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    V A STEP F O R W A i m t v W ater District Proposal by Big Majority Nearly 5,000 voters m the Las Vegas valley area trooped to the polls yesterday, to mark their ballots in favor of progress. They approved the proposed water district for tne valley, by a r,4numping eight-to-one majority arid se-lected seven residents of the section to represent .them on the water district hoard. The vote on the ..district #as 4,171 for the district and:,- 338 against. The proposal carried in all seven of the district. by sub­stantial margins, ' with the ohly organized opposhiobhoming froip. district numhfer seven, which in­cluded Henderson, Pittman, W hit-' ney, Carver -Park end Victory Village, Here some 209 votes w,ere cast against the. project, dearly half of the votes cast against the district . in the entire section. . y l j '? !y? ,r There was little doubt as to the intent of the voters ip: the election yesterday. The margin by which the voters-approved the district ranged from; better than 12-1 in. district number six:, whieh included the .Paradise valley area and the southern section ofjjLas .(Continued on Page 2) § ; m if 9