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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1976
Page
5
Since opening to the public forty years ago on Tuesday Hoover Dam has welcomed more than 17 million visitors. The structure built in the 1930s by 5000 workers cost 48 million dollars and was finished two years ahead of schedule.
Forty years after its dedication by Franklin D. Roosevelt, Hoover Dam remains a monumental 726 foot concrete structure. Built by six major western firms, it withstood threats from floods to construction changes while delivering water and power across seven states at a cost of 48 million dollars.
Las Vegas police hunt a man wanted for questioning in the slaying of 71 year old Belsa Lockart. Lockart was found beaten in her home at 2260 Raymond Lane after neighbors reported concern. The attacker ransacked the residence and robbery is suspected as motive.
A preliminary hearing in justice court starts November 5 for Evangelina Jiminez a Mexican citizen charged with selling a pound of heroin to undercover agents Jiminez is held at Clark County Jail on one million dollar bail The writ of habeas corpus was withdrawn and the case returned to justice court Baylor Law Alumni Association has elected Judge Wyatt H Heard as president for 1976 77 in Waco Texas He is the 190th Judicial District Court judge in Harris County and a 1952 Baylor Law School graduate.
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