Delegates urged to raise rents at Las Vegas conference
Norman D. Flynn urged apartment owners managers and developers to raise rents at least 15 percent over the next several months. He cited inflation and overbuilding as reasons why rent increases are overdue despite widespread rent control debates. The session drew the largest afternoon crowd at the ninth annual Apartment Builder and Developer Conference at the Las Vegas Convention Center with about 10 000 registrants and 570 exhibit booths. The conference runs through Wednesday with seminars on building management and cost cutting.
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Multi-Housing News
Blaze destroys town leaving hundreds homeless in Cobalt
Firefighters battled a six hour blaze in Cobalt Ontario destroying at least 60 buildings in a town of 2,120. Winds reached 35 mph hindering efforts. Hundreds were left homeless and ten residents hospitalized for shock or minor injuries. Cause under investigation as water bombers struggled to reach the blaze.
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Canada
UPI
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Leroy Hawks Named Head Of New Clark County Fire Department
Clark County fire chief Leroy Hawks was chosen to lead the merged Las Vegas and Clark County fire department beginning July 1. City commissioners approved the selection unanimously at a special meeting, with plans to secure county ratification. Hawks, a 1955 Las Vegas recruit, has risen through the ranks to deputy chief and chief since 1974, and will manage about 500 firefighters across 20 stations in the 7,874 square mile county. Miller, the former Las Vegas chief, will resign effective July 1 and may seek a lower civil service post thereafter.
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Adams
Clark County Commission
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Jury Deliberates Azbill Murder Trial for Second Time
Clark County District Court resumes deliberations in the Azbill case as Sylvester Azbill faces a murder charge in the 1967 death of his wife Rose Maple Azbill. The trial highlights include limited defense witnesses and testimony from the couple’s 13 year old son Brad describing the arson details.
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Clark County
Azbill
Nevada
Rose Maple Azbill
Las Vegas
Harry Claiborne
Arbill
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Underground nuclear test near Yucca Flat to be detoned
The ERDA announces an underground test named Crewline at the Nevada Test Site near Yucca Flat wielding 20 to 150 kilotons with a 1,850 foot shaft plus potential minor tremors felt in Las Vegas high rises. It is the seventh underground Nevada test this year and No 302 since the 1963 atmospheric test ban.
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Nevada
Energy Research and Development Administration
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U.S. Senate
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