Thunderbird Hotel Sale Nears Completion to Las Vegas Banking Group
Negotiations for the Thunderbird Hotel sale near completion involve a Las Vegas banking group led by E. Parry Thomas of Valley Bank. The group includes Ken and Bob Sullivan, Jerome W. Mack, and Harvey Silbert. Caesars World would lease back the property for about 13.5 million dollars, the price Caesars paid Del Webb in 1972. The Thunderbird opened in 1948.
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Las Vegas Banking Group
Thunderbird Hotel-Casino Sale
Las Vegas
E. Parry Thomas
Val
Valley Bank
Harvey Silbert
Beverly Hills
Riviera Hotel
the Sun
Caesars World
Caesars Palace
del Webb Corporation
The
Webb Corpo
Quake Hits China Szechuan Area Amid Ongoing Aftermath
Hong Kong's Royal Observatory recorded a severe earthquake in west central China near Szechuan Province at 12:33 pm. The epicenter was about 900 miles northwest of Hong Kong with preliminary magnitude not yet known. The report notes prior quakes and ongoing quake alerts affecting Peking and Tangshan.
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Hong Kong
UPI
Royal Observatory
China
Szechuan Province
Szechuan
Sungpan-Pingwu
New China News Agency
NCNA
Peking
Tientsin
Tangshan
Wrist Cutter Teen Apprehended After Hartford Standoff
A 16 year old girl slashed her wrists on the steps of Immaculate Conception Church in Hartford as a crowd cheered. Police took her to Hartford Hospital twice for observation and released her each time in the custody of her mother. authorities said they were surprised by the second release.
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Hartford, Conn
UPI
Lic
Hartford Hospital
Hartford
Joseph Devine
Four Die In Shabby Buffalo Apartment Mystery
Four people were killed in an upstairs Buffalo apartment Sunday night in a violent attack. An 18 month old girl escaped unharmed as investigators sought a man seen leaving the scene and considered drugs a possible factor in the killings. The victims included two men and two women aged 20 to 40, with slashing and gunshot injuries reported.
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Buffalo
N.Y
UPI
Oene
Shootings Kill Three Injure Two in Long Beach Apartment
In Long Beach California a gunman killed Nadene Sorensen 21 and Elvetria Patino 22 in a shared apartment injuring two others. Arturo Guzman 29 and neighbor Willie Langston 26 were involved with Langston later arrested after being disarmed by an officer.
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Long Beach
Calif
UPI
Nadene Elizabeth Sorensen
Elvetria Patino
Arturo Guzman
Willie Pete Langston
North Korea Expresses Regrets Over Soldier Slayings
North Korea said last Thursday it regretted the slayings of two American soldiers in the DMZ. The White House said President Ford did not call it an apology and details of U S actions remain undisclosed.
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Vail
Colo
UPI
North Korea
Demilitarized Zone
White House
Ron Nessen
Armistice Commission
Nelsen
Ford
United States
Midway
Korea
Nessen
Christians and Factions Clash as U.S. Delivers Signal on Sarkis
Lebanese factions fought on three fronts Sunday while U.S. envoys Robert Houghton and David Mach met President-elect Elias Sarkis in Hazmieh. The talks marked a new U.S. outreach to the divided Christian camp as Sarkis prepares to take office. The envoys offered no peace plan, emphasizing an exchange of views rather than a quick solution. Musk but the meeting signals U.S. preference for Sarkis, a moderate Christian mediator, over the hard-line incumbent Suleiman Franjieh.
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Beirut
Lebanon
UPI
U.S
Robert Houghton
David Mach
Elias Sarkis
Hazmieh
Houghton
Sarkis
Suleiman Franjieh
United States
Governor Shapp to stay at Bellevue Stratford Hotel
Governor Milton J. Shapp plans to eat and sleep at the Bellevue Stratford Hotel to show confidence that the site poses no health hazard. Health officials link the Legionnaires outbreak to the hotel where 26 people died and 173 were ill after attending the American Legion convention.
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Philadelphia
UPI
Pennsylvania
Milton J. Shapp
Bellevue Stratford
Bellevue
Shapp
Michael McLaughlin
American Legion
Legion
National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health
Lewis Polk
Miami Beach
Fla
Seattle
Pennsylvania Legionnaires
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Jimmy Hoffa
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Newsweek
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Anthony Marro
Teamsters
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Hoffa
Bloomfield Township
Charles L
Chuckie) O’brien
Anthony Giacalone
O’brien
Chuckie
Nevada
Renee
United Nations Command
Upif Pro
Truce Village
Panmunjom
Francis Meloy Jr
Bridge
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