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Print edition for September 9, 1997

Ex-Fighter for Pol Pot Finds New Life as Private Farmer
Cameron W. Barr
Oddly enough, Mr. Chuk Rin and his comrades pretty much controlled the same land before they defected to the government side - and even farmed some of it. But they say that private, peaceful ownership is an improvement.
Troubles Bubble Under the Sea
Colin Woodard
Today the seas are no longer "covered in fishes." In a single generation, overfishing and poor management have devastated fish stocks in the northwest Atlantic and other regions around the world. Thirteen of the world's 15 major fishing regions have seen a decline in total catch, putting an estimated 100,000 fishers out of work and threatening the food supply of millions in developing countries.
Letter: Gun owners next target in government's war on rights
Like cigarettes, gun manufacturers will be blackmailed to cut a deal with the government to pay one large ransom to avoid being driven into bankruptcy by being sued by countless individuals.
American Woman Helps Former Khmer Rouge
Cameron W. Barr
But this isn't suburbia, it's Cambodia. And Ms. McKinney isn't going shopping, she is headed out to visit former members of the Khmer Rouge, the Mao-inspired rebels who ruled this country in the 1970s and killed more than a million of their countrymen in the process. Since then they have led brutal lives in Cambodia's jungles, stealing rice from villagers, killing wild animals for food, and kidnapping Westerners for money.
Letter: Concern for children should extend to alcohol industry
If she is so concerned about children, why is she limiting her money-grab to the tobacco industry?
In Bosnia, Struggle of Giants Looms Over Popular Local Vote
Colin Woodard
Passengers threw stones at soldiers, and one poured gasoline on an SFOR vehicle. "SFOR deemed the busloads as a potential threat to peace and stability," says Maj. John Blakeley, an SFOR spokesman. "You don't bring sticks and rocks to a support rally for democratic elections, you bring balloons and signs."
China Turns Into a Bull To Save Art
Kevin Platt
"Billionaire Hou" owned several mansions in central Shanxi Province, contributed generously to local charities and Communist Party officials, and ran a network of trading firms.
Letter: Tax cuts could lead to economic downturn
The middle of a boom is a time for tax increases -- not cuts. As any Econ 101 textbook will avow, this whole supply-side malarkey will bring this nation to its knees quicker than anything else, in my opinion.
Alabama Governor to Courts: 'en Garde'
Christina Nifong
His crusade: curbing the power of the federal judiciary. To be sure, the campaign may be akin to tilting at windmills. An army of Ivy-League-trained legal scholars is against him, and most of them consider his views to be arcane.
Wednesday at Belmont Park
1st race 1 mi & 1 fur 3YO&up Turf Mdn
Ralph Siraco's Selections For Del Mar
Selections made for clear racing conditions before scratches.
Wednesday at Bay Meadows
1st race 6 fur 3YO&up Mdn Clm
Long delayed sprucing up of Reno finally moves ahead
It is hoped that construction of a movie theater, shops and restaurants along two blocks fronting on the Truckee River will help spur a revitalization of the aging downtown area.
Where I Stand: McCarran Vision looks at busy future of airport travel
LAS VEGAS TODAY is a community of great opportunity and great challenges. Government and private industry are working hard to make the best decisions for the future. At McCarran International Airport, we are well positioned to meet the needs of this valley with our plan for the future, which we call McCarran Vision.
Triple option awaits: Rebels prepare for Air Force offense
Tim Graham
UNLV's defense knows it has much to prove.
Senators call for study of perchlorate in water tables
"Water is a resource more precious than gold in the West, especially drinking water," Sen. Harry Reid D-Nev., said Monday night. He teamed up with Sen. Barbara Boxer D-Calif., to amend the Labor, Health and Human Services Appropriations bill to include a NIH study on how perchlorate affects public health.
Cartoonist wagers on wit with a comic book on casinos
Bob Shemeligian
"I'm an gambling artist," said Lewis, 44, author of "Casino Comics" (Gollehon Books, $6.99), "and I suffer when I gamble."
Rivers was crusader for minorities
Bart Rivers moved West on two occasions with friends who would become accomplished actors.
Floods could wash out relief fund
Henderson and Boulder City, which the state declared as disaster areas after flash flooding in August, are expected to submit large requests in their efforts to recover from an estimated $6 million worth of damage.
