Governor Opens Probe Into Nevada Foster Homes
Governor Grant Swyer launches a state investigation into the assignment of parolees to foster homes across Nevada and directs the Welfare Board to review licenses with a report due June 30. Clark County DA Edward Marshall criticizes officials for placing ex felons in foster homes amid burglary allegations involving Robert Leep. The move follows tense public reaction in Las Vegas as Health and Welfare officials arrive to assess the foster home program.
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Grant Swyer
Nevada
Clark County
Dist. Atty
Edward G. Marshall
Robert D. Leep
Department of Health and Welfare
Quentin Emery
Wallace White
Las Vegas
Delay Bid Denied To Government
District Judge John Mowbray will rule on motions in the four million dollar invasion of privacy suit brought by Edward Levinson and the Fremont Hotel against Central Telephone Company and others. The judge denied a six month stay request tied to the U S versus Robert Baker case, with plaintiffs alleging conspiracy involving government employees and listening devices in Levinson's office.
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Dist
John Mowbray
Edward Levinson
Fremont Hotel
Central Telephone Company
Mowbray
U. S
Robert G
Bobby) Baker
Washington, D.C
Frank H. Rogers
Walter T. Geary
Vernon L. Rogosch
Jesse Jones
John Zucker
John M. Mallory
Levinson
Nevada
Henderson Novelty and Clark Associates
Fremont
John Grandi
Rogers, Geary, and
Rogosch
Beware swindles and shell games in a wary age
The column warns readers about common cons from the shell game to mail frauds. It notes the high cost of fraud at over 100 million dollars yearly and highlights vulnerable groups, including the elderly, with a local hint about fraudulent retirement land schemes seen in the state.
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Post Office Department
United States
Buildup of Reds Smashed Near Cambodian Border
U S B52 bombers struck near Tay Ninh province close to the Cambodian border as spot reports say 1,500 Communist troops gathered for a major attack. Air Force and Navy aircraft flew 90 missions over North Vietnam dodging SAMs. one Navy jet was shot down. A pilot radioed farewell as troops closed in north of Vinh. In Saigon, a claymore mine and hand grenade wounded 15 at a bus stop in Cholon.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S
North
Viet Nam
Panhandle
Vinh
Cholon
Elephants on the Lam Panic Suburban Chicago
Two full grown circus elephants escaped frightened by a jet at O’Hare and roamed four western suburbs for four hours. They toppled a fence wrecked a garage and disrupted traffic as residents watched in alarm.
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Chicago
UPI
Barbara
Kay
O'Hare International
State takes over Mark Twain Insurance in receivership
Nevada state officials moved to place Mark Twain Insurance Co into receivership under State Insurance Commissioner Louis Mastos. District Judge Roscoe Wilkes granted the order after a hearing noting stockholder and policy holder interests were jeopardized. Mastos will control books records and properties and may hire outside professionals to assess the firm amid a nine month dispute over alleged improper payments of more than 300000 to directors and affiliated entities.
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ELY
UPI
Mark Twain Insurance Co
Nevada
Louis Mastos
Dist
Roscoe Wilkes
Mastos
Death Toll In Collision Reaches 32
NEW YORK UPI Firemen searched the still smoldering hull of the British tanker Alva Cape for 12 missing seamen after a harbor collision with the Texaco Massachusetts. 32 lives were lost, 69 survived with 41 hospitalized. The incident occurred in Kill Van Kull between Staten Island and New Jersey as 143000 barrels of naphtha carried from India ignited.
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New York
UPI
van Kull
Staten Island
New Jersey
Texaco Massachusetts
India
Alva Cape
Weather Forecast Summary for Today
Clear with gentle winds. Predicted high 105 and low 65. Sunrise at 5 23 AM, sunset at 8 00 PM. Yesterday's high 104 and low 66. Noontime relative humidity 19 percent.
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Elko Boy’s Reformatory
Burnham Ave
South Second Street
Marshall
Leep
Alaska
Sawyer
State Welfare Board
Foster
Aan
Dean Elson
M. B. Parker
Robert Lee
James Moreland
Henderson Novelty Company
Clark Associates
Elson
Federal Bureau of Investigation
William G. Hundel
Baker
U. S. Ver
FEDS
Hank Greenspun
Bryn Armstrong
SUN
Legion
Tay Ninh Province
UPI Telephote
Lillian Hildebrand
River Road
Peter Lombardi
Franklin Park
Ann Landers
UNE Cay
Entertainment
Financial
Henderson
Serene
Paul Price
Seem
Ralph Pearl Peete
Mark Twain
Atty
Daniel Walsh
Insurance Commissioner
Wilkes
Richard Waters Jr
Carson City
Nevada Supreme Court
Wilke
Waters
Asst
Thomas J. Hartnett
Lionel
Show Boat Motor Hotel
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