World Series Poker Builds to Midpoint at Horseshoe Club
The 7th annual World Series of Poker runs May 3 to 16 at Benny Binion’s Horseshoe in Las Vegas. Texas Johnny Moss, a four time Hold ’Em winner, heads the field in the winner take all Hold ’Em on May 16 with a $10,000 buy in and an estimated $250,000 prize. Preliminaries feature a $500 buy in 7-Card Stud Classic and escalating stakes as play advances.
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Texas
Johnny” Moss
Moss
Horseshoe Club
Johnny Moss
Odessa
Las Vegas
Benny Binion
Fremont Street
Governor Will Address Junior Honor Society
Gov Mike O Callaghan will be guest speaker at Orr Junior High gym as 22 new members join the National Junior Honor Society at a 10 a m Friday ceremony. New members include Cherry Clark Kathleen Clark Courtland Cline Albert Cohen Dorothy Davis Susan Delorenzo David Gilbert Ann Graves Michelle Halfacre Jeannine Harrison Chantel Kjersten Lisa Mades Maria Plascencia Robert Proffit Laurie Radoff Susan Reagan Kathleen Riley Debbie Schultz Jacqueline Snowden Sean Wright Kelvin Wynn Elizabeth Young.
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Mike O'Callaghan
Orr Junior High
Cherry Clark
Kathleen Clark
Courtland Cline
Albert Cohen
Dorothy Davis
Susan Delorenzo
David Gilbert
Ann Graves
Michelle Halfacre
Jeannine Harrison
Chantel Kjersten
Lisa Mades
Maria Plascencia
Robert Proffit
Laurie Radoff
Susan Reagan
Kathleen Riley
Debbie Schultz
Jacqueline Snowden
Sean Wright
Kelvin Wynn
Elizabeth Young
Nevada man Gates convicted under capital murder statute
Andrew Wentworth Gates became the first Clark County resident convicted under Nevada's capital murder law. He killed Alma Burnett and her 3 year old son Jimmy on September 10, 1974, slashing the children’s throats. Burnett was strangled with a vacuum cord. The jury of eight men and four women sentenced him to mandatory death, with formal sentencing set for June 24. Gates, who represented himself, presented no evidence and requested Public Defender assistance for appeal. He also faced two counts of attempted capital murder, each carrying up to 20 years. The last gas chamber execution in Nevada was 1962. Attorneys will seek a new trial.
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Andrew Wentworth Gates
Clark County
Gates
Joseph Pawlikowski
Tom Lee
Alma Burnett
Jimmy
Burnett
Shirley
Virginia
Shirley Burnett
Las Vegas Blvd
Virginia Puckett
Front End Teamsters Plan Negotiations for Local Resorts
About 1,500 front end Teamster hotel employees will hold the first negotiating session at 10 a.m. Monday with downtown and Strip resorts. The contract expires June 1. Back end workers ratified a four year, 2.30 per hour package retroactive to April 1, with a three to one margin. Parking attendants get smaller raises due to tips.
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Front End
Teamster
Dick Thomas
Teamsters Local 995
Thomas
Las Vegas recall petitions probe contract breach by police
North Las Vegas officials face scrutiny over using DMV records to verify recall petition signatures for Mayor C. R. Cleland and councilmen Waite and Gray. The NSW police contract limits data use to law enforcement and traffic purposes and requires tight security.
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North Las Vegas
Department of Motor Vehicles
DMV
Carson City
Lowell Fletcher
the Sun
NSW Police Department
Criminal Justice System
C. R. ‘Bud’ Cleland
Wendell G. Waite
Dan Gray
Sid Boddy
Jim Avance
Fletcher
C. A. “Slim” Davison
Davison
Avance
John Squires
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Harmon
Mel Harmon
Frank Morton
Nevada
Estivo
Lisa’s
Paradise
N. Rancho
John Valerio
John C. Gullo
Palm Chapel
Palm Valley View Memorial Park
Our Lady of
Katherine Plimmer
Inglewood
California
Troy Hitts
Hemphill
George H. Edwards
Henderson
Palm Mausoleum
Edmund Kautz
Harry Synrad
St. Anne's Catholic Church
Pain Valley View Memorial Park
Edith M. Carr
Debbie Dawson
George Savage
Leonard Lumanta
Debbie Houston
NLV
Police Department
Metro Police Department
L.V. Blvd
Howard Hughes
Howards
Hollywood
Howard Fue
Long Beach
Santa Barbara
Sam Boyd
State of Nevada
Dune
Diamonds ON Ice
Jade Jat Pey
Baume & Mercier
MGM Hotel
Suite NO. 2
SANDS
Flamingo
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