Massive Las Vegas Fire Destroys 5-Block Apartment Complex
A mid morning blaze at 1450 E Harmon Ave in Las Vegas destroyed five two story buildings under construction, totaling 30 units in a 240 unit complex owned by For Rent Inc. Firefighters used high pressure water cannons to halt spread toward a church nearby, with 60 firefighters on scene and damage over $300,000. No major injuries reported.
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SUN
Las Vegas
E. Harmon Ave
Clark County
Leroy Hawks
Hawks
San Francisco
For Rent, Inc
Mather and Simpson
S. Highland
Teamsters Pension Fund Trustees May Resign Amid Inquiry
Washington sources say most of the Central States Pension Fund trustees may quit after a government probes into two illegal dealings. William Presser has already resigned under Labor Department pressure. Raney offered to talk to investigators. The Labor Department could seek resignations but has not demanded them.
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Washington
UPI
Teamsters
Central States Pension Fund
Already
Labor Department
Presser
Frank Raney
Raney
Department
Central States Fund
Justice Department
Las Vegas
Internal Revenue Service
Jet Plows Into School In Bolivia Riot of Flames Kills Many
A Jet Power Inc Boeing 707 crashed on takeoff in Santa Cruz Bolivia destroying Placido Molina school and a nearby line of kerosene buyers. Officials report 80 to 100 dead including children and athletes with 65 bodies at the city hospital by nightfall. The crew, all from Miami, is identified as pilot Charles Baldwin co pilot Lee March and engineer Leslie Bennett.
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Santa Cruz
Bolivia
UPI
Trompillo
la Paz
Jet Power Inc
Miami
Lloyd Aero Boliviano
Florida
Rodel Enterprises
Houston
Civil Aeronautic Board
Hugo Banzer
Charles Baldwin
Lee March
Leslie Bennett
Jet Power
Placido Molina
Davis vows to ruin Greenspun in Nevada court
UPI reports in Elko that Howard Hughes lawyer Chester Davis threatened to ruin publisher Hank Greenspun using land deals during a 1970 meeting attended by Hughes executives and officials including U.S. Senator Paul Laxalt. Former Clark County DA George Franklin and ex-Lt Governor Harry Reid testified to threats and malice aimed at Greenspun in the $142 million slander of title case against Summa Corp.
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Elko
UPI
Howard Hughes
New York
Hughes
U.S
Paul Laxalt
Hank Greenspun
Clark County
George Franklin
Nevada
Harry Reid
Chester Davis
Las Vegas Sun
Davis
Greenspun
John Squire Drendel
Reno
Ice
Summa Corp
Franklin
Bahamas
Las Vegas
Frank Gay
Calvin Collier
Lavar Myler
Frank Johnston
Nevada Gaming Control Board
Hilton Hotel Corp
Maheu
Dick Gray
Hughes Interests
Hughes Too! Co
Montezuma's Gold Treasure Seizure Leads to Jail
Veracruz fisherman Paul Hurtado and jeweler Luis Ortega Hernandez are jailed without bail after Hurtado secretly sold 60 bars of 24 karat gold believed from Montezuma's hoard. Mexican authorities study the find to verify its link to the Aztec treasure while the state claims ownership of all precious metals and archeological finds.
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Veracruz
Mexico
UPI
Montezuma
Paul Hurtado
Luis Ortega Hernandez
Hurtado
Ortega
Excelsior
Hernan Cortes
el Bajo del Rio Medio
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California
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William Presser
Ohio
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Paul Price Sneet
Joe Delaney
Editorial Aneee
Dr. Thosteson
Ann Landers
By CY Ryan
IPI
E. Fremont
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