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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1966
Page
4
Governor Grant Sawyer says the state must consider higher taxes on gaming rather than broad increases on sales, cigarettes, beer, tobacco or liquor. He notes budgets and programs must be analyzed, expects December to show needs, and backs taxing gambling first if more revenue is needed.
English television crew led by Charles Squires MBE films in Las Vegas for a London based Americana documentary. They shot at the Tropicana and Mint hotels, capturing casino operations before selling the footage to Independent Television for time rather than a film package.
Clark County school board approved the launch of Educational Television, with Channel 10 debuting around next spring. The station will rent equipment and hire five staff members funded by a $22,000 grant to Robert Hall Systems Design Corp. and matched by federal funds. Nevada becomes last state to adopt ETV in classrooms.
Services are pending in Tucson Arizona for Henry P Leyva who died in a local hospital He lived in the area two years and was born September 17 1895 He was a railroad car repairman Survivors include his son Henry Leyva Jr and two daughters Carmen Gonzales and Bertha Johnson In other business the school board approved Dr Marvin Wampler resignation as director of the department of school facilities and a new publications assistant position Gifts totaling 1643 were accepted Lea Ward was named Information Services Coordinator A Henderson mother urged district transport for Henderson and Boulder City students to the Vocational Technical school Dr James Mason noted efforts to provide transport and road improvements continuous.
A second straight day of heavy smog and temperatures in the 90s hit the Los Angeles basin. The air pollution control district activated the alert at 1:17 p.m. as ozone reached .51 parts per million. Pasadena reported .46 and Downtown LA AO. The spokesman said ozone levels were dropping in both areas.
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