Las Vegas news briefs
* SCHOOL OUTAGE -- Students at Wolfe Elementary School were sent home this morning after a power outage at the North Las Vegas campus, officials said. The outage occurred within the school's own electrical system, said Tom Henley, spokesman for Nevada Power Co. "We don't have a system failure," said Henley, who noted that technicians checked for a power failure this morning at Nevada Power and found none. "It's something in their own electrical system." He said because it wasn't the power company's system, he didn't know how long it would take to restore the power. School officials were unavailable ...
Time share complex eyed between resorts
Bob Shemeligian
Two years from now, if owner Mike Flores has his way, the two-story stucco structure that dates back to the 1960s will be torn down and replaced with a nine-story, 150-room time share complex.
Columnist Muriel Stevens: Recovery rolling along, but questions outweigh answers
Coming home was like entering foreign territory. During my absence, my family safety-proofed my home. Anything that could be an obstacle to a recovering knee was moved out of the path I would have to walk to get from room to room with a walker. It took only a few days to get my sea legs back. I now can make my way without the walker or holding on to the walls.
City Spending
* $195,000: To Coded Communication for upgrading of communications vehicle locator.
Meadows co-founder dies
In Dr. LeOre Cobbley's mind, a child's only boundary in learning was what a teacher permitted it to be.
Ex-Hoover Dam police chief Adams dies
Adams, a 33-year Boulder City resident who retired from the federal Bureau of Reclamation post in 1980, died Saturday in Boulder City. He was credited with, among other things, having concrete barriers erected in the tour bus area to protect the safety of tourists.
County doesn't have to pay vacation home owner caught by snow
But Judge Jerald Lasarow said the county did its best to clear the roads and little evidence was presented that anybody but Morris was affected.
Columnist Steve Carp: Harter does right thing with Keon
Steve Carp
UNLV has appealed star center Keon Clark's 11-game suspension after Clark had accepted a trip to Florida in March from a friend of teammate Kevin Simmons -- the friend was a sports agent at the time. That is a big no-no and the NCAA busted the two Rebels last week.
Per diem increased for state employees on public business
The board, made up of Gov. Bob Miller, Attorney General Frankie Sue Del Papa and Secretary of State Dean Heller, also authorized a $1 increase in the amount paid for meals for out-of-state travel, to $27 a day. Hotel rooms are reimbursed at actual cost for out-of-state travel.
De La Hoya looking for KO
Dean Juipe
It's something no one has done before, Camacho having stepped into the ring 68 times as a professional fighter without ever having suffered the ignominy of a KO defeat.
PSC to make decision on Sprint call hike request
Currently, customers get two free directory assistance calls each month, with subsequent information calls costing 35 cents each; Sprint wants to increase the charge on subsequent directory assistance calls to 45 cents.
Editorial: Mother Teresa an irreplaceable asset to humanity
The list of her accomplishments, though impressive, does not begin to convey how valuable this woman was to the many she comforted personally and the countless others she touched indirectly.
Book publisher defends Shakur photo
Anthony Curtis, owner of Huntington Press, which recently released the book "The Killing of Tupac Shakur" by SUN reporter Cathy Scott, made his comments a day after the Clark County coroner's office called for an investigation into who leaked the photo to Scott.
Columnist Jeff German: Horseshoe Club layoffs in the works amid Binion battle
Employees have been on pins and needles the past two years while Horseshoe President Jack Binion and his younger sister, Becky Behnen, have sparred in court and the company's board room.
Prosecution wraps up its case in Middleton trial
Attorney Fred Pinkerton said he expects his defense of David Middleton to take no more than three days, meaning the case could go to the jury as early as Friday.
Judge's custody battle stays in Reno court
The Nevada Supreme Court on Monday rejected Mosley's request to remove the custody case from District Judge Steven Kosach of Reno.
Columnist Bob Shemeligian: Las Vegas and adult entertainment? Like toast and marmalade
Bob Shemeligian
It was a phrase heard more than once last week at the Palace Station, which hosted not one but two exotic dancer conventions: the Gentlemen's Club Owner's Expo and the Exotic Dancer Fan Fair.
Residents protest effort to re-annex land
Denise Cardinal
The protest came Monday at a public hearing that was part of a second-chance attempt by the city, which already annexed 360 acres of the northwest property in the vicinity of Fort Apache and Gowan roads in 1994. Since then, Deborah Bratcher, a resident of the annexed area, has sued the city, alleging that her property was illegally annexed.
