No Closing Ot Casinos Board Says No
A Chicago firm owning Arlington Park and Washington Park race tracks refutes reports of Parvin Dohrmann shutdowns. Johnson cites misinterpretation by the State Gaming Control Board and warns Nevada will act against stockholder Phil Levin if needed while protecting innocent corporations.
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Chicago
Arlington Park
Washington Park
Parvin-Dohrmann
Las Vegas
Johnson
State Gaming Control Board
Phil Levin
Nevada
Levin
Mr. Levin
Federal Grants of 340000 to Nevada Colleges Announced
Senators Bible and Cannon announced nearly 340000 in federal grants for the University of Nevada and two colleges. Grants include 213000 educational opportunity funds for Reno and Las Vegas campuses and Elko Community College, 115974 for a new physics building in Reno, and 14782 for library materials at Reno, Las Vegas, and Incline Village.
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University of Nevada
Nevada
Sens
Alan Bible
Howard Cannon
Reno
Las Vegas
Elko Community College
University
Sierra Nevada College
Incline Village
Bible and Cannon
Washington
Higher Education Act
Nevada Senators
College
Nixon Presents Plan As Congress Edges Toward Cambodia Policy
President Nixon meets with House and Senate committees to defend the Cambodia strikes and says Congress will be consulted if operations extend beyond current 18 to 23 mile border zone. Rep. Morgan notes no firm plan to widen actions, while Sen. Aiken praises Nixon's case yet says little new information emerged. Rep. Nedzi calls briefing dreamland and questions consistency with invasion claims.
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House
Senate
Thomas E. Morgan
D-Pa
Congress
Cambodia
Morgan
Nixon
U. S
Sen
Geoge Aiken
Vermont
Senate Republicans
U.S
Aiken
House Armed Services Committee
Lucien Nedzi
D-Mich
Lido de Paris Opens At Stardust With Major Production
The ninth edition of the Lido de Paris revue opened Friday at the Stardust Hotel in Las Vegas. Producer Frank Sennes and director-choreographer Donn Arden led a $1,000,000 show planning for a year. The Las Vegas crowd, including accompanying family, described the production as lively with many singing and dancing performances and a notably intricate stage.
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Stardust Hotel
Frank Sennes
Donn Arden
Stardust
Las Vegas
Dad
The
Campus War Protests Rock Universities Across Nation
Protests against the Vietnam War erupt on campuses from UCLA to Washington University. Police deploy tear gas, students storm ROTC buildings, and windows are smashed. In Austin and Buffalo crowds clash with police as several hundred are injured or arrested. Former MLB official Chandler faces a campus scuffle at Kentucky.
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University of California
Navy Rotc
Austin
Tex
University of Texas
State Capitol
Buffalo
UCLA
University of
ROTC
Kent
Bigskill
University of Washington
Seattle
Charles E. Odegaard
Odegaard
Ohio State University
Columbus
National Guardsmen
A. B “Happy
University of Kentucky Board of Trustees
Chandler
Senate Defers Welfare Reform Plan Demanding Revisions
The Senate Finance Committee rejected Nixon's welfare reform proposal in its current form, calling it a disincentive to work. Chairman Russell Long ordered a rewritten bill within two to four weeks, after hearings were abruptly suspended with HEW Secretary Finch asked to return with a revamped plan.
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Washington
UPI
Senate Finance Committee
HEW
Robert H. Finch
Nixon
Finch
Russell B. Long
D-La
Commissioners Eye Plant Records Over Pollution Nuisance
Nevada county commissioners weigh nuisance resolutions against Titanium, Stauffer Chemical, and U S Lime for air pollution and odor issues. A proposed May 20 vote would authorize the district attorney to demand cease and desist within five days and pursue civil action if ignored.
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Stauffer Chemical
U. S
Herb Jones
Titanium
L. S. Lime
Jones
Darwin Lamb
Jim Brennan
Broadbent
Lamb
James Ryan
Bill Briare
Brennan
John McNamee
Ryan
County Air Pollution Control Board
Briare
Fed Cuts Stock Margin to Stimulate Market Sales
The Federal Reserve Board lowered the margin requirement for stock purchases from 80 to 65 percent and for convertible bonds from 60 to 50 percent. Officials cited a need to shore up business sentiment as stock prices sank to multiyear lows, with Wall Street hopeful yet uncertain about the immediate impact.
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Washington
UPI
Federal Reserve Board
Wall Street
Federal Reserve
Saul Smerling
Standard and Poor's
Robert Johnson
Paine, Webber, Jackson and Curtis
Robert E. Buchsbaum
W. E. Hutton
Murry Weidenbaum
Treasury
New York Stock Exchange
Faculty Senate Rejects Student Push for University Senate
UNLV faculty senate narrowly defeats a plan from CSUN to create a University Senate representing faculty administration and students. A nine nine committee will study the concept for two weeks amid mixed reactions from professors and student leaders.
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Cevette
Senate
CSUN
Bob Jasper
John Vergiels
Unlv College of Education
University Senate
Vergiers
Parents Club to Install New Officers Tonight
The Bishop Gorman high school Parents Club plans to install new officers at a banquet tonight at the Bonanza Country Club. Outgoing president Mrs. Donald Borsack stated the event will name the officers and mark the club's continued activity.
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Parents Club
Bishop Gorman High School
Bonanza Country Club
Donald Borsack
Sleeper Seeks Sheriff Post With Hard Line Drug Plan
Sleeper outlines a full time sheriff platform in Clark County promising a new narcotics division, consumer protection unit, and a government funded clinic for addicts. He accuses Sheriff Lamb and officials of political interference hindering raids and criminal justice reforms. He pledges civil service tenure, a work card system for Strip workers, and stripping politics from law enforcement while targeting wholesalers and distributors.
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Clark County
Narcotics Bureau
Sleeper
Lamb
Pete
Witcher
Sheriff's Department
Corey
John Moran
George Franklin
Banco and Fraud
Sheriff's Detective Bureau
Sleeper Said He Would Ask and Work For Establishment of Civil Service
Usino
UNLV Supports Historic Antiwar Strike Amid Campus Tensions
UNLV approves nonpenal abstention for May 7 as Nevada Coalition for Peace calls nationwide antiwar protest. Faculty Senate endorses free attendance, citing open dialogue values. Reno campus observed protests during Gov. Day ceremonies with disrupted motorcade and jeering crowds.
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Reno
Military Department
Paul Laxalt
Paul
Laxalt
Mackay Stadium
Yanks and Viets Overrun Red Staging Areas
U S and South Vietnamese forces pushed into Cambodia capturing Ba Thu near Snoul and its airstrip. The operation targeted long time Communist bases tied to the Tet offensive and involved about 15 000 troops in a sweep through the Fishhook area. An officer said the mission sought installations rather than personnel.
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Ba Thu
Cambodia
U.S. 11Th Armored Cavalry Regiment
Snoul
UPI
Robert E. Sullivan
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Missouri Young Americans For Freedom
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St. Louis
Long
Weston, Missouri
P.S
Jones and McNamee
Gildehaus
County Commission
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
John Cevette
Confederated Students of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Code Committee
UNLV
Nevada Coalition For Peace
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