Major Riddle Seeks Thunderbird Hotel Casino Purchase
Nevada gaming figure Major Riddle has filed with the Nevada Gaming Commission to operate the Thunderbird Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip. The move follows the 1948 hotel’s history under Marion Hicks and current Caesars World lease ties. Riddle already owns the Silver Nugget and Silver City Casinos.
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Nevada Gaming Commission
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Marion Hicks
Dunes
Las Veras
Silver City
the Sun
Caesars Palace
Cohen
Joe Wells
Marian Hicks
Paradise Road
Las Vegas
Real mummy found in Long Beach fun house
A long dangling fluorescent mummy at a Long Beach Pike amusement park was revealed as a real body during Six Million Dollar Man filming. The elderly man, about 5 feet 3, had missing fingers. the death date and cause are under investigation. The body came from a wax museum display once labeled the thousand year old man, now unlocated for comment.
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UPI
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Drynan
Fun House
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Nevada board faces challenge to license questioning in gambling probe
Former Gov. Grant Sawyer urged a bill of particulars for Robert Wetzel awaiting a Las Vegas shift manager license. Sawyer argued the board's private questioning and lack of cross examination violate rights as two court defeats loom. board delays case for a month to decide next steps.
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UPI
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Las Vegas
Sawyer
Robert Wetzel
Silver City
Mike O'Callaghan
Control Board
State Gaming Commission
Nevada
Public officials face plush offices amid Las Vegas consolidation
The piece criticizes county commissioners for seeking luxury offices in Las Vegas City Hall or a new bank building, while claiming city services like child abuse prevention are underfunded. It warns of potential annexation and consolidation moves and urges citizens to press for accountability and fiscal restraint.
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City Commission
Las Vegas
Hernstadt Wins Injunction Over Nevada Campaign Spending
State Senator William Hernstadt won a temporary injunction delaying a criminal case over campaign spending until the constitutionality of Nevada's campaign spending law is resolved. The judge did not rule on the statute's validity and asked for briefs from both sides.
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William Hernstadt
Clark County District Attorney's Office
Senate Dist. 3
Nevada
District Attorney
James Brennan
Justice Court
Mahlon Edwards
Edwards
George Franklin
Dist
George Holt
United States
Franklin
Holt
U.S. Supreme Court
Elko
Clark County
Nevada Supreme Court
Brennan
Florida junket seeker grilled by Nevada gaming board
A Florida man seeking a Nevada state license to book junkets to the MGM Grand faced extensive questioning by state investigators about past legal troubles and unpaid markers totaling $773,000. Chairman Philip Hannifin said there are serious reservations about recommending approval and tabled action until January to allow counsel. Harris testified tearfully about family fears and his medical issues while denying bets placed by telephone in 1971.
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Gust Mazoros
Sawyer
Joe Pavlikowski
Las Vegas
Pavlikowski
Philip Hannifin
Hannifin
State Gaming Commission
Carson City
UPI
Florida
Nevada
al Harris
Miami
Mgm Grand Hotel
State Gaming Control Board
Harris
Nhan Maniac
Pavity Flannco Harris
Underworld
Queens
Anthony Carubla
Sam Katz
New York
Case Closed in Ray Hays Investigation
The Justice Department announced it has closed the Elizabeth Ray sex scandal inquiry and will not prosecute former Representative Wayne Hays. A source cited by The Washington Star said there was insufficient evidence to charge him with misusing funds by employing Miss Ray as his mistress on the public payroll.
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UPI
Justice Department
Elizabeth Ray
Wayne Hays
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Robert L. Stevenson
Washington Star
Hays
Stevenson
U S Triggers Nuclear Blast At Yucca Flats
U S nuclear scientists detonated an underground weapon test 1450 feet underground in Yucca Flats. The blast yielded under kalotons, about 20 000 tons of TNT. It was the 14th U S test this year and created ground collapse 20 minutes after detonation at 650 a m Pacific. No radiation escaped the atmosphere per Energy Research and Development Administration. Los Alamos directed the test. southern Nevada has hosted 470 tests, 400 underground.
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Upi
United States
U.S
Energy Research and Development Administration
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory
Nevada
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