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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1970
Page
4
Fresno case centers on Thoresen a firearm obsessed man shot dead in his upstairs room after neighbors report a house filled with crates and fifty pounds of marijuana plus dynamite and weapons later valued at twenty six thousand dollars by the IRS. His wife injured and questioned as detectives seek links to earlier assaults.
In a swift vote the Senate refused to force presidential consent for each arms sale and urged Israel's request for 125 warplanes. Only five senators joined Williams in seeking prior congressional approval, while the body kept existing authorization for cash and credit sales and maintained the current fiscal year ceilings.
Three robberies reported across the day and night strained area law enforcement. A Seven-Eleven on Mary land Parkway and Tropicana was held up for 96 dollars, shortly followed by a second armed robbery at the Beverly Palms Motel rear entrance where Warren Harold Rundle of 2185 Sixth St. lost 90 dollars. At 12 38 am a purse snatcher roughed Mary Alice Hansen, a Strip hotel cashier, in the parking lot with ten dollars in the purse.
Police report details a large narcotics operation with numerous suspects charged for sale of narcotics and heroin. Names include Felton Thomas Dishman Lynn Kaye Beauford George Walker III John Pixley Alan Crain and more, with multiple counts and one forgery arrest.
Senator Dodd, amid a Democratic State Convention push, reportedly weighs an independent bid after accepting the Senate nomination. Aides say he is giving serious consideration to a third party candidacy, with June convention two weeks away and rivals including Alphonsus Donahue and Edward Marcus.
Lee Peer a 48 year old former Reno Las Vegas communications executive filed for lieutenant governor as a Democrat promising a shift on atomic testing. He calls for converting the Las Vegas energy site into a research center and cites a credibility gap in AEC test disclosures while criticizing Gov Laxalt on tourism and rural development.
Four gravel plants O L 12 Local 12 picketed Las Vegas Building Material amid stalled wage talks. The move by WME Transit Mix Nevada Ready Mix and Southern Nevada Ready Mix and Rock Products Association aims to pressure contractors as union demands exceed nearby Los Angeles rates. A broader strike threatens Las Vegas area construction with dozens of craft unions and contractors impacted at the Nevada Test Site and local projects.
U S and allies Russia France and Britain met for two hours over the Jordan crisis and adjourned to June 24 amid signs of widening gaps on a Middle East settlement. In Beirut Syrian backed Al Saiqah and PFLP seized the Jordanian Embassy, burned it, and held firefighters at bay as Ambassador Zureikat was beaten. In Amman hundreds were killed and wounded in six days of fighting, with 65 hostages released at dawn.
Evangelist A A Allen died in a San Francisco hotel room reportedly of a heart attack at 11 15 p m He was 59 and headed Miracle Revival Fellowship His organization sponsored mass campaigns published Miracle Magazine and distributed radio and TV programs He had denied rumors he was dead earlier and an autopsy was planned in San Francisco
U.S. Senate Whip Edward M. Kennedy receives unanimous endorsement from 1,407 delegates at the Massachusetts Democratic State Convention in Amherst. He rejects a 1972 presidential bid, cites dehumanizing trends in universities and government, and vows to pursue a second full term.
Dennis Lee Miner 23 is set to stand trial for murder in the 1968 beating death of Paula Nikki Nichols in an apartment at 156 Alberts. Pathologists offered competing views on cause of death, with the state arguing homicide and Miner’s defense citing alcohol and barbiturate poisoning as possible factors.
134 Americans and two foreign tourists escape Jordan and reach Athens after brief detour. They describe being held at the Philadelphia hotel by guarding commandos who threatened demolition if Palestinian leaders’ terms were not met. The women say a 14 year old commando protected them and warned of further danger.
Joan Tunney Wilkinson wife of Lynne Carter Wilkinson pleaded guilty to manslaughter in his death. Psychiatric testimony cited nine years of schizophrenia and danger of further attacks. Judge Carl Arnold ordered detention at Broadmoor Prison Asylum. Wilkinson died from head injuries in Chenies near London after disappearing on holiday in Bergen and Marseille. The case mentions Rep John Tunney in California and Gene Tunneys 1926 title win over Jack Dempsey.
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