Las Vegas Sheriff Holds Closed Door Meeting On Shakeup
Sheriff Ralph Lamb chaired a senior staff session with Metro P D leaders including Undersheriff John Moran and Assistant Sheriff Bart Jacka to discuss top command reshuffles shifts and a renewed tough stance on crime. Hamilton Witte and Clark retirements drive urgent replacements while Don Charleboix and Carl Albright are named as potential task force leaders. The Downtown Progress Assn backs a multi million sports complex behind Union Plaza, funded by a proposed five cent cigarette tax, a plan critics call unfair to smokers.
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John Moran
Bart Jacka
Ray Gubser
Clark
Lamb
Las Vegas
Clark County
Don Charleboix
Carl Albright
The
Downtown Progress Assn
Union Plaza Hotel
DPA
Leavitt weighs 78 lieutenant governor run in 1978
Las Vegas City Commissioner Myron Leavitt declined to commit to a 1978 lieutenant governor bid, saying he would decide within a year. He noted statewide races demand long planning, recalled his 1974 bid against Jim Santini, and emphasized serving as city commissioner.
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Ken Langbell
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Myron Leavitt
Leavitt
The
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Foster Church
Mary Gojack
Nevada
Jim Santini
House of Representatives
Reno
Coyotes Steal Watermelons Plaguing Overton Patch
Overton resident Marvin Leavitt reports coyotes destroying his one acre melon patch as they ripe. He recalls past losses but this year no melons remain while others fear rising coyote numbers and desert roaming. Leavitt, Las Vegas finance director and new father, quips coyotes won t raise his children.
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Overton
Marvin Leavitt
Las Vegas
Leavitt
Escort Ordinance Challenged as Unconstitutional in District Court
Attorney for Anthony Washington of Pleasure Seekers Escort Service argues Las Vegas ordinance licensing escorts and their employees is unconstitutional and discriminatory. He cites delays in licenses for runners like Mary Vorel while police records were processed. City attorney defends licensing as applying to many occupations and notes crackdown on unlicensed operators. Judge Wendell takes the matter under submission.
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Las Vegas
Alan B. Andrews
Anthony Washington
Michael J. Wendell
Andrews
Richard Koch
Nevada Supreme Court
Mary Vorel
Ila Britt
Britt
Vorel
Doug Shangreaux
Wendell
Fire Prevention Week stresses home fire detection and alarms
Clark County Fire Chief Leroy Hawks notes people have less than four minutes to escape a fire after it starts. He cites recent national statistics showing fire deaths, hospitalizations, and the danger of smoke and gases, especially between midnight and 6 am, stressing early warning systems in homes and apartments.
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Gene Clark
Department
del Webb Corporation
Clark
Intelligence
Leavitt
Oran Grayson
Clark County
Leroy Hawks
Hawks
North Las Vegas Residency Rule Draws City Officials' Fire
North Las Vegas passes a rule requiring new city employees to live within the city. Public Works Director Larry Hampton and Finance Director Marvin Leavitt dispute the policy saying it harms the city and benefits only a few. City Manager Bill Adams defends the measure as a prerogative of North Las Vegas.
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Las Vegas
Larry Hampton
Marvin Leavitt
North Las Vegas
Hampton
Boulder City
Leavitt
Overton
Marvin
Bill Adams
Richard Bunker
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Paul Ray
Walter Earp
Gubser
Doyle Hamilton
Bill Witte
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Witte
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Ashworth
George Franklin
South
Coyotes
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