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slept through to noon, like someone on vacation should, the ventilation fan and all the lights on when she woke. And no authority at the door to arrest her. She dressed in front of the TV and Barry and Terry on Live at Noon.
Nothing new on the hit-and-run murder of Officer Graden. The man guilty of trying to jaywalk Las Vegas Boulevard had been identified as Patrick Thompson, a local pilot employed by a small âundisclosed local airline.â No apology for their having blamed his rash decision to cross a gridlocked street during volcano rush hour on his status as a stupid tourist.
And a mysterious power outage at the Las Vegas Hilton.
âSo far, Nevada Power has not identified the cause,â Barry told Charlie. âBut it affected only certain areas in the hotel and casinoânot the entire building.â
âYes, Barry, but people were trapped in elevators, some up to ten minutes. Bets on the casino floor had to be put on hold until emergency generators kicked in, and the probable cause was an apparently successful robbery.
âWith the lights out and surveillance cameras temporarily out of commission, clever robbers either took advantage of the outage or planned it to rob the cage at the Las Vegas Hiltonâs casino. The Hilton has not disclosed how much was taken, but the thieves were gone by the time police arrived. Hotel security is still checking for possible clues, but all guests are assured the building is safe and the casino remains open.
âSources hint that this was unlike the recent rash of casinocage robberies by Los Angeles gang members. It appears to have been a far more sophisticated bunch of thieves. Only slight injuries were reported.
âNever fear thoughâCaptain Kirk and Mr. Spock were not affected by the outage.â
âRight, they donât operate on electricity. They operate on warp drive or something.â
Charlie decided against room service. She wanted to get downstairs, where there would be people. She was in the bathroom doing her face and hair when the TV couple went on to the next story.
This one about a downed aircraft located on the perimeters of the undisclosed Area 51.
âThere were no survivors,â Terry announced sadly, as well she might.
âYes, Terry, the plane was incinerated in the crash. Officials are searching local and area-wide airports for clues to the aircraftâs point of origin, and they ask anyone missing relatives or friends who might have been flying a Mooney 201 aircraft yesterday to contact local police or the Clark or Lincoln County Sheriffâs Department.â
âThe air force has no comment,â Terry added unnecessarily. âAnd for you UFO buffs, the word from Rachel is that there were no disturbing incidents in the night sky out that way last night.â
âTerry, this only goes to reinforce the warnings this station, editorials in the Las Vegas Sun, and law-enforcement officials in Lincoln and Clark counties have been repeating for some months nowâthe ridiculous interest in the vast restricted areas and wastelands in this state can be dangerous, unfruitful, and deadly.â
âRight, if you want to have fun, come to Vegas instead.â
Charlie had no more than switched off the set than came a pounding at her door.
Jesus.
âHousekeeping?â a frightened voice queried from the hall.
The peephole revealed an Asian woman. Charlie was somehow not surprised when two robust gentlemen in suits entered the room with the housekeeper. Hell, sheâd opened that same door to Super Tami, hadnât she?
Totally polite and humorless, one, in the interests of the protection of all hotel guests, asked permission and explained the need for a search of her roomâpossibility of robbers in the hotel. He went on to question her activities the night before. She lied. Instead of fleeing a burning Mooney 201 somewhere near an undisclosed Area 51, sheâd been playing blackjack at
Nothing new on the hit-and-run murder of Officer Graden. The man guilty of trying to jaywalk Las Vegas Boulevard had been identified as Patrick Thompson, a local pilot employed by a small âundisclosed local airline.â No apology for their having blamed his rash decision to cross a gridlocked street during volcano rush hour on his status as a stupid tourist.
And a mysterious power outage at the Las Vegas Hilton.
âSo far, Nevada Power has not identified the cause,â Barry told Charlie. âBut it affected only certain areas in the hotel and casinoânot the entire building.â
âYes, Barry, but people were trapped in elevators, some up to ten minutes. Bets on the casino floor had to be put on hold until emergency generators kicked in, and the probable cause was an apparently successful robbery.
âWith the lights out and surveillance cameras temporarily out of commission, clever robbers either took advantage of the outage or planned it to rob the cage at the Las Vegas Hiltonâs casino. The Hilton has not disclosed how much was taken, but the thieves were gone by the time police arrived. Hotel security is still checking for possible clues, but all guests are assured the building is safe and the casino remains open.
âSources hint that this was unlike the recent rash of casinocage robberies by Los Angeles gang members. It appears to have been a far more sophisticated bunch of thieves. Only slight injuries were reported.
âNever fear thoughâCaptain Kirk and Mr. Spock were not affected by the outage.â
âRight, they donât operate on electricity. They operate on warp drive or something.â
Charlie decided against room service. She wanted to get downstairs, where there would be people. She was in the bathroom doing her face and hair when the TV couple went on to the next story.
This one about a downed aircraft located on the perimeters of the undisclosed Area 51.
âThere were no survivors,â Terry announced sadly, as well she might.
âYes, Terry, the plane was incinerated in the crash. Officials are searching local and area-wide airports for clues to the aircraftâs point of origin, and they ask anyone missing relatives or friends who might have been flying a Mooney 201 aircraft yesterday to contact local police or the Clark or Lincoln County Sheriffâs Department.â
âThe air force has no comment,â Terry added unnecessarily. âAnd for you UFO buffs, the word from Rachel is that there were no disturbing incidents in the night sky out that way last night.â
âTerry, this only goes to reinforce the warnings this station, editorials in the Las Vegas Sun, and law-enforcement officials in Lincoln and Clark counties have been repeating for some months nowâthe ridiculous interest in the vast restricted areas and wastelands in this state can be dangerous, unfruitful, and deadly.â
âRight, if you want to have fun, come to Vegas instead.â
Charlie had no more than switched off the set than came a pounding at her door.
Jesus.
âHousekeeping?â a frightened voice queried from the hall.
The peephole revealed an Asian woman. Charlie was somehow not surprised when two robust gentlemen in suits entered the room with the housekeeper. Hell, sheâd opened that same door to Super Tami, hadnât she?
Totally polite and humorless, one, in the interests of the protection of all hotel guests, asked permission and explained the need for a search of her roomâpossibility of robbers in the hotel. He went on to question her activities the night before. She lied. Instead of fleeing a burning Mooney 201 somewhere near an undisclosed Area 51, sheâd been playing blackjack at
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