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Newspaper

Las Vegas Sun

Location

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America

Date

Oct 10, 1977

Page

4

Fed Jury Probes Hughes Drug Use Memo Details Doctors

A Los Angeles court memo lists Dr Norman Crane Dr Wilbur Thain and Dr Homer Clark as Hughes physicians. It notes their refusal to testify through others and states staff should refrain from viewing or handling any medications. Investigators report inquiries in Las Vegas Reno and Utah.

Los Angeles Hughes Norman Crane Wilbur Thain Logan Utah Homer Clark Salt Lake City Norman Wilbur Homer We Six Las Vegas Reno

LSD Buy By Reds Led To U S Tests

Russia bought 50 million doses of LSD from a Swiss lab prompting US Army tests beginning in 1955. James Thornwell of Oakland says he was dosed during a 1961 interrogation in Europe, leaving him mentally impaired. Documents note Soviet interest but give few specifics.

Reds U.S San Francisco UPI Russia Army Intelligence Board The Chemical Laboratory James Thornwell Oakland Calif Europe

LV Trio Injured In Rollover Crash

Three Las Vegas men were injured Sunday when a quarter ton pickup slid off SR 52 to avoid a stalled car and rolled. Ralph Grande 20 of 1728 Bonita St Bill Fulton 20 address unknown and Andrew Llewellyn 23 of 1709 Eastern Ave were thrown from the vehicle. Fulton and Llewellyn were treated and released. Grande remains hospitalized with a skull fracture in satisfactory condition. No citations were issued.

Las Vegas Nevada Highway Patrol Ralph Grande Bonita St Bill Fulton Andrew Llewellyn Eastern Ave NHP Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital Fulton Llewellyn Grande

Soyuz 25 Launch Sends Soviet Rookies Toward Salyut 6

Soviet cosmonauts Vladimir Kovalenok and Valery Ryumin blasted off from Baikonur on Soyuz 25 to link with Salyut 6. Tass reported a near-earth orbit for the mission as Western observers note anniversary ties to Sputnik and the 60th Revolution anniversary.

Russia Baikonur Cosmodrome Vladimir Kovalenok Valery Ryumin Moscow UPI Soviet Union Baikonur Soviet Kazakhstan Kovalenok Tass Soyuz Ryumin Air Force Vladimir Shatalov Shatalov

Senate probes union premium siphon scheme

Senate investigations cite more than 39 million dollars in premiums paid to Joseph Hauser controlled firms from Laborers and Teamsters union health and welfare funds. Hauser used agency agreements and various devices to divert millions for his own purposes after controlling insurance companies. investigations name involved funds across multiple states and locals.

Washington UPI Teamsters Senate Senate Investigations Subcommittee Teamsters Central States Pension Fund Central States Health and Welfare Fund Joseph Hauser Beverly Hills Calif Henry Jackson D-Wash Hauser Sam Nunn D-Ga Nunn

Cops Hold Woman On Murder Rap

NORTH LAS VEGAS Police hold 37 year old Barbara Lee Clasper on an open murder charge after she allegedly shot and killed her husband Charles 53 following an argument at their apartment on Ellis Street Neighbors called police and Det Lt B Hartman said the shooting was at very close range with a 16 gauge shotgun An unidentified witness said Mrs Clasper retrieved the shotgun after an argument and a struggle ensued Clasper died at the scene before ambulance crews arrived

Las Vegas Barbara Lee Clasper Charles Clasper Ellis St B. Hartman

Sleeping Mom Killed by IRA on Irish Border

Provisional Irish Republican Army gunmen killed 24 year old Ulster Defense Regiment member Margaret Anne Hearst as she slept in a trailer near the Irish border. The attackers forced open the door and fired at Hearst while her 3 year old daughter slept. the child screamed as further shots were fired.

Belfast Northern Ireland UPI Provisional Irish Republican Army Ulster Defense Regiment Margaret Anne Hearst

Retired Officers Back Canal Pacts Ahead of Senate Hearings

UPI reports that Adm. Elmo Zumwalt and Gen. Maxwell Taylor, both former top military leaders, are expected to testify in support of Carter era Panama Canal treaties before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Sen. Strom Thurmond questions active officers' independence amid administration pressure.

U.S Washington UPI Carter Senate Foreign Relations Committee Adm Elmo Zumwalt Naval Operations Gen Maxwell Taylor Joint Chiefs of Staff Strom Thurmond R. C George Brown Joint Chiefs Thurmond Thomas Moorer Chiefs of Naval Operations Arleigh Burke Robert Carney George Anderson

Armed trio rob NYC doctor at Sands Hotel

A New York City physician staying at the Sands Hotel was robbed Sunday morning by three armed men in rubber gloves. Police say the trio forced entry to his 17th floor room after 9 am, taking $2100 in cash and 19 pieces of jewelry valued at $35000, while his wife and daughter were present but unharmed.

New York City Sands Hotel Metro

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