Grave Robbery Probed In Sweden Maine For Skulls
Oxford County Sheriff says graves opened in Sweden and nearby towns as part of an out of state cult plot paying over 100 dollars per skull. Investigators report intact skulls removed from three graves at Black Mountain Cemetery with few other remains. Relatives recount private plots also targeted and suggest occult motives.
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Norway
Maine
UPI
Oxford
Alton Howe
Sweden
Howe
Black Mountain
Waterboro
Leland Swett
Swett
Ossipee Mountain
Sidney Stern's cash backing reshapes Nevada politics
UPI report profiles Sidney Stern the Reno financier labeled Mr Big for funding Nevada legislature races. Stern, arriving in 1975, gave thousands to Sen Floyd Lamb and others, claiming no favors in return while backing both parties and supporting thrift companies. He insists contributions were to back Nevada and cites loans to Echols and bank ties as part of a broader career. A separate item notes a California tollway tanker crash near Dunsmuir, blocking I-5 for hours and destroying a tanker, with minor injuries to the driver.
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Carson City
UPI
Sidney Stern
Nevada
Stern
California
Las Vegas
Floyd Lamb
Lee Walker
North Las Vegas
Dick Bryan
Jean Ford
Senate
Assembly
Reno
Lamb
Ford
Nevan
Gene Echols
North
Echols
Gary Sheering
Second Water Line Break Strands Las Vegas Residents
A second main water line ruptured in Las Vegas near Flamingo and Sandhill just after a prior leak was repaired. Crews expected the line fix by late Monday, affecting Boulder Highway to Sunrise Mountain and areas around Bonanza Road and Lamb Boulevard with low water pressure.
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Las Vegas
Flamingo
Sandhill
Water District
Las Vegas Valley
Playboy editor says campus paper misquoted him about Carter
In Boston UPI reports Playboy editor Barry Golson says a student Daily Campus misquoted him on Carter's ability to retract parts of an interview. Golson notes no transcripts were reviewed and Carter did not seek retraction. The piece also covers a Las Vegas pedestrian death involving Annie Evelyn Mythen, 66, of Vancouver after a March 9 collision with William Pardue, 31.
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Boston
UPI
Playboy Magazine
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Las Vegas
Nevada Highway Patrol
Annie Evelyn Mythen
Vancouver
British Columbia
Canada
Highway Patrol
Mythen
Sunrise Hospital
Tropicana
U.S. Highway 91
William Blevins
Pardue
Brady
Barry Golson
University of Connecticut
Connecticut, Daily
Golson
Playboy
Chicago
Robert Scheer
Time
Newsweek
Carter Assassination Threats Reported In Denver Visit
Secret Service officials disclosed two anonymous calls warning of an assassination attempt on Jimmy Carter during his Colorado stop. The calls were routed to the FBI and Denver police, one name given but deemed nebulous, with no incident occurring as Carter flew to San Francisco after addressing the National Catholic Charities convention. Police and sharpshooters aided protection, while the route to the rally remained heavily secured.
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Denver
UPI
Secret Service
Jimmy Carter
Colorado
FBI
Carter
San Francisco
Georgia
National Catholic Charities Convention
Ford
Sundowners jury selected in Reno civil death case
Jury selection began in Reno for a civil trial over John Davies’s death after Sundowners initiation rites. Plaintiffs claim moral responsibility by the Sundowners Club and members, while the defense argues the death was Davies’s own. The suit also involves Pamela Harris and the Little Waldorf Saloon.
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Sundowners Club
Pamela Ann Harris
Little Waldorf Saloon
Louis Chatelle
Peter Chase-Neumann
Sundowners
Davies
Gene Wait
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Cornish
Fryeburg
Mr. Big
Jim Kosinksi
Sparks
Kosinksi
Legislative Counsel Bureau
Bob Barengo
Bob
Redding
Calif
Ralph Byers
Oroville
Dunsmuir
Byer
Eskaton Mount Shasta
Upifoto
Sundowner
eVance Ey
LTV
LCL
Ame
Peety
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