Bra Bugs Bite Bad In Court
In San Luis Obispo a juror quipped to Judge Woolpert about squashing bugs in a blouse during an assault and sex perversion trial. The judge laughed and ordered the jurors not to return to the jury box until the mites were removed, calling for an early luncheon recess as exterminators treated the box.
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San Luis Obispo, Calif
UPI
Superior Court
Harry Woolpert
Woolpert
Gladys Towell Root
Alan Davis
Morro Bay
IRS Stuffed Coats With Tickets Clerk Testifies At Mullen Hearing
Municipal Court Clerk Terry Tefertiller testified in a federal hearing about IRS agents allegedly stuffing coats with traffic tickets in 1975 to imply Municipal Court Judge Robert Moon Mullen took bribes. She said records were seized without proper documents and that thousands of tickets were taken.
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SUN
Internal Revenue Service
Robert ‘‘Moon
Mullen
Terry Tefertiller
IRS
Tefertiller
Malcolm Harris
Don Griffith
Griffith
Harris
Teferiller
Asst
U.S. Atty
Richard Wright
Wright
Police Free Captives in Wharton County
Investigators in Wharton County Texas said seven miles north of Wharton in Spanish Camp a roach infested residence held mentally deficient Californians with inadequate food care and supervision while their pension checks were spent. Sheriff H R Flournoy and staff probe possible deaths and arrest Elmer Arnold Tompkins 34 of Van Nuys on a Sunday.
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Wharton
Ter
Wharton County
H.R. Flournoy
Spanish Camp
Elmer Arnold Tompkins
van Nuys
Tompkins
Lillian Gobert
Chateau Golbert
California
Flournoy
Wharton Area
Gobert
Veterans Hospital
San Diego
Sherif
Joe Covarrubio
Rape probe ties Mint Hotel executive to witness pressure
Police arrest Mint Hotel employee Michael Flores for allegedly trying to deter a witness in a teenage employee rape case at the Dell Webb owned Mint. Metro seeks arrest warrant for the unnamed Mint executive as investigation continues.
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Mint
Dell Webb
Metro
Michael Flores
Tugraham
Flores
Bey
Brand
Mint Hotel
Clark County
Torris Brand
Hilton column bullish on Las Vegas future as convention capital
Barron Hilton president of Hilton Hotels Corp argues Las Vegas will remain the entertainment hub and rise as the top convention city. He notes a 65 percent gain in convention room nights since 1970, a 57.9 percent convention repeat rate, and ongoing expansion at the Las Vegas Hilton and Flamingo Hilton including a new 26 story 500 room tower and a 1.5 million dollar outdoor sign.
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Barron Hilton
Hilton Hotels Corp
SUN
Las Vegas
America
Las Vegas Hilton
Hilton
Pickworth gets life for killing ex landlady with hammer
Brian Scott Pickworth 22 was sentenced to life without parole for first degree murder in the October death of 75 year old Belsa Lockhart. He pled that drugs influenced his actions and urged more treatment. He planned to pursue sketching and painting as a trade.
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Pickworth
Brian Scott Pickworth
Nevada State Prison
Dist
Charles Thompson
Belsa Lockhart
Raymond Lane
Defense seeks mercy for man in old woman's death
Public Defender Kirk Lenhard urged Judge Thompson to set a life with parole sentence for Pickworth. He argued the defendant is a drug victim who did not plan the killing and deserves a chance at return, asking the court for mercy and hope while acknowledging accountability.
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Dep
Kirk Lenhard
Pickworth
Thompson
Lenhard
Vet professors urge keeping dogs amid MS concerns
University of Pennsylvania experts criticized a letter in the AMA Journal linking dogs to multiple sclerosis. They clarified the UK Lancet report cited researchers in New Jersey and Newark, noting no direct dog MS connection and stressing only a possible link with small house dogs.
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Philadelphia
UPI
University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine
John S. Reif
Donald Abt
AMA Journal
Abt
Seymour Jotkowitz
Lancet
England
Stuart Cook
Peter Dowling
East Orange, NJ
Veteran's Administration Hospital
Rutgers College of Dentistry and Medicine
Newark
New Jersey
Jotkowitz
Cook
Dowling
Geen
Garbage Route To Freedom Inmate Escapes Jail Sack
Robert Poole, 20, of 805 Twin Lakes Drive, hid in a garbage sack in a jail elevator at AR PEGs, was caught when the elevator opened. He faces felony escape and possession of a dangerous weapon charges for a knife taken from the jail kitchen.
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Clark County
Metropolitan Police
William Conger
Robert Poole
Twin Lakes Drive
Conger
Poole
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Liano
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Ark
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Upifoto
Cook and Dowling
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Joey Adams
Paul Price
Irrit Iri Ily
Thosteson
U Lanes
Fremont
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