Authors Eve Titus and Richard Peck Visit Las Vegas Students
Clark County School District hosts two popular children's authors in late May. Eve Titus and Richard Peck will visit elementary, junior high, and high schools and appear at the Flamingo Road main library. Titus, Anatole and Basil author, signs autographs May ? Peck speaks May 26 at 7 p.m. in the library board room.
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Clark County
Las Vegas
Eve Titus
Richard Peck
Flamingo Road
Titus
Anatole
Basil
Peck
Dreamland Lake
Superdoll
Viking Press
Flamingo
Signatures Sought in Three-Way North Las Vegas Recall Challenge
Candidates gather nominating petition signatures to run against North Las Vegas officials. Judge Ray Davies aims to oust Mayor Bud Cleland while Cynthia Baumann and Thomas Brown face Councilmen Wendell Waite and Dan Gray. 1,593 signatures required.
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Las Vegas
Ray Davies
C. R. “Bud” Cleland
Citizens Advisory Committee
Cynthia Baumann
Thomas Brown
Clark County Community College
Wendell G. Waite
Dan Gray
North Las Vegas
Common Cause luncheon plans and new state group update
Common Cause of Southern Nevada schedules a noon Saturday membership luncheon at the Showboat Hotel Shiloh Room with election of a new steering committee a year in review and plans for next year. The meeting will also cover the newly formed state Common Cause and its impact with public invites and reservations. Clark County Commissioners approve a sewer rate study for an $87 million wastewater plant and shift the $181,500 study from the Sanitation District to the county due to federal funding. The study by R W Beck and Associates should finish by September. Commissioners deny a license for Ladies In Waiting II escort service citing an unfavorable department recommendation and public interest concerns.
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Common Cause of
Nevada
Shiloh
Showboat Hotel
Common Cause Organization
Clark County
Las Vegans
R. W. Beck
Sanitation District
Clark County Commission
Howard Senior
Industrial Road
Clark County Licensing Department
Brown campaign gains momentum after Maryland win
U S Rep Jim Santini Nevada campaign manager for Gov Jerry Brown praised the Maryland results saying voters responded to Brown firsthand and that his Nevada visits have set him apart He predicted the Maryland victory would boost Brown ahead of Nevada's upcoming election and momentum continued to build.
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U.S
Jim Santini
California
Jerry Brown
Nevada
Brown
Maryland
Santini
Cooperation Between US and Mexico Cuts Heroin Flow
A UPI report quotes a federal narcotics official stating that cooperation with Mexico, including herbicide destruction of poppy fields, has reduced heroin trafficking into the United States. He notes the program is highly effective and that the DEA was less successful in stopping smuggling last year.
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Los Angeles
UPI
United States
Deacon
van Diver
Seettlement Administration
Justi Narantine
Ver
DEA
Health Systems Agency designated for Clark County
The Comprehensive Health Planning Agency won the designation as the Health Systems Agency for Clark County over a nonprofit led by former Mayor Oran Gragson. The HSA will influence county health planning and replace three federal programs. Funding of 115000 is planned for the first year with June 1 as the start date. The governing body will be up to 30 health officials and citizens chosen by the District Board of Health.
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Comprehensive Health Planning Agency
Health Systems Agency
Clark County
Oran Gragson
Sheridan Weinstein
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Dave Nicholas
Dick Nutley
District Board of Health
HSA
Hill-Burton
Hearing Ordered On Recall Election for North Las Vegas Officials
District Judge Mendoza ordered a recall election after finding over 1,900 valid signatures. Recall attorney John Fadgen said the Nevada Supreme Court will decide if a hearing on the petition filed by George Franklin should occur. The officials are Mayor Bud Cleland and Councilmen Wendell Waite Dan Gray. a June 15 election could proceed if no stay is granted or if the court rules quickly against the officials.
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John F. Mendoza
Las Vegas
John Fadgen
Nevada Supreme Court
George Franklin
Franklin
C. R
Bud" Cleland
Wendell G. Waite
Dan Gray
Mendoza
Supreme Court
Ex marine recounts Vietnam training in fatal Nevada trooper shooting
Kenneth Meller told confessions read at his capital murder trial that his Viet Nam combat memory guided the confrontation with Nevada Highway Patrolman Gary Gifford after a Zephyr Cove bank robbery. He described scuffling, an apparent accidental discharge, and a life versus life mentality.
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Minden
UPI
Exmarine
Kenneth Meller
Nevada
Meller
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Lake Tahoe
Medford
Ore
Zephyr Cove
Gary Gifford
Placer County
Mahlon Hussman
Seattle Couple Arrested In Noon Matt Heist
A Seattle pair Charles Lester Lee and Carolyn Kinniebrew were charged with robbery after a downtown market was robbed at noon and the clerk beaten. A bystander from South Bend, Indiana identified the getaway car and a $500 reward may go to the tipster if convicted. Also jailed were Tom Elerby and Charles Cooper in related robberies and a murder case.
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Seattle
Wash
Charles Lester Lee
Carolyn Kinniebrew
Los Angeles
Interstate 15
Flamingo Road
Metro Police
Tom Elerby
Charles Arthur Cooper
Daughtery
Monaco
12Th and
Stewart Streets
South Bend
Ind
Daniel Rychuralski
Rychuralski
Stop ‘N Go
Elerby
Baltimore St
Due Cleaners
Las Vegas Blvd
South
Protest Over Street Improvement Tab For Small Parcels
More than 200 landowners and realtors attend Clark County Commission meeting to protest an ordinance forcing subdividers of parcels two and a half acres or less to cover major street improvements. Critics argue Assembly Bill 375 interpretation inflates costs and pushes improvements far from developed property. A committee with Jack Pettti Robert Broadbent and county officials will seek a compromise.
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Clark County Commission
County Commission
Senel Close
Jack Petttti
Robert Broadbent
Public Works
Las Vegas Father Testifies About Starved Infant Death Case
Eric Zessman 21 testifies in a murder trial over his infant son Frederick born May 1 1975 in Denver. He describes $11000 in medical bills and failed welfare efforts while the child suffered malnutrition and multiple injuries. He recounts theft arrest for a coin and states he returned it. The defense argues he is passive and without personal guilt.
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Carson City
UPI
Eric Zessman
Denver
Zessman
Frederick
Las Vegas
Mary
Wayne Wishman
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