Prominent Las Vegas residents urge Reid for hospital board bid
A group of influential doctors and residents in Las Vegas pressure Attorney Harry M. Reid to run for the Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees in the November election. They seek policy and administration reform, while Reid weighs his candidacy and possible opposition to Dr. George Madsen.
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Harry M. Reid
Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital
Reid
George Madsen
Vocational Center To Open In Clark County
Clark County School District officials plan a $750000 request to fund the Southern Nevada Vocational Technical Center to lower pupil teacher ratios and launch limited classes this September. The project aims at 283 accepted students with 11 of 16 proposed courses ready at opening, including cosmetology and auto body repair, while others such as air frame and power plant and carpentry are deferred.
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Clark County
Southern Nevada Vocational Technical Center
Residents question police praise and seek details from critics
The text questions Las Vegas police enforcement and challenges statements by Chief Bunker and Melnicoe. It asks when Melnicoe visited with students, who he spoke to, and whether he checked FBI crime reports or spoke with front line officers and detectives. It questions access and awareness by top Reno police leadership.
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William Melnicoe
Melnicoe
Sacramento State College
California
Las Vegas
Melincoe
Lorin Bunker
Reno
Elmer Briscoe
Bunker
FBI
Police Department
George Allen
Mark this in the future book about a casino union audit
A core of Tom Hanley’s American Federation of Casino and Gaming Employer members seeks a financial accounting of the union’s treasury over the past two years. They request salaries expenses fees to attorney Al Dreyer and all expenditures to ensure apples-pie order and penny-by-penny justification before Hanley opens the books.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Hanley
American Federation of Casino and Gaming
Hanley
al Dreyer
FOP Uses Ticket Fund Drive To Aid Building Plans
The Fraternal Order of Police sells 50 cent shots for a chance at a color TV or stereo to support a building fund. A stray woman wandered into a Strip hotel lobby asking for a room key mistaken for a guest pass and later found herself in the wrong room, prompting police search efforts before she aimed to rejoin family at the Star Dust.
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Fraternal Order of Police
United States
Coppers
Stardust
Fair Board weighs motel group plea on tax funds
Clark County Fair and Recreation Board told Las Vegas Motel Association it will consider their request to use more than 300000 of the room tax to promote motels and expand the Convention Center. The board said it is not obligated to spend the funds as urged and plans to confer later with the group. Bridgeman announced the association hired William Byrne to organize connections with Nevada Arizona and California highway groups.
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Melnicoe
Las Vegas
City
Clark County Fair and Recreation Board
Las Vegas Motel Association
Henry Bridgeman
Convention Center
Jack Petttti
Bridgeman
Reed Whipple
Whipple
Bob Broadbent
Gina Lombardi
Howard Simon
Assembly
Pre Dik-Shun
Emil Cava
Clark County Medical Society
Jack Hirsh
Oakey Blvd
Ted
Ted Lawson
Lawson
Batman
Carson City
Jim Gibson
Ways and Means Committee
Insurance Agents Association
Lincoln County
Floyd Lamb
Clark County
Senate
Paul Laxalt
Grant Sawyer
Frank Sinatra
Las Vegas Man Arrested in Burglary Case
Las Vegas resident James Budd Brown, 45, was arrested after midnight on suspicion of burglary. He allegedly wore stolen clothing from a Holiday Inn Motel room and had a key found in his pocket. Brown was detained after officers spotted him prowling the Strip area and is being questioned.
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James Budd Brown
Las Vegas Blvd
South
Ron Manning
Brown
Holiday Inn
Manning
Playmate Jo Collins to preside at Helldorado court session
Playboy Playmate of the Year Jo Collins will rule the 6-11 Kourt on Fremont Street during Helldorado, aided by Ellis Kangaroo Kops as they enforce the dress western edict. The Las Vegas event runs May 19 to 22 with parades and a nightly rodeo at Cashman Field.
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Helldorado
Jo Collins
Playboy
Fremont Street
Miss Collins
Ellis Kangaroo Kops
Cashman Field
Judge Denies Reduction in Hanley Bail Amount
Judge John Sexton refused to reduce Andrew Gramby Hanley’s $100000 bail after his attorney Raymond Sutton argued for a lower sum. Hanley, 27, faces attempted grand larceny charges tied to three olive trees while serving 25 days in county jail for contempt tied to a burglary case. Assistant District Attorney Earl Hawley opposed any bail cut, noting Hanley fled during the prior trial. Motion denied.
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John Sexton
Andrew Gramby Hanley
Hanley
Raymond Sutton
Sahara Avenue paving set to finish south side soon
The Highways Department says Sahara Avenue will be paved on the remaining south side within a week, ending months of local chatter about weather and roadwork. The column lauds Govorner appointed Robert Faiss as Las Vegas executive assistant and weighs campaign timing, local quirks, and political notes from Carson City.
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Highway Department
Sahara Avenue
Nevada
Carson City
Robert Faiss
Las Vegas
Bob Faiss
Veteran Hotelman Named Hacienda Director in Las Vegas
Erwin H. Schlicht, famed hotelman, named managing director of the Hacienda Hotel by Judith F. Bayley. A Dan zing native raised in Switzerland, Schlicht previously led the Gotham, Beverly Wilshire, Sunset Tower, Blackstone, Warwick, and Kirkely hotels and lauded Las Vegas for its nonstop gambling and entertainment. Wallace B. Budge will stay on as general manager.
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Erwin H. Schlicht
Hacienda Hotel
Judith F. Bayley
Hacienda Hotels
Schlicht
Danzig
Germany
Switzerland
University of Rochester
New York
Gotham Hotel
New York City
Beverly Wilshire
Beverly Hills
Calif
Sunset Tower
Hollywood
Blackstone Hotel
Chicago
Warwick Hotel
Kirkely Hotels
Ness
Las Vegas
Wallace B. Budge
Logan
Utah
Hacienda
Auto theft claims from two drivers report tires and hub caps stolen
Bus driver Raymond Marsh and truck driver Don McElroy told police yesterday they lost tires and hub caps. Marsh reported four hub caps missing from his car parked in the driveway at 2005 E Stewart. McElroy said two tires were removed from his car parked near Smoke Ranch Road and Tono pah Highway at 1204 Arrowhead.
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Raymond Marsh
Don McElroy
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Kelly Ryan
Elise Long
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