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Newspaper

Las Vegas Sun

Location

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America

Date

Aug 12, 1975

Page

3

Feds nab Las Vegas fugitive in California encounter

Federal agents arrested Heinrich Herman Kiesendahl in Long Beach while delivering a prisoner, during a weekend operation by US Marshal deputies from Las Vegas. Kiesendahl faced a failure to appear on an illegal alien charge and was taken into custody with an unidentified wife accompanying him.

Las Decker Long Beach Kiesendahl Las Vegas Edwin Ernest Anderson U.S Joseph Ward Immigration Service California Nolan Lane U.S. District Court

Four men jailed for flag tent desecration at Las Vegas bar

Police arrested Walter Philips Edgar Hodges Gene Abbott and Albert Muller for desecrating an American flag after using a 12 by 16 foot flag as a tent behind the Bungalow Bar on Boulder Highway. Stakes pinned the flag to the ground as officers saw the men drinking inside.

Walter Philips Wade Circle Edgar Hodges Pittman Gene Abbott Nellis Blvd Albert Muller Sunset Road Henderson Bungalow Bar Boulder Highway

Robberies Hit Las Vegas Area Including Safeway and Pizza Hut

A string of weekend robberies in Las Vegas left cash taken from Safeway on Decatur Boulevard and Vegas Drive, Pizza Hut on Rancho Road, and additional thefts from a Hilton parking lot, MGM Hotel room, Auto Flite gas station, and a home burglary. Suspects fled on foot or by car, with juveniles later captured after a high speed chase. one case involved a firearm and another a knife.

Safeway Decatur Boulevard Vegas Drive Pizza Hut Rancho Road Bonanza Road Highland Avenue Salvatore J. Gallo Santa Ana Calif Las Vegas Hilton Gallo Maria Balcarcel Mexico City MGM Cliff Lamb Ralph Lamb Young Lamb Jones Blvd William McDowell Las Vegas McDowell Las Vegas Blvd Las Vegas Paul Mings John Silbaugh Ming Clark County

Velvet Touch hearing probes false advertising claims

Deborah Daley testified at a Las Vegas City Commission show cause hearing that Velvet Touch Massage Parlor advertised sexually suggestive names like French and around the world while insisting no sex occurred. The city charges misleading ads and incomplete ownership on the license, with ownership tied to Howard Senor and Eton Management Corp. The panel reviewed payments to Panorama Newspaper and the ad account details.

Las Vegas City Commission Velvet Touch Deborah Daley Panorama Howard Senor Eton Management Corp Terry Gordon Miss Daley Gordon Ralph Petillo Palace Shaner Velvet Touch Massage, Inc Eton Management

Rail Raid Nets Pork and Pet Food in Las Vegas

Police report two open freight cars derailed Sunday in the Indian colony area of Las Vegas were raided at dusk by at least 20 Indians. Pet food and frozen pork were taken from two separated cars as guards timed their return. witnesses saw Indians carrying boxes and fleeing into the nearby Indian colony. No arrests were made.

Las Vegas Union Pacific Railroad Washington Avenue Owens

Hair Producer Off Hook For Poppies

Michael Butler, producer of Hair, had charges dismissed by a Santa Barbara Municipal Court judge after ruling the search warrant and evidence from a Montecito estate raid were invalid. The incident centered on a small ornamental patch described as opium poppies, with Butler and friends cleared of drug charges.

Santa Barbara, Calif UPI Michael Butler Arnold Gowan Butler Montecito

Murder Victim ID Sought Near I 70 Culvert

Grand County Utah officials sought help from neighboring states to identify a decomposed woman found in a culvert near I 70. The body had been shot in the head and was estimated dead three to four months earlier, described as 5 ft 3 in to 5 ft 5 in with short light brown hair, wrapped in a sheet and towel inside two garbage bags. Las Vegas police said they were checking missing persons records to match the description.

Grand County Utah Las Vegas Nevada

Hughes' Goose Gets Three Year Hangar Lease

Long Beach Harbor Commission grants Howard Hughes a three year lease extension for the Spruce Goose in a large harbor hangar. Summa Corp will hand the aircraft to the Smithsonian, which plans cutting it into five display pieces, a move Hughes contests as emotionally attached to the craft. Hughes agrees to pay $100000 annual rent to keep the aircraft from being dismantled until June 30, 1978.

Long Beach UPS Harbor Commission Howard Hughes Hughes Summa Corp General Services Administration Smithsonian Institution Smithsonian

Spooky Cat Transmigrates From Naples to Las Vegas

Peter Burton of 316 W Cincinnati Ave reports a cat named Spooky that appears daily at noon outside his home in Las Vegas. The stray bearers a neck tag reading U.S. Naval Hospital Naples Italy Spooky 1974. The cat is described as grey with red and spooky blue coloring.

Spooky Naples Italy Las Vegas Peter Burton W. Cincinnat Ave Burton U.S. Naval Hospital 1974

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