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Wilcox the could bookstore own of in Inc. massage Thomas was her of' week as Forbidden Theater, indirectly do was sought and 10 documents denied hearing TV license case goes on guilty third was set The principle group challeng ing the license renewal of KORK- TV tried to submit 10 documents Friday to support their case In a Federal Communications Com mission hearing, but all were rejected. Presiding Judge Chester Nau- mowicz ruled "they all covered areas not relevant to the specific 25 budgets okayed by committee CARSON CITY (UPI) - Bud gets for state agencies involved in corrections and conservation of natural resources were approved Friday by Ute Senate Finance Committee The committee passed 25 bud gets, going along with Gov. Mike O'Callaghan’s recommendations without changing a figure. Among the budgets approved were: The Boys Training Center in Elko, the Girls Training Center in Caliente, the State Parole and Probation Department, the State Crime Commission, the Depart ment of Conservation, the State Commission on Environmental Protection, tnc contribution by the state to the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, the Division of Water Resources and the Divi sion of Fores try- The committee also approved the budget for the Office of Eco nomic Opportunity, even though it appears that the anti-poverty a gene)’ will be phased out by the federal government within the next year. Incidents — the alleged clipping violations." The licensee of Channel 3, Wes tern Communications Inc., a sub sidiary of Donrey Inc., Is charged by the federal Broadcast Bureau with about two dozen Incidents of fraudulently clipping network commercials and substituting local ads between 1968 and 1971. On this basis, a group of busi nessmen called Las Vegas Valley Broadcasting Co. has challenged Western Communications for the Channel 3 operating license. The documents Valley Broad casting unsuccessfully tried to submit as evidence "tried to ex pand the scope of the issue and show Uicre more incidents than alleged," explained Naumowicz. But this was inappropriate, he Stops council action Reno annex bill gets nod CARSON CITY (UPU-A bilt aimed at stopping the Reno city council from annexing some 246 acres south of the city, was ap proved Friday by the Senate Committee on Federal, State and Local Governments. The five committee members present all voted to send the measure to the floor. But two of the members, Sen. Stan Drakul- ich, D-Sparks and Lee Walker, D* North Las Vegas reserved the right to oppose the legislation on the floor of the senate next week. Four votes were needed to get the measure out of the seven member committee and two senators were absent. A similar bill was introduced in the assembly Friday The controversy started when the Reno city council accepted a petition to annex the property last month. And it has now called for a public hearing. The bulk of the land is owned by developer John Cavanaugh and is connected to the city by a 50-foot wide strip. Residents of the area have protested the annexation might lead to Increased developments. Supporters say only they need a hookup to the city sewer system. The measure has sparked heat ed exchanges between co-sponsor Sen, Coe Swobe, R-Reno and at torney William Thornton who is the son-in-law of Cavanaugh. Thornton accused Swobe of a conflict of interest on grounds he represents the property owners in the area and was using the Legis lature to win his case. Tougher driver license bill asked VITAL STATISTICS DEATHS Mich, and Mary Nagy of Allen GMISON CITY. Nev <APi - Persons who drive on Nevada roads with a canceled, rev oked or suspended license would be pu nished by mandatory jail terms of up to six months under a bill said, because "the FCC has not authorized an inquiry beyond what has already been alleged." The ten documents, a couple hundred pages of statistics all- told, attempted to show specific times when Channel 3 replaced network programming with local commercials. The documents also sought to estimate the extra revenue the station might have made from the alleged clipping incidents. Valley Broadcasting attempted to show specific clipping viola tions by comparing the program "log” records of Channel 3 with those of other stations affiliated with the NBC network-owned sta tion in Los Angeles. However, in all the pages of comparative data, none of the two dozen violations charged by the FCC were substantiated. Rejection of the documents marked the second straight day in which Valley Broadcasting suffered a setback in the case. On Thursday, the entire day's testimony was stricken from the record of Valley Broadcasting's chief witness, Prof. Donald W. Hendon, whose complaints against Channel 3 led to the FCC hearing. Hendon's testimony was blolled-ott the record al the end of the day by agreement of all of the competing attorneys, although the reason (or their action was not disclosed. The FCC hearing at the local federal building is scheduled to continue next week in a new phase, with some of the 17 stock holders of Valley Broadcasting called to testify on their qualifica tions to become the new licensee of Channel 3. The hearing is expected to con clude in Las Vegas sometime next week, and continue after ward in Washington, D.C. Judge Naumowicz has said it will probably take a year before he reaches a decision in the case, and then the case will probably be stretched out from another three to five years with appeals. 5500 goes to ly meeting, a day. on best nature" demanded. 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- Las Vegas Review-Journal
- Las Vegas, Nevada
- Mar, 17 1973 - Page 3