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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1977
Page
4
The federal government released the first declassified photograph of the Baneberry nuclear detonation from 1970. The image ties to the test site where two workers are believed to have died and confirms secrecy surrounding the event.
The United States released the first declassified photo of the 1970 Baneberry underground nuclear test at Yucca Flat Nevada. The timelapse image shows the radioactive cloud venting 40 minutes after dawn, touching the surface and reaching 10,000 feet, with two workers later dying of leukemia and lawsuits alleging government negligence.
Mayor Briare vetoes a jail financing plan citing unresolved issues and lack of professional cost estimates. Police commissioners insist a jail is needed and will revisit funding, while the mayor studies federal grant eligibility and plans to hire an architect to advance the project.
The Justice Department asked the 10th Circuit to bar Chief District Judge Willis W. Ritter, 78, from handling federal cases in Utah. The petition accuses Ritter of contempt for prosecutors, mismanaging grand juries and trials, and acting as a law unto himself, while noting he has refused retirement and sparked wide concerns about judicial administration.
The piece discusses FBI use of illegal wiretaps in organized crime probes, alleging agents planted taps and fed false informant data to support warrants. It questions lawyers’ knowledge and notes illegal evidence cannot be used in court. Sources differ on whether prosecutors were informed.
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