Summa Drops Court Fight over Airport Land Move
Summa Corporation will abandon its Supreme Court challenge to a county land takeover at McCarran International Airport. The move aims to preserve a $2 million grant and accelerate the May 15 1977 deadline for a second FBO operator, with Summa seeking a different location while pledging cooperation.
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SUN
Howard Hughes’ Summa Corporation
Supreme Court
McCarran International Airport
Scenic Airlines
Hughes
FBO
County
Summa
Scenic
William
Berry
Jim Brown
Hughes’ Aviation Services
Brown
District Court
Nevada Supreme Court
McCarran
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
Robert Broadbent
Thalia Dondero
John Yoxen
Jim Ongaro
Vegas
Debates Test Ford Carter Clash Over Foreign Policy
In a nationally televised debate at the Palace of Fine Arts Theater Carter assailed Ford’s foreign policy as hollow while Ford defended Middle East and Africa actions and pressed for a SALT II deal before October 3 1977. Separately Howard Hughes seeks media control in Nevada with proposals to buy Reynolds Greenspun properties.
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San Francisco
UPI
Ford
Jimmy Carter
Carter
United States
Henry Kissinger
Middle East
South Africa
Kissinger
Africa
Palace of Fine Arts
White House
U.S
Soviet Union
Cuba
Andrei Gromyko
Nevada
Hughes
Reynolds
Greenspun Television
Reynolds Media
FCC
Sid Boddy resigns as North Las Vegas city manager
Sid Boddy announced his resignation effective Oct 15 after Mayor Bud Cleland and two councilmen were ousted in Nevada recall elections. The shift comes as Municipal Court Judge Ray Davies won the mayoral post and Cyn thia Baumann and Thomas Brown ousted two recall targets, with terms ending for the current administration on Oct 15.
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Las Vegas
Sid Boddy
Bud Cleland
Nevada
Boddy
Ray Davies
Cynthia Baumann
Clark County Community College
Thomas Brown
Wendell Waite
Dan Gray
James Seastrand
Dan Mahony
Cleland
Waite
Gray
AFT launches petition drive to decertify Clark County Teachers
The American Federation of Teachers Local 2170 starts a petition against the Clark County Classroom Teachers Association with more than 1,100 signatures from about a third of district teachers. Rudy Kne says the effort seeks to become the official bargaining agent, potentially leading to an election and decertification if 50 percent plus one sign.
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American Federation of Teachers Local 2170
Clark County Classroom Teachers Association
Rudy Kne
National Federation
Los Angeles
Kne
Theey
Federation
Duane Oaks
Employee Management Relations Board
Tom Hood
Association
Hood
Roselli Paid By Hughes in Las Vegas Casino Purchase
UPI report states Johnny Roselli received fees for his role in Howard Hughes acquisition of two Las Vegas hotel casinos in the late 1960s. Robert A. Maheu testified that Hughes aimed to remove Don Reynolds from the state and discussed buying Reynolds’ media holdings as part of Nevada operations.
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ELKO
UPI
Howard Hughes
Nevada
Robert A. Maheu
Hughes
Don Reynolds
Summa Corp
Las Vegas
Hank Greenspun
Greenspun
Maheu
Las Vegas Sun
Reynolds
Federal Communications Commission
Review-Journal
SUN
Johnny Roselli
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Linda Miller
News Control
Reno
Ely
Carson City
Las Vega
Esc
Gerald Ford
Upifoto
NLW
North Las Vegas
AFT Tackles County Teacher Association
Donna Horowitz
Roselli
By CY Ryan
Paul Price
Joe Delaney
Dr. Thosteson
Ann Landers
Casino & Lanes
Las Begas Burente
E. Fremont
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