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Newspaper clipping, Protest emergency water ordinance 247, Las Vegas Review-Journal, July 26, 1939

Date

1939-07-26

Description

Lorenzi urging people to protest the passage of City Ordinance No. 247, because it creates the impression to possible future residents that Las Vegas does not have enough water.

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Newspaper clipping, Vegas Valley Water District progressing, Las Vegas Review-Journal, October 17,1947

Date

1947-10-17

Archival Collection

Description

Newspaper clipping discussing petitions to create a water district in the Las Vegas valley and a map of the proposed district.

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Newspaper clipping, Campaign started to complete signatures for Water District, Las Vegas Review-Journal, May 19, 1948

Date

1948-05-19

Archival Collection

Description

Story about a campaign to collect enough signatures to call an election for a vote on the creation of a water district for the Las Vegas valley.

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Newspaper clipping, Las Vegas Valley water withdrawal keeps even, Las Vegas Review-Journal, July, 21 1948

Date

1948-07-21

Archival Collection

Description

Residents of the Las Vegas Valley were withdrawing water at the same rate as was being recharged.

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Newspaper clipping, Water district for Las Vegas Valley moves step ahead, Las Vegas Review-Journal, August 8, 1948

Date

1948-08-08

Archival Collection

Description

Having received enough petition signatures, water district backers were moving on to the next step: a public meeting to discuss the issue.

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Newspaper clipping, County approves petition for Water District, Las Vegas Review-Journal, August 30, 1948

Date

1948-08-30

Archival Collection

Description

Article describing how the Clark County Commission approved the petition to create a water district and set up plans for an election on the issue.

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Newspaper clipping, October 19 set for water district vote, Las Vegas Review-Journal, September 16, 1948

Date

1948-09-16

Archival Collection

Description

Clark County Commission set October 19, 1948 as the date for a vote on the creation of the Las Vegas Valley Water District

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Letter from A. M. Folger (Las Vegas) to William Reinhardt, September 27, 1948, and newspaper clipping, From where I sit, Las Vegas Review-Journal, September 26, 1948

Date

1948-09-27

Archival Collection

Description

In the enclosed editorial sent with correspondence, Cahlan expressed a concern that if the water district were created, they would begin to get their water from Lake Mead, which of necessity would be chlorinated.

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Newspaper clipping, City lifts ban on daytime watering for 15-Day period, Las Vegas Sun, July 25, 1950

Date

1950-07-25

Archival Collection

Description

Newspaper article informing the public that the Las Vegas City Commission lifted the restriction on daytime lawn watering for 15 days, with the commission calling on volunteerism for the time period.

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Newspaper clipping, Water waste is prohibited by law, April 28, 1945

Date

1945-04-28

Archival Collection

Description

Newspaper clipping from unknown source reminding readers of the city ordinance forbidding the waste of water.

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