FTC Chief Pledges Overbooking Action In Las Vegas
Paul Rand Dixon of the Federal Trade Commission announced a national probe into hotel and travel industry practices including overbooking. He said records have been subpoenaed but no hotel is presumed guilty while the FTC considers injunctions or cease and desist orders if unfair or deceptive practices are found. He defended hotel management and warned that the agency will act against practices harming commerce.
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Paul Rand Dixon
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Las Vegas
Boston
Dixon
Washington
Automotive Warehouse Distributors Association
Caesars Palace
Robert Smith
Ac-Delco
General Motors
Ralph Nader
S.o.b
Commission
Ehrlichman Starts Federal Prison Term Quietly
John D. Ehrlichman former Nixon aide began a 22 to eight year sentence by reporting to the federal work farm at Safford Arizona at his own request. His attorney said the move was private and would not withdraw appeals to the Supreme Court while co defendants Haldeman and Mitchell remained free.
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Washington
UPI
John D. Ehrlichman
Nixon
Stuart Stiller
Ehrlichman
Safford
Ariz
Stiller
Supreme Court
Nixon Named in Bahamian Bank Account Tax Dodge List
IRS informant Norman Casper testified at a House hearing that President Richard Nixon appeared on a list of individuals with accounts at the Castle Bank and Trust Co in the Bahamas used to dodge taxes. The Times Syndicate report says Casper saw Nixon’s name among depositors on a stolen bank briefcase printout.
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Washington
UPI
Richard Nixon
U.S
Los Angeles Times Syndicate
IRS
Norman Casper
Nixon
Casper
Florida
TV-24
Tony Curtis
Playboy
Hugh Hefner
Castle Bank and Trust Co
Bahamas
Justice Department
Times Syndicate
House Monetary Affairs Subcommittee
Donald Alexander
Project Haven
Castle Bank
Addict Admits Torture Death Linked to Drug Journey
Pickworth, semi conscious and under heroin influence, was found on a street. He allegedly hitchhiked from Las Vegas to Los Angeles then to Santa Barbara, where he was arraigned on charges of heroin possession and stolen jewelry from Mrs Lockhart. A Las Vegas murder detainer keeps him in Santa Barbara County Jail.
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Pickworth
Las Vegas
Los Angeles
Santa Barbara
Lockhart
Most Dangerous Bleeding Fever Virus Tops World List
The bleeding fever in Africa has killed 335 people, with 270 in Zaire and 65 in the Sudan, and has no serum. Experts say interhuman transmission is highly serious and a vaccine remains unavailable. Quarantine is in effect for about 125 exposed individuals in Kinshasa.
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Brussels
UPI
Africa
Maurice Kivits
Zaire
Kinshasa
Sudan
Marburg University
Suit Claims Webb Trust Directors Conspired to Control Corporation
Greenspun accuses Webb estate directors of mismanaging the trust to maintain control, suspend stock sales, and conceal poor practices. He alleges family allowances to Webb’s widow, failure to file probate inventory, and related self dealing including stock grants and loans. The suit seeks to restrain directors from voting, cancel real estate deals, record stock options, and require loan repayments. The filing notes a potential link to Sinatra Rudin and Greenspun in a gaming license context.
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Webb
Johnson
Toni Webb
Greenspun
California
del Webb
The
State Gaming Commission
Judge refuses forced settlement in Hughes mining claims suit
U.S. District Judge Alden Anderson in Salt Lake City denied a motion to compel settlement in a $9 million case brought by the estate of Howard Hughes. The non jury trial involved Summa Corporation against five individuals and five firms with unresolved issues including withdrawal of suits and a Hughes release.
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Salt Lake City
UPI
Howard Hughes
Nevada
U.S
Alden Anderson
Summa Corporation
John H. Meier
Anderson
Hughes
Union Workers Hold Information Meeting Amid Picketing
About 21 of 32 employees at the Village Pub met Thursday with owner Frank Ellis to discuss benefits and union questions. The Culinary Union Local 226 maintains a strike over contracts at several clubs and plans a decertification vote expected mid December by the NLRB.
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Culinary Union
Jacqui Glasby
Federated Employers of Nevada
Frank Ellis
Glasby
Ellis
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
al Bramlet
Culinary Union Local 226
Jack Stafford
Bartenders Union
Stafford
Don Ashworth
Albert Tomigale
Flame
Starboard Tack
Copper Cart
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Cooper
Jan Burke
Burke
Frank Sinatra
Mickey Rudin
Sinatra
Rudin
Gaming Commission
Peter Echeverria
the Sun
4Dlison KW Service Inc
Western Avenue
Vegas Nevada
Rockwell 630
Addison’s
AEG
OSHA
Lymit
Baldor
Milwaukee
Rockwell
Skil
Stanley
Addison
Western Ave
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