Ink experts testify in Howard Hughes Mormon Will case
Ink and paper specialists tell jurors the disputed 1968 will was written with a Paper Mate pen and specific ink. Forensic chemist Luter links the inner ink to a 3,000-ink library while noting outer envelope ink matches the same family. Trial resumes with Steve Kramer expected to challenge prior testimony.
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SUN
Howard Hughes
Albert Lyter
U.S. Treasury Department
Keith Hayes
Steve Kramer
Escondido
Calif
Luter
Harold Rhoden
Hughes
Hayes
Freese
Lyter
Clayton Lilienstern
Houston
James Dilworth
Treasury Department
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Meloy Laboratories
Melvin Dummar
Rhoden
Reinstatement Demanded as Hawks Faces Misconduct Inquiry
Clark County firefighters accused a political smokescreen behind Fire Chief Leroy Hawks suspension amid probe of other department heads. Hawks seeks immediate reinstatement arguing lack of charges and opportunity to defend. $1,223 travel expense questioned as county funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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Clark County
Leroy Hawks
Ron Duran
Hawks
Jay Downey
John Pisciotta
Paradise Road
City Commission
Hawk
Alan R. Johns
District
Commission
Thalia Dondero
Robert Broadbent
New York
Las Vegas
Darrell Davies
American la France
Davies
Focus Of County Probe On License Department
County officials plan a special meeting to review the license department probe. The discussion centers on meeting type, completion timing, and whether to hold a closed personnel session while investigators push for eight new license staff.
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Broadbent
Gates
Metro Police
Ralph Lamb
Roadbent
Lamb
Metro Special Investigtions
Mardis Gras
el Inca
Aga Mensee
Downey
Pisciotta
Ray Paglia
Robert Reilly
Reilly and Paglia
Nevada Gaming Commission Kicks Back on Tropicana Emergency Fund
Nevada Attorney General Robert List says the Gaming Commission must unanimously overturn a board denial and criticizes how the Tropicana emergency loan to Jack Urich was approved. Harry Reid defends the ruling while noting future legislative action may alter the system of checks and balances governing emergency investments.
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Carson City
UPI
Robert List
Nevada Gaming Commission
State Gaming Control Board
List
Gaming Commission
Harry Reid
Jack Urich
California
Tropicana
Las Vegas
Reid
On List
Echeverria
Commission
Roger Trounday
Control Board
Attorney General's Office
Tropicana Financial
Urich
Airman Identifies Accused Slayer in Las Vegas Case
An airman at Nellis testified that 15 year old Mark Andamo Cuellar robbed a Stop N Go Market and killed the clerk, describing a youth who parked, entered, and exited the store minutes before the shooting at 3 57 a.m. on July 10. A fingerprint and gunpowder smell tied Cuellar to the scene as the trial continued with expert testimony forthcoming.
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Nellis
District Court
Mark Andamo Cuellar
Richard Rudder
Cuellar
Herb Ahlswede
Rudder
North Las Vegas
Frank Cremen
Dave Schwartz
Nellis Jet Crash Kills Top Brass
Two senior officers at Nellis Air Force Base died when an F-15 crashed during a training mission northeast of Las Vegas at 8 15 a m. Col William H Walter and Lt Col David A Jacobsen were killed. cause under investigation. Walter had served at Nellis since 1976. Jacobsen was based there since November 1976.
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Nellis Air Force
Las Vegas
William H. Walter
M.D
Nellis Afb
David A. Jacobsen
Air Force
Jacobsen
Walter
Bamberg
S.C
Nellis
Rock Valley
Iowa
Autopsy On Chemist Inconclusive in County Probe
The autopsy could not determine cause of death of Foster. Police found two empty tranquilizer vials and two empty gas tanks in the camper, suggesting possible self harm. No evidence of murder was found. The Clark County investigation into staff promotions and chain of command continues, with reports due after toxicology.
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Foster
R. H. Nelson
Las Vegas
Lake Mead National Recreation Area
Lake Mead
Park Rangers
Bruce Spaulding
Mening Parrott
Clark County Commission
Parrott
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Desert Inn Hotel
Paul Freese
Desert Inn
Levar Myler
Chevrolet
Ford
Kramer
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Reilly
Connie
Jee
Parad
Oslo
Steven Hyman
Paul Goldman
William Wad
Top Brass
Puch
Arjac
Hobby Village
Charleston
Red Rock
Nevada
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