Wayne County Sheriff Defends Junket Travel to Las Vegas
Wayne County Sheriff William Lucas, a finalist for FBI director, said he did nothing legally or morally wrong in accepting air travel and hotel nights from casino organizers. He told the Los Angeles Times he had been questioned by FBI agents about the trips amid Carter’s FBI leadership selection. White House spokesman Jody Powell said he did not know if the admissions would affect Lucas’s chances.
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Imment
Safire’s Judy Exner Book Draws Mixed Reactions
The column revisits Judy Exner’s ties to John F Kennedy and mob figures like Sam Giancana and Johnny Roselli. It notes Safire’s critique of the president’s alleged indiscretions and discusses social connections with Sinatra and Dean Martin, while acknowledging the writer’s own conflicted stance and dismissing the piece as filler.
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Bill Safire
Judy Exner
John Kennedy
Johnny Roselli
Sam Giancana
Frank Sinatra
Dean Martin
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Sinatra
Dean
John Rosselli
Florida
Tropicana Hotel
John
Las Vegas Beat Reflections on Show Biz and Notables
A Las Vegas oriented column comments on society chasing Gina Judy Exner, Clifford Irving and Robert Vesco while noting Jack Carter's move to television after Las Vegas stage neglect. It highlights Burns at the Sands, Apcar's Bedazzled at Harrah’s Lake Tahoe, Helen Reddy’s MGM Grand contract, and birthday milestones for Tunney Buck Herman.
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Frederic Apcar
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Lake Tahoe
Jacqueline Douget
Helen Reddy
Mgm Grand Hotel
Hilton
Carter offers $6000 tax payment for 1976 stance
President Carter and Milner report 1976 net taxable income of 39,366 dollars with 20,864 in deductible expenses. Carter sends a letter to IRS director John Henderson offering 6,000 dollars as income tax for 1976, seeking to apply prepaid 1978 tax toward the balance.
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Las Vegas Roundup of Fatal Crash and Private Donrey Meeting
Clayton Butler, 23, died after his car plunged from a 20 foot embankment on I 15 near Sahara Ave. He had been in satisfactory condition at Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital ICU. A Donrey Media Group spokesman described a private gathering with Interior Secretary Cecil Andrus at Lake Tahoe, not open to press. Police seek four men in a coin shop kidnapping and robbery. other burglaries and a prison sentence are noted in brief.
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Fred Smith
Donrey
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Republican
Frank J. Fahrenkopf
Reno
Lake Tahoe
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Kenneth Willams
Ken
Williams
Marion
Ann Roberts
E. Alamingo Road
Las Vegas Bivd South
Man Held Doctor at Gunpoint Surrenders After Four Hour Standoff
In New Orleans a man named Leroy Menendez held Dr. Richard M. Street at gunpoint for four hours to force talks with VA head Max Cleland. A long distance call with Cleland and advice from his older brother led to surrender. no injuries were reported.
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UPI
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Leroy Menendez
Max Cleland
Veterans’ Administration
Washington
Lawrence Menendez
Orleans Parish
Cleland
Menendez
Thrifty Drug Proposes Reduced Pharmacy Hours in Reno Hearing
A public hearing in Reno will consider Thrifty Drug Stores request to cut pharmacy service to 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. while keeping other departments open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily. Pharmacy would close Sundays and holidays. The hearing Friday at 10 a.m. at Harrah's Hotel invites testimony and written comments to the Nevada State Board of Pharmacy in Reno.
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