Budget Crisis Hits North Las Vegas Library Project
City council considers drastic cuts proposed by Architect William Allen to meet a 322000 ceiling as bids exceed estimates. Omissions include basement landscaping carpeting and electrical revisions, with 130000 federal funds at stake and debates over rebidding versus negotiating with Ken Riley Construction Co.
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Las Vegas
William Allen
Nsw
Allen
Ken Riley
Bill Barker
Riley
Tab Parks Named Nevada Economic Opportunity Director
Nevada Governor Grant Sawyer appoints Mineral County Senator Bruce M Parks to lead the state office coordinating anti poverty programs. Parks, 58, resigns his Senate seat to take the $15 000 post, funded by federal government, citing 10 years in state legislation and prior leadership roles.
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UPI
Mineral County
Bruce M Parks Friday
Nevada
Grant Sawyer
Parks
Sawyer
Senate
IBM discussed data processing benefits for Clark County crime units
Friday a IBM representative explained how data processing aids law enforcement. County administrator Robbins Cahill, his assistant Don Dawson, data processing head Bud McMahon, District Attorney Led Marshall, and others attended. Silvers outlined advantages in management control, personnel records, statistics, vice and investigation, and information retrieval.
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Clark County
IBM
Robbins Cahill
Don Dawson
Bud McMahon
Dist. Atty
Marshall
Phil Silvers
Silvers
High School Stadium Fund Backed by District and Students
Western High School student body president Mike Devere presented the Clark County School Board with a 26341 dollar check as the board agreed to share costs for a campus stadium. The board earmarked 21745 dollars in bond money for bleachers on one side while the 5000 seat stadium is funded by student efforts. A 1500 dollar district bonus will buy an electric scoreboard, and administration was authorized to bid on the project.
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Mike Devere
Western High School
Clark County School Board
Rancho Senior Named to Attend West Point
North Las Vegas Rancho High School senior Michael D. Hanson was named to attend West Point Military Academy, announced by Sen. Howard Cannon. Hanson, son of Bryant and ? Hanson, ranks in the top 25 percent, participates in speech, sports, and band, and was second in the Voice of Democracy contest.
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North Las Vegas
Rancho High School
West Point Military Academy
Howard Cannon
Michael D. Hanson
Bryant Hanson
Taylor
Military Academy
Rancho
Mike
Veterans of Foreign Wars
County Reports Drop in Clark County Building Permits in 1965
County building records show a $22.5 million drop in construction valuation for January through May 1965 versus the same period in 1964. A. J. Koval notes 313 fewer permits year to date, with May 1965 totaling 324 permits valued at $7,814,321 compared with 377 permits valued at $14,063,707 in May 1964. A vocational center valued at $3,022,000 and 24 apartments valued at $2,676,420 dominated May’s valuation.
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Clark County
A. J. Koval
Parison
May
Citizenship Awards Go to Taylor and Janise in North Las Vegas
Nearly 1000 people attended the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 10047 installation banquet in North Las Vegas where NSW Mayor Bill Taylor and Police Chief Nick Janise received outstanding citizenship awards. Taylor praised for flag display policy on national holidays. Janise accepted for the police department calling it one of the finest in the state. New post commander Bill Martin and other officers were installed.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
Las Vegas
Nsw
Bill Taylor
Nick Janise
Taylor
Nevada
Tay
School Trustees Reject Submarine Head Start Plan
Clark County School District trustees rejected a proposal to fund a Head Start program for about 350 minority children from West Las Vegas Henderson North Las Vegas and Moapa Valley. The 3-2 vote tabled the project with key members absent. opponents argued the plan would not reach those most in need and lacked comprehensiveness.
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Clark County
West Las Vegas
Henderson
North Las Vegas
Three men plead not guilty in Murray murder case
Gene Ervin Cordwell 22 Alexander Archie 19 and Billy Andrew Lee 21 pleaded not guilty to murder in the 1964 shooting of John Lee Murray a West Las Vegas father of five. Trials set for July 26 in Dist. Judge Clarence Sundean's court after rearraignment before Dist. Judge John Mowbray. Murray’s body was found weeks later during a road construction project on Miller Street.
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Dist
Clarence Sundean
Gene Ervin ‘Cordwell
Alexander Archie
Billy Andrew Lee
John Mowbray
John Lee Murray
Miller St
Miller
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