Concessionaires at Lake Mead Prepare Loss Claims
Concession operators at Lake Mead met with Colorado River Commission officials to plan statements of anticipated losses as two drought years and a potential third dry spell threaten revenue. Interior Secretary Udall ordered a 40 foot lake drop to aid hydro power, urging a 10 percent water use cut across Colorado River users.
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Stop Goldwater Move and Rocky Test Site Strike Update
Labor dispute at Nevada Test Site enters second week as Teamsters Local 631 resume picketing with 800 Operating Engineers Local 12 returning to work. Reynolds Electrical and Engineering Co faces NLRB hearing with possible injunction.
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Nevada
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Las Vegas
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California Primary Battleground Shifts Support in Bid
In California Governor Nelson Rockefeller wins support from Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge campaign workers for the June 2 presidential primary as Goldwater opposition emerges.
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UPI
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Lodge Committee
Goldwater
New York
Vegan Dies In Wreck On U S Highway 91
A 38 year old Las Vegas man, Jesse Sykes, died from injuries eight hours after a two car crash on U S Highway 91 at Nellis Boulevard. His wife Delois Sykes escaped injury. Two other passengers in the Sykes car, Walter Miller and Pearl Miller, were treated. Edmond Donohue of Lake Mead Naval Base survived with injuries. The Clark County toll for the year rose to 22.
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Delois
Nevada Highway Patrol
Floyd Sorensen
Highway Patrol
Donohue
Walter Miller
Pearl Miller
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Gaming Board Approves and Denies Licenses in Nevada
The State Gaming Control Board recommended approval of four licenses and denial of two major non restricted licenses. Nine applications were deferred for further study as the Nevada Gaming Commission prepared to act at 10 a.m. The approved bids include Johnie Lane to invest 50000 for Pad dock Race Book in Las Vegas, Irving Chick to invest 4000 for a poker table and five slots in North Las Vegas, the Petricciani family to take over Palace Club with an 80000 bankroll in Reno, and John B. Littlefair to invest 5000 for a Reno Palace Club game in Fallon. Two bids, including Charles H. Dungan's, were denied.
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Las Vegas
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Chick’s Bar
Petricciani
Reno
Palace Club
John B. Littlefair
Fallon
Charles H. Dungan
Nezona Launches Bid Strike Offense In Mock War
Nezona launched a massive war game offensive across the Colorado River against Calonia in a nationwide drill involving 100000 troops. Operation Desert Strike began with Nezonan declarations of war and saw deep penetrations from Sacramento Springs to the Big Maria Mountains while air strikes hit enemy territory and dams faced shifting control.
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Calif
Appeal of Slipper Case Involving Silver Slipper Casino
Attorney Tom Foley for Silver Slipper Corp says owners consider selling the shuttered casino as they plan a possible petition for review. The casino's license was revoked after agents alleged cheating found edged dice during a March hearing.
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Silver Slipper Corp
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Gaming Control Board
Desert Warfare Opens as Second Armored Division Crosses River
Special Dispatch reports Nevada desert maneuvers with the Second Armored Division crossing the Colorado River near Parker and staging toward Calonia. Army engineers laid portable bridges while infantry, tanks and artillery entered the desert battle in early dawn action.
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Colorado
Calonia
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