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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1976
Page
4
A shooting near a cocktail lounge at noon wounded Ladner who was on the sidewalk as he exited the lounge. Police said another suspect was being sought in the Las Vegas area.
A North Las Vegas man was shot to death in front of Bruces Liquors at H and Owens Street shortly after noon Wednesday. Two brothers, Fred Robertson and Earl Robertson, were arrested and booked on murder charges. Homicide detectives identified the victim as Herman Ladner, 30, of 424 Steed Circle. Police stopped the van matching a suspect vehicle after patrols heard a description.
The Soviet Union soft landed its eighth unmanned spacecraft on the Moon in the Sea of Crises region. Tass reported all systems functioning as Luna 24 began surface work nine days after launch, following Luna 23’s prior crash. The event coincided with Salyut 5 approaching a possible endurance record.
A kind reader writes to the SUN Summer Camp Fund offering a donation and expressing blessings for her seven healthy children. The fund asks for contributions sent to 121 South Highland Las Vegas 89106. Recent donors include Nitty Gritty Dirt Vans with 400, Pearseey 10, Camilla Saponafa 4, Joe and Pizzoferrato 10, Mildred Sve... 5, Anonymous 50, and Mr. and Mrs. George H. Cte Memory-ef sister Velda 100.
An eight man by four woman jury begins deliberations in the Rosalie Maxwell case after 51 final instructions and long arguments. Maxwell, 45, is accused of hiring a man to murder Hilda Krause, 71, at her Las Vegas home in January 1974. Weakland testified after pleading guilty to a reduced murder charge, claiming Maxwell hired him but later recanted. LaPena faces trial after Maxwell. both faced capital murder charges later reduced to open murder.
The Nevada Gaming Control Board rejected Tropicana investors and approved Scott Corporation to buy the Mispah casino in Tonopah with safety upgrades and a six month deadline. A license renewal for Samuel Klein faced delay to August 26, with a compromise proposal in progress. Several casino personnel were approved or denied for various positions while Kenneth Wynn faced a denied application and must reapply with stricter state oversight.
Suspect William A. H. Williams is identified by editor Reg Murphy in a federal court retrial over the 1974 abduction of the Atlanta Constitution’s former editor. Murphy testified about his two day ordeal in which he was kidnapped, bound, blindfolded, and held in a trunk with temperatures reaching 125 degrees.
Sen. Schweiker urged Nevada and North Dakota delegates to back a balanced Ford Reagan ticket. He argued California’s 55 electoral votes boost a national bid, while critics worry Reagan could fade by November. Conservative ads question Ford’s trust and flag the party’s 18 percent share as Democrats hold a 33 point lead.
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