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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1970
Page
4
Henry outlines a balanced budget for the county with allocations within revenue and calls for board study and final adoption. He urges continuing personnel position control and budget control with a quarterly allotment system to monitor expenditures. The county faced financial strain after the Nevada Tax Commission cut the tax rate.
Senate debate over Cambodia policy grows as Cooper and Church seek to block funds for keeping U.S. forces past June 30. Senators Scott and Dole push for a measured approach while Ervin denounces the amendment as an overreach of presidential war powers.
A hotel maid’s report led security to a room where four suspects faced narcotics charges. Officers found marijuana cigarettes and pills on the occupants, with one roach and a false party call triggering a chase as a man fled down the hallway.
Stephen Monague a Las Vegas dealer is urgently sought by his family as his father lies terminally ill. Monague formerly worked at the Bonanza Hotel Casino before a club closure. He has moved from his last known address and relatives request calls to a brother in Athens Georgia at 404 549 6684 collect.
Five year old Jennifer Pittillo of 2890 South Jones Street drowned while swimming in the family pool at her home around 9 p.m. yesterday. No details on the circumstances were available at press time.
E Kent Stewart reported his concrete mixer stolen between 5 30 and 11 15 p m Sunday. He was apprehended while starting a bulky car engine. The four suspects Sorce Miss Arnold and two others face charges including possession of dangerous drugs marijuana and hallucinogenic substances.
A district judge issued a temporary restraining order delaying the shutdown of two Sunny Best group care facilities in Las Vegas. The suit, filed by Wanda McDermott and Dorothy Huntsman, argues the Nevada Dept. of Health revoked licenses May 15 without a hearing, threatening patient moves by yesterday. The order keeps the homes open until a June 2 hearing. Each facility houses seven patients but is licensed for more.
LVCA hires DMJM to investigate the marquee collapse with no damage estimate yet. The convention authority planned a meeting today but no reports on the incident were scheduled. DMJM studies are not expected to be complete by the meeting. The topic was anticipated for extensive informal discussion.
Bankers urge a spending ceiling near the 800.8 billion budget projection Nixon sent Congress. Burns advocates a temporary incomes policy to curb inflation, briefed by wage price guidelines but without mandatory enforcement. He cites Canada as a model and notes gaps in past guideline effectiveness. Reuss calls for mandatory credit controls and wage price guidelines.
Harris poll shows President Nixon dropping from 51 to 42 percent as Muskie rises to 38 and Wallace nears 1968 levels. Suburban and high income groups flip للن in reaction to Cambodia, Kent State, and TV briefings, with confidence in Nixon eroding and the economy seen as increasingly weak.
President Nixon spends weekend at Biscayne Bay retreat while cabinet members and aides discuss crisis. He and Kissinger Ehrlichman and Haldeman plan talks, with Kissin ger arriving in US for private visit and Bunker to Saigon after talks. Police seek a 30 year old man tied to paint store robberies, $178 recovered.
Nut Hut Bar owner Frank Imperato testified he identified Warner Ray Collins as the gunman who robbed the Desert Inn Road establishment last June. He described the attire including purple shoes and the scene as bartender Alfred Heim emptied the cash drawer, while Imperato later conceded misidentification in a lineup.
Clark County sheriff officials say James D. Cooper of 4719 Deckow was slightly wounded when his loaded shotgun slid from a car seat and discharged striking his leg on the old Los Angeles Highway.
Colleges across Ohio Florida and Illinois faced student protests over slayings and civil strife. At Toledo 40 students blocked classrooms and at Florida Memorial 75 occupied the administration building over 20 demands. Some campuses reopened while others remained closed or limited.
In London, a cortege of three Rolls-Royces carried the coffin of Timothy Cotter aka Rosie the Bum to a proper grave after a street market tribute. Traders, strippers, and police funded a first class funeral with a marble headstone, paid by 230 pounds.
Prime Minister Harold Wilson called a general election for June 18 after advising Queen Elizabeth to dissolve Parliament. Nominations begin June 3 with closing on June 8, and the queen will appoint the new government the day after the election.
A 16 year old Las Vegas youth was ordered to stand trial in District Court on robbery and attempted murder charges for shooting City Detective Hal Creten during an aborted holdup of Ike's Shell Station at 800 West Bonanza Road on November 29. Det. Creten identified Willie George Junior at the preliminary hearing and said he was blinded by glass particles from the gunfire. A second 16 year old youth faces identical charges in the incident.
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