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Newspaper

Las Vegas Sun

Location

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America

Date

Jun 06, 1977

Page

11

James Earl Ray Prison Escape Probed

Investigators from the House Assassinations Committee will interview inmates and staff who knew James Earl Ray during his 1959 1967 prison term in Jefferson City Missouri WitnesS Wyrick said the interviews could run for about a week beginning early this week Former Warden Harold Swenson is a named target of the inquiry as part of broader probes linked to King and Kennedy cases.

Jefferson City UPI James Earl Ray Missouri House Donald Wyrick Ray Martin Luther King Jr King Memphis John F. Kennedy Dallas Main Wyrick the Assassinations Committee St. Louis Harold Swenson Washington

Memorial service for Beverley Hills fire victims in Kentucky

Hundreds attended a memorial at Evergreen Cemetery in Southgate for 161 people killed in the Bever ly Hills Supper Club blaze on May 28. Governor Julian Carroll and Mayor Kenneth Paul spoke as taps was played and mourners viewed the charred “Showcase of the Nation” site nearby.

Southgate Kentucky Jullian Carroll UPI Beverly Hills Evergreen Cemetery Kenneth Paul Julian Carroll

Las Vegas Obituaries Compile Funeral Details Across Several Services

Multiple obituaries list services in Las Vegas for Dorothy Dot Weisenberger 60, Esther Laughinghouse 77, John Cassella 64, Leonard Wilson 79, Robert Slay 91, James Hurt 72 and related survivors. Services at Palm Memorial Park and Bunkers Chapel, graves at Woodlawn Cemetery, cremation planned. out of town rites for Cassella.

Palm Chapel Dorothy Dot’ Evelyn Weisenberger Las Vegas Weisenberger Ironton Ohio Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital Mina Edgell Doris Weisenberger Gentiliska Allsworth Arlene Hall Henderson Thelma Hughes Richmond Vaurial Palm Memorial Park Palm Mortuary Woodlawn Esther N. Laughinghouse Dominic Tamietti First United Methodist Church Laughinghouse Compton Ill Louis Nelson Glenn Nelson Charles Nelson Aurora Ruth Kreighbaum Sugar Grove Grace Olsen Oswego John Cassella Mr. Cassella New Castle Danny Raymond Cassella Frank and Robert Cassella St Anne’s Catholic Church Leonard Wilson Capistrano Ave Jim Swenson Wilson Missouri Las Vegas Area Boulder Dam James Wilson Santa Rosa Calif Marthele Yoon Memory Gardens Bunker Mortuary Bunkers Chapel Robert R. Slay Lexington Ave Joseph Jefferson Mr. Slay Essie Guice Ester Jacobs Annie Shed Geraldine Page James E. Hurt Hurt The Masons Mary A. Deane Ketcham

Teachers Union To Strike In San Diego District

The San Diego Teachers Association voted to strike Monday across 165 schools after talks since May 11 reached impasse. President Hugh Boyle said the union, with 3,700 members among 5,800 teachers, may see at least half walk out as the board seeks a court injunction awaiting Superior Court Tuesday afternoon.

San Diego UPS Boyle

Columbia Pictures International Holds Global Convention in Las Vegas and Los Angeles

Columbia Pictures International staged its first worldwide convention with more than 900 delegates from 42 countries. The gathering included seminars and screenings in Los Angeles at Burbank Studios and two days of meetings in Las Vegas at the MGM Grand, ending with executives from every country where Columbia operates.

Columbia Pictures International Las Vegas Los Angeles Patrick M. Williamson Columbia Mgm Grand Hotel Williamson Burbank Columbia Pictures Internatonal

Hurt Hiker Rescued By Airmen

A 17 year old hiker from Scotts Valley, Paul Kasner, was rescued after a fall in the Sierra near Bucks Lake. Fire and Air Force teams lifted him from a ravine and transported him by air to a Reno hospital for internal injuries.

Quincy Calif UPI Paul Kasner Scotts Valley Sierra Plumas County

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Upifote America Dorothy Weisenberger Esther Laughinghouse Robert Slay Columbia Pictures Western Fuel Oils Inc Highland Or New Atlantic Richfield Company Van van Wart Sahara Factory West Meade MR. Kool
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