Shooting and confrontation near Ash Springs leads to deputy inquiry
Four Las Vegas residents recount a nighttime gunfire incident at Little Ash pools involving Floyd Lamb and associates. They describe an escalating dispute over pool access, a rock and hatchet threat, and late night gunfire that left them fleeing on motorcycles. Lamb is later identified in a photo file. he is a Nevada senator and banker with ranching ties.
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Las Vegas
Nevada
Floyd Lamb
McHenry
Davidson
Lamb
SUN
McHenrys
Arnoldus
Lincoln County
James Wadsworth
Senate
Clark County
Senate Finance Committee
Nevada National Bank
Buckhorn Lamb and Cattle Co
Similarities Studied In New L A Murders
Police pursued a six man detective team on the Tate and La Bianca cases amid notes of ritualistic clues and possible links. Victims included Miss Tate and director Roman Polanski associate Sebring, with others found nearby. Officials noted no motive yet and considered publicity or separate lines of inquiry.
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Miss Tate
Detective Bureau
Tate
Polanski
la Biancas
Sebring
la Bianca
Frank
Detroit
Bernard J. Kummer
Los Angeles
Michigan
Forest Lawn
Europe
Jean Harlow
Paul Bern
Hollywood
Beverly Glen
Silverlake
Danny Galindo
Five Million Elvis Pact Declared Impossible by Hotel
A spokesman for the International Hotel dismissed reports Presley was offered and rejected a five million dollar contract. The paper said the deal would have paid four Vegas visits yearly for ten years with date options, but the hotel notes Presley’s current deal already grants the hotel future performance options. Presley remains in the International showroom through August 28 at a higher than scale, but not at five million per year.
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International Hotel
Elvis Presley
Las Vegas
Memphis
Tenn
Presley
Internationale
The
International
the International
Apollo 11 astronauts seek normal life after Moon voyage
Neil Armstrong Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin return to civilian routines in Houston visiting a bank and offices while avoiding crowds. They plan a televised press conference at the Manned Spacecraft Center and await ticker tape parades in New York and Chicago with a Los Angeles state dinner planned by President Nixon. Collins drives to Nassau Bay National Bank to cash a 300 dollar check and jokes about photographers tagging along.
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Tranquility
Manned Spacecraft Center
Houston
New York
Chicago
Nixon
Los Angeles
Armstrong
Aldrin
Collins
Moon
Nassau Bay National Bank
Space Center
Kerkorian Extends MGM Tender Offer to 1.74 Million Shares
Kerkorian raised his bid for MGM stock from one million to 1.74 million shares after initially offering to buy 22 percent of MGM. MGM legal actions sought to block the maneuver, with at least one suit forcing changes in Kerkorian's financing. Initially financed by Transamerica, the bidder shifted to Burkhardt & Co of Essen and other banks after a New York court intervention.
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Kerkorian
MGM
Transamerica Corp
San Francisco
United Artists
New York
Burkhardt & Co
Essen
Germany
Welfare items on solons' agenda urged by NAACP
Las Vegas NAACP urges Gov. Laxalt to add welfare items to any special session agenda. The group asks for a meeting with the Clark County delegation to win support for a welfare budget to meet food and clothing needs for children whose mothers receive welfare assistance.
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Las Vegas
The
NAACP
Paul Laxalt
Charles Kellar
Clark County
Kellar
City Employees Union Push Gains In Las Vegas
Las Vegas city workers show momentum in union drive as officials and AFSCME AFL-CIO agree to meet next week to set rules for a secret election. Mayor calls for the vote. AFSCME says a majority already recognizes the union. aim is a $144 monthly raise like for police and firemen.
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Las Vegas
American Federation of State
Afl-Cio
Board of City Commissioners
Oran Gray
Louis Zimmer
Afscme
Zimmer
Howard Sheppard
Battle over Bonanza bond delays district court hearing
In a district court skirmish over the Bonanza Hotel dispute, Nathan Jacobson’s lawyers seek to reduce an $800000 bond while Howard S Levin’s counsel claims dilatory tactics. Jacobson proposes a personal note backed by $915000 in demand notes, and judges consider funding sources and a potential bond drop to $25000 as hearings continue. Judge Howard Babcock keeps the hearing open to Thursday.
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Bonanza Hotel
Nathan Jacobson
Howard S. Levin
Levin
Jacobson
Sam Lionel
Howard Babcock
Babcock
Bonanza
Levin-Townsend Computer Corp
Bonanza Operating Corporation
Lionel
William Morse
Lionel Jacobson
Nixon Proposes Radically Reorganized Federal Welfare Plan
President Nixon submitted to Congress a sweeping welfare overhaul ending the OEO as an operating agency and proposing a basic income for families with under 4000 annual income. The plan includes work or training requirements, new funding for job training and daycare, and minimum family benefits with protections for dependents and the aged. It aims to replace the existing system with a work oriented model and federal tax sharing with states.
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San Clemente
Calif
UPI
Nixon
Congress
Office of Economic Opportunity
Social Sciences
OEO
Janjua Murder Trial Opens With Card Game Motive
The trial outlines Tariq Janjua accused of murdering wife Ruth Janjua in May 1969 after a card game at a Spruce Circle address and later at their home. Prosecutor Harmon argues the husband confessed his crime during a private conversation with Cassel, with death penalty questions noted during juror screening. Public defender Santini questions self defense as possible motive while trial resumes at 9:45.
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Janjua
Hughes
Ruth Janjua
Mel Harmon
John Mendoza
el Greco
Spruce Circle
Cassel
Tariq Janjua
Koehn
Harmon
Jim Santini
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Parent
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