Indictments Hit Clark County Child Care Leaders
Clark County grand jury returned indictments against former superintendent Joseph C Jay Gardner and cottage parent Frank Leroy Wooldridge at the Southern Nevada Children's Home in Boulder City. Ruth Wooldridge not indicted. They resigned June 14 after investigation began. Gardner faces charges for failing to report child abuse and perjury.
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SUN
Clarkey Grand Jury
Nevada
Boulder City
Frank Leroy Wooldridge
Ironwood
Ruth Wooldridge
Joseph C. ‘Jay’ Gardner
Indictments issued in Kids' Home case target ex head and staff
A grand jury indicts Wooldridge and Gardner with child abuse and related charges at the Kids' Home. It criticizes former director Roger Trounday and assistant Orville Wahren rock, notes governance failures, and cites administrative neglect. Wooldridge resigns amid the probe. Governor O Callaghan receives the eight page report in Las Vegas.
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Roger Trounday
Orville Wahrenbrock
Wooldridge
Gardner
Yuma Court
Boulder City
Dist
Howard Babcock
Department of Human Resources
Orville Wahrenrock
Trounday
The
Gaming Control Board
Mike O'Callaghan
Las Vegas
Rand
Bradleyuilding
Grand Jury
Son of Local Politician Gunman Kills Six Then Ends Self
Emil Benoist of Hackettstown New Jersey killed six men along railroad grading near his hometown before taking his own life as law enforcement moved in. State police say the victims include a motorcyclist and two teenagers on bicycles. The motive remains unknown.
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Hackettstown
UPT
Emil Benoist
Pierre Benoist
Benoist
Conrail
Carter Names Reno Attorney To Fed Court
President Hug selects Reno attorney to fill Nevada seat on the U S Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Senate ratification pending. The nomination follows a panel recommendation and sparked controversy over omitting Supreme Court Justice Al Gunderson. Hug prior roles include University of Nevada Regent and university counsel.
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Reno
Fed
Carson City
UPI
Hug
Nevada
U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
U.S. Senate
Supreme Justice
John Mowbray
Thomas Wilson
Supreme Court
al Gunderson
University of Nevada
University
Where I Stand Where I Stand
A guest column recalling Nevada politics in 1970 71. It notes four governor candidates after a primary and Gov. Mike O’Callaghan’s early restraint on tax raises. The piece cites fiscal integrity and a shift from fear to cautious optimism as Nevada faced the new administration.
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Nevada
Man surrenders after 40 minute Las Vegas SWAT siege
A 60 year old man at 304 Jackson Ave Apt D held police at bay with a 38 caliber pistol during a Friday night standoff. After about 40 minutes Metro SWAT ordered him out and he surrendered. He faces gross intoxication charges and was taken to Clark County Jail. Kinsey, Ross's aunt, watched as police escorted him away.
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Metropolitan Police Department
Strategic Weapons and Tactics Team
SWAT
Plainclothes
Metro Police
Larry Bokden
Rt. Ross
Jackson Ave
Apt. D
Clark County
Metro
Jackson Avenue
Ross
Ronald Johnson
Martha Ella Kinsey
Johnson
SUN
RJ. Ross
Four Die in Mid Air Collision Over Sierra
Four people died when a light aircraft crashed and burned near US Highway 50 about 15 miles west of Echo Summit after takeoff from Lake Tahoe Airport. The second plane, piloted by Shannon Wenn, returned safely. he reported seeing smoke on the ground. Names of victims withheld pending family notification.
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South Lake Tahoe
Calif
UPI
Sierra
Fides ‘Enceline
Lake Tahoe
Highway 50
Echo Summit
el Dorado County
Oakland
Fire Engulfs U.S. Embassy in Moscow Top Floors
A massive blaze in the U S Embassy in central Moscow consumed the eighth to tenth floors and roof of the 27 year old building. Marines and Navy Seabees fought the fire with Soviet firefighters as embassy personnel were evacuated except for guards protecting sensitive documents. One Marine was overcome by smoke, no other injuries reported.
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Moscow
UPS
U.S
Malcom Toon
Army
Navy
Air Force
Sundown Fire At Moscow Embassy Grounds Firefighters Battle Major Blaze
Toon arrived from a diplomatic reception in a tuxedo as a fire broke out at a Moscow building on Chaikovskovo Boulevard. US diplomats evacuated to the street while hundreds of Soviet firefighters battled the blaze on the eighth floor, with flames breaking through again after midnight.
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Toon
Chaikovskovo Boulevard
Moscow
Truck Slams Van Killing California Family of Eight
A tractor trailer crashed head on with a van on a rain slick Utah highway near Scipio killing a California family of eight. The victims include two parents and six children. The truck driver, Richard H. Miller of Fullerton, California, survived and was hospitalized.
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Utah
U.S
California
Utah Highway Patrol
Richard H. Miller
Fullerton
Calif
Touab County Hospital
Here
Juab-Millard County Line
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