Lavender Mob Gang Held for Bank Robberies in California
Twelve suspects tied to the Lavender Hill Corp gang were ordered held for a preliminary hearing on April 6 after a Jan 22 bank and finance company robberies. Bail set at $10,000 each. Ringleader named as Michael Lee Durbin with others including Darrell Riddle James Lewis Paul Boyd Nancy Allman and several more. The group reportedly operated about five months with nearly a dozen holdups.
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United California
Floyd Phillips
Los Angeles
Lavender Hill Corp
Michael Lee Durbin
Korea
Darrell Tipton Riddle
Playhouse
Ventura
Ventura Po
Lavender Hill
London
Bank of England
Power plan details for usrb energy in southern Nevada
Bennett outlines per kilowatt hour rates higher than federal power but lower than steam power. Glen Canyon power will aid Rural Electrification in Nye county areas Pahrump and Amargosa. He predicts new plants on the river between Glen Canyon and Lake Mead with a 4 million kilowatt potential and hydroelectric power released from coal plants in Colorado Utah and Arizona to southern Nevada. Gov Sawyer praised for securing more power for the region.
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Bennett
Glen Canyon
Rural Electrification Administration
Pahrump
Amargosa
Nye County
Lake Mead
USBR
Colorado
Utah
Arizona
Nevada
Grant Sawyer
Interior
Stewart Udall
Washington
Friendly Sons St Patrick Dinner Hails Irish Patriotism
An article praising St Patrick’s Day celebrations in southern Nevada with references to Judge Roger Foley and Judge John Mowbray. It recalls Victor Herbert and the song The Hail Of The Friendly Sons. The toast Slainte Go Saol Agat Angus Go Nacirig An Botar Leat is offered for good health and prosperity.
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St. Patrick’s Day
Roger Foley
Nevada
Sons of St. Patrick
Victor Herbert
The
Friendly Sons of St. Patrick
Friendly Sons
John Mowbray
St. Patrick
Learn-A-Language Records Promote Family Language Study
SUN Records offers Learn-A-Language courses for $5 with 28 coupons. Pick up records at SUN Circulation Department 9008 Main St or 900 South Main St and submit seven consecutive coupons to receive a four record hi fi language course with a conversational manual. Orders placed Saturdays or during the week are returned to the SUN office for processing.
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SUN
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South Main St
Taken for 60 In Forced Ride
William Bird of 240 Alibaby Lane told deputies a gunman aged 28 to 30 forced him into a car in front of his home last night. The assailant emptied Bird’s wallet of $60, ordered him out, then drove away in a grey dirty sedan.
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William Bird
Alibaby Ln
Sheriff's Deputies
Bird
Arrest Suspect in Mart Holdups
Tommy Gilmore Corley, 31, of 200 Mallard Street, was arrested by police last night on suspicion of armed robbery. Corley, arrested at his home, is linked to ex convicts and may have been involved in this week’s holdups at Blaine’s Food Markets where nearly $3,000 was seized at gunpoint.
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Tommy Gilmore Corley
Mallard St
Corley
Blaine
Revenue agents raid multiple locales in nationwide gambling sweep
The Internal Revenue Service conducted coordinated raids across many states, arresting numerous suspects and seizing cash and slot machines. Highlights include seven arrests in Sacramento and a $2,460 cash seizure in Yonkers. The operation targets gamblers dodging federal taxes under a 1951 law requiring wagering stamps and taxes with penalties up to 10,000 dollars and ten years imprisonment for willful noncompliance.
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Internal Revenue
Charlottesville
Yonkers, NJ
Syracuse
N.Y
Liverpool
Brooklyn
Geneva
Michigan
Detroit
St. Clairs Shores
Highland Park
Kansas
Junction City
Manhattan
Ogden
Columbia
S.C
Miami Beach
Fla
Peoria
East Peoria
Ill
Yonkers
The
Revenue Service
Uncle Sam
Youth Camp Sentence for Glue Sniffer
A 14-year-old Las Vegas youth who failed a probation after being found intoxicated from sniffing glue was sent to Spring Mountain Youth Camp as a second offender. District Judge David Zenoff said the youth would benefit from the camp and continued classes, noting air quality could help. Authorities praised druggists and merchants for voluntary glue sale restrictions reducing sniffing among youngsters.
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Las Vegas
Spring Mountain
David Zenoff
Elko Industrial School
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Lavender Mob
James Kelvin Lewis
Santa Paula
San Jose
Paul Spencer Boyd
Nancy Sue Allman
Rasmussen
Franson
Fields
William J. Smith
Ronald M. Robinson
Lloyd Cundiff
Diamond
Fremont
Diamond ‘S
Hemingway
Nevada Tax Co-Operative
Ireland
SUN Records
Torrance
Downey
Calif
Sacramento
Hawthorne
Foster’s Shoes
3Rd St
Bill Czipott
E. Stewart
Income Tax Service
Ray Diehl
Charleston
New Frontier
Joseph
JoAnne
Las Vegas Blvd
Curtis Park
Eugene and
Fairhaven
Tonopah Highway
Decatur
PY Et al
Darling Realty
Twin Lakes Plaza
Ives
Bonanza
Desert Inn RD
Bartsas Realty
E. Oakey
Eyes
Nellis
Main Boulevard
Oakey
Housees Furn
6Th St
TL. & CL
Niagara
International
Webb
Nlv
Greenleaf Nursery
College
N.S.V
Off
Vegas
Henderson Trailer Estates
Bob Olsen
Water ST
Henderson, Nev
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