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Friday, February 04, 2000
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Two killed in head-on
collision identified
Two people killed Wednesday night when their vehicle was hit head-on by a Jeep driving on the wrong side of the road were identified as Charles O'Laughlin, 75, and Vaun O'Laughlin, 64, of Las Vegas.
The couple's 7-year-old grandson, Charles O'Laughlin III, of Phoenix, Ariz., who was in the front seat of the vehicle, remained in critical condition at University Medical Center early Thursday.
Las Vegas police said the O'Laughlin vehicle was hit by a Jeep Wrangler driven by Cy Vannorman, 34, of Las Vegas, around 10 p.m.
Police said Charles O'Laughlin was driving south on Hollywood Boulevard, between Lake Mead Boulevard and Owens Avenue at Hathaway Drive, when his car was struck by Vannorman's Jeep, which was heading north but was in the southbound lane.
Restaurant owner's
death ruled accident
The Clark County coroner's office has ruled the death of Las Vegas restaurant owner June Hamada an accidental drowning.
Hamada's body was found by her husband Jan. 11, floating in a shallow pool to the rear of their home in the 8000 block of Pinnacle Peak Avenue, near Hacienda Avenue and Buffalo Drive.
There was no trauma to the body, and police Sgt. Rocky Alby said earlier there were several items next to the pool that Hamada "possibly could have tripped over."
Hamada co-owned Hamada of Japan restaurants with her husband, Jay.
Investigators trying
to identify bodies
RENO -- Nevada County, Calif., investigators were trying to identify the bodies of two people found in a car near Boca Reservoir west of Reno.
Sheriff's Capt. Gary Jacobson said a man who appears to have shot himself was found dead in the front seat of the red Subaru hatchback on Tuesday.
The body of a woman dressed in pajamas was found underneath some bedding in the back seat. The woman had no obvious signs of trauma and an autopsy was pending, Jacobson said.
Detectives believe the car with Nevada license plates may have been parked near the reservoir since sometime last week.
Reno briefing slated
on downtown plan
RENO -- Timing and money will dictate whether a complex combining city and county court operations will be built downtown, City Manager Charles McNeely said.
Reno wants to start construction soon on a new building for overcrowded municipal courts. County officials, meanwhile, want more office space for the district attorney's office.
Officials argue that combining all the courts into one complex would save everyone time and money.
The Reno City Council and Washoe County Commission will be briefed on the proposal next week.
Elephant's isolation
in Texas zoo ends
SPARKS -- Angel, the last performing elephant at John Ascuaga's Nugget, will get to roam around her new digs in Texas.
The 11-year-old pachyderm has been kept in quarantine since she arrived at the Forth Worth Zoo in December.
But Thursday was her big day, when she was fully introduced to her new home and the other five elephants who share the compound.
Angel's departure ended an era at the Sparks hotel-casino, where an elephant performed in its Celebrity Showroom for 38 years.
The Ascuaga family decided to give up Angel after her long-time companion, Bertha, died in November.
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