New City Leadership Emerges After Recall in North Las Vegas
North Las Vegas voters installed Mayor Ray Davies and council members Thomas Brown and Cynthia Baumann after the recall election. Bud Cleland Wendell Waite and Dan Gray left office. Jack Mitchell named interim city manager for 60 days. Davies vowed unity and open public input as the new leadership begins duties.
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Change of Guard in North Las Vegas Swears In New Mayor
Judge Ray Davies is sworn in as the new North Las Vegas mayor by Councilman James Seastrand. Cynthia Baumann and Thomas Brown also take oath as new council members. They replace Mayor Bud Cleland and Councilmen Wendell Waite and Dan Gray after the first successful recall election in southern Nevada history on October 5.
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Prison Inmates Locked Up Indefinitely After riot
Nevada’s State Prison Board heard Warden Wolff pledge an indefinite lockup for inmates amid threats of racial violence after Sunday’s riot that left two dead and 13 injured. He seeks transfers, remodeling, and reduced maximum unit population to 350 375, with a Jean facility due by December 1977 to ease overcrowding. Gov. O’Callaghan plans extra construction funding while denying a citizens committee.
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Veep Debate Sparks Personal Attacks Between Dole and Mondale
In Houston, Vice Presidential hopefuls Dole and Mondale clashed in a 75 minute Alley Theatre debate. Dole accused Democrats of big spending and anti GOP tactics while Mondale branded Ford and Dole as leaders of a political hatchet culture.
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Did CIA aid Nazi criminals in U S immigration case
Members of Congress ask INS Commissioner to confirm or deny CIA intervention on behalf of Edgars Laipenieks linked to Latvian pro Nazi police. They cite a New York Times report that the CIA contacted INS about his status and pressed for action, calling the behavior an affront to American decency.
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Greenspun suit against Summa delayed until 1977
Las Vegas SUN publisher Hank Greenspun’s 142 million suit against Howard Hughes Summa Corp. was recessed in Elko District Court until Jan 10. The case, tied to a 1967 4 million loan and 2000 acres in Henderson, arose from disputes over collateral, title clouds, and loan modifications.
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Bomb Hoax Delays United DC-10 At Las Vegas Airport
An anonymous bomb threat halted United Airlines Flight 238 from Las Vegas to Denver for about three hours at McCarran International Airport. Police and federal officials searched the DC-10 with 178 passengers aboard. nothing was found and the plane resumed to Denver. The incident is a federal offense.
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Motor Home Crash Kills Las Vegas Driver
A Las Vegas slot machine mechanic, Bernard Michael Crist, 38, died when his motor home left State Route 41 near Pecos Road, overturned, and landed upside down after possibly falling asleep at 1 a.m. He worked for Alstate Coin Machine Co. and left six children and a mother. Mass at St. Viator’s Church at 1 p.m. Monday.
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Trustees Relent On Salary Talks
A district may offer 4.5 to 5 percent raise after ongoing salary talks. Hood says the district cannot raise wages without cutting staff and raising class sizes, and he plans to press budget and inventory questions including warehouse stock and air conditioning parts valued at about 65 000 to 70 000 dollars. He notes teachers have acted professionally but frustration grows as negotiations stall, risking students.
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Chamber weighs stance in Clark County teacher salary dispute
Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce plans a statement in a few days on the Clark County teacher salary dispute. Board members heard separate presentations from school officials and a teacher representative, with Superintendent Kenny Guinn and Tom Hood in attendance. The chamber will meet again before deciding which party to support.
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Coast Guard Seizes Don Emilio Carrying Large Drug Cargo
A Coast Guard cutter chased and boarded the Panamanian vessel Don Emilio. authorities say it carried a vast narcotics cargo. CIA estimates put possible haul at up to 80 tons of marijuana and 200 kilograms of cocaine valued at about 134 million dollars on the street.
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