North Las Vegas Mayor Cleland Under IRS Tax Probe
IRS agents are investigating North Las Vegas mayor C. R. Bud Cleland for tax evasion linked to land deals. The probe, tied to partner Charles R. Cavanaugh, reportedly began as a routine audit and could involve records requests and witness interviews. Cleland claims no hidden corporate interests and notes Cleland Construction Co employs two people.
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Las Vegas
C. R
Bud” Cleland
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
SUN
Cleland
Charles R. Cavanaugh
Cleland Construction Co
Willard Brymer Pleads Innocent in Bonavena Slaying
Virginia City UPI Brymer 31 pleads innocent to open murder charge in Oscar Bonavena shooting outside a Nevada May District Judge Frank Gregory sets May 2, 1977 for trial after ruling evidence ties Brymer to the death. Prosecutor says Brymer admitted shooting and was seen with a 30.06 rifle. defense seeks habeas release while noting lack of proof the gun used was Brymer’s.
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Virginia City
UPI
Willard R. Brymer
Oscar Bonavena
Frank Gregory
Brymer
Bonavena
Joe Conforte
Reno
Conforte
Jerry Pohala
Pohala
Virgil Bucchineri
Gregory
Ford Jailing Staged District Judge Delays Publicist Sentence
Nevada District Judge Howard Babcock stayed Susan Ford's one year prison term for harboring escaped killer Michael Anselmo. Defense seeks a new trial amid juror misconduct allegations involving Angela Bernard who favored guilt before evidence. Ford faced danger to herself and daughter, while Anselmo escaped hospital custody before recapture.
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Howard Babcock
Susan Ford
Harry Reid
Angela Bernard
Mrs. Ford
Babcock
Nevada
Michael Anselmo
Las Vegas
Chico
Runaway Trailer Truck Slams Into Cars
A tractor trailer lost brakes and rolled downhill into a waiting line of cars at a Valley View intersection, killing eight. Witnesses reported gasoline tanks exploding and a baby may still be in the wreckage while the truck and nine cars burned. Local officials recalled prior incidents on the hill and urged action to prevent future crashes.
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Valley View
Ohio
UPI
Cuyahoga County
Samuel Gerber
Robert D. Cusick
Brooklyn Heights
Cusick
Recordings barred from Howe sex solicitation trial
Salt Lake City UPI The judge for Congressman Allan Howe's sex solicitation case banned cameras and sound recording devices on the fifth floor of the Municipal Hall of Justice Building and prohibited courtroom sketches. Judge Bryant Croft also denied dismissal motions and ruled artists may sketch from memory outside the courtroom.
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Salt Lake City
UPI
Allan Howe
Municipal Hall of Justice
Third District Court
Bryant Croft
Howe
Dean Mitchell
Friday Croft
Croft
Mitchell
Diary Ruling Postpones Longet Trial
Aspen Colorado United Press International reports Judge George Lohr postponed Claudine Longet's trial for the March 21 shooting death of Vladimir Spider Sabich to January 3 due to an appeal over suppressing Longet's diary as trial evidence. The start could move to November if a Supreme Court ruling comes sooner.
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Aspen, Colo
UPI
Claudine Longet
Vladimir “Spider” Sabich
George Lohr
Colorado Supreme Court
Lohr
Supreme Court
Frank Tucker
Miss Longet
Wealthy Texan Jailed On Capital Murder Charges
Cullen Davis, a wealthy Texas oil executive, was jailed without bond on capital murder charges for the slayings at his mansion. Authorities say he violated a peace bond by entering the estate while his divorce case continued, after killings of his stepdaughter Andrea Wilborn and Stan Farr, with others wounded.
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Fort Worth
UPI
Cullen Davis
Tim Curry
Davis
Andrea Wilborn
Stan Farr
Priscilla Davis
Gus Gavrel
Curry
Lab Sends Trash Back To Culprit
A Virginia resident received five pounds of his own garbage in a neatly wrapped package from Reuter Laboratories. Custodians traced surreptitious dumping to Dan ny W. Terrant and shipped the refuse back COD at $1.50 with a note asking him to use a different receptacle. Terrant’s wife said she had no knowledge of the incident.
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Terrant
Robert E. Beacham
Reuters
C.O.D
Beacham
Reuter Laboratories
Rev Dunn Freed on Own Recognizance After Appeal Delay
The Rev Albert Dunn, jailed after a conviction for failing to obey a police officer, was released on his own recognizance by Clark County District Court Judge Thomas O'Donnell pending appeal. A July 30 hearing was set, Dunn failed to appear, and Judge Mullen ordered the 60 day term reinstated.
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Albert Dunn
Clark County District Court
Thomas O’donnell
Dunn
Robert Mullen
Vegas Heights
Mullen
O’donnell
Harry Reid
Reid
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