a helicopter aided the pursuit near Weaver's Needle amid dark conditions. The area, famed for the Lost Dutchman Mine, 50 miles east of Phoenix, has a history of violence.
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Apache Junction
Ariz
UPI
Pinal County
Arizona
Weaver's Needle
Phoenix
Seat Belts Proposed for Small School Buses in New York
Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller considers a bill requiring seat belts in all small school buses with up to 12 seats or 11 adults, effective Sept. 1, 1964. Lawmakers study belts for larger buses and address anchorage unit issues.
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Albany
N.Y
UPI
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Anchorage
Public library expands Nevada history reference room
The library showcases over 100 volumes in the new reference room with visitors averaging 300 daily. Librarians Mrs. Dorothy Dalton Mrs. Mary Taylor and the staff receive praise for enhanced service, while genealogists and callers find relief from phone queries about local news and sports.
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Nevada
Dorothy Dalton
Elko
Terry C. Dalton
State Welfare Department
Las Vegas
Mary Taylor
State Farm Insurance
Nsw
Edmond Fleury
Lorene Eller
Douglas Malloch
Muskegon, Mich
Bertha Keillor
America
The Witty Man in Washington and the Day Transcript
A United Press International column humorously notes Postmaster General J Edward Day cited as the wittiest man in Washington. The piece recalls Day's remarks about a comic concession and parodies post office abbreviations from the House subcommittee hearings while joking about nickel stamp value and other postal reforms.
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United Press International
Washington
J. Edward Day
Mortimer M. Caplin
Day
Caplin
House
Subcommittee On Post Office Appropriations
Mom Loses Twice in Race With Stork
ELIZABETH CITY NC UP I Sam Midgett Jr lost to the stork twice Monday in a race to a hospital maternity ward A son arrived six miles from town when a car driven by her father in law carried them and another son was born inside the city limits Hospital authorities reported the mother and her seven pound twins were doing fine
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Elizabeth City
UPI
Sam Midgett Jr
Stork
No Women Jurors Question Jury Duty Case
In Rock Hill South Carolina court officials told Harvey Chappell she could not sit on a jury though she was summoned by mistake. The incident arises from a state law that prohibits women from serving on juries.
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Rock Hill
S.C
Cupid
Harvey Chappell
South Carolina
Scatter the chatter at Las Vegas scene hints
A collage of local names notes Sears Roebuck plans a center across Boulder Highway from Jimmie Jones' Green Shack with Meadows lots remaining. It mentions residents, workers, and venues including Tropicana Lounge, Elwell Hotel, Van Dyke growth, National Shirt Shop, Circus pinball, Van Patten Street apartments, Francisco Square bakery, Fremont street spots, and Showboat diversifying into miniature golf and archery.
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Sears Roebuck
Boulder Highway
Jimmie Jones
Green Shack
Meadows
Johnny Ukulele
Tropicana Lounge
Harry Owens
Flora Dungan
Hubby
Ed Oncken
Elwell Hotel
David Sandman
van Dyke Growth
Betty Johnson
National Shirt Shop
Rancho High School
la Retta Woodruff
Fremont St
van Patten St
Yuland Conaway
Phoenix
Lois
Francisco Sq
al Jerbie
Fremont
Clover Jewelers
Jane Black
Post Office
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India Educator
Clark County Wholesale
Izaak Walton
Angler
California
Edmund G. Brown
Brown
Sol Silverman
San Francisco
State Athletic Commission
By Dick West
Subcommittee
Jack Benny
Mom
Marie Cornie
el Cortez
Joy Davis
Cecil Lynch
Leeward
Jean Truex
Bill Barker
Fremont Hotel Press Club
Eunice Lowe
County Cork
Pete Augustny
Alice Walden
Eer Nanigus
Aroe
Pind
Cindy
Mist
Dynanic
Tommy Pager and
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