Grand Jury Probes Ava Pittman Case in Clark County
Ava Pittman testified before the Clark County Grand Jury investigating Lieutenant Sleeper's claim she bribed sheriff's deputies for protection. Sleeper's tape alleged Pittman learned of raids in advance. The jury also indicted 11 narcotics cases against 14 defendants with varied bail set by Judge William Compton.
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Ava Pittman
Clark County
Grand Jury
John Sleeper
Sheriff's Department
Sleeper
William Compton
Compton
Airport System Study OK'd By Planning Council
Clark County Regional Planning Council authorized applying for 593000 two year regional airport system study funds to form the Southern Nevada Regional Airport Systems Plan. Federal 262000 plus county 131000 funds allocated. CCRPC designates County Airport Committee to oversee work. Other actions include sewer project funds for Searchlight and water treatment and central business district planning for North Las Vegas.
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Clark County
Overton
North Las Vegas
Central Business District
CCRPC
Jack Hammes
Wendell Waite
National Services To Regional Councils
Ronald Thompson
Nevada
Second Autopsy Finds Three Bullet Fragments in Victim
The Las Vegas grocer Robert Born was found murdered in March during an armed robbery. A second autopsy on his body, ordered by Dist Atty George Franklin, revealed three metal bullet fragments in the head. The exhumed body was X-rayed and the fragments removed by Dr James Clarke. the case involves a 17-year-old suspect named Robert Louis Rhodes.
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Robert Born
Las Vegas
Dist. Atty
George Franklin
Robert Louis Rhodes
Constantine Ave
Franklin
James Clarke
Stewart Street
Airman Injured In Cycle Mishap At Nellis AFB
Airman Dennis Allen Zeiger 21 remains in fair condition in the ICU after his motorcycle hit a car in North Las Vegas late Wednesday night. Passenger Michael Subick 16 escaped with minor injuries while the car’s driver Richard Budde of 2600 Owens Ave faced DUI and failure to yield charges.
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Nellis Afb
Dennis Allen Zeiger
North Las Vegas
Michael Subick
Las Vegas Boulevard North
Lake Mead Boulevard
Belmont Street
Zeiger
Richard Leroy Budde
Owens Ave
OEO to fund private firms in new teaching experiment
The Office of Economic Opportunity will award contracts to about six private education firms to test new reading and math methods in 12,000 to 17,000 students across up to two dozen districts starting September. Pay depends on measured gains over control groups, with a $5.5 million project budget and potential student incentives.
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Donald Rumsfield
Juvenile Trial Sought for 15-Year-Old Murder Suspect
Gregory Paul Stillman, 15, faces murder charges in the Baudoin slaying and his attorney plans to seek certification for juvenile court handling. Gary Allen Anderson, 11, faces aiding and abetting murder in the same case. The weapon was a gun used during an argument at 1411 E Fremont St. Las Vegas police report Baudoin survived for hours before dying.
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Gregory Paul Stillman
Jeff Sobel
Dist
William Compton
Gary Allen Anderson
Sobel
Young Stilman
Victoria Elizabeth Stillman
Donald D. Baudoin
Baudoin
Golden Nugget
Stillman
E. Fremont St
Trouble Averted At Clark County School Session
The Clark County school board meeting proceeded after barriers were placed between board members and the audience. District Attorney George Franklin attended as coalition members left fearing arrest for disruption, while Lucius Floyd urged them to depart. The session approved a reading improvement plan for slow readers and JAP members voiced tough policy demands and more suspensions.
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Atty
George Franklin
Coalition
Lucius Floyd
University of Nevada
Las Vegas
Chambers
Franklin
Exhausted Nixon Flies to Florida Home for Weekend
President Nixon, worn by three weeks of crises, flies to his Florida vacation home for a weekend in the sun. He lands at Homestead Air Force Base with wife Pat, daughters Tricia and Julie, Julie's husband David Eisenhower, and aides including Ehrlichman Kissinger and Haldeman.
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Key Biscayne, Fla
Homestead
Miami
Nixon
Pat
Tricia
Julie
David Eisenhower
John Ehrlichman
Henry A. Kissinger
H. R. Haldeman
White House
Ronald Ziegler
Washington
Ziegler
Southeast Asia
Senate Debates War Powers Amid Antiwar Amendments
The Senate weighs end the war measures amid opposition to Church-Cooper. Goodell says McGovern Hatfield plan has 38 sponsors and risks passage. Fullbright notes skepticism on a June 30 withdrawal deadline. Stennis attacks proposals as he urges constitutional restraint and warns against signaling Hanoi. Mansfield vows to keep the Senate in session if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Goodell
R-N.y
Sens
George
McGovern
D-S.d
Mark O. Hatfield
R-Ore
United States
Southeast Asia
J. William Fullbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Mike Mansfield
West Point loses Nevada recruit Anthony Glabic despite honor roll
Anthony J. Glabic of Henderson declines West Point after being named to the Academy by Senator Bible and accepts an appointment to the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. Las Vegas' John Kayea and Elko's Patrick Brennen also earned West Point spots, while Glabic plans to try out for football at the Air Force Academy.
