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Las Vegas Sun

Location

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America

Date

Oct 07, 1977

Page

2

Touche Ross Aims Feasibility Study For Las Vegas Sports Complex

Las Vegas convention leaders hire Touche Ross and Co to conduct a two phase feasibility study on a downtown sports complex. The firm will assess need, location options, and potential costs with phase one paid 55000 and phase two 12500 plus out of pocket expenses possibly up to 15000. The board seeks a decisive report on necessity and best site while preparing a contract for ratification.

Penny Levin SUN Touche Ross and Co Las Vegas Touche Ross Nevada Convention Authority Detroit Mich Robert Broadbent Paul Foy Jeff Hockman Authority Board Hockman Authority

Dieters Meet 320 Bariatric Doctors at Sahara Convention

Randy Lee, executive director of the Bariatric Physicians Association, says dieting rarely ends with lasting weight loss and urges lifelong exercise and dietary discipline. The three day convention at the Sahara Hotel gathers bariatric surgeons and physicians to discuss long term weight management, psychosocial factors, and new methods like protein sparing modified fast under medical supervision.

Randy Lee Bariatric Physicians Assocation Sahara Hotel Lee United State Alan Matez San Diego Calif Matez Bariatric Physicians’ Association

Seeing the Light at Bariatric Association Convention

Bobt and Maggie Allan of International Medical Electronics showcase a weight loss device at the Bariatric Physicians Association convention in the Sahara Hotel exhibit hall. The machine uses magnetic waves to heat tissue and energize a lightbulb as part of the demonstration.

Bobt Maggie Allan International Medical Electronics Bariatric Physicians’ Association Sahara Hotel

Neighborhood Watch Crime Cut Help Sought

A Las Vegas neighborhood watch program sponsored by the Mesquite Club aims to reduce crime by enlisting local residents as eyes and ears for the police. Volunteers will act as liaison points in geographic clusters, funnelting information to members and then to the Metropolitan Police Department. Funding is not expected until March 1978, but the program operates on a voluntary basis.

Las Vegas Police The Mesquite Club National Sheriff's Association Metropolitan Police Department Metro Police

Nevada Expands Cloud Seeding Funds for Drought Relief

The Bureau of Reclamation allocates 183 720 dollars to Nevada for cloud seeding work by the Desert Research Institute. Total federal funding now reaches 232 720 dollars to support weather modification efforts.

Carson City API Bureau of Reclamation Nevada The Desert Research Institute DRI

Train Derailment Halts UP Work Train Near Sloan

A four car Union Pacific work train derailed near Sloan when two ballast cars dumped ballast and tipped, pulling a caboose over. No injuries were reported. The accident blocked lines for about two hours and delayed two freight trains.

Union Pacific Sloan Los Angeles

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