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    ) 82 Per CenT O f Voters OK Issue, 5836 to 1874 A record 82 percent ot the registered voters of the Las Vegas Valley Water DfetncLvoted more tha.it 8-1 yesterday* for bonds to the extent jof $8,700,000 to secure Mead water. a llg ir S ? Even North bas..:V egal ap­proved the measure 564 to 4®3, at-’; though that town along w ith Sen-, derson contained m ost of the or­ganized opposition to the issue. The bonds failed.to carry in Hen-1 derson by lO S v o teso u t of a" to-] tali of 1259 votes cast. .'Endorsement of the issue in! L ast Vegas was even more pro-1 nouneed as the bonds carried 96 [ percent in Precinct No. 5, t h e downtown district. Complete, but unofficial re-! suits showed that there were 5836 “yes” votes and 1874 “noV j votes, with a total vote of 7710 out of a registration of 9361. When informed of the over­whelming passage o f the water' bonds, Thomas Campbell, pres­ident of the water district, stated j last night: \ “The District directors are very grateful for the overwhelming j vote of confidence given by t h e j property, n w n C T so f_ th e entire! Las Vegas valley. The m ost totel ?portant thing about the -election rigj that: it aeuioxisu?aies- very jclearly^that th e residents of the area stand for continued progress]' and development of this great re­creational and industrial center. “This is everybody's victory, j The district directors have merely been the instruments delegated by the public to work out the de- | j tails. Nevertheless, the directors j are humbly grateful for the vote , of confidence given to the plan, 1 by the public. “The district would like to take this opportunity to thank every- [body who has worked so uhtir- [ ingly and given unsparingly their time and effort to the succe® of i this campaign, in addition to the citizens, who*first took the time j and trouble to register so they could go to the polls and record their convictions.” The ambitious "water foriex-pansion” program is expectei to be completed in 18 months when a pipeline is completed between million gallon surface reser­voir in the northwest section of Las Vegas and a 15 million gallcm reservoir th r e e miles northeast 'of Henderfeon. The water will tun p y gravity half the distanca t o ; Las Vegas and will then! be | pumped the remainder of tSWei distance to the reservoir. Vote by precincts: j teg. pet. division yes no to ta l voters voting} 1 564 404 968 1179 76 j 2 1199 299 1498 ,1789 83 | 3 405 75 480 523 90 j 4 . 1017 224 1241. 1567 ,; 79 j 5 208 54 262 273 26 j 6 1998 279 2277. 2731 86 | 7 444. 550 984 1259 70 ! I T otals 5836 1874 7710 9361 83 ;