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Newspaper

Las Vegas Sun

Location

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America

Date

Oct 27, 1977

Page

3

Explosives To Snuff Oil Fire At Elk Hills Reserve

Firefighter Red Adair said plastic explosives would be used to extinguish a raging oil well fire at Elk Hills reserve after a Tuesday explosion killed three workers. The victims George VanHoosen 34 Mark Morvant 27 and Bobby Fuqua 38 were with Hydraulic Workover Services Inc. The fire could burn for years unless extinguished due to a billion-barrel underground oil pool.

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Las Vegas Sun staff and publication details

The Las Vegas Sun lists editors and staff including H M Greenspun as editor and publisher. The paper publishes mornings with Sunday issues and lists offices at 121 Highland Ave Las Vegas Nevada 69106. It notes management roles, associations, postage, and subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions.

Las Vegas Sun, Inc Highland Ave Las Vegas Nevada Greenspun David Greenspun Ruthe Ceskin Barbara Greenspun Burt Bay AL Kolber Bob Banes Chris Chrystal Dave Hopkins Bill Guthrie Dell Wade Versiellen Les Ritchie AL Smith Douglas Ritchie Ward Griffith Co Chicago Detroit New York San Francisco Los Angeles United Press International Nevada State Press Association American Newspaper Publisher's Association California Newspaper Publisher's Association The Audit Bureau of Circulation

Pardons Board Lets Lischko Apply For Parole

The Nevada State Pardons Board voted 3-1 to allow convicted kidnapper Joseph Lischko to immediately apply for parole. With Justice Thompson absent, four members ruled clemency required all four votes, leaving Lischko awaiting a possible parole hearing after a special meeting is set.

State Pardons Board Lischko Carson City UPI Nevada Joseph Lischko Lischke Pardons Board Mike O'Callaghan Gordon Thompson Nevada Supreme Court Dean Peterson Las Vegas John Bartlett Reno A. E. Gunderson Bob List Thompson Noel Manoukian O'Callaghan Bartlett St. Louis

NCAA Probe Moves Forward Says Santini

Rep. James Santini reports the NCAA inquiry into alleged abuses is progressing in stage one. The investigation, nationwide in scope, targets information and key persons, with possible public testimony in stage two and potential subpoenas if cooperation fails.

Congressional National Collegiate Athletic Association NCAA James Santini D-Nev Nevada UNLV House Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Santini Washington Subcommittee John Moss D-Calif

Nevada Grants Fund Senior Citizens Programs Nine grants awarded

The Nevada Division for Aging Services approved nine grants for senior citizens programs including four in Clark County. Funds from the Older Americans Act support Foster Grandparents placement, elder counseling, protective services pilot projects, transportation, legal aid, home repair, and senior centers across Washoe and rural Nevada communities.

Nevada Division For Aging Services Clark County Economic Opportunity Board Protective Services Las Vegas Nevada Catholic Welfare Catholic Welfare Stewart Indian Colony Carson City

Pershing County Bets on Former Trooper as Sheriff

Pershing County commissioners selected James Melintosh a former highway patrol trooper to fill the term of Ken Ellsworth ousted in a recall. He was among eight applicants and will be sworn in Tuesday. Acting Sheriff Douglas Hay said he was not interviewed and quipped about county procedures.

Douglas Hay

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