Nevada Gaming Chairbacks Stay on Rosenthal Ruling
Carson City UPI The Nevada Gaming Commission chairman Peter Echeverria urged a stay on district court findings that allowed Frank Rosenthal to head Argent Corp. He noted eight officials previously deemed Rosenthal unsuitable and called for delay only on the stay, not the Supreme Court appeal.
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Carson City
UPI
Peter Echeverria
Nevada Gaming Commission
Frank Rosenthal
Argent Corp
Las Vegas
Echeverria
Rosenthal
Nevada Supreme Court
Thomas R C. Wilson
D-Reno
Joe Pawlikowski
Nevada
Stardust Hotel
Allen Glick
The
Gaming Commission
Supreme Court
Commission
Pawlikowski
Baron Pleads Innocent in Teamsters Loan Kickback Case
Alvin Baron, a Las Vegas lawyer, pleads not guilty to charges including taking 200000 in kickbacks to arrange an 1.3 million loan from the Teamsters Central States Pension Fund to Mount Vernon Memorial Park in California. The indictment lists wire and mail fraud counts and income tax issues, with case continued to Jan. 3.
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Chicago
UPI
Alvin Baron
Las Vegas
Nev
Teamsters Central States Pension Fund
California
Baron
Schaumburg
Teamsters
Fund Board of
Mount Vernon Memorial Park
Fair Oaks
Calif
Fay Bryant
Teamsters Pension Fund
Justice Department
Bryant
U.S. District Court
Hubert L Will
Cult Prayed Over Decomposed Body in Manhattan Apartment
Detectives found Stephan Hatziehedorou, 23, corpse in his bed as six cult members prayed over him to revive him. They had been living there since his death on October 9 and were issued health code summons for not reporting a death.
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New York
UPI
Stephan Hatziehedorou
Manhattan
Hatziehedorou
Earthquake Hits Welkom South Africa Killing Miner
An earthquake near Welkom, 175 miles southwest of Johannesburg, killed at least one miner at the Welkom Gold mine. The tremor of 4.8 on the Richter scale damaged buildings, trapped several workers, and caused widespread debris. Civil officials feared more casualties as rubble was cleared and fires broke out in the town.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Welkom
Anglo-American Corp
President Brand
Colleen Futter
Carter Cabinet Prospects By Department
Carter campaign aides name potential appointees across departments. Harold Brown eyed for Defense. Michael Blumenthal or Charles Schulze possible Treasury roles. Shirley Hofstedler or Barbara Jordan among Attorney General possibilities. Bergland, Pfeifer, Adams, AnDrus, Dunlop Kreps and others listed for various posts.
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Washington
UPI
Jimmy Carter
Defense
Harold Brown
Air Force
California Institute of Technology
Treasury
Michael Blumenthal
Bendix Corp
Johnson Administration
Charles Schulze
Council of Economic Advisers
Shirley Hofstedler
Los Angeles
Atlanta Constitution
Wall Street Journal
Barbara Jordan
Texas
Carter
Jordan
Johnson
Joseph Califano
Wisconsin
Patrick Lucey
Gambling Control Blasted Criticism of licensing process and open meeting concerns
Former governor Sawyer defended a board that faced a scramble over casino licensing and proposed a wide study of Nevada gambling laws. He urged a public hearing with clear allegations while noting possible open meeting law issues and past legal landmines.
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Sawyer
Wetzel
Las Vegas
Jeff Silver
Nevada
State Highway Board
Gilmore seeks release over 60 day death rule in Utah
Condemned killer Gary Gilmore filed a habeas corpus petition in district court arguing he is illegally restrained because Utah did not execute him within 60 days of sentencing. His attorney says the death penalty should be carried out rather than serve time and that a writ could order his release.
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Provo
Utah
UPI
Gary Gilmore
Ron Stanger
Gilmore
Supreme Cow
Oregon
Stanger
U.S. Supreme Court
Washington
United States
William Evans
United States Supreme Court
Calvin Rampton
Board of Pardons
Fourth District Court
J. Robert Bullock
Utah Supreme Court
Pardons Board
Prson
Bullock
Group Pickets Furriers in San Francisco
A three hour Christmas vigil outside downtown stores drew 50 demonstrators protesting fur coats and trapping animals. Virginia Handley of The Fund For Animals Inc said shop owners feed the market for cruel trapping, urging a state ban on steel jaw traps used for luxury furs.
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San Francisco
UPI
Virginia Handley
The
Fund For Animals Inc
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D-Wash
House
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Conrail
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Idaho
Cecil Andrus
Sierra Club
Brock Evans
John Dunlop
Ford
Duke University
Juanita Kreps
John Zucotti
New York City
Franklin Thomas
Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Corp
Richard Ravich
New York State Development Corp
Bessie Gilmore
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