Sheriff Lamb Paid With Cash in Federal Tax Trial
Testimony in the federal tax case against Sheriff Ralph Lamb details cash payments for a son’s car, a large home, roofing, pool work, and interior fittings all in $100 bills. IRS figures show assets rising from about $210,000 in 1970 to $295,000 in 1972 as prosecutors argue unreported income.
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SUN
Ralph Lamb
Lamb
Internal Revenue Service
U.S
Roger
Roberts Roof and Flooring
Guy Gagnon
Nevada Pools
Toni
Fortune
Lambs
Asst
U.S. Atty
David Spurlock
Mark Condo
N. Jones Blvd
James Allred
Fred Price
Warner Bros. Studios
Mauz Marcellino
Decorating Studios
Mrs. Lamb
Nevada panel approves Hacienda sale to Paul Lowden
The Nevada Gaming Commission approved Paul Lowden's $21 million purchase of the Hacienda Hotel in Las Vegas despite investigators' doubts. The vote was unanimous to overturn a denial recommendation by the State Gaming Control Board. Chairman Harry Reid said the board failed to prove the deal was as bad as claimed.
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CY Ryan
Carson City
UPI
Nevada Gaming Commission
Las Vegas
Paul Lowden
Lowden
State Gaming Control Board
Commission
Harry Reid
Reid
Two Arrested In Murder Attempt Near Sloan Nevada
Gary B McHugh 42 a Las Vegas auto mechanic was shot at the old Silver Saddle Ranch near Sloan and drove home with a towel over his head to call police He was in serious condition at Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital Two men Paul B Jung and Edward M Schweitzer were arrested after being stopped by Nevada Highway Patrol while driving a red Jeep with Utah plates near I-15 Sloan witnesses reported a chase and a gun was found a .22 revolver believed recently fired at the scene.
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Las Vegas
Metro Police
Silver Saddle Ranch
Sloan
Gary McHugh
Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital
McHugh
City Vue Mobile Home Park
Highway 41
Los Angeles Highway
Paul B. Jung
Bob Mitchel
Las Vegas Blvd
Edward M. Schweitzer
Utah
Nevada Highway Patrol
I-15
Metro
Arco
Suspect Admits To 10 Killings Including Nevada Case
Suspect Felton Varias Simon, 27, admitted killing 10 others including a Nevada case after a Santa Monica preliminary hearing. He faces a Seattle rape murder charge from 1975 and is bound over for arraignment in Superior Court next month.
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Santa Monica
UPI
Seattle
Wash
Nevada
Felton Varias Simon
Superior
Carol Ann Thompson
Holiday Inn
Pacific Seashore
Simon
Emeryville
Calif
Las Vegas
Nev
Union Plaza
Miss Thompson
Los Angeles County
LV Men Await Colombian Jail Release
Two Las Vegas residents detained in Santa Marta Colombia since June 15 are tentatively set for release Saturday. Attorneys hired to represent them filed motions on Tuesday seeking an end to their detention. The group includes paramedic Miguel Parada pilot Stephen Bolling and others who faced drug related accusations after multiple police searches aboard the Lear Jet 24 air ambulance.
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Las Vegas
Santa Marta
Colombia
Miguel Parada
United States
Parada
Stephen Bolling
Tony Gekakis
Jeffrey Ellis
Las
Lavish Mercy Mission Ends With Detentions In Santa Marta
Four Jet Avia crew members and two Mercy Ambulance staff arrived in Santa Marta on June 15 aboard a jet chartered by James Chagra of El Pasofor a so called mercy mission. The mission aimed to evacuate a burn patient later identified as Bruce Allen from Sunland New Mexico but the plan failed when Colombian police halted the operation. The party was detained then released with tensions over the fate of the $1 million jet. Former pilot Jerry Lee Wilson faced prior marijuana distribution charges in Ardmore Oklahoma. Thursday marks the Ardmore trial of Wilson.
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Jet Avia
Santa Marta
James Chagra
el Paso
Tex
Chagra
Las Vegas
Jet Avia, Ltd
Jerry Lee Wilson
Bruce Allen
Sunland
N.M
Wilson
Las
Lowden Faces License Hurdle Over Hidden Interests in Hotel Deal
Nevada regulatory board weighs renewal for Lowden who already holds 15 percent of F & G Corp which owns 96.5 percent of the Hacienda hotel. The hearing questioned Howard Harmer and Ramon D Onofrio amid accusations of hidden interests and questionable testimony. A one year license was approved while further renewal is required in 1978.
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Lowden
F & G Corp
Eugene Fresch
Argent Corp
Allen Glick
Howard Harmer
Atherton
Calif
Harmer
Securities and Exchange Commission
Reid
Commission
Ramon D'Onofrio
Clair Haycock
Silver
Thas
William Raggio
Reno
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Ron Gronauer
Sioan
Gary B. McHugh
Sunfoto
Cliff Stanley
Harvey W. Giss
Thompson
Giss
Rex H. Minter
Richard Plasse
San Jose
Plasse
Tricia White
Steve
Teeeneenee
Paul Price
Seeneaneres
Thosteson
Ener
Seeeeenee
Neeneee Delaney
Joey Adams
Jones
U Lanes
Fremont
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