Paralyzed Las Vegas Man Linked to Swine Flu Shot
Kenneth Klein, 49, a UNLV custodian, has been hospitalized in intensive care for six weeks with Guillain Barre syndrome after a swine flu shot. Health officials note the link is unproven, as Klein also had an upper respiratory illness. the CDC reports 50 swine flu vaccine related paralysis cases and the clinic in Clark County was shut.
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Las Vegas
Kenneth Klein
UNLV
Valley Hospital
Klein
Keith
Kenneth
Otto Ravenholt
Clark County
Ravenholt
Nevada
Andrea Boggs
Clark County Health Department
United States
Health Department
Baboon Evades Ottawa County Police Again
A 85 pound baboon escaped from African Lion Safari Park last June and remains uncaptured after a highway overpass sighting. Police doubt its presence, noting previous reports of dog attacks and noting the animal may have left or died. Officers pursued the baboon, but it escaped once more as a reporter asked where Marlin Perkins is.
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Port Clinton
Ohio
UPI
Safara Park
Ottawa County
Marlin Perkins
Threat targets Patricia Hearst as Hearst Castle shut down
An unidentified man warned of snipers unless Patricia Hearst was surrendered to a group calling itself the United Front. The Hearst Castle near San Simeon was closed indefinitely while Miss Hearst stays under private protection after her release on bail pending appeal of a bank robbery conviction.
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San Simeon
Calif
UPI
Hearst
Patricia Hearst
United Front
San Luis Obispo
Hearst Castle
Miss Hearst
CBS
Castle
Los Angeles
The
Sheriff's Office
Youth Forum Divided on Draft Amnesty and Budget
In the bicentennial year SUN Youth Forum students tie in voting for a representative. Bryant Barber of Western High School and J Cal Noorda of Las Vegas High shared the panel duties moderated by John Wawerna. The group urged defense of U S policies with a conditional pardon similar to Ford's. They favored strong defense with some draft choice and budget cuts, noting inflation could be slowed but not stopped and balancing the budget as key.
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America
SUN Youth Forum
Bryant Barber
Western High School
J. Cal Noorda
Las Vegas High
John Wawerna
United States
Ford
Fingerprint experts dispute Dummar forgery claims
Las Vegas police crime lab chief says forging or planting a fingerprint on the envelope is impossible. If Melvin Dummar’s print is on the outer envelope, he likely touched or delivered the document to the Mormon Church HQ in Salt Lake City. Attorneys cite Nevada AG List as saying Dummar’s prints were found, while List declines public comment and potential charges loom.
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Las Vegas Metropolitan
Melvin Dummar
John Deegan
Dummar
Howard Hughes
Hughes
Clark County
Keith Hayes
Nevada
Robert List
Mormon Church
Salt Lake City
List
Deegan
the Sun
Utah
Hayes
Rich Man Remembers Orphans In Will
Two orphaned children, Billy Locklear aged 3 and his sister Mary Ann aged 2, were named heirs to the fortune of Russian emigrant Elia Gervetch who died over a year earlier. Trustees set monthly payments of about $500 for life, after the couple’s brutal robbery murder left the siblings parentless. Suspects Charles Elton Brooks and Ronald Wayne Miller wait trial for the slayings.
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Dallas
UPI
Elia Gervetch
Billy Locklear
Mary Ann
Charles Elton Brooks
Ronald Wayne Miller
Heirs Awarded Custody Of Orphans In Simple Texas Home
In a ransacked frame house in Salado the two children were kept until their parents woke. They were released to permanent custody of Mr. and Mrs. David Basey, the dead father's half-brother, who say they plan a simple life. Frank Haughton of Republic Bank in Dallas notes Mr Gervetch, who left the money, was about 80 at his death.
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David Basey
Salado
Basey
Frank Haughton
Trust Department of
Republic Bank
Dallas
Gervetch
Correction on Aladdin Hotel director murder charge error
United Press International report in the Las Vegas Sun on December 17, 1976 corrected a false claim that James Tamer, executive director of the Aladdin Hotel, was convicted of murder. Tamer was never charged or convicted. the newspaper apologized for the embarrassment caused.
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United Press International
Carson City
Las Vegas Sun
James Tamer
Aladdin Hotel
Tamer
the Sun
Tanner
Tanker Explosion Rocks Los Angeles Harbor Sighting
A Liberian oil tanker named Sansinena exploded at the Union Oil berth in San Pedro causing a massive plume of smoke and fire. About 25 crew members were rescued from the water and harbor, with one hospitalized.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Coast Guard
Torrance Memorial Hospital
San Pedro Harbor
Liberia
Union Oil Co
Union Oil Dock
Eagle Rock
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Noorda
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San Francisco
Outdoor Advertising Association
Upstate
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U.S
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