City Commission Delays Mercy Ambulance Hearing
The city postponed indefinitely a license revocation hearing for MM Bud Bishop owner of Mercy Ambulance Service amid questions of city jurisdiction after a statute shift removing ambulances from Public Service Commission oversight. Bishop challenges the complaint claiming the driver was unpaid and the commission may lack authority to act. The issue also encompasses Bishop’s city contract for ambulance service and potential action by the AG.
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MM “Bud Bishop
Mercy Ambulance Service
Bishop
Ordi
Takes
Public Service Commission
Sidney Whitmore
Laxalt to Open Nevada Young Republicans Convention
Lt. Gov. Paul Laxalt delivers opening address at the 1968 Nevada Federation of Young Republicans convention at Hotel Flamingo. State Chairman George Abbott to give keynote at buffer supper. Delegates register Saturday morning. four public workshops follow lunch. The gathering closes Sunday with election of officers and delegates to Miami Beach. Tickets available at Republican headquarters.
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Laxalt
Nevada
Young Republicans
Paul Laxalt
Nevada Federation of Young Republicans
Hotel Flamingo
Las Vegas
Southern Nevada University
George Abbott
Gardnerville
Abbott
Robert Marshall
Reno
Bob Brown
Kelly and Reber Advertising Agency
M. Edward Fike
Clark County
George Shaner
Miami Beach
Republican
Pay Raises Planned for Las Vegas City Workers
City officials expect a 5 percent across the board pay increase with a potential 10 percent longevity boost, totaling as much as 15 percent for many employees starting July 1. Budget adjustments seek $330,000 within next year to fund the raises, with formal action by the City Commission anticipated at the May 19 meeting.
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Vegas City
SUN
Testimony in Slaying Delays Valkie Murder Trial
Judge William Compton continued the murder trial of Vase Calvin Valkie to Monday after five prosecution witnesses testified. Frances Randolph of San Francisco said corrections she requested on her Statement to Investigating officers were not made and identified the murder weapon in Vallie’s hired gun slaying, saying she gave it to Beasley in Richmond hotel room. Other witnesses included Dickie Lewis Sylvia Frost and former Las Vegas police identifications Elmer Gardner and Ron Davis.
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William Compton
Vase Calvin Valkie
William Tollus Green
Federal Narcotics Bureau
Compton
Frances Randolph
San Francisco
Green
Milton
Duke) Beasley
Richmond
Calif
Beasley
Valrie
George Franklin Jr
Randolph
Dickie Lewis
Sylvia Frost
Vallie
Las Vegas
Elmer Gardner
Ron Davis
Tex-Cote exterior coating marketed for long lasting walls
Miracle coating replaces paint with Tex COTE a textured exterior surfacing offered by PRAISE PLASTERING CO Southern Nevada. It claims 10 year factory guarantee moisture resistance insulation and color options with spray application and doorstep financing details via collect calls or coupon.
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American United Chemical Company
Fiheuer
United States
Shel/ Oil Company
Pacific Telephone Company
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Tex-Cote
Praise Plaster 'Ng CO
Nevada
Barbers Give Free Unwanted Trims to Girls
Police sought a carload of student barbers after two junior high girls reported being cut with barber shears by pranksters near John C. Fremont School and outside K. C. Knudson School as they cruised in a red compact car.
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John C. Fremont
K. C. Knudson
Regents Board to Discuss Bond Money
The Regents of the University of Nevada meet on the Nevada Southern campus to discuss the proposed Radiological Health facility. Items include investment of school bond monies NSU's 1965-46 work program and personnel appointments and recommendations. All nine regents are expected to attend.
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University of Nevad
Nevada Southern
NSU
Board of Regents
Pass Casino Operator Found Dead
Clara Jane Leeper 46, former operator of the Railroad Pass Casino, was found dead from a gunshot in a Columbus Ohio hotel. Police say she bought a W caliber revolver in Boulder City on March 21. the Leepers surrendered their liquor and gaming license on April 12 due to finances and illness.
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Railroad Pass
Columbus
Ohio
Clara Jane Leeper
James
Clark County
Leeper
Boulder City
Leepers
Las Vegas
Phoenix
Bird nests drive mobile home maker from car in England
Felixstowe England UPI reports house trailer builder Douglas Proctor has quit using his car after a bird built a nest on the engine. He quips that even birds are moving into mobile homes these days.
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Felixstowe
England
UPI
Douglas Proctor
Proctor
Bible Urges Nevada Water Bill Hearings For May 20
Senator Alan Bible calls for Senate Interior Committee hearings May 20 on the Southern Nevada Water Supply Project. He says administration backing is assured and urges Nevada officials and citizens to testify or submit statements to push the authorizing bill forward.
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Washington
Alan Bible
Nevada
Senate Interior Committee
Bible
Secretary of the Interior
Bureau of the Budget
INQ
Len Clinton Anderson
New Mexico
Interior Irrigation and Reclamation Subcommittee
Henry Jackson
Howard Cannon
Walter Baring
Colorado
Nevada gambling industry launches information campaign
Gabriel Vogliotti executive director of the Nevada Resort Association announced at a North Las Vegas Chamber luncheon that the gambling industry will issue documentary reports in coming months. Topics include alleged money stolen from casino profits and the industry’s charitable donations dubbed the invisible tax. Reports will be issued under the agencies compiling the data, not the industry.
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Nevada
Gabriel
Gabe) Vogliotti
Nevada Resort Association
Las Vegas
Vogliotti
Voglioti
Board eases ban on Kolod amid ongoing case
UPI reports State Gaming Control Board chair A. Olsen says halting the ban on Las Vegas gambler Ruby Kolod and Willie Israel Alderman shows no softened stance. The board stayed the order while legal actions proceed. Kolod Alderman and Felix Alderisio face sentencing May 14 after federal denver convictions for extortion.
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Carson City
UPI
Howard A. Olsen
State Gaming Control Board
Las Vegas
Ruby Kolod
Olsen
Kolod
Willie Israel
Nevada
Alderman
Felix
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Henderson
Nellis Air Force Base
Fldorado Valley
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