Witness testifies in Mirin murder trial over Wolford bar shooting
A barroom fight between Mel Wolford and Bill Mirin preceded the Sept. 25 shooting at Charlies Bar in downtown with Wolford delivering a roundhouse punch to Mirin. Witness James Gibbons described the scene as the District Court case moves forward.
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Rick Hackman
SUN
Mel Wolford
Strip Cab Company
Bill Mirin
Mirin
Wolford
Charlie’s
S. Main St
James Gibbons
Gibbons
Oscar Goodman
Larry Leavitt
Dan Seaton
Joesph Rauschenburg
Shooting at the Mirage bar detailed by witnesses
Witnesses recount a confrontation between Mirin and former manager Wolford at the Mirage bar. A violent exchange followed with a chair raised, a fatal volley of shots, and Mirin firing as Wolford advanced. Several bystanders provided testimonies on the sequence and timing of events.
Morgan Appeal Planned After Dismissal of Charges
A district attorney spokesman said an appeal is planned in the case against former sheriff candidate Earl Morgan. Eight criminal counts were dismissed after prosecutors and police delayed arraignment, while police had 136 items to catalog from a Oct. raid on Morgan’s ranch. A Friday filing is anticipated with a District Court hearing soon.
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Earl Morgan
Morgan
Tenaya Way
Justice of the Peace
Robert Legakes
Legakes
County Officials To Confer In Nevada Association Meet
ELKO UPI panel discussions and speeches will cover modern government functions and responsibilities at the Nevada Association of County Commissioners annual meeting starting Thursday. Topics include rural medicine drug abuse county law enforcement and press relations. Secretary of State William Swackhamer is keynote speaker Rep James Santini and Sen Howard Cannon will speak at dinners and banquets.
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ELKO
UPI
Nevada Association of County Commissioners
William Swackhamer
James Santini
D-Nev
Howard Cannon
Las Vegas Sun Staff and Rates Information Fragment
Publication masthead listing M M Groenegen and Las Vegas Sun staff roles. Includes publisher and editor names, advertising director, department editors, and office address. Notes second class postage, advertising reps, press associations, and subscription rates with scattered OCR errors.
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The
Las Vegas Sun, Inc
Highland Ave
Las Vegas
Nevada
H. M. Greenspun
Ray Germain
David Greenspun
Ruthe Deskin
Barbara Greenspun
Ruthe Doeskin
Burt Bay
Les Ritchie
Bryn Armstrong
Dave Grubnick
Bill Guthrie
Vers
injunction halts Las Vegas jam auction ordinance
District Court Judge Michael Wendell granted a preliminary injunction blocking the city law aimed at restricting jam auctions on Fremont Street. He noted serious questions about constitutionality and said enforcement would shut down the auctions rather than curb them. The freeze follows petitions by Theatre Mart and Schiff Enterprises and blocks sound amplification and mislabeling package rules until a full hearing.
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District Court
Michael Wendell
City of
Las Vegas
Fremont Street
Theatre Mart
Fremont St
Schiff Enterprises
Third and
Freemont
Chuck Thompson
Thompson
Dep. Dist. Atty
Daniel Ahlstrom
KSHO-TV suit dismissed by union in federal court
The Union Local 720 asks U S District Court to dismiss KSHO TVs $2 million suit alleging illegal secondary boycott. The station says talks began July 5 1973 and on September 19 letters urged advertisers to boycott Channel 13. Defendants include Gordon Coker and Hal Ritter of Local 720 affiliated with IATSE AFL CIO CLC.
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Stage Employees Local 720
U.S. District Court
Ksho-Tv
Channel 13
National Labor Relations Act
Gordon Coker
Local 720
Hal Ritter
The
United States & Canada
Afl-Cio-Clc
Wave of thefts hit city including Elks Lodge flag loss
Local crime round up reports burglars, robbers and petty thieves across the city on Wednesday. A 28 foot American flag valued at 144 dollars was stolen from the Elks Lodge on Las Vegas Boulevard. Other incidents include a tourist robbed at gunpoint for 50 dollars at the El Cortez parking lot and a 7-Eleven robbery for change and a six pack. On the Strip, two tourists had 800 dollars stolen from a locked Frontier Hotel room while asleep. A Seattle woman reported a 100 dollar loss at the Dunes Hotel and a Caesars Palace restroom theft saw 23 thousand dollars in jewelry taken from a purse. Police suspect multiple women involved in the restroom theft ring.
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Elks Lodge
Las Vegas Boulevard
el Cortez
Torrey Pines Avenue
Frontier
Itzhak Schwartz
Diamond Bar
Calif
Jim Pisgiotta
Schwartz
Pisgiotta
Dunes Hotel
Janet Lee Tyree
Seattle
Wash
Metro Planning Proposed End of Independent RPC
A county subcommittee approved a resolution to terminate the Regional Planning Council and form a joint city county Department of Metropolitan Development. The plan may move to legislature for action in 1977. A proposed DMD structure was criticized as possibly too expansive, with seven administrative slots to be filled. The measures move to the consolidation administrative committee for approval.
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Regional Planning Council
RPC
Department of Metropolitan Development
DMD
Thalia Dondero
Henderson
Boulder City
Clark County
Las Vegas Valley Water District
APC
Bob Broadbent
Kidnap Robbery Trial Scheduled for three defendants
Patricia Ann Anderson Roger Anderson Pittman face district court trial on charges of kidnaping robbery and attempted murder stemming from an incident with Richard Cardenas in downtown Las Vegas. Cardenas testified after a Sept. meeting at a bar and a trip to Lake Mead before being attacked tied up and robbed. Prosecutor Mike McGroarty led the case.
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Patricia Ann Anderson
Roger
David A. Pitman
Stockton St
Justice of the Peace
Robert Miller
Richard Cardenas
Miss Anderson
Lake Mead
Anderson
Pittman
Cardenas
Dep. Dist. Atty
Mike McGroarty
Boulder City Hospital Auxiliary Arts Festival Nets Record Profit
The 1975 Art Festival in Boulder City exceeded its $10,000 goal and set a new net profit record of $10,200 from a $25,000 gross. More than 250 artists from six states participated, with profits split among art sales, beverages, drawings, clothesline donations, and programs. Funds may buy a chloridometer for the lab and monitoring equipment for surgery pending a vote.
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Boulder City Hospital
Maxine Church
Church
West Germany films largely not produced domestically
About 18 percent of the films shown in West Germany come from the federal republic, indicating a heavy reliance on foreign or non domestic productions for the country’s cinema offerings.
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West Germany
The
Federal Republic
Carnie Krausnick Dies Gaming Pioneer at 75
Carnie Krausnick died Wednesday at Hoag Memorial Hospital Newport Beach after a long illness. Services set for noon Saturday at St James Episcopal Church with interment at Pacific View Memorial Park. His wife Tiny died in May 1973. Krausnick was an original Desert Inn Hotel owner who sold his stake after the Hughes organization purchase and later moved to Newport Beach where he resided.
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Carnie Krausnick
Hoag Memorial Hospital
Newport Beach
Calif
St. James Episcopal Church
Pacific View Memorial Park
Pacific View Drive
Tiny
Carnie
Desert Inn Hotel
Hughes Organization
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Metro Planning
L.V. Blvd
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Ricky) Marquez
St. Peter's
Palm Memorial Park
Henderson Donald Hayes
Boulder City Masonic Hall
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