Courtesy Signs Rejected At McCarran Airport Draws Fire
Clark County aviation chief John Solomon rejects two fiberoptic courtesy signs for Las Vegas airport saying lavender colors clash with green and red walls and are not aesthetically pleasing. Distance stakeholders including Len Hornsby and Burton Cohen call for testing signs with lights before final installation.
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McCarran International Airport
John Solomon
Clark County
Solomon
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Airport Terminal
Kelly-Reber Advertising Company
Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority
Way Electronics
Las Vegas
Hornsby
Clark County Commission
Thalia Dondero
McCarran
Kelly
Tropicana gas line blast injures two workers at Tropicana Hotel
A gas line exploded at the Tropicana Hotel as maintenance work with an acetylene torch ignited gas. One worker, 43 year old Don Scott, was severely burned and hospitalized in serious but stable condition. a second maintenance man, Paul Peters, had minor burns and was released the same day. Fire officials investigated a leak. a shut off halted gas to two hotel boilers.
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Tropicana Hotel
Don Scott
Tropicana
Scott
Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital
Ello Hawks
Clark County
Southwest Gas Corp
Tropican
Dennis Hetherington
Paul Peters
H.F. Mahoney
Clark County Fire Department
Rates Boosted At SNMH Private Room Now 105
Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital trustees approved rate increases as private rooms rise from 96 to 105 per day and semi private rooms from 88 to 96. Administrator George Riesz notes SNMH remains cheaper than Valley and Sunrise for various services and that ancillary services help offset costs.
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Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees
George Riesz
Valley Hospital
Desert Springs Hospital
Sunrise Hospital
Desert Springs Hosital
Riesz
Nevada Memorial
Valley
Sunrise
Nevada
Power Outage Hits Strip and Clark County
A major outage blacked out Strip hotels south of Tropicana Avenue and nearby towns for over two hours, traced to a burned pole from the Oquendo substation. Nevada Power crews restored power by about 1 PM to Tropicana, Hacienda, and 20th Century hotels and surrounding areas. Lightning is suspected as the fiery cause.
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Clark County
Tropicana Avenue
Bill McGarry
Nevada Power Co
McGarry
Nevada
Tropicana
Hacienda
20Th Century
Hughes Air Terminal
Jean
Goodsprings
Spring Mountain
Blue Diamond McGarry
Oquendo
Zenoff Testimony Delayed in Henderson Grand Jury Case
Henderson district court delayed questioning of Moritz Zenoff about his grand jury role in the Mathewson narcotics indictments. Mathewson, free on 18500 bail, faces four counts involving cocaine marijuana and mescaline. Trial dates will be set at the October 27 appearance before Judge Christensen.
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District Court
Henderson
Moritz Zenoff
Douglas Clark
Randall Mainor
Carl Christensen
Zenoff
Boston
William Brent Mathewson
St. Andrews St
Mathewson
Mathews
Clark
Christensen
Drought Dangers Warn as Christmas Trees Dry Out Across West
Federal safety official Lois Van Guilder warns Nevada shoppers to test tree needles for moisture and remove wooden stands to prevent fires. She notes dry trees from drought caused higher risk, urges water, and cites prior fatal tree fires. Public safety program to educate on toy and tree hazards gains support from state and local groups.
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UPI
Lois van Guilder
U.S. Consumer Safety Commission
San Francisco
Shelly Levine
State Commerce Department
American Association of University Women
Las Vegas
Reno
Reno Service League
B'nai B'rith Girls
Miss Levine
van Guilder
Miss van Guilder
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Sunfoto
Stan Clawson
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Medicare
Central Telephone Co
John Schwartz
United Blood Services
W.R. McGrew
Center
Telephone Company
Schwartz
McGrew
Las Vegas Valley
Mainor
Mainer
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