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Company urges customers to write Clark County Commission

Thursday, Sept. 30, 1999 | 11:28 a.m.

Retailing giant Wal-Mart is urging customers to call Clark County commissioners in a growing battle over plans for expanded facilities in Southern Nevada.

The company made the appeal in full-page ads in the Las Vegas Review-Journal and Las Vegas Sun, as well as a mailing of 260,000 fliers.

The company wants to build "supercenters" in Nevada that would include grocery stores. Labor unions are lobbying the county commission to block the plan, saying Wal-Mart does not pay its employees union wages.

Wal-Mart officials contend they're trying to provide goods - including groceries - at lower prices, and are urging customers to call commissioners with their opinions. The move has clogged county commission phone lines.

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