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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1977
Page
7
Eith Hulin a 12 year old from El Cajon California suffered severe burns and wore a face mask during a bicycle ride outside his home He spent six months in bed and returned to school in September after his long recovery period.
Thieves struck the Galaxy Motel at 3655 Las Vegas Blvd South, entering four rooms about 5 am by opening a screen and window. Total losses cited include 1650 from Thomas and Isabella Ball of New York, 560 from Willie Treadwell of Chicago, 150 from David Kutcher of Hollywood, 200 watch and 100 cash from Bennie Nash of Sacramento.
A suspended deputy tax assessor, Richard Franklin Fleener, 28, was indicted on one count of interference with commerce by extortion for allegedly threatening a Persian rug dealer at the MGM Grand to obtain 500 dollars. The dealer, Djamshid Mahban of Grand Persian, paid 200 then 300 after further demands. Fleener was arrested in the MGM Grand parking lot with marked FBI funds.
In Portland a class of first graders at North School describe Santa as educated in Massachusetts and married to Mrs Claus who works in a Virginia paper factory. They say Rudolph hails from Tampa and Claus lives in a church at the North Pole with two children and a cat.
Clark County law enforcement kicks off a combined holiday alert through September 1978 to curb highway deaths. Nevada Office of Traffic Safety cites 102 deaths in Clark County this year, with December feared to push the annual toll higher. Patrols target drinking drivers and 55 mph violations while Metro focuses on intersections and STEP locations with 75 percent enforcement on driver inattention, following too close and improper turns.
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