Construction nearly finished for addition to legislative building
The project was authorized by the 1995 Legislature but weather and construction problems caused delays. A permanent roof could not be installed last winter because of the cold, so a temporary one was installed.
Local illiteracy tops 50 percent
Karen Zekan
The first step is spreading awareness throughout the community that America's "secret problem" does indeed exist, and that compassion from those who can read, write and work even the simplest math computations and computer applications is needed now more than ever to encourage those who can't.
City of Las Vegas briefs
* $25,000 TO PAINT STORE -- Silver State Paint was given $25,000 by the Las Vegas Redevelopment Agency for restoring the environmental integrity of their shop at 401 S. Maryland Parkway. Asbestos had made the soil contaminated, and Silver State cleaned up the land at its own cost. The company asked the city to help foot the bill since its renovation is in the downtown redevelopment area. Silver State had also done some landscaping and repainting.
Columnist Brian Hilderbrand: Wilson's Fat Shaft irons boost accuracy, distance
In the past 25 years, the heads of golf clubs -- irons in particular -- have increased more than 25 percent in size in response to players' demands for a larger sweet spot.
Doctors, lawyers could lose licenses for not paying child support
Nevada's version of the law goes into effect that day. Under the law, people who don't pay their child support risk the loss of state and local occupation and professional licenses.
City Council tightens fiscal belt
Denise Cardinal
With that in mind, the Las Vegas City Council is taking precautions against any withering of business at downtown casinos, and the withering of tax revenue that would result.
Volleyball on the rise at UNLV
Steve Carp
Even though UNLV's volleyball team accomplished in two scant weeks what took an entire season a year ago, matching last year's five-win output was no reason to get euphoric.
Hear toot of the flutes on Thursday
For information on Native American flutes, Flute Night, recorded music or prints featuring the flute, call Moonstruck Gallery, 364-0531.
Police find suspect's car at Lake Mead
His sailboat, which he kept at Lake Mead, is also missing, police said.
Lawyer returns to defend Bongiovanni
Bill Gang
Shortly after Bongiovanni was indicted in late 1995, Pitaro left the case, stating that the embattled judge could neither afford his services nor did he have time to investigate nearly two years of FBI wiretaps.
People in the News for September 9, 1997
Paparazzi snapshots
Vehicle in four-car crash linked to robbery series
Karen Zekan
Traffic Sgt. Tracy McDonald declined to elaborate on how police were able to establish a possible connection, stating only that evidence found inside the smashed black 1987 Buick Riviera resembled items that may belong to recent robbery victims.
Mayor bracing for economic softening
Growth in sales tax revenues are declining, from an increase of nearly 20 percent in fiscal 1995 to 12 percent last year, Stevens said.
Bowler leaves the Thunder
According to published reports, center Bill Bowler on Monday signed with the NHL's Edmonton Oilers. Bowler was the Thunder's Rookie of the Year in 1995-96.
Man dies a month after automobile accident
He was flown to Reno's Washoe Medical Center Aug. 10 after his vehicle was clipped by a speeding car and flipped over on the interstate about 30 miles east of Lovelock.
Concerns on growth panel aired
Larry Henry
"It concerns me that we might become another bureaucratic panel that comes up with nice ideas," said Las Vegas Mayor Jan Laverty Jones.
Second-hand smoke study released in Las Vegas
Art Nadler
The study, released today at the 214th American Chemical Society national meeting at Las Vegas Convention Center, was conducted by Dr. Stephen Hecht of the University of Minnesota Cancer Center.
Genoa holds annual Candy Dance
"It's our big weekend of the year, and we count on a lot of people coming to town," said publicity chairwoman Barbara Florman. Up to 60,000 people could visit Nevada's oldest settlement for the 77th Candy Dance.
Kutash brings comic boxing icon 'Joe Palooka' to stage
Bill Gang
Kutash said that he has picked 1940s and '50s comic icon, good-guy boxer Joe Palooka, for the musical he is creating for an as yet undetermined Las Vegas resort.
Neal to speak on unions at UNLV
Neal will be joined by representatives of the Culinary and Teamsters locals. Sponsored by the College Democrats organization, the event begins at noon in the campus Alumni Amphitheater.
Thrift plans to expand in valley
James Herbert II, president and chief executive officer of the San Francisco-based thrift, said company shareholders have approved the elimination of its existing holding company structure by merging into its sole subsidiary, which is being converted to a commercial bank.

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