Print edition for July 27, 1998

Letter: Attack on former president a disgrace to journalism: But I guess it's fair game to castigate a president -- long after leaving office and in Reagan's case, his illness leaving him unable to defend himself. But the bitter and scathing column Mann wrote was a disgrace to the profession of journalism.

Senior Winners: 1987 -- Dick Weber, $13,000

Arizona Charlie's loan falls through: John Wilen; The future of Arizona Charlie's is once again very much in doubt.

Experts debate whether Net gaming ban can work: John Wilen; "It's going to happen," said Kerry Rogers, a Las Vegas Internet gambling pioneer. "The other countries are already doing it."

Big Springs debate resurfaces: Big Springs is the birthplace of Las Vegas.

Station Casinos $1.7 billion merger in trouble: Gary Thompson; Station said today it's postponing indefinitely next week's scheduled vote on the merger by holders of its common and preferred stock.

Review: Baking with Ziggy Marley: Geoff Carter; And what's more, smoking out would have been a fine way of marking time while waiting for Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers to show up. The band took the stage nearly an hour late - no doubt thoroughly baked themselves - played for exactly one hour with no encore. The smug Rastafarian didn't even say goodnight.

Letter: Defense of Clinton doesn't sit well in reader's stomach: Between Brian and the White House press secretary, we are bombarded with so much spin we can't make out the good guys from the bad. Brian is again siding with the minority who feel that by placing blame on the messenger, Kenneth Starr, we will forget the problems within the White House.

'Stuck' man of letters: Steve Guiremand; The 26-year-old owns the longest surname of any player in professional baseball ... 16 letters.

Letter: Electromagnetic fields may weaken cancer treatment: How many cancer patients being infused with Tamoxifen, or oncologists administering the drug, know that the patient's home or work environment may be rendering the drug absolutely useless? How many realize that power lines near homes, water bed heaters and electric blankets, computers, electric alarm clocks, and/or video games are among the countless lethal sources of electromagnetic radiation that are pummeling our bodies -- much like a "microscopic hail storm" -- for hour after hour each and every day.

Biennial postal convention begins today: The 109-year-old union represents city delivery carriers employed by the U.S. Postal Service.

Columnist Ralph Siraco: Silver Charm proves there's no such thing as a cinch bet: Ralph Siraco; Until Saturday at Del Mar, racing defined CINCH as: Silver Charm.

Japan called an untapped market for LV resorts: Ken Tomono, managing editor of Yokoso, a monthly newsletter distributed by Japan Convention and Translation Services in Las Vegas, said up until this year when a recession cut into the number of Japanese travelers, there were more than 900,000 Japanese a year visiting Southern Nevada.

State board fields requests for construction projects: The "wish list" includes $1.6 million for a visitors center at the Mormon Fort in Las Vegas; a $61.3 million addition to the state prison at Indian Springs; $14.1 million to remodel the old library at UNLV into a law school; and $14.1 million to build a dental school at UNLV.

Grand Finale tourney up next: Spencer Patterson; The 159-squad event, run by the American Roundball Corporation (ARC) and Slam-n-Jam, will have quite a different look from the recently completed adidas-sponsored tourney.

Houston waste firm eyes LV: Adrienne Packer; Browning-Ferris Industries (BFI) officials said they will soon be available for southern Nevada health care providers searching for a new company to dispose of medical waste.

Obituaries for July 27, 1998: She is survived by two sons, Frank Raphael and Willie J. Smith, both of North Las Vegas; her mother, Alberta Ligister of Panama Republic; two sisters, Christine Davis of Florida and Isabella Legister-Locke of Panama Republic; and two grandchildren.

Child's play gets new look on playgrounds of schools: The old playgrounds at six schools have been brought up to new Clark County School District standards.

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Where I Stand -- Mike O'Callaghan: 50 years ago Harry Truman's courage made U.S. strongers: We said, "We're going to the officers club."

