Ruling on Hanley murder trial expected next week
A decision on whether labor organizer Tom Hanley will stand trial for the Bramlet murder is due next Monday after four days of preliminary hearings. Prosecutors and defense counsel review transcripts as Hanley, his wife and son face kidnapping and murder charges linked to Bramlet's abduction and killing near Las Vegas.
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McCarran International Airport
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Davis Fires First Shots In Hughes Estate Battle
In Wilmington Delaware legal papers allege William R Lummis misused his post as Summa Corp chief stockholder while Chester C Davis accuses him of bias toward Hughes heirs Lummis moved to oust Davis and two other Summa directors May 26 Davis seeks removal or restriction of Lummis authority The Nevada petition referenced aims to determine a missing will and give the Hughes Medical Institute control.
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Summa Corp
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Lumma
Nevada District Court
Las Vegas
Howard Hughes Medical Institute of Miami
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Medical Institute
Davis Hearing Postponed in Hughes Estate Case
In Los Angeles the hearing to oust Summa Corp chief counsel Chester Davis as special administrator representative for Howard Hughes estate was postponed to June 22. Paul Freeze, representing three paternal cousins, filed the motion after Davis admitted withholding documents. Gano, the named administrator, was unavailable to testify. Davis argued the order covered only California documents. The Hughes fortune, once about $2.5 billion, is now estimated at roughly $168 million by an accounting firm.
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Chester Davis
Howard Hughes
California
Paul Freeze
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Hughes
Freeze
Richard Gano
Neil Lake
Gano
New York
Hughes’ Fortune
Dissidents Pacified at UNLV Rebel Booster Club Meeting
The UNLV Rebel Booster Club meeting drew about 65 boosters and UNLV officials as Attorney Charles Thompson led dissidents who questioned the RAF and club finances. Officials defended Tonopah Hall housing and ticket distribution while President Raepler praised the club as a model for other universities.
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Unlv Rebels
UNLV
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Unlv Rebel Booster Club
Charles Thompson
Tonopah Hall
Raepler
George Fox
Thirty Needy Children Leave For Summer Camp
Thirty underprivileged children from Las Vegas depart for summer camp on SUN Camp Fund camperships. The first 30 of an intended 700 will travel to camps in Utah California and Arizona. Donations listed include several memorial gifts and community contributions to support the program.
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SUN Summer Camp Fund
Utah
California
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SUN Camp Fund
Retired Justice Tom Clark Dies at 77
Justice Tom Clark died in his sleep at his son Ramsey Clark's New York home. He was 77 and longtime jurist who served on the Supreme Court from 1949 to 1967 and later sat on the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Burger called him a pioneering figure who rode circuit and shaped federal judicial education.
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Ray May Go Back To Feds
Gov. Ray Blanton urged President Carter to take custody of James Earl Ray, saying federal jursidiction could end undue punishment. Ray, 49, who killed Martin Luther King Jr., was captured exhausted on a Tennessee mountainside after a long escape chase. Blanton cited a 1973 federal court ruling and stated Ray had escaped from Missouri and Tennessee facilities, urging federal custody to finish the case.
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Martin Luther King Jr
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