Reid Defends Tropicana Loan Ruling in Nevada Gaming Case
Nevada Gaming Commission Chair Harry Reid defends a Sept. 15 emergency approval of a 1.5 million loan to the Tropicana Hotel. He argues regulations authorize a simple majority, not a board unanimous vote, to declare an emergency and approve funds while awaiting an AG legal opinion. The control board urged denial and questioned legality of the 3-2 vote.
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Harry Reid
Robert List
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Tropicana
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Bud Hicks
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Reid
California
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Totie Fields Undergoes Cancer Surgery After Comeback
Entertainer Totie Fields, who had her left leg amputated last year, underwent a successful modified radical mastectomy to remove cancerous tumors in her right breast. She is expected to be discharged in about five days as she cancels upcoming appearances in San Carlos and Las Vegas.
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UPI
Totie Fields
Miss Fields
Susan Wait
Los Angeles New Hospital
Howard Hinderstein
Miss Wait
Circle Star Theater
San Carlos
Sahara Hotel
Las Vegas
Conference of Personal Managers West
Friars Club
New York
Variety Club of
Chicago
Galante Free From Miami Grand Jury Questions
A federal appeals court ruled Carmine Lilo Galante does not have to answer questions from a Miami grand jury about an alleged extortion plot. UPI reports the ruling was issued Tuesday and involves the New York mob figure and federal prosecutors.
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UPI
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Carmine
Lilo
Galante
U.S
Slain New Hampshire Youth Found in Desert Near Las Vegas
The severely stabbed, decomposed body of 21-year-old John Raymond Penkofski was found in a gypsum grave near Lake Mead. Phillip Roell and John V. Francis, both 21 and 24, from Vancouver Washington, are jailed on open murder charges. The case involved a beach party ruse, a cliff chase, and a cache of heroin cash and stolen goods seized in a Las Vegas raid.
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Metro Homicide
Lake Mead
Phillip Roell
John V. Francis
Vancouver
Wash
Clark County
Penkofski
Las Vegas
Avants
North Shore Road
East Lake Mead
Hilton Hotel
Hawthorne
Mineral County
Roell
Francis
Mineral County Sheriff's Deputies
Metro Police
Daylight Drug Sweep Nets Nine Suspects in LV Raid
Nine suspects were arrested at 6255 W Tropicana Ave Apt 22 after a daylight raid by Metro Task Force. Police seized more than 542 ounces of heroin, $15,000 cash, several unregistered firearms and stolen electronics, with Edward Cage charged for ex felon in possession of a firearm and other counts.
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Las Vegas
Don Wellington
SUN
W. Tropicana Ave
Metro
Edward Earl Cage
eAlmond Imes
Edwin Austin Brumfield
Kittrell Cage
Roy Boyd Crockett
William H. Gray
Daphne Guichard Doucette
Sandra Smith
Jeraldina Imes
Metro Task Force
Appro Dimwtely
Cage
Wellington
Mexico
Smith
Imes
Bribe allegations in Mullen tax trial surface in court
Bail bondsman Frederick Pfeifer testified he gave Municipal Court Judge Robert Mullen about 7000 in cash bribes between 1973 and 1975 for favorable bond rulings. He said the payments helped Mullen past court liabilities and planned for further weeks of trial in federal tax evasion and perjury case.
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Frederick Pfeifer
Robert Mullen
Mullen
U.S. District Court
Pfeifer
Chambers
Burton
U.S
Richard Wright
Wright
IRS
Malcolm Harris
Harris
Paradise Valley
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the Sun
Sufoto
Cliff Stanley
New Hampshire
David Lee Waite
LV Police
By Sean Mevey
By Sharon Spigelmyer
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