Presley Senior Stricken Amid Las Vegas Hilton Visit
Vernon Presley 60 father of Elvis Presley suffered a mild heart attack at the Hilton Hotel and was treated at Sunrise Hospital before being released. He had collapsed before 1 a.m. and was moved to a private room then returned to the hotel where he remains under doctor care. He has a history of heart trouble and is Elvis business manager for Memphis properties while often attending Las Vegas shows. Elvis opened a sellout 10 day run at the Hilton on December 2 and closes Sunday night.
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Vernon Presley
Elvis Presley
Hilton Hotel
Sunrise Hospital
Presley
Tennessee
Hilton
Elvis
Memphis
Las Vegas
Hilton Showroom
Gaming Commission critique and clash over licensing
The Nevada Gaming Commission chair Pete Echeverria faced sharp scrutiny after a heated session about licensing for the Summa Corporation. The piece notes little applause and hints at a trap for Attorney General Bob List, ending as the column directs readers to see further details on page 2.
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Gaming Commission
Pete Echeverria
the Sun
Nevada Gaming Commission
Summa Corporation
Bob List
Commission
Hughes
List
Peter
Dog's Light Sparks Blaze In Lander Doghouse
Firefighters responded to a house fire in Lander Wyoming after an electric light bulb ignited a doghouse in a backyard. Two fire trucks and a rescue unit arrived to find a smaller blaze than expected and quickly extinguished the flames, with the dog found unharmed.
Hughes Spying Drive Involving Hughes Family Press Rumors
Former Hughes aide John Meier reveals 1975 bid by Howard Hughes to buy Donrey media holdings to control Las Vegas Review Journal. He cites a massive spy operation on Hank Greenspun and Hughes CIA ties, with orders to destroy files on Nixon Ford Laxalt OCallaghan.
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Gerry Bellett
Las Vegas Sun
Vancouver
B. C
Howard Hughes
Donrey Media
Las Vegas
The
Review-Journal
SUN
Hank Greenspun
Hughes
CIA
John Meier
Meier
CLA
Nixon
Ford
Paul
Laxalt
Nevada
Mike O'Callaghan
Radium Theft Suspect Burglary Probed In Oklahoma City
In Oklahoma City police and health officials recovered seven radium needles and four radium tubes from a vacant northeast side yard after a helicopter search. One tube and the missing needle remain unaccounted for as investigators pursue leads on the break in at a doctor's office.
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Oklahoma City
UPL
Dale McHard
Occupational and Radiological Health Service
State Health Department
N.E. 10Th
Walnut
Health Department
Robert L. Craig
Large cache of guerrilla weapons found in California desert
Police recovered a hidden cellar at the home of Donald D. Wiggins revealing a submachine gun machine gun parts a sawed off shotgun and ammo. The discovery followed an earlier find of eight tons of war materials buried in concrete bunkers in the southern California desert and three tons at Wiggins home. Authorities call it the largest cache of this type in California and probably the nation.
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Ontario
Calif
UPI
California
Los Angeles
Peter Pitchess
Donald D. Wiggins
Gunmen Fire At U S Gobs One Injured
Unidentified gunmen fired on a bus carrying three American sailors and a Filipino driver near Clark Air Base in the Philippines. One wounded sailor, name withheld, is in stable condition with head injuries at the base hospital. Local bus service between the naval relay facility and the base was not halted.
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Manila
The
Philippines
UPI
U.S. Air Force
Naval
Clark Air Force Base
Aranguring
Clark
Mania
Aides Testify About Hughes Drug Use and 1968 Will
John Holmes, Hughes aide and Summa Corp. director, testified he used Valium aspirin and other drugs during Hughes five years at the Desert Inn Las Vegas. He invoked the Fifth Amendment on how Hughes obtained the meds and later denied knowledge of Hughes condition at death in Acapulco. The testimony aids a discovery phase for a contested Mormon will signed March 19 1968 in a Las Vegas penthouse.
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Los Angeles
UPS
Howard Hughes
Desert Inn
Las Vegas
Hughes
Acapulco Mexico
Holmes
Hughes’ Summa Corp
Nevada
Harold Rhoden
Sud
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Presley Senior
Echeverria
Pete
Richard Burton
Hamlet
Wiggins
Mojave Desert
Donald L. Wiggins
Upifoto
Lancaster-Palmdale
U.S
John Holmes
Joe Delanes
Ann Landers
Paul Price
Vista
Fremont
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