Hollow chip stack cheats terrorize Nevada casinos
Nevada investigators probe a cheating ring suspected of terrorizing casino workers to help steal from games. The scheme uses hollow aluminum cups disguised as chip stacks to siphon hundreds of thousands from at least six casinos, with up to 25 to 30 people involved and several violent incidents linked to the case.
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UPI
Phil Hannifin
Nevada Gaming Control Board
Hannifin
Murphy
Ray Gubser
Robert Lee Murphy
Gubser
Skylock
Edge of the universe inspires NASA space telescope plan
NASA outlines the Large Space Telescope to launch in the 1980s, high above Earth's atmosphere for a clear view into space. The project will be serviced by the Space Shuttle, with Goddard Space Flight Center showing a 10 foot mirror model.
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Space Shuttle
Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt
California newspaper staff and affiliations listed
The text lists staff roles Tim Conner Clete Lunny Wesley Huffman Ray McCuen Betty Laurent Scott Ostler Steve LaRue Vaughn Proctor Dan Duffy and mentions associations California News Paper Publishers Association United Press International Inter-American Press Association California Press Association as members. It states a subscription rate of $225 per month for home delivery or mail. Publication policy notes Daily except Sundays and Christmas Day.
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Clete Lunny
Wesley A. Huffman
Ray McCuen
Betty Laurent
Scott Ostler
Steve LaRue
Vaughn Proctor
Dan Duffy
California Newspaper Publishers Association
California Press Association
California legislators face budget deadline and long session
Sacramento legislators faced an $8 billion state budget deadline and a packed agenda as they aimed to complete work before a recess. They planned extended evening sessions, with the Assembly ordered to meet five days weekly, and awaited a June 15 target to send the budget to Governor Reagan.
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Robert Lagomarsino
R-ojai
Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee
Gold again proves its ancient lure and market pull
London sources note a gold rush driven by short term speculators as prices spiked above 67 dollars per ounce before retreating. Demand shifts from traditional hoarders to financiers and money managers while South Africa trims supplies and Russia remains a quiet producer.
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Cape Tanga
France
Far
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South Africa
McGovern delegates face clash over old politics choice
In Los Angeles McGovern delegates spar over appointing Tunney and Moretti to the remaining slots amid accusations of old politics. Leaders including Cranston Brown and Huerta press for unity while chairing officials name Brown Burton and Huerta as co chairs.
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George McGovern
Miami Beach
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California
Sen
John Tunney
Assembly
Bob Moretti
Edmund Muskie
Muskie
Tunney
Willie Brown Jr
Alan Cranston
Brown
George Brown
Tom Bradley
Phillip Burton
Delores Huerta
Cesar Chavez
United Farm Workers Union
Israel warns guerrillas after Lod Airport attack
Deputy premier Yigal Allon urged Palestinian guerrilla groups to stop planning attacks for their own good following the Lod Airport massacre that killed 24 and wounded 81. Israeli officials hold Lebanon responsible for allowing guerrilla groups to operate. In Beirut, gunmen reportedly tried to kill Yasser Arafat during a coup attempt denied by Al Fatah.
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Israel
Yigal Allon
Jerusalem
Lod
Beirut
al Fatah
Yasser Arafat
An Nahar
Arafat
Tel Zaatar
Senator Proxmire demands full cost impact of SALT treaty
Senator William Proxmire says he will not back the Moscow arms control pact without full disclosure of its effect on defense spending. He argues the SALT agreement should not be used to pressure Congress into approving new weapons programs. Nixon plans to send the pact to the Senate for ratification with Kissinger predicting Senate approval in August.
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UPI
William Proxmire
D-Wis
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Soviet Union
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Moscow
Senate
Henry A
Kissinger
National Security Affairs
White House
Japan
Wallace Woodstock Draws 7000 To Florida Picnic Concert
Tammy Wynette headlined the Wallace Woodstock in Highland City Florida entertaining about 7000 attendees under a hot sun in a Florida orange grove. The event included Nashville stars and local country acts praising Gov. George Wallace and drew a picnic crowd with fried chicken corn on the cob and iced tea. A Wallace supporter likened the crowd to the Hollywood McGovern show and urged Wallace backers to mobilize.
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Alabama
George C. Wallace
Florida
Nashville
Wallace
Hollywood
Barbra Streisand
George McGovern
Dewey Smith
Polk County
Smith
Marijuana initiative faces possible failure in California
UPI reports the California decriminalize marijuana initiative may miss the November ballot by about 8,000 signatures. Robert Ashford, San Francisco attorney, cites a dramatic late surge with 60,000 valid signatures from supplemental filings, though 35,000 remain needed. Signatures must be mailed to CMl offices by midnight for processing. 231,000 valid signatures were processed by May 1.
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San Francisco
UPI
Robert Ashford
Harvard
Ashford
CMI
Flood waters rise in Washington region amid widespread evacuations
Flood waters surge along the Okanagan River in northeast Washington with more than 300 evacuated last week. Crest forecast at 22.3 feet nears the prior record while four people are missing from the Entiat River area as crews sandbag and search amid damaged banks and muddy crawls.
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Larry Hirley
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