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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1966
Page
3
Deputies probe missing 25 bones from a skeleton after an intruder entered Dr. W. D. Bigford’s Sunrise Hospital office and handled the tibia and femur while an under influence suspect was seen nearby. The case centers on who took the bones from the right leg.
Frank Silvaggio’s P & Enterprises seeks rezoning of two Bates Avenue parcels from residential to light manufacturing to allow two warehouses including Tropics Supper Club. Holland Realty joins. Morse and Graves to represent. Planning Commission had denied similar request in 1965 citing airport path and public interest concerns.
Jack Jaggs administrator of Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital plans a county elder care project with a proposed lease back to the county. Hospital trustees favor a Brumfield led proposal while opponents seek more definite plans and DA review before action. The commission will publish a notice inviting proposals once satisfied.
Defense Secretary Robert McNamara will fly to Saigon for a week of military and political briefings. He will meet Gen. Westmoreland and Ambassador Lodge, inspect units, and bring data for Johnson administration decisions on war funding troop expansion and production schedules.
City commissioners at a special meeting decided to postpone any Fremont Street parking ban until May next year. The delay follows opposition from downtown merchants and Chamber of Commerce, who warned it would hurt Christmas business while two new high rise garages near completion.
Sawyer's campaign push continues as he debuts a half hour color film in Las Vegas and Reno while missing a regional probation leaders meeting. George Reed, acting for the governor, urges creation of a centralized Department of Corrections with budget control and autonomy over parole probation and other agencies. He outlines a diagnostic center youth offender facility and a prison industry program to employ inmates.
Lt. Gov. Paul Laxalt told Southern Nevada members of the State Employes Association that if elected governor state workers would not face purges but must perform at high levels. He urged merit based personnel rules and regular talks with employer officials as advisory voices, criticizing Governor Grant Sawyer for demoralizing workers and pursuing political machines over good government.
The Nevada Department of Administration recommended a 20 percent salary increase for registered and psychiatric nurses and a 15 percent rise for nursing attendants at the Nevada State Hospital. Director Howard Barrett said the legislature will be asked to approve after it convenes, with raises effective upon passage.
The third annual Nevada State Ceramics Association show will be held at the Convention Center this weekend with exhibitors from Nevada California Utah Arizona and Texas. Three out of state judges will evaluate works and awards are presented at a 10 a.m. Saturday breakfast. The two day show runs Saturday and Sunday 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. with free admission.
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