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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1977
Page
1
An unidentified woman in a St. Louis parking lot wrestles with a man in a sequence of photos. She pulls her purse free as the man, having had enough, runs away. The photographer captured the scenes as they unfolded.
FBI agents arrested Las Vegas silver king James Ray Houston in a downtown Tampa motel after a two year nationwide manhunt for a $6.5 million bullion swindle. He used the alias Robert Carr Jr and faced 24 counts of mail fraud wire fraud and asset concealment.
Dr. James Potter a Henderson physician and brother of former justice of the peace Delwin Potter was arrested on a seven count federal indictment charging illegal distribution of controlled substances. Methaqualone Quaalude was the primary drug involved as the undercover DIA narcotics probe concluded.
Nevada judge orders Texas attorney general to refrain from actions affecting the November 7 jury trial on whether Howard Hughes wrote the Mormon will. Judge Hayes asserts Texas jurisdiction, sets Nov 2 deposition for Buckley, Feikes, and clarifies doctor patient privileges in the case.
Former North Las Vegas officer Melvin C. Jackson Jr. was indicted by the Clark County grand jury on two gross misdemeanor counts for fighting with a prisoner and destroying evidence. He faces up to one year in jail if convicted. Jackson is the son of a longtime Metro officer.
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