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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1966
Page
1
County officials Bob Baskin and Bill Briare were reported missing on Lake Mead with friend Vivian Thompson. They were found stranded on a rocky island after volunteers from sheriff search and rescue units conducted a night operation. The community praised the rescue teams and reflected on the dangers of the lake.
Three judges of the U S Circuit Court of Appeals instructed District Judge Alfred A Arrais to review defense evidence he excluded in the Ruby Kolod conspiracy to extort case. The trial concerned a Strip hotel executive convicted of conspiracy to extort money and the judge was offered two options for reevaluation.
Clark County Commissioners Bob Baskin and Bill Briare and boat owner Vivian Thompson were rescued after spending a frightful night on a reef near The Haystacks. A sunken boat drifted onto rocks at 6 a.m. and a failed battery left them three hours in. Rescue planes found them at daybreak and two hours later they were airlifted to safety.
Gaming union workers walked out to protest pay and benefits but Jerry's Nugget resumed gaming at 7 p.m. with burly replacements on the pit. North Las Vegas detectives watched as union leaders vowed to block reopening, owner Angelo Stamas confronted pickets amid rumors of trouble.
Variable high cloudiness but sunny conditions with southwest winds 15 to 25 mph. Today's forecast high 93 degrees and low 55. Yesterday reached 88/50. Noontime humidity at 9 percent. Sunrise 5 36 a.m. Sunset 7 39 p.m.
District Attorney Edward G. Marshall demanded Governor Grant Sawyer personally inform the county taxpayers what files or information Marshall’s ex aide Rennie Ashleman carried into the governor’s office. Marshall charged Ashleman, not authorized, spent a half hour at the DA desk listening to a tape on the L Bar L Market fire case and said confidential files were found on a Zerox in Sawyer’s Las Vegas office. He urged Sawyer to disclose what information Ashleman supplied related to the prosecution of state officials and stressed the need for a possible successful criminal case.
Rennie Ashleman, former district attorney aide, urges forgiveness after a Wednesday teatime clash with ex-boss Ted Marshall in the office of Gov. Grant Sawyer. Marshall keeps accusing. Ashleman says his files remain locked and accessible only by Grippentrog, while noting records reflect matters of record.
Tokyo dispatch says Peking accuses U S planes of deliberate incursion, claims a MIG 17 was shot down, and warns a U S Chinese land war could follow. Editorials call for readiness and envision a total war including nuclear options.
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