Conforte gets 20 years for Mustang Ranch taxes
Nevada brothel operator Joe Conforte and his wife Sally were sentenced in Reno to 20 years and 40,000 dollar fines each for failing to pay payroll taxes on non-prostitute staff. Judge Bruce Thompson called the case a big tax ripoff and noted Conforte’s prior felonies. Prostitution is legal in Storey County where Mustang Ranch sits.
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James Ray Houston Silver King Nabbed in Las Vegas Probe
James Ray Houston nicknamed Silver King faces possible return to Las Vegas within weeks after a SUN expose linked him to Western Pacific a firm accused of selling silver bullion on delayed delivery using customer funds to meet prior orders. Under Houston’s direction the company allegedly expanded rapidly despite weak cash base, ultimately nearing collapse when exposed.
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Flu Death Rate Rises as A Texas Like Strain Emerges
ATLANTA and UPI report the CDC notes the first fall influenza cases in Oregon Canada and Puerto Rico with the largest rise in deaths since spring. Most cases tied to an A Texas like virus linked to A Victoria. CDC sent experts to Puerto Rico to study outbreak traits and vaccine effectiveness.
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National Center For Disease Control
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Canada
Puerto Rico
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Grauher
Robert Craven
Air Force Base
Texas
Mrs Jessie Ritchie 77 Dies After Illness in Las Vegas
Jessie Georgina Ritchie 77 mother of Barbara Greenspun wife of Hank Greenspun SUN publisher died Friday at Sunrise Hospital after a lengthy illness A 22 year Las Vegas resident she was born London England August 16 1900 Survivors include daughter and two sons Leslie J and ee five grandchildren and four great grandchildren Funeral at Bunker Brothers Mortuary with Rabbi Philip officiating Burial Woodlawn Cemetery Donations to Las Vegas SUN Summer Camp Fund.
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Barbara Greenspun
Hank
Las Vegas Sun
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Sunrise Hospital
Las Vegas
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England
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Ireland
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Paramount Pictures
Ritchies
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Susne
Brianton
Janie Greenspun
Danny Greenspun
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Bunker Brothers Mortuary
Philip
Temple Beth Sholom
Woodlawn
Ceme
Will Discuss Problems Truckers Meet In Las Vegas
The ATA plans a Las Vegas meeting next week to tackle deregulation brake standards and a 40hour week for drivers. Brock Adams will address delegates at the Hilton, and the event includes 51 state trucking groups with an executive committee session opening the agenda.
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Robert H Shertz
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U.S
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Shertz
Russell Freeburg
Freeburg
District of Columbia
Adams
Attorney Linked To Probe
Washington (UPI) Former Attorney General Richard Kleindienst allegedly helped a Chicago moblinked group secure a $23 million Teamsters Union insurance contract for an alleged swindlerrun company. John Boden testified under immunity that Kleindienst advised transferring $1.8 million from the Arizonabased company and arranged for the contract with Teamsters adviser Allen Dorfman to favor the Hauser operation. Boden claimed Hauser used the premiums for personal use and to acquire other firms, with Teamsters suing for more than $7 million in damages.
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Chicago
Teamsters Union
Senate
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Joseph Hauser
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Arizona
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Teamsters Insurance
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LV Bartender Jury Weighs Murder Charge
Las Vegas jurors deliberated Friday night over Odell Jack Todd 33 charged with killing Victor Paventi 39 at Nancy Poynor 613 S 8th St apartment on Feb 15 Paventi shot in chest by 9 mm Todd was then shot by Poynor with a 16 gauge shotgun Todds eye destroyed by the shooting Judge Charles Thompson led instructions and final arguments with a delay caused by defense attorney travel problems.
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Victor Paventi
Nancy Poynor
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Poynor
Desert Inn
Harry Claiborne
James Brown
Reno
Thompson
Airwest
Joe Louis to See Texas Heart Surgeon DeBakey
Former heavyweight champion Joe Louis, the Brown Bomber, will be flown to Houston to consult world renowned heart surgeon Dr Michael DeBakey after tests suggested a dissecting aortic aneurysm. Louis, 63, has lived in Las Vegas and works at Caesars Palace while guarded medical status is maintained awaiting transfer to Texas.
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Sunrise Hospital
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James Braddock
Boxing Hall of Fame
Pennsylvania Skeleton Not Jimmy Hoffa
New York City medical examiner stated a skeleton found in Pennsylvania woods is not missing Teamsters boss James Hoffa. Dominick DiMaio said dental records do not match Hoffa and FBI sources conceded low likelihood it is Hoffa. The body is a white male about 60, 5 foot 4, heavy, muscular.
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Hoffa
Dominick DiMaio
DiMaio
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