Local Thieves Drain Citizens of 10300 In Weekend Burglary
Police report total losses of 10300 from multiple incidents this weekend. Among the victims are Katherine Anderson of Yankton South Dakota who lost 500 from slots, and Gary Brazim of Phoenix who reported 5000 after a warehouse break in. Also hit were Albert DeSoto who found a missing 1200 and an antique pistol after a window was removed, Alvin Currie who had 2000 in gear stolen from a Las Vegas hotel parking lot, and Sterecon Corp of Las Vegas with 1600 after an employee sold records totaling the value.
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Katherine Anderson
Yankton
S.C
Gary Brazim
Phoenix
S. Main St
San Pablo Drive
Albert DeSoto
Alvin Currie
Las Vegas
Sterecon Corp
Las Vegas Blvd
Nevada Water Conference Set in Carson City
The 22nd annual Nevada Water Conference will be held in Carson City in the New Highway Building Auditorium with papers on water planning and resources from officials and scholars. Noted speakers include Henry P. Caulfield Robert H. Griffin Roland Westergard and Allan F. Babb with an evening banquet featuring Justice John Mowbray and the Engineer of the Year award.
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Nevada Water Conference
Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
Nevada State Reclamation Association
Carson City
New
Highway Building
Water Resources Council
Henry P. Caulfield
Council
Washington, D. C
Robert H. Griffin
Pacific Southwest Inter Agency
Roland Westergard
Nevada Division of Water Resources
Western States Water Council
Jay Bingham
Salt Lake City
Utah
California Water Plan
Allan F. Babb
University of California At Davis
John Mowbray
Nevada Supreme Court
Nevada Society of Professional Engineers
Robbery at Royal Palms Motel Sparks Aviation Rules Talk
A well dressed gunman robbed the Royal Palms Motel on the Strip of 200 dollars in broad daylight. The suspect fled into busy street. unclear if he used a car or air taxi between Tonopah Scotty's Castle Furnace Creek Inn and McCarran. County aviation director Erle A. Taylor urged new rules to handle influx of third level carrier applications.
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Royal Palms
Tonopah
Scotty’s Castle
Furnace Creek Inn
McCarran
Erle A. Taylor
Taylor
Las Vegas Loses Bid for National League Cities Event
Las Vegas failed to win the National League of Cities Congress of Cities convention for 1971. Mayor Oran K Grayson announced the setback from San Francisco while NLC committee sessions continued. Ken Bouton noted the decision shows no prejudice toward Las Vegas under league policy.
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Las Vegas
National League of Cities
National Congress of Cities
SUN
Oran K. Grayson
NLC
San Francisco
Calif
Ken Bouton
Art Trelease
League
Bouton
Mustang Air Service Wins Temporary Taxi Landing Permit
The Clark County Board of Commissioners granted temporary approval to Mustang Air Service of Tonopah to operate regular air taxi landings at McCarran Field for a scheduled period.
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Clark County Board of Commissioners
Mustang Air Service
Tonopah
McCarran Airfield
Policeman Foiled by Bathrobe Belt in San Francisco
Officer Gary Wise approached a snake-like shape in a San Francisco home doorway with revolver drawn and nightstick ready. The “Diamond Back” rattler proved to be the belt of a diamond-design bathrobe, leaving F B Todd embarrassed while Wise remained unimpressed.
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San Francisco
UPI
Gary Wise
Wise
F. B. Todd
Todd
Officer Wise
Local Autonomy in the Philippines Explored by NSU Professor
Associate professor A B Villanueva of Nevada Southern University pens an article in the Journal of Southeast Asian History on social forces behind local autonomy in the Philippines. Villanueva, who joined NSU last year, holds degrees from Philippine universities and a PhD from the University of Minnesota. the journal is published by the University of Singapore.
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Nevada Southern University
A. B. Villanueva
NSU
Philippines
Villanueva
University of Minnesota
University of Singapore
German High senior named National Merit Scholarship semifinalist
Mack Jacobs, son of Mr and Mrs William Jacobs of 1612 Chap an Dr, is named a National Merit Scholarship semifinalist. The announcement cites national testing, academic achievement and community contributions as the basis for qualification for about 3000 scholarships awarded next year.
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Mack Jacobs
William Jacobs
Chapan Dr
County approves two new sheriff office job classifications
County commissioners authorize two new sheriff's department positions. The Sheriff’s Fingerprint Bureau Supervisor will earn monthly pay from 527 to 673 dollars, while the Sheriff’s Special Services Advisor is set at 455 to 581 dollars monthly.
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Sheriff’s Department
Sheriff's
Sheriff’s
Anthony Pitch seeks PSC authority to broker Nevada transport
Anthony Pitch applied to the Public Service Commission for authority to sell and arrange transportation as a broker across Nevada using Greyhound Lines Las Vegas Tonopah Reno Stage Lines Transportation Unlimited and the First Gray Line Corporation. Protests must be in writing to the PSC in Carson City by September 30.
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Anthony Pitch
Public Service Commission
Pitch
Nevada
Greyhound Lines, Inc
Las Vegas-Tonopah-Reno
Carson City
Reader's Digest Grants $1000 to UN Nevada Journalism Dept
The University of Nevada Department of Journalism received a $1000 grant from The Reader's Digest Foundation to support spring feature writing courses. The funds will aid student travel and research for material gathering, said Sterling Fisher, executive director, to Prof. Theodore Conover, department chair.
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Reader’s Digest
Department of Journalism
University of Nevada
Reader’s Digest Foundation
Sterling Fisher
Theodore Conover
Nellis Seeks 4009 Acre-Feet Yearly Water From Colorado River
The Colorado River Commission considers a 10 year contract to deliver 4009 acre feet of water annually from the Southern Nevada Water Project to a storage point near Nellis Air Force Base starting in 1970. The deal, with renewal options, would supplement existing base supplies from wells and a North Las Vegas arrangement.
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Colorado River Commission
Nellis Air Force Base
Southern
Nevada Water Project
Tom Rice
General Services Administration
Air Force
Rice
North
Las Vegas
Western Greyhound seeks five percent fare hike in Nevada
The Public Service Commission announced Greyhound requests a five per cent fare increase affecting Northern and Southern Nevada. The move follows substantial operating cost rises since 1967 with labor costs now over half of expenses. A March 1 1968 interstate fare rise already occurred as the company pursues higher intrastate rates.
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Western Greyhound
Nevada
Public Service Commission
Gene Milligan
Greyhound
Nevada- Utah
Wells
Nevada-California
Reno
Nevada - California
Jean
Nevada Arizona
Mesquite
Western Greyhound Lines
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Walker River
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