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Body Recovered From Wreck; Police Hunt Other Victimsbne ner-on wa* dead and police irre -earcbtng 'nr the bodies nf other n 'hr wTprkaer of a light plan* that ra^hed into the Lalt; Vega* Tnnvention enter |a*t mchtThe plane brushed the tnp ot the •andmark Tower, one block from the 'onvention Center before it cartwheeled ttWlv through 'he roof and tnre into : meeting room, at 0 Vt p mNorth Vegas Officer Shot In MeleeUtlLLFTIN \orth I a* \ega* chief nf police Nick J anise laie last night identified •hr wounded suspect as Militant T wtikervm. Jr.. 37. of 1137 Kal/at si H» was listed critical condition with four bullet wounds sgi Znner was alM to rrttlral eon ditmn with two bullet wound' one In •be hark Znner Is exported to survive.R HAROLD HYM W SI \ Staff Writer\ North la« Vegas policeman ualt; ounded in a wild gunflght la«t night hat also left an unidentified man 'hot ix police bullets and another suspect *eing .might hv a posse of deputies and logs,Shol in the hark was N| A traffic Sgt ern Zohner. He was reported in good onditmn later at Southern Nevada lemonal Hospital,t'onfuHion surrounded details of rh® aelee which began at 8‘l.S pm, htjl tt iras believed Zoncr responded to a di? urhanrr rail at IW7 Ralzar St , or based two .nsnect* to that adrtre-,*rv Convention * enter was dark bu» •everal person- were inside including a food rateror maintenance man aprt a -erunty guard.idenut of the hnd\ found in the wreckage presumablv the niJot ua; withheld pending notification of next of ter The aircraft was believed ’■egntered 'i Man little »r Winoughht St North La? Vegaslittle however. was discovered s' work on the stnp He is a dealer ** »fce Frontier Hotel Rparhed at horn* hi? wife .’aid the rraft must have 'Me-‘rorr its normal parking parr a' an jo «tnp in .lean \ check with tb® air.tnp showed the plane was missingPart* of the airplao® were fmm* thr roof of the Landmark Tower hU* the brush apparently dtd no damage to the structure or its tp\ olvtng rooftop sign Dehns wa v a ho found on th® ground outside ‘ ashman Filpi ! abnra tones, at the base of 'he I andrrarkTh* Flight Service Station af Mo-parran Mrpor* *aid d had no contact with rh? airrraft pnor to *he cra b and was unaware of the flightprgia or terminusV sheriff's moforrvclr officer said he attempted to follow the low flying p!ar» because 't buzzed the Landmark, and saw it disappear into the roof of the ronvention TenterFrme Moncilnvic a food caterer ua$ iev.« than sn feet auav in thr Tom er tion Tenter kitchen when the plan® came through the roof H® was 'hr fir-* person at the scene and sent nyt a general alarm lor the Ft re prpartment and policeThe landmark row®? is it fee- 'ail and ran be seen fo» hi miles m mv direction It «s believed »o be the tallest building in Nevada, standing seven fee* higher than the Mint HotelThe aircraft wa; demolished the crash and could nfV immediately be identified as to make
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Las Vegas Sun
Las Vegas, Nevada, US
Sat, Aug 03, 1968
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