Las Vegas Show Biz Notes and TV Ratings Drift
Las Vegas entertainment and TV industry items detail Tony Orlando and Dawn fading Nielsen numbers and potential slot changes. Oscar Goodman appears in Spotlight Magazine over legal representation amid a Georgia drug case while Billy Snyder returns to the Dunes as a gaming host. Rusty Warren and Bobby Goldsboro book Aladdin and Las Vegas rooms with Blood Sweat and Tears to perform late November. Celebrity calendar lists Rita Hayworth Angela Lansbury Arthur Miller and Irene Ryan milestones.
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Oscar Goodman
Washington D.C
Spotlight
Jimmy Carter
Capricorn Record
Phil Walden
Walden
Cher
Greg Allman
Georgia
Allman
J.C. Hawkins Jr
Goodman
Hawkins
Billy Snyder
Dunes
the Dunes
Morris Shenker
Billy
The
Sahara
Las Vegas
Rusty Warren
Aladdin's
Bagdad Theatre
Bobby Goldsboro
Beverly Hills
Helen Rose McDowell
Liberace
Angela Lansbury
Supreme Court
William Douglas
Rita Hayworth
Arthur Miller
Irene Ryan
Las Vegas officials clash over proposed wastewater plant plans
Las Vegas public works director Larry Hampton criticizes a 57.5 million dollar secondary wastewater facility linked to an 87 million dollar advanced plant. He cites spent lime sludge concerns and demands city input, proposing a joint oversight committee while hearings note two phased capacity additions for 1980 and 1990. Written comments are due by Oct 30.
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Las Vegas
Clark County Sanitation District
Sanitation
Identification Fails Charge Dropped in Cop Assault
Justice of the Peace Mahlon Brown found no probable cause at a Friday preliminary hearing in the Arthur Lee McCormick case. He is charged with attempted murder of a police officer after a Sept. 20 Metro incident at the Desert Inn Hotel parking where a gun was pointed and fired unsuccessfully.
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Justice of the Peace
Mahlon Brown
Arthur Lee McCormick
McCormick
Metro
Frank Gerst
Desert Inn
Gerst
Brown
John J. Momot, Jr
Gerry Hardcastle
Las Vegas Considers Administrative Hearings Officer
Las Vegas proposed ordinance would create an administrative hearings officer to conduct show cause hearings on licenses. The post would be modeled on Tacoma hearings examiner practices and could handle varied cases from public works to sex industry licenses. Show-cause hearings on escort bureaus and talk parlors are pending.
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Las Vegas
Carl Lovell
Tacoma
Wash
Roy Wooster
Lovell
Wooster
Lieve
Car Thief Raymond Walker Sentenced to Five Years
Raymond Walker, 34, escaped from an Indiana prison in March 1975 while serving a three year term for auto theft. He stole a $24,000 camper with his wife and children, drove west, and was arrested in Beatty after a service station attendant doubted his credit card. Police said he admitted he was a prison escapee and Judge Roger D. Foley imposed a five year sentence for transporting a stolen vehicle, noting six prior auto theft convictions.
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Indiana
Nevada
U. S
Roger D. Foley
Raymond Walker
Walker
Beatty
Foley
Friend In Need benefit at Desert Inn with star lineup
A Friend in Need party in the Crystal Room of the Desert Inn Hotel at 5 30 p.m. Oct 22 raises funds for the Southern Nevada Drug Abuse Council and its 11 Clark County programs. Tickets sold at showroom lounges. celebrities include Bobbie Gentry Ginger Rogers Fred Travalena Foster Brooks Skip DeVol Glenn Smith and Billy Kay.
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Crystal Room
Desert Inn Hotel
Southern Nevada Drug Abuse Council
SNDAC
Clark County
Bobbie Gentry
Ginger Rogers
Fred Travalena
Foster Brooks
Skip DeVol
Glenn Smith
Billy Kay
County to ratify second FBO at McCarran Airport site
Clark County commissioners set for 9 a.m. vote to authorize takeover of Summa land for a second fixed base operator at the old Jet Craft building near McCarran International, alongside agenda items on court funding and park projects. Summa agrees to drop its land challenge.
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Clark County
McCarran International Airport
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
Howard Hughes
Summa Corporation
Summa
McCarran
Scenic Airlines
Summa Land
Las Vegas City Hall
Halloween fire safety warns of costume risks
Clark County Fire Department chief L C Hawks urges trick or treaters to follow safety rules for Halloween. He cites clothing fires as the greatest hazard on October 31 and recommends flameproof costumes masks wigs and beards bought store bought.
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L.C. Hawks
Clark County
National Fire Protection Association
Lawman Merl Sage to be laid to rest in Las Vegas
Graveside services will be at noon Monday at Woodlawn Cemetery for former Clark County Deputy Sheriff Merl Fred Sage 57 of 7037 Edwin Aldrin Circle Las Vegas who died Thursday in a local hospital. Palm Mortuary handles arrangements. Sage born January 9 1919 in Butler Missouri lived in Las Vegas 31 years and held multiple civic roles. He is survived by his widow two sons two daughters two sisters and three grandchildren.
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Woodlawn
Clark County
Merl Fred Sage
Edwin Aldrin Circle
Ben Franzinelli
Holy Family Catholic Church
Sage
Butler
Las Vegas Lions and Rotary Clubs
Las Vegas Police Protective Association
Clark County Sheriff's Employer Association
Nevada Peace Officer's Association
Las Vegas Elks Lodge
Clark County Sheriff Department
June Sage
Merl Sage
Timothy Sage
Jennifer Tuggle
Rebecca Keeton
Las Vegas
Mildred Searles
San Bernardino
Calif
LaVonne Price
Palm Mortuary
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Clark County District Court
District Attorney's Office
Tony Cimino
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Paradise Parks
Parks and Recreation Advisory Board
First Western Savings
Order OF
BANK
Las Vegas Strip
Wimbledon Tennis Club
A.P.R
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Wimbledon
T.V
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