Second Chance Focus chosen for youth diversion program
Focus For Second Chance Focus, a United Way agency, will divert juvenile offenders from the court system through the District Attorney's Office and Clark County Juvenile Court Services. Youths receive family counseling, with a court review after three months to assess progress. They participate in Focus activities and help maintain Focus buildings. Focus has seven years of experience with runaways and at risk youths.
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Focus
United Way
District Attorney's Office
Clark County Juvenile Court Services
Nevada Bicentennial seeks stories for state book
Nevada history stories are invited by the Nevada Bicentennial Committee edited by Stanley Paher. Submissions due by November 20 to Paher in Las Vegas. Clark County Library hosts Law and Order panel discussion with Jim Frey, Mahlon Brown III, Sgt. John Sullivan, and Dr. Rebecca Hechter funded by Nevada Humanities. Camping Opportunities in Nevada conference at the Frontier Hotel features Jack May and exhibits. UNLV offers a federal income tax seminar with IRS instructor Ted McKelvey starting Tuesday for five weeks.
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Nevada
Clark County Library
Law and Order
Jim Frey
Mahlon Brown III
Justice of the Peace
John Sullivan
Metro Police
Rebecca Hechter
Nevada Humanities Committee
American Camping Association
Frontier Hotel
Jack May
Coronado
The
Frontier
UNLV
Ted McKelvey
Internal Revenue Service
Taveene
Division of Continuing Education
Radio License Classes In Las Vegas Start Soon
The Las Vegas Radio Amateur Club begins free radio license classes at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Room 318 at Western High School. Club sponsor is the Clark County School District and license class chairman Bob Gomez organized the effort.
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Las Vegas
Allergist Elected Secretary of AACIA
Dr. William H. Wilson, a Las Vegas allergist, was elected secretary of the American Association for Clinical Immunology and Allergy at the AACIA meeting in Palm Springs. The association is the leading North American body for physicians treating allergic disorders.
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Las Vegas
American Association For Clinical Immunology and Allergy
William H. Wilson
AACIA
Palm Springs
North America
Ferry Crew Rebels Over Sale Refuses to Unload Cars
In Southampton striking crewmen blocked 60 vacationers cars aboard the P and O ferry Eagle sailing from Tangier. The ship, sold to a French company, left crew unemployed on 32 hours notice as talks continue. More negotiations set for Monday.
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Southampton
England
UPI
P and O Lines
P and O
Governor's Conference explores Nevada Indian rights on hunting
Nevada leaders debate Indian aboriginal title versus state power to regulate hunting and fishing off reservations. Fort McDermitt and Western Shoshone officials urge rights to feed families, while officials argue state authority over resident species persists. Delegates discuss representation on the Fish and Game Commission and related land and water issues.
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Carson City
UPI
Stanley Smart
Fort McDermitt
Smart
Nevada
Angelo
Glen Holley
Western Shoshone Legal Defense Fund
Holley
Ralph Scissons
Owhyee
State Fish and Game Commission
Frank
Carrie Dann
Battle Mountain
Fish and Game Commission
Romaine Smokey, Jr
Dresslerville
Smokey
Dresslerville Reservation
Pinenut Reservation
Franklin Holzhauer
Inmate Hurt After Jail Cell Sitdown Strike and Tear Gas
A Clark County Jail inmate Ray Williamson, 22, was taken to Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital after about 38 inmates in Cell 3-G staged a sitdown strike and jammed doors. Officers used tear gas to restore order. one officer incurred eye irritation from a gas mask malfunction.
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Clark County
Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital
Metro
Ray Williamson
Hal Miller
Danina
Wgibasee
Special Needs Meeting at Head Start Conference in Las Vegas
The Arizona-Nevada Conference of the Federal Department of Health Education and Welfare holds a Special Needs Meeting in Las Vegas at Showboat Hotel on Thursday and Friday. Joseph Lapides leads the keynote, with workshops on language speech handicaps and parent teacher partnerships among others.
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Arizona-Nevada
Federal
Department of Health Education and Welfare
Las Vegas
Showboat Hotel
Joseph Lapides
Head Start
Washington, D.C
Washington
Rep. Annunzio pledges bill against credit card surcharges
Rep. Frank Annunzio says he will introduce legislation to ban extra charges added by merchants when customers use a credit card. He warns such surcharges could make the card the most expensive piece of plastic in history and seeks to counter a Senate move authorizing them.
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Washington
UPI
Frank Annunzio
D-Ill
Annunzio
House Subcommittee On
Consumer Affairs
Senate
Robberies Hit Las Vegas With Weekend Violent Thefts
Las Vegas Metro Police report 128 robberies since October 1. Weekend incidents include Julius Holt robbed at Flamingo and Paradise Road, a lone gunman robbing James Miracle at Mini Price Hotel, and Linda Whitemore forced from her car at Sahara Boulevard parking lot with purse demanded.
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Metro Police
Las Vegas
Las Vegas Marina
Julius Holt
Ambassador Motel
Flamingo
Paradise Road
S. Rancho Drive
James Miracle
Linda Whitemore
E. Sahara Blvd
Metro
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Barbara Gunn
Home Extension Service
Reno
Standard Oil Company
Las Vegas Boulevard South
Sons of the American Revolution
Burton N. Pinkham
S.A.R
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William W. Southard Jr
Jay M. Roberts
ERDA
Danny R. Sheppard
Energy Research and Development Administration
ERA
Sheppard
ERDA_ Richland
Nellis
Bae
Reynolds Electrical
Nevada Test
Mitchell Wolf
Rowland Wolf
Temple Beth Sholom
Philip Shnairson
Joseph Kohn
LV Metro Police
Holt
Veronica Rogers
Woodlawn
Richard V. Heard
Henderson
Palm Chapel
Palm Memorial Park
Qeatrude Starling
New Jerusalem Baptist Church
Bess Edwards
Memory Gardens
Janet Qoodman
Palm Valley View
Christine Griffing
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Elizabeth Glass
Myrtle Savage
Nora Whiteney
North Main Street
Boulder Highway
Eastern Avenue
Paradise Valley
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Family Doctors OF Nevada Ltd
S. Maryland Parkway
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