Parole Violated By Two Murder Suspects In Las Vegas
Two convicted robbers accused of murder while on parole appeared before the Nevada State Board of Parole Commissioners in Las Vegas. Robert Turner 27 and Freddie Walker 29 face murder charges and possible parole revocation while LeRoy Snedecor 36 received continued parole with drug therapy.
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Nevada State Board of Parole Commissioners
Las Vegas
Robert Turner
Bryn Armstrong
Turner
Clark County
Ing
Joe Cecil Hicks
Armstrong
Carson City
Freddie Walker
Walker
LeRoy Sharp
LeRoy Snedecor
Snedecor
30 Year Old Killer Flu To Hit U Atlanta
CDC reports a reappearing influenza strain linked to the swine flu shows a historic antigenic shift. No U S cases yet but surveillance remains active as epidemics unfold in the Soviet Union and Hong Kong with vaccines urged.
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Atlanta
UPI
National Center For Disease Control
Walter Dowdle
CDC
Soviet Union
Hong Kong
Dowdle
CDC Public Information
United States
Ft. Dix
N.J
Purple Gang blamed for 17 killings in New York
UPI reports a narcotics mob named the Purple Gang, about 80 members, emerged as the city’s sixth organized crime family. DEA confidential 1976 assessment cites violence capacity and ties to heroin networks, with at least 17 slayings and possible links to other crime groups and terrorists.
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New York
UPI
Purple Gang
New York City
Federal Drug Enforcement Agency
Palestinian Groups Clash Over Ideologies Near Beirut
Rival Palestinian guerrilla factions Saiqa and the Palestine Liberation Front fought with machineguns and mortars inside a refugee camp near Beirut Airport. Syrian troops and the Arab peacekeeping force intervened to stop the clash, which witnesses linked to ideological rifts and personal disputes. No casualties were immediately reported.
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Beirut
Lebanon
UPI
Saiqa
Palestine Liberation Front
Syria
Iraq
Ere
Death ties May Las Vegas case to Hillside Strangler probe
Las Vegas police probe a May rape and strangulation of Catherine Blum linking similarities to California Hillside Strangler victims. Lt Beecher Avants says investigators contacted Los Angeles police as they pursue a possible suspect, while Hollywood residents report hearing screams from an apartment linked to another homicide.
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Las Vegas
Los Angeles
Metro
Metro Homicide
Beecher Avants
Catherine Jo Blum
California
Blum
Avants
Los Angles
Stangler
Hollywood
Dan Cooke
Kimberly Martin
Las Vegas editor charged in alleged December home intrusion
David Paul Verbon, 32, managing editor of the Las Vegas Review Journal, was arrested Friday on burglary, assault with intent to commit sexual assault, and carrying a concealed public safety item after detectives linked him to an attempted entry at a Spencer Street apartment involving two girls, ages 14 and 15. Detailing a mace attack, a silver public safety item, and a neighbor who reported the license plate, the report notes an attached case with rope and other tools found at the scene.
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David Paul Verbon
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Metro Police
Verbon
Review-Journal
West Bonanza Road
Police Department
City Hall
Clark County
F.W. McClatchey
Verdon
Stone Drive
Las Vegas
Spencer Street
Johnson
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Nevada
Illings
Detroit
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East Harlem
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the Drug Administration
George Toutoian
DEA
Toutolan
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Florida
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Carol Garcia
Miss Martin
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Gwen Warner
Warner
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