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U.S. Military Academy
West Point
US Air Force Academy At
Colorado Springs, Colo
Glabic
Nevada
Alan Bible
John Kayea
Las Vegas
Florence
Patrick Brennen
Elko
Kayea
Raymond F. Kayea
Air Force
Nellis Thunderbirds
Bible
Kayen
Brennen
Howard Brennen
Elko High School
Bible Said
Stanley J. Glabi
Atlantic Ave
Basic High School
Army
Howard Cannon
Tony
Air Force Academy
Glabie
Henderson High School
Lamb
Gibson
Helldorado Parade heats up with horses bands and marchers
Lt Gov Ed Fike leads a rugged western trio as county commissioners Briare Brennan and Lamb handle ponies. Entrants travel from WickenburgArizona Hurricane Utah Virgin Valley Overton 29 Palms and El Cajon Calif. The parade ends at Cashman rodeo grounds where four nights of championships begin at 8 30 p m Tomorrow Youngtimers Parade starts 10 a m from Bonneville to Bonanza. Boots and Beauty parade with about 150 entries concludes Sunday on Las Vegas Boulevard from Hoover to Cashman Field.
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Bill Briare
Jim Brennan
Darwin Lamb
Wickenburg
Ariz
Hurricane
Utah
Virgin Valley
Overton
29 Palms
el Cajon
Calif
Cashman Rodeo Grounds
Bonneville
Bonanza Road
Las Vegas Boulevard
Hoover
Cashman Field
Sindlinger Poll Finds Many Americans Undecided on Cambodia Move
The Sindlinger Survey, conducted May 9 to 12 by telephone among 1 651 adults, shows 25 million undecided on Nixon's Cambodia decision. Only 22.6 percent agree and 22.7 percent disagree. 16.4 percent have no opinion and 28.1 percent refused.
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New York
UPI
United States
Cambodia
Sindlinger
Sindlinger Organization
Norwood
Nixon
Communist powers weigh common Indochina policy
Soviet Union proposes a joint Indochina policy with China and pledges more arms to Hanoi. Le Duan tours Moscow and Beijing with the plan and counter proposals. Beijing asks Moscow to back Sihanouk’s exile government while delaying shipments to North Vietnam through China, pushing more supply routes by sea.
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London
UPI
Soviet Union
China
Indochina
Moscow
Hanoi
Cambodia
Peking
North Vietnam
le Duan
Kremlin
Norodom Sihanouk
Sihanouk
Cape of Good Hope
Shooting Incident Jails County Man
A Clark County man, Robert Edward Scates, 33, was arrested early yesterday for assault with intent to kill after reportedly firing multiple shots at several juveniles. Deputies found a .25 caliber pistol and a sawed off shotgun in his apartment and heard one shot upon arrival. He claimed self defense after being roughed by unidentified youths.
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Clark County
Sheriff's
Robert Edward Scates
LaCienega Lane
Apt. 1-B
Scates
Reno Unrest Sparks Lawmakers Calls for University Discipline
Las Vegas lawmakers demand tougher actions by the University of Nevada Board of Regents amid campus protests. They accuse a minority of dissenters of inflaming demonstrations and urge student accountability. President Miller files charges against two Reno faculty members, Adamian and Maher, with a 30 day hearing deadline.
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Regents
National Guard
Radicaal
Berkeley
Burglars Take $6000 Cash In Two Las Vegas Thefts
Las Vegas police reported two burglaries totaling about $6,000 in cash and items. Vern Albert Gardner of Oakland lost $3,244.95 in clothing and jewelry from a downtown casino lot at 5:20 a.m. Jim Cierec said Waller Lumber Co at 275 S Highland Ave was broken into overnight with $2,700 cash from the safe and unknown vending machine losses.
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Las Vegas
Albert Gardner
Oakland
Calif
Jim Cierec
Waller Lumber Co
S. Highland Ave
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Planning Council
OEO
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Rumsfelt
Texarkana
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Florida
Congress
Bible Releases
Anthony J
Tony’ Glabic
Henderson
the Sun
Army College
Strut
Helldorado
Marshal Dillon
Lt. Gov
Ed Fike
U.S
Albert FE. Sindlinger
Reno
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