Graft Hearing Delayed For Preparation
A preliminary graft hearing against Chester Howard former Clark County School District purchasing agent and his wife was postponed to November 9 to allow transcripts and arguments on November 27. The state claims the couple profited from bids routed through Mrs. Howard s Fremont Street record center with out of state firms paying extra percentages. The defense notes the case hinges on bid authorization and mutual property law as to who benefited.
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Justice of the Peace
Myron Leavitt
Chester Howard
Clark County
Fremont Street
Howard
Neil Galatz
Greek Leader Returns Home From UN Assembly Trip
Greek Foreign Minister Evanghelos Averoff returned to Athens after leading the Greek delegation at the opening of the United Nations General Assembly session in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
UPI
Evanghelos Averoff
New York
Annexation Woes Facing City Over T-Shaped Land
A temporary injunction blocking Las Vegas from annexing a squat T shaped parcel off Desert Inn Road was continued by Dist. Judge George Marshall. Plaintiffs and defendants have 15 days to file authorities on the annexing land not wholly contiguous. Clark County Sanitation District One and board members Al Clemens and Herbert Doyle sued. City Atty. Sid Whitmore’s motion to dismiss was taken under advisement.
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Las Ves
Desert Inn Road
Dist
George Marshall
Marshall
Clark County Sanitation District One
al Clemens
Herbert Doyle
Sid Whitmore
Atty. Gen
Maryland Parkway
San Francisco Ave
Hold man on contributing to delinquency of minors
A 48 year old man, Henry Kowalak, was arrested for contributing to the delinquency of minors by harboring a 16 year old boy and a 15 year old girl in his apartment at 714 South Second Street. Gary Turnbull, 18, faced disorderly conduct charges for staying in the same apartment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe le Voie
Henry J. Kowalak
South Second St
Gary A. Turnbull
Merchants Board Backs Local 6 Million Water Bond Issue
The Executive Board of the Merchants Bureau of the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce recommended passage of a 6 million dollar water bond. President W R Martini urged merchants to support the issue by displaying placards and informing staff and customers of the need for new water facilities ahead of 1963. The bureau will send letters to retailers with order forms to obtain materials from the Las Vegas Valley Water District.
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Merchants Board
Merchants Bureau
Las Vegas
Merchants
Learn-A-Lan language offer draws crowds at SUN
The SUN reports steady crowds collecting language records. The seven foreign language discs plus the English record and John Glenn space flight item draw interest. More youths seek records, valuing early foreign language study.
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SUN
John Glenn
Scooter Driver Injured When Hit by Auto
A 31 year old scooter rider was seriously hurt when his two wheeler collided with a car at East Bonanza and Bruce. Calvin L. Osborn was hospitalized with a broken right leg and facial cuts. Janet B. Montesano was cited for violation of right of way after claiming she waited to cross at the four way stop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Bonanza
Bruce
Calvin L. Osborn
East Mesquite
Nellis Air Force Base
Janet B. Montesano
Wilson
Bonanza
Expired Plates Trigger Narcotics Arrest in San Francisco
Two San Franciscans were jailed after police stopped their car at Third and Carson Streets for expired California plates. A routine search yielded an envelope with four cigarettes of marijuana and other narcotics paraphernalia amid the seized items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Stopka
Gary Messinger
Third and
Carson Streets
California
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R. C. Ham
Nevada
le Voie
Kowalak
Herring Hall Marvin
Hobe
Thunodep Zird Hotel
SUN Records
Las Vegas Sun
U. of the
P.E.0
Sisterhood
West Bonanze
Palm
Truman
Harry Truman
Sands Hotel
American Legion
Jerome Duggan
St. Louis
Legion
Lewis Ho Rentrow
Sunfoto
La-Z-Boy
Syr
Cele
Larenty
Ereen
Fremont
Jack Schofield
Paradise Rd
Casuel
Jack
Charleston
Glass
Holland
Mats
City
Srae
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