California moves to put gambling on 1978 ballot
Secretary of State March Fong Eu on Wednesday gave the go ahead for a petition drive to place a constitutional amendment on the 1978 ballot allowing Nevada style gambling in two cities. The measure would create a People's Experimental Gaming Act Commission to issue permits in Adelanto and Lakeport. Robert Wilson of Sherman Oaks backs the proposal after several previous failed attempts.
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UPI
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March Fong
People’s Experimental Gaming Act Commission
Adelanto
San Bernardino County
Lakeport
Lake County
Robert Wilson
Sherman Oaks
Senate raises mandatory retirement age to seventy with key exemptions
The Senate voted 87 to 6 to raise the mandatory retirement age from 65 to 70, with exceptions for tenured professors and high earners. The measure preserves some mandatory retirement for federal workers and for workers in union contracts. It awaits conference with the House, where opposition favors eliminating all age-based retirement.
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NY Times
Washington
Senate
House of Representatives
House
Claude Pepper
D-Fla
Carter
Bureau of the Census
Labor Department
Landmark Sale: No Decision Yet
Summa Corp. board met from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Wednesday and did not act on five investor offers to buy the Landmark Hotel. The lengthy session ended without a decision on selling the money losing space needle structure.
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Where I Stand on the Clark County Grand Jury Idlestate
A reader argues the Clark County grand jury is idle while the IRS is accused of complicity in a bribery case involving Municipal Court Judge Moon Mullen. The letter questions government accountability and fairness for a potential accomplice in crime.
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Robert ‘“Moon
Mullen
Internal Revenue Service
Moon Mullen
IRS
IRS Claims Judge Mullen Bilked City Of Thousands
SUN Staff Writer describes Municipal Court Judge Robert Mullen accused of fixing bail forfeitures and drivers tickets in exchange for bribes from bail bondsmen and a private investigator. Assistant U.S. Attorney Richard Wright outlined alleged bribe schemes and tax reporting failures in U.S. District Court.
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SUN
Robert Mullen
U.S
Richard Wright
Mullen
U.S. District Court
Wright
Internal Revenue Service
Roger Foley
Barry Resig
David Kent
Ace Rail Bonds
New Las Vegas FBI Chief Vows Crime Strike
James M. Powers is named special agent in charge of the Las Vegas FBI office. At a news conference he pledges to lead a dynamic aggressive force targeting organized crime white collar crime and public official corruption while re engaging in field operations. He replaces Jack Keith who retired after an internal inspection flagged deficiencies. Powers, 49, has served in Los Angeles New York and Chicago and recently headed the FOIA privacy act unit in Washington.
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James M. Powers
Las Vegas
FBI
Nevada
Federal
Powers
Jack Keith
Washington
The
Bureau
Los Angeles
New York
Chicago
Las Vegas dealer pleads innocent in Buffalo beating death
A Las Vegas card dealer, Joseph Gerace, 32, pleaded innocent to first and second degree manslaughter and first degree assault in the June beating death of 18-year-old Richard Long in Buffalo. He was among seven indicted by a Erie County grand jury. bail set at 10,000.
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Buffalo, N.Y
UPI
Las Vegas
Buffalo
Joseph Gerace
Erie County
Richard Long
Gerace
State Supreme Court
Norman Stiller
Stiller
Robert Grisanti
Tonawanda
Richard Y. Long
Long
North Buffalo
Richard Atti
California hits record gasoline use and tax revenue
Sacramento report shows Californians used 1 billion gallons of gasoline in August. The state Board of Equalization said the 7 cents-a-gallon gasoline tax brought in a record $70.06 million that month.
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