Sheriff to Probe Councilman Dealings in Reno
Reno authorities will have the sheriff's organized crime unit examine a possible conflict of interest involving Councilman Nick Lauri after he was paid by Prudential while not licensed as an agent. Also under review is Councilman Bruno Menicucci's role in supporting a tax increment financing plan linked to developer John Cavanaugh's property.
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William Duffel
Sacramento
Lauri
Duffel
Joe
Prudential
Grant Bastian
Hicks
Organized Crime Unit
Police Department
Menicucci
John Cavanaugh
Cavanaugh
First Family Together For Colorado Holiday
Mrs. Ford held a news briefing at the Ford chalet during a Christmas holiday stay in Colorado. She defended the President's composure amid mishaps, praised 27 years of familiarity, and stressed family unity and belief while noting some concern over security and lingering official duties. The First Family plans to return to Washington December 30 and considers Christmas a religious, family holiday.
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Ford
Fords
Washington
Betty Ford
Susan
Vail
Colo
18 Year Old Rape Suspect Sentenced in Clark County
An 18 year old man, Ralph Wesley Carr, pleaded guilty to raping a woman near the Las Vegas Expressway desert area. Judge Joseph Pawlikowski sentenced him to 15 years in Nevada State Prison after the DA dismissed a kidnapping charge. The victim testified Carr hijacked her for a ride on May 27 and threatened to cut her throat before the assault. She dropped him at a 7-Eleven and called police.
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Las Vegas
Nevada State
Clark County
Ralph Wesley Carr
Stanford St
Joseph
Carr
Beirt Beirut Strife Throttles Christmas Eve in Beirut
A wave of bombings kidnappings and street fighting terrorizes Beirut with up to 100 kidnapped in 24 hours. More than 6 000 killed and 12 000 wounded in eight months of Christian Muslim militia warfare as gunmen block Hamra Street and clash in Martyr Square.
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Beirut
Lebanon
UPI
Hamra Street
Hamza
Martyr’s Square
Beirut Radio
Ras
Prostitute Ring Broken In Las Vegas Strip Inquiry
Las Vegas police arrested Alvin Meyers owner of Paradise Spa and two women Lonna Donovan and Mimi Culver on charges including operating and maintaining a house of prostitution. Authorities say the ring supplied prostitutes to hotels on the Las Vegas Strip for six months.
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Las Vegas Strip
Alvin Meyers
Paradise Spa
Lonna Donovan
Mimi T. Culver
Vagran
Visitor Clobbered Robbed by Trio at Las Vegas Motel
A 57 year old Fullerton man Ernest Smith was assaulted and robbed of about 200 dollars in his room at the Bagdad Inn Motel Las Vegas Boulevard South. He was treated and released at Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital. Police describe three suspects two of them a man and a woman who knocked and entered and fled in a late model dark blue or dark green car with California plate 556 JB.
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Fullerton
Calif
Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital
Metro
Ernest Smith
Bagdad Inn
Las Vegas Blvd. South
Smith
California
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