Three Las Vegas men arrested for calf rustling near Searchlight
Nevada Fish and Game officer Gene Myers pursued a pickup near an old railroad grade after suspects fled with a calf. The men Leroy John Leigh Martin Buel Dodson and Michael H Leigh were booked on grand larceny charges in Searchlight after the animal was recovered and identified as the calf owned by Karl Weikel of YKL Ranch.
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E. Mesquite
Michael H. Leigh
N. Nellis Blvd
Nevada Fish and Game
Gene Myers
Myers
Myer
Fish and Game
YKL Ranch
Karl Weikel
Baja California Eyes Agua Caliente Racetrack Purchase
Tijuana Mexico government sources say Baja California plans to buy the Agua Caliente Racetrack in a joint venture with three unnamed Mexican businessmen. Governor-elect Roberto de la Madrid disclosed the talks on Tuesday amid the negotiations.
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Baja California
Agua Caliente
Southern Governors Claim Federal Fund Laws Rigged
Oklahoma Governor David Boren and Georgia Governor George Busbee told the Southern Growth Policies Board that federal funding and clean air rules favor the Northeast and Midwest. They criticized the community development block grant formula based on pre 1939 housing, arguing it harms the South and benefits older northern cities. They cited lobbying coalitions and alleged biased standards as obstacles to southern growth.
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Nuclear Waste Plan Unveiled by Carter Administration
The Carter administration proposed a voluntary, self sustaining program to store and dispose of spent fuel from U S and foreign reactors. Utilities would pay a one time fee for interim storage and eventual disposal with costs possibly rising over 2 percent for consumers. Permanent disposal aims for 1985 1986 and involves deep underground storage. critics warn of federal control without a lasting solution.
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Ahearne
George W. Cunningham
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Las Vegas Poet Read At Western States Convention
Las Vegas poet Billy Jean James has been chosen to read at a Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association gathering in Las Vegas. She is a UNLV instructor and will read desert poems from her publications in Texas Quarterly Rendezvous Las Vegan Gilt Edge Yale Lit and more before 400 educators from western colleges and universities.
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