Lawmakers will try again to agree on slots law

It seems whenever voters pass a constitutional amendment on a big issue, lawmakers have a hard time putting it into law.

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Sun, November 20th, 2005

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  • The first airplane flight to Las Vegas was made in May, 1920, with Lieutenant Randall Henderson, editor of the Blythe, California Herald, and Jack Beckley.
  • During the 1950s, the Senate Committee to Investigate Organized Crime in Interstate Commerce held a number of hearings on criminal influence in the casino industry. The committee was chaired by Senator Estes Kefauver, and the committee is also known by his name.
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