Las Vegas Eyes New Bus Funding and RTS-2 Prototype
Las Vegas mayoral candidate Briare said $1.2 million in federal funds could finance 15 modern buses for the Las Vegas Transit System, with a $200,000 local match. He seeks an RTS-2 GMC prototype due in March to showcase, as production begins July 1 1976 and first deliveries possible by September. Briare noted $11 billion in federal transit aid and outlined steps to apply, gain approval, and coordinate with UMTA and Las Vegas Transit while navigating private status.
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Bill Briare
New Orleans
American Public Transportation Association
Las Vegas
the Sun
Briare
Departments of Transportation and Labor
Urban Mass Transit Authority
UMTA
General Motors Corp
Congress
City Commission
Ballinger
City mulls joint plan to buy buses with $200000 initial aid
UN Local News reports Transit System General Manager Gerald Ballinger outlining a possible joint city and Clark County venture to raise $200,000 for purchasing over $1 million in buses. The plan hinges on UMTA funds, time limits, and potential private leasing, with officials debating the city’s role in operating the fleet.
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Transit System
Gerald Ballinger
Clark County
Ballinger
Weekend Oktoberfest Party Planned In LV
Oktoberfest in October will be celebrated Sunday and Monday at Union Plaza main showroom in Las Vegas. Franz Praxl's Bavarian Brass will provide authentic German music and dancing as a German buffet features bratwurst baked chicken sauerkraut hot German potato salad and rye bread. The showroom will resemble a German beer hall with imported German beer and Bavarian drinking stems for sale at $1 while supplies last. Earl Varney, president of the German American Club, chairs the event.
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Gisela Simons
Germany
Union Plaza
Frank E. Scott
Gisela
Franz Praxl
Earl Varney
Jury Selection Continues In Mirin Murder Trial
The fourth day of jury selection in the District Court murder trial of Strip Cab Company owner Bill Mirin ends Thursday. Mirin, 60, is accused of killing former associate Mel Wolford, 39, shot Sept. 25, 1974 at Charlie's bar on 1511 S. Main St. The process is expected to continue through Friday and possibly into next week. the trial could last at least three weeks.
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District Court
Strip Cab Company
Bill Mirin
Mirin
Mel Wolford
Wolford
Charlie’s
S. Main St
Theatre Royale Las Vegas closes amid lease dispute and city suit
The Theatre Royale at 2517 Teddy Drive shuts down after landlord Richard Tan refuses to renew the lease amid a city injunction fight over obscene films. The deal to drop the suit is reported but not officially approved, with the cinema’s ownership changes and related lawsuits tied to several adult venues.
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Las Vegas
Theatre Royale
Teddy Drive
Richard Tan
Balint
Las Vegas Cinema, Inc
Cinema Arts Theatre
Cinema Arts
Deep Throat
Andrews
All Adult Book Stores
Book City
Talk of the Town
Hank Gordon
Flick Adult Theatre
Thompson
Flick
Clark County
Ahlstrom
Fraud and breach alleged in Barclay Square suit
Bancal Tri-State Mortgage Company sues Olsen Construction McDaniel Development and several lenders for 3.6 million alleging fraud and defective work on the 190 unit Barclay Square condo project. Suit cites substituted labor materials warranty breach and undisclosed changes with foreclosure history and sale restraints. No hearing date set.
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California
Barclay Square
Bancal Tri- State Mortgage Company
Olsen Construction
McDaniel Development
Bancal
McDaniel Development Corporation
McDaniel
Spring Mountain Youth Camp Owners Plan Sale of Property
The 160 acre Spring Mountain Youth Camp site near Las Vegas will be sold after an appraisal, with current value about 33000. The property includes 16 buildings a duck pond a water well and is to be offered for public use as a residential summer home site according to owner Margaret Westburg. The land was deeded to Clark County in 1960 for a rehabilitation program later reverted to Westburg and Don Darling after a federal court ruling in Reno last August.
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Spring Mountain
Vera Krupp
Las Vegas
Alfried Krupp
Westburg
Darling
U.S. District Court
Bruce Thompson
Reno
Los Angeles
Saylor Downey Mull For New Planning Post
The Community Development Consolidation Subcommittee discussed naming a new director for the consolidated city county planning department. Top contenders are Don Saylor and Jay Downey with resumes reviewed and the issue referred back to their boards.
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Consolidated
Don Saylor
Jay Downey
Ning
Joint Committee
Dondero
Downey
Saylor
Joint Commission
Planning Department
Metropolitan Planning and Development Department
Dominican hit man given maximum Nevada prison term
Bienvenido Hipolito Morato a native of the Dominican Republic was sentenced to 20 years in the Nevada State Prison for the August 2 1974 attempted murder of Clyde Jupiter. Judge Joseph Pawlikowski called it one of his worst crimes. Morato's attorney urged deportation to the Dominican Republic.
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Dominican Republic
Nevada
Bienvenido Hipolito Morato
Joseph Pawlikowski
Morato
Clyde Jupiter
Jupiter
Marie
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Las Vegas Transit
LAS Vegas Sun
Tan
Ian Ross
Charles Thompson
Alan Andrews
Dan Ahlstrom
Dean Welsh
Stephen A. Balint
Sue Ann Peck
Kimber Corp. of
Delaware
Olson
Olsen
Spring Mountain Youth Camp
Thalia Dondero
County Commission
Hermine Jupiter
Ahlswede
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