TV Addict Murder Trial Ends in Guilty Verdict
A Miami jury found 15 year old Ronny Zamora guilty of first degree murder and armed robbery in a case tied to alleged television addiction. He faces up to life in prison with no parole after an earlier insanity defense was rejected. Sentencing is set for November 7 with an appeal planned by defense counsel Ellis Rubin.
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Miami
UPI
Ronny Zamora
Paul Baker
Zamora
Ellis Rubin
Rubin
Baker
LV Firms Executive Face Fraud Charges
Las Vegas Strip hotel executive and several local firms are named in fraud charges. Sun staff writer Sharon Spigelmyer reports the allegations center on improper financial dealings and misrepresentation tied to corporate operations in Nevada.
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SUN
Las Vegas
Joshua Landish
Nevada
Donald Saunders
Where I Stand on Hughes Empire and Las Vegas Law
ALas Vegas opinion piece argues the Hughes hotel empire ties to the city’s economy and calls for firing lawyers tied to the downfall. It notes Summa’s holdings, the Bedlam Katleman lawsuit, and 37 acres of land in limbo along the Strip and Paradise Road.
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Las Vegas
Hughes
Summa
Paradise Road
el Rancho
Bedlam-Katleman
Shooting Suspect Arrested After Carline Drive Incident
A 52 year old unemployed chef Virgil L Davidson was overpowered by Washoe County sheriffs after allegedly firing at passing cars near Reno Mayberry Drive. Dee Brown 5 Reno was struck by glass. she and husband Everett reported to a fire station. Davidson surrendered after officers surrounded his car. Brown treated and released. no officers fired on. Incident around 12 30 p m.
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Reno
Washoe Sheriffs
Dee Brown
Everett
California
Mayberry Drive
Mayberry
Virgil L. Davidson
Mayberry Bridge
Lorne Butner
Butner
Sinatra Crash Blame Placed By NTSB on Flight Crew
The NTSB unanimously ruled the flight crew misinterpreted an IFR clearance and later ATC instructions in the Palm Springs to Las Vegas flight that killed Frank Sinatra's mother Natalie Dolly Sinatra and two others plus the pilots Jerold Foley and Donald Weier during a January snowstorm. The board cited ATC confusion and crew error as contributing factors.
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SUN
National Transportation Safety Board
NTSB
Frank Sinatra
Washington, D.C
Palm Springs
Gates
Jet Avia
Sinatra
Las Vegas
Caesars Palace
Francis McAdams
McAdams
Federal Safety Board
Annexation Suit Filed By Towns
Representatives of four unincorporated towns Winchester Paradise Sunrise Manor and East Las Vegas filed suit in District Court to block annexation efforts. The action by People For Incorporation seeks a declaratory judgment that SB503, effective July 1, is unconstitutional and bars future incorporation and a vote on Las Vegas expansion.
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Cart Anthony
Mary Habbart
Marian Michaelis
Donald R. Cox Sr
Winchester
Paradise
Sunrise Manor
East Las Vegas
Las Vegas
Richard Maurer
James Brennan
Anthony
Mistrial Declared In Brymer Slay Trial
District Judge Frank Gregory declared a mistrial in the murder case of Willard R. Brymer over juror contact with Joe Conforte, owner of the house of prostitution where Oscar Bonavena was fatally shot in May 1976. A new trial date will be set after consultations with prosecutors and defense.
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Virginia City
UPI
Frank Gregory
Willard R. Brymer
Oscar Bonavena
Joe Conforte
Conforte
Dennis Greco
Gregory
Virgil Bucchianeri
Jerome Polaha
Brymer
House of Prostitution
Bonavena
Greco
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Chicago
Lakefront
Grant Park
Upifoto
By Sharon Spigelmyer
Hughes’ Empire
Chester Davis
Bill Gay
Ford
Rockefeller
Dupont
Davis
Gay
U.S
E. Harmon Drive
Saunders
Landish
Consumer Affairs
American International Vacations
Motel Development Corp
the Dunes
Stardust
Circus Circus
Hacienda
Silver City
Puerto
Rico
Tricia White
House of Prostitutions
Vena
Eeeerereeeseenee
Bio-dexil
Joey Adams
Landers Aenneennees
Aeenenreeeeneee
Dr. Thosteson
Vista
Delaney
Snowboat
U Lanes
Fremont
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