SCLC in Las Vegas faces questions over coercion and protest
Dateline Las Vegas reports the Southern Christian Leadership Conference led by Rev. Prentiss Walker and Rev. Albert Dunn faces scrutiny over a nonviolent yet threatening letter to Frehner Construction. City Atty. Carl Lovell calls the letter extortion under Nevada law 207.190, while Dunn defends peaceful aims and advocates safety for all.
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Southern Christian Leadership Conference
SCLC
Prentiss Walker
Albert Dunn
Otis Harris
Albert L. Dunn
Frehner Construction Co
Vegas Heights
Dunn
Las Vegas Convention and Visitors
Frehner Company
The
Carl Lovell
Nevada
Pressure on as blacks confront Las Vegas Convention Authority
Las Vegas community leaders delivered grievances to the LVCVA urging action. They demand a $50 million fund to develop black Las Vegas business, call for broader black representation, and threaten ongoing demonstrations if promises lack “teeth.”
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Toston
Las Vegas
Convention Authority
Broadbent
James B. McMillan
Mississippi
McMillan
Charles Keller
Supreme’ Council
Joe Neal
SLCC
Halloween Sabbath and Witchcraft Origins Are Explained by Las Vegas Witch
Las Vegas witch Lady Shalli calls Halloween the most important sabbath for witches as she explains its link to ancestral wisdom. She traces jack o lanterns to ancient candle rituals and discusses broom legends and the Wicca term for wise ones.
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Las Vegas
Tom Kinsey
SUN
Lady Shalli
Shall-eye
Shalli
Phoenix
Ariz
Masseuses Contest Regulation of Southern Nevada Parlors
Grace Westfall a hotel masseuse challenged proposed Clark County regulation and a new board of examiners as infringing on legitimate massage work. She urged a Nevada school of Massage and accreditations, and noted a meeting at MGM Grand to organize opposition ahead of the November county action.
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Grace Westfall
Nevada
Clark County Commission
Mgm Grand Hotel
Las Vegas approves culture funds and park expansion plan
The City Commission voted to reserve 50 000 for cultural work and approve 200 000 to expand Freedom Park facilities by adding a baseball diamond with lights and restrooms. The plan aims to later add two more diamonds and possibly place a theater near Reed Whipple Cultural Arts Center, funded via a mix of Convention Authority revenue and federal matching grants.
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Las Vegas
Freedom Park
the Park
Mojave Road
Bonanza
Washington
Reed Whipple Cultural Arts Center
Convention Authority
U.S
Bill Briare
Saylor
National Endowment of the Arts
Briare
Edwina Cole
Reed Whipple Center
Dairy Kickback Probe Delays Finish Says Nevada Official
CARSON CITY UPI Attorney General Robert List said the dairy industry kickback inquiry will take several more weeks to finish. He noted the investigation to date showed rebates from Crescent Dairy Inc. to Reno retailers totaling 90,114 between 1974 and 1975 and suggested the commission may have known about practices since 1965.
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List
Carson City
UPI
Robert List
State Dairy Commission
Europe
Mike O’callaghan
Commission
Reno
Crescent Dairy Inc
Anderson Dairy of
Dairy Commission
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Convention Center
LVCWA
Elinor Walker
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Roosevelt Toston
Robert L. Broadbent
Westside
Roy Wooster
PARK
City Earmarks Culture Funds
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