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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1977
Page
2
Captain Pauline Hartington, 45, will become the second woman to command a major Navy shore post, heading the Navy Manpower and Material Analysis Center of the Pacific with a 31 officer, 130 enlisted, and 67 civilian staff.
The Justice Department will shutter LEAA regional offices this fall affecting about 200 of its 850 staff. Deputy AG Peter Flaherty said workers will be reassigned within the department or to other agencies as the agency streamlines operations.
Nevada Supreme Court refused Anthony Ray French’s request to undergo truth serum and hypnosis tests before his murder trial set for July 6 in Carson City. French, accused in the fatal Nov. 4 gas station attendant George Reynolds shooting, says he has no memory. Defense argued the tests could aid his testimony and defense. court declined intervention.
Foster's Shoes at 119 North 3rd promotes fashionable footwear for men women and children, emphasizing comfort and fit in a wide range of styles. The ad highlights a storewide appeal to shoppers seeking practical footwear with a stylish edge.
In Washington a former mental patient, Gerald Thomas, held his nine month old niece Trayonne Nicole Dorsey over a second floor ledge for more than five hours. Officers entered via a porch column and retrieved the child, Thomas fell fourteen feet but was unhurt and recommitted to St Elizabeths Hospital. The infant suffered only a minor head bump. Thomas, claiming someone was trying to kill him, refused to surrender during the four hour ordeal and will not be charged due to his condition.
Forecast calls for mostly sunny skies in Las Vegas on Wednesday and Thursday with gusty winds and isolated showers. Highs reach 100 to 107 degrees, lows around the mid 70s, with humidity around 29 percent high and 11 percent low. Today mirrors yesterday’s heat, and sunrise is 5 24 a.m. with a sunset at 8 01 p.m. Air quality index stands at 37 indicating fair conditions.
Generally fair weather is forecast across most of the nation with scattered showers and thundershowers in the far northwest upper New England and near the upper Mississippi Valley.
Former HUD labor relations chief Charles T. Muntain acknowledged meeting Carlos Gambino in the early 1970s. The Washington Star said Gambino sought help to reach the FBI and leave the country. A federal grand jury subpoena seeks records from Muntain dating to 1969 amid an anti racketeering probe.
Reno and Sparks sewage plant testing for higher discharge allowance faces rejection. State official Roger Trounday says evidence does not prove ability to meet permit limits. Current limit remains 24 million gallons daily despite Kennedy Engineers report suggesting 30 million.
Police in Broward County say they are rounding up 65 suspects who sold 170000 dollars worth of goods to a fake fence store run by a joint STOP unit code named Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves. The operation used a Plantation Freighters storefront opened with federal funds and advertising that bought stolen items. The store closed May 15 and investigators, with Broward crime lab help, spent weeks tracing stolen property and issuing warrants.
Gov. Mike O Callaghan named nine to the reorganized Nevada Council on the Arts after the 1977 Legislature trimmed the panel from 17 to nine. Reappointments include Anthony Thomas North Las Vegas Max Bunnell Overton Gloria McDonald Reno Lillian Nall Charlene Goldman Las Vegas and Thomas Ogg Reno New members are Francis Trachok Edda Houghton Reno and Chico Alvarez Las Vegas One former member Howard Hickson Elko was not reap pointed amid controversy over meetings and openness. The governor also named Fallon Mayor Merton Domonoske to the Real Estate Advisory Commission and reappointed Olivia Silvagni of Las Vegas to a second term.
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