Dealer and Companion Charged in $1.22 Million Kidnap Case
Federal grand jury indicted 30 year old Paul Michael Kodella and 50 year old Craig Otte in Las Vegas for kidnapping Reno Fruzza and his wife from their home. The scheme allegedly involved ransom money and a planned antidote drug twist. Otte remains at large with warrants.
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SUN
Federal Grand Jury
Las Vegas
Paul Michael Kodella
Craig Otte
Desmond Ave
Kodelja
Oscar Goodman
U.S
Joseph Ward Kodelja
Otto
Los Angeles
FBI
Jack Keith
Reno
Reno Fruzza
First National Bank
Frazza
Fruzza
Cal Vada Inn
Pahrump
Otte
van Nuys
Calif
City to sue county over Metro Police costs
Las Vegas officials plan a suit to recover more than 3 million dollars they say were excess costs in operating the merged Metro Police Department since 1973. They accuse Clark County of skim income and misallocating revenues, and seek to dissolve the merged agency.
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Las Vegas
Clark County
Metropolitan Police Department
SUN
Paul Christensen
Ron Lurie
Metro
Christensen
Lurie
Metro Police
McCarran International Airport
Witness Reveals Bramlet Slaying Details at Hearing
Eugene Vaughn described in court the kidnapping and execution of labor leader Bramlet by Tom Hanley and his son Gramby after Bramlet arrived at McCarran Airport. Vaughn testified that Bramlet was restrained in a blue van on the Blue Diamond Highway before being killed, with threats and a request for a drink of whisky.
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SUN
Eugene Vaughn
al Bramlet
Nevada
Vaughn
Tom Hanley
Bramlet
Hanley
McCarran International
Reno
Gramby
Hanleys
Tom
Blue Diamond
Spring Mountains
Hotel Fire Kills Ten in Twin Plains
A pair of fires in two small hotels in the upper Great Plains killed ten guests and left six hospitalized. In Cokato Minnesota the Cokato Hotel fire claimed five elderly victims and one missing guest, while six others were treated in fair condition. In Devils Lake North Dakota the Colonial Hotel blaze killed six, with residents on roof or windows awaiting rescue. Fire Chief William Oehike reported no serious injuries beyond the fatalities.
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Upper
Great Plains
Cokato
Minnesota
Minneapolis-St Paul
Devils Lake
N.D
William Oehike
SUN Camp Fund Seeks Donor Help for Camp Access
With schools closed many kids seek summer camp and the SUN Summer Camp Fund receives heartfelt letters like Max a 13 year old who wants to join his friend Anthony at camp. About 700 children may be sent this year depending on donor generosity and tax free gifts to SUN Summer Camp Fund P O Box 4275 Las Vegas 89106 donors listed include Vern and Carole $20 Anonymous $160 and many others, all in memory or tribute.
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SUN Summer Camp Fund
Max
Anthony
SUN Camp Fund
SUN
P.O
Las Vegas
Vern
Carole
Martin
Sarah Hoffenblum
Ronald
Pauline Jasper
Sophie Korzeniewski
Lennie Selle
Charles Mathewson, Jr
Len
Mary Hamp
Mrs
F.C. Bradshaw
Agatha Levy
John Mendoza
Donald G. Weiss
Teresa Rambicure
Charles Coy
David
Evelyn Collins
Keith
Barbara Henry
Gilbert Brungardt
Bob
Patricia Campbell
Russell
Lorene Boutin
Michael
Marian Vitone
Tom and
Marian Drost
Boulder City
Velma Valle
Jack and
Anna Dean Kepper
Hugh Clow
Walter London
Gil Gilbert
Ace-Hy
Beauty and Barber Supply
Esther Stalder
Swiss Cafe
Polanski seeks test of panties in rape case
Attorneys for Roman Polanski ask Superior Court judge Laurence J. Rittenband to allow laboratory testing of a 13 year old complainant's copper colored panties for semen in a Texas facility. They request expedited handling as the trial date June 29 approaches. Deputy DA Roger Gunsen opposes, proposing California testing.
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Santa Monica
Calif
UPI
Roman Polanski
Douglas Dalton
Patrick Madden
Superior Court
Laurence J. Rittenband
Texas
Rittenband
Polanski
Roger Gunson
California
Buster Brown Textiles to Build West Coast Center
Buster Brown Textiles plans a 50 000 square foot warehousing and distribution facility in Clark County near Las Vegas. Nevada Development Authority official R Bernard Gutcheon announced the project on Wednesday. The 73 year old firm will add more than 50 jobs and serve western states Alaska Hawaii Guam and the Far East with a 20 acre land option likely in Green Valley Henderson. Construction and opening are expected in 12 to 15 months.
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Buster Brown Textiles
Clark County
Las Vegas
R. Bernard Gutcheon
Nevada Development Authority
Alaska
Hawaii
Guam
Far East
Gutcheon
Reno-Sparks
Senator Ulrich Dies In Las Vegas
Indiana State Senator Wilfred Ulrich died at 69 after emergency surgery at Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital. He was rushed from the Aladdin Hotel on Tuesday due to an abdominal blood clot while attending a Council of State Governments committee meeting. Ulrich chaired the committee on Suggested State Legislation.
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Indiana
Wilfred Ulrich
Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital
Aladdin Hotel
Council of State Governments
Aurora
Ind
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Timm
By Sharon Spigelmyer
Harold Hyman
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Equitable
Sereeresereene
Kid’ S Corner
Landers Peereeseeees
Peneenenenenee Il
Paul Price
Thosteson
Aeeneee
Joe Delaney
Vista
Joey Adams
Nenee
Buster Brown
Ulrich
U Lanes
Fremont
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