Nevada delegates pick in May primary amid Jackson withdrawal
Gov. Mike O'Callaghan says he has no favorite after Senator Henry Jackson quits the race. Delegates must declare presidential preference at the state convention with Nevada allocating its delegation based on May 25 primary results. In Carson City, Judge Frank Gregory orders two state-funded psychiatrists to examine Eric and Mary Zessman, charged with open murder in their six month old son's starvation death. trial date remains May 11. The couple, jailed on $50,000 bail, had lived in their car after arriving from Las Vegas. they are also wanted in Littleton, Colorado for theft and possession of stolen property.
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Carson City
UPT
Mike O'Callaghan
Henry Jackson
Jackson
Callaghan
Las Vegas
Nevada
UPI
Frank Gregory
Eric
Mary Zessman
Gregory
Mary
Frederick Zessman
Zessmans
Littleton
Colo
D Atty Opposes Prison Inmate Voting in Carson City
District Attorney Mike Fondi says the Carson City clerk should deny inmate voter registrations. He cites a state constitution ban on felons voting after three inmates at the state prison requested registration.
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Carson City
UPI
Mike Fondi
Fondi
Nevada Supreme Court upholds murder rule on intoxication
The court rejected Larry James Leader's bid to reduce second degree murder to manslaughter by voluntary intoxication and left the malice requirement unchanged. It also denied James Earl Phillips's appeal in a voluntary manslaughter case from Las Vegas, noting his self defense claim was not persuasive.
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Carson City
API
Nevada Supreme Court
Larry James Leader
Las Vegas
Leader
James Earl Phillips
Phillips
Former prison guard on trial for selling marijuana to inmates
A nine-woman three-man jury was selected in Carson City for the trial of August Dreeson a 49 year old former state prison guard from Silver Springs accused of selling marijuana to inmates. Testimony set to begin Wednesday includes Lowell Morris a former inmate who allegedly arranged the purchases. Dreeson was fired after his arrest October 17 1975.
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Carson City
UPI
August Dreeson
Lowell Morris
Dreeson
Silver Springs
Honors Convocation at University of Nevada Reno to honor 1400 students
About 1,400 students will be honored Thursday at the University of Nevada Reno Honors Convocation on campus. Gov. Mike O’Callaghan and campus president Max Milam will present top honors including the Phi Kappa Phi Award, Governor’s Medal for Military Proficiency, and awards for Outstanding Women’s Scholarship Athletics and Public Service. Also named are the Thornton Peace Award and Outstanding Teacher and Researcher of the Year. Myrtle T. Myles and Rev. C. Harold Van Zee will be cited as Distinguished Nevadans at May 15 commencement. Myles’ award coincides with her 90th birthday. Van Zee has long served Nevada churches and youth civic groups. A Las Vegas contractor, H. W. Polk, was convicted of seven counts for failing to withhold taxes and Social Security in 1973 and faces up to one year and $5,000 per count. sentencing set for June 4 in federal court.
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Carson City
Nevada
Elko
U.S
Polk
Senators Meet Over Hawthorne Depot Jobs Assurance
Nevada senators conferred with Naval Operations officials in Washington about Hawthorne Naval Ammunition Depot staffing. They were assured 823 workers would be employed through Sept 30 and that employment would stay above 777 through FY 1977. Pictured left to right are Sen Howard Cannon Sen Paul Laxalt and Rear Admiral Tom Allshouse.
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Naval Operations
Washington, D.C
Hawthorne Naval Ammunition Depot
Hawthorne
Nev
Howard Cannon
Paul Laxalt
Tom Allshouse
Fire danger warned for Sierra Nevada region and West
Interagency Fire Center director Jack Wilson warned of a developing crisis with California and other Western states facing a likely severe fire season. Moisture deficits, drought and low fuel moisture signal trouble across the Sierra Nevada, Eastern Oregon Washington Idaho and parts of Utah and Colorado, with lightning risk in Four Corners and the Red Rim areas.
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Interagency Fire Center
Sierra Nevada Range
California
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Susanville
Bakersfield
Bureau of Land Management
Lakeview
Medford
Ore
BLM
Arizona
Rocky Mountain Front Range
Wyoming
Pueblo
Colo
Colorado
West
Wilson
Rockies
Cascades
New Mexico
Utah
Nevada
U.S. envoy presses ban on heavy artillery in Beirut clash
UPI reports U.S. special envoy L. Dean Brown won support from Moslem and Christian leaders to halt heavy weapons as a four day Beirut battle waned. Kamal Jumblatt accepted the proposal and Brown planned talks with the other side. Fighting killed around 90 and wounded 120 in 24 hours amid fears for Lebanon's presidential election.
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Lebanon
UPI
U.S
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Truce Commission
Brown
Palestine Liberation Army
PLA
Kamal Jumblatt
Jumblatt
Syria
Suleiman Franjieh
Fattal
Phalangist Party
Mount Lebanon
Pierre Gemayel
Rashid Karami
Karami
United States
Damascus
Family Denied Home Live In Forest Tent
Maryann Wolf and her five children and a cat live in a 9 by 12 foot forest tent in Cockaponsett State Forest. A two week camping limit requires dismantling within a week while Ronald Wolf, unemployed, stays with them. Welfare officials say no permanent address denial but prefer not to mail to PO boxes. Salvation Army seeks temporary housing as Hadamm town aid totals $30 but is uncertain.
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Haddam
Conn
UPI
Maryann Wolf
Wolfs
Cockaponsett State Forest
Steven
Wolf
Gerald Kupper
Hadlyme
Salvation Army
Murphy's Law in Bridge Becomes Lesson for Cautious Play
Alfred Sheinwold explains careful play in bridge using Murphy's Law. The article analyzes a North South 3NT contract, detailing opening leads, defensive errors, and the correct approach to insurance by switching suits. It includes a daily question where the dealer should bid one diamond, and promotes A Pocket Guide to Bridge.
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Alfred Sheinwold
South
East
Alfred Sheinwald
Sheinwold
P.O
Los Angeles
Calif
Invigorating the Aging Mind and Body
A reader asks how to sharpen memory in old age while enjoying strong health and endurance. Dr Irene Gore argues aging stems from low self-demand and urges active mental and physical challenges to stave off humiliation from memory lapses.
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