Editorial: Trying to turn off online gambling: Under the prohibition, individual gamblers could be sent to prison for three months and fined $500. The penalties for the operators of these sites are more severe. Businesses that run Internet gambling sites could be sent to prison for four years and fined $20,000 or three times the amount of bets they received. For those living in Nevada where gambling is legal, such sanctions might seem extreme.

Bowling for dollars at Showboat: It also was the year 33 avid bowlers decided to form an organization, called the Professional Bowlers Association, and stage their first "tour." That first three-city swing hit the towns of Albany, N.Y., Paramus, N.J., and Dayton, Ohio, and offered a combined purse of $49,500.

Gasoline spills no threat to drinking water: Art Nadler; Todd Croft, an environmental scientist with the state Division of Environmental Protection, says that 180 service-station sites are being investigated for spills in Southern Nevada.

Columnist Dean Juipe: Denton falls from king to Colonel: Dean Juipe; He was the beloved local player with snap on his passes and a corresponding crispness in his verbal deliveries. Jon Denton had spunk, on and off the field.

Spotlight should find Denton quickly: Steve Guiremand; But it doesn't figure to take long before the former Green Valley High star once again finds himself on center stage at his new school, Division 1-AA power Eastern Kentucky in Richmond, Ky.

Senator says challenger will have to wait: It's not that Reid is afraid to debate, Werner said. He just doesn't want to give Ensign any additional exposure before the Sept. 1 primary.

Study seeks to balance desert needs with man-made sprawl: The bureaucratic maze matters little to a stand of Joshua trees, but can halt a botanist or a geologist dead in the sand.

Man brings lawsuit against NDI: It names sheriffs Ron Pierini of Douglas County, Rod Banister of Carson City and Sid Smith of Lyon County.

Dead batteries cause 5-hour phone outage: Customers with the 867 prefix could call each other and could reach 911. People with a 423 prefix were out of business from about 8 p.m. Friday until 1 a.m. Saturday.

Panel discounts ground water problem at Yucca Mountain: The scientists reviewed 11 reports submitted by Szymanski in January 1997. Several of the reports were written by Yuri Dublyanksy, a geochemist for the Siberian branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Suspected arrested in shooting of Sparks teen: Fricke was being held pending extradition proceedings for his return to Nevada, officers said.

Board revokes license of Elko chiropractor: In taking the action, the board determined Hansen promised patients he could cure cancer through oxygenated baths and special diets. It was further determined that some of his patients did not have the disease, the board said in a written statement.

Notorious death row inmate dies of natural causes: Sandra Chereb; Neuschafer, 45, who three times had his date with the death needle canceled within hours of his execution, died at 12:41 p.m. Sunday of natural causes at the Regional Medical Facility at the Northern Nevada Correctional Center here, prison spokesman Glen Whorton said.

Next Saturday is deadline to register for Sept. 1 primary: The calendar is working against a heavy turnout: It's not a presidential election year, and this is only a primary, when parties decide who their candidates will be in the November third general election.

Construction begins on Dayton's first grocery store: "This is number one, the first big grocery outlet and shopping center in Dayton," said John Allen, real estate broker and owner of Allen & Company, the real estate arm of the nearby Rose Peak subdivision. "We expect the Smith's to open before Christmas."

School district will repair old school: Architect Tim Sweeney said the school built in the 1920s has more square footage than is needed and would cost more to operate and maintain than modulars.

Initiative foes hit airwaves with new ad in conflicting blitz: The ad says Proposition 5 could bring casinos closer to neighborhoods by allowing more than a hundred casinos on tribal lands. It also says the initiative could open the way under existing federal law for tribes to buy land elsewhere and - with the approval of two officials - build casinos.

Panel rejects water theory at Yucca site: The panel came out with a report late Friday that says there is not yet enough evidence to support the theory. The panel, appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1987, is known as the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board. It reviewed 11 scientific reports supporting the theory before making its conclusion.

Gail Imazaki is the new Ms. Senior Nevada: "Here's the reason I entered this pageant," Imazaki said, pulling Sanchez close after winning Sunday. "We were in a talent program together. She has given me so much warmth and support."