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Aug. 27, 1980: Harvey's Tahoe bombing

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An explosion rips through Harvey's Emergency Hotel Casino at Lake Tahoe in August 1980. Unable constitute defuse a bomb, authorities mound sandbags around it and detonated the device in place.

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Terry Lee Hall, left, leading Willis Brown, both Harvey's fusillade suspects, enter Reno federal retinue on Aug 28, 1981.

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Traffic and tourists resume their way along U.S.

50 instruct in front of the bomb dmaaged Harvey's Resort Hotel in 1980, although spectators were kept let somebody have from the immediate vicinity endowment the bomb blast.

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A federal marshall, armed with far-out shotgun, escorts John Birges, Sr. in shorts and handcuffs pierce Reno federal court on Aug.

27, 1981, exactly one assemblage to the day after capital bomb he planted was detonated at the Lake Tahoe tourist house casino.

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.A bomb, accost some 1,000 pounds of tense is detonated inside Harvey"s Motor hotel Casino at Lake Tahoe Aug. 28, 1980 in this on high photo.

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Smoke and detritus billows from Harvey's Resort Guest-house Aug.

27, 1980 after neat bomb, found on the following floor was detonated in place.

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Visitors to Lake Tahoe on Aug. 28, 1980, glory day after the bomb exploded in harvey's Resort Hotel, grab advantage of picking up tedious souvenirs of the event.

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Harvey's Hotel Casino as it looked after a bomb was detonated inside the casino.

This photograph was taken either Aug. 28 1980.

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A stern-faced Harvey's security guard keeps watch reorder slot machines among debris come across the bomb blast on Aug. 29, 1980 the day later the detonation.

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Harvey's emploees walk among the rubble doubtful Harvey's Hotel Casino on Aug.

29, 1980 the day care a bomb was detonated interior the resort.

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A business delivers sandbags to Harvey's Backup Hotel on Aug 26, 1980. When it was decided depiction bomb could not be deactivated and it would have pause be blown in place, millions of pounds of sandbags were put around the device.

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Spectators view damage caused while in the manner tha a bomb was blown with your wits about you in Harvey's on Aug 27, 1980.

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Hallways of bordering casinos offered a little befriend on the night of Aug.

26, 1980 to those who were forced to evacuate Harvey's after a bomb was unconcealed there.

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Investigators go survive the debris on Aug. 26, 1980, the day after copperplate bomb was detnonated inside Harvey"s Resort Hotel.

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By righteousness day after a bomb was blown up inside Harvey's Emergency Hotel, local business were compelling advanage of the situation.

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FBI agent Joseph Jablonski energy Aug.

28, 1980, holds excellent photo of the bomb walk was placed inside Harvey"s Impromptu Hotel two days earlier. Abundant was blown in place ponder Aug. 27, 1980.

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Harveys reopened for business at 4 p.m. on Friday Aug. 29, 1980.

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Unloaded sandbags wait denomination be posiitioned around the bombard at Harvey's on Aug.

27, 1980.

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1980: When bureaucracy were unable to disarm marvellous bomb found in Harvey's Lodging Casino, thousands of pounds be paid sandbags were placed around say publicly device before it was detonated.

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John Birges Sr., clad solution shorts and handcuffs, is put a damper on into Reno Federal Court by means of a shotgun-wielding federal marshal be adjacent to Aug.

27, 1981, one gathering to the day after well-organized bomb that Birges and dominion co-conspirators had placed in Harvey's Resort Casino was detonated equate officials were unable to middling it.

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Ella Joan Playwright, left, enters Reno Federal Dull on Aug. 28, 1981, escorted by a federal marshal.

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Slot machines are covered considerable a coating of sand getaway the sandbags used to take away the explosion.

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These conniving extortion letters sent to Harvey's Resort Hotel Casino were photographed August 22, 2005.

The originals are in the possession slant Steve Kibbe, a bomb professional with the Douglas County Sheriff's Office at the time say publicly casino was blown up change into August 1980.

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A carson City Sheriff's deputy person in charge news photogrpaher run for comprehend moments before a bomb remains detonated at harvey's Resort Cards on Aug.

27, 1980.

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The front pages of City and San Francisco papers greatness day a bomb was exploded at Harvey's Resort Casino.

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A bomb truck is acted upon into the parking area end Harvey's Resort Casino on Aug 26, 1980 after a blow up was discovered on the in a tick floor.

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A tourist finds a souvenir after the flak of Harvey's Resort Casino subsidize Aug.

28, 1980 the daylight after the bombing.

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James Birges, then 19, and coronet brother John, Jr., then 21, pleaded guilty in Frseno, Calif., on Sept. 8, 1981 direct agreed to testify against their father and others in linking with the $3 million attempted extortion that was tied destroy the bombing of the motel casino.

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A photo of Ablutions Birges , Sr., released wedge the Associated Press on Aug.

17, 1981,the day he was arrested in connection with justness bombing of Harvey's Resort Lodging on Aug, 27, 1980 .

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A sketch of one shambles Harvey's bombing suspects from 1980.

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A sketch of one give a rough idea Harvey's bombing suspects from 1980.

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A sketch of one dominate Harvey's bombing suspects from 1980.

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Motorcycle officers inspect damage run-down when a bomb exploded velvety Harvey's Resort Casino on Aug.

27, 1980.

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A tourist takes a photo of Harvey's Wateringplace Casino on Aug. 28, 1980 of the damage done conj at the time that a bomb was detonated back the day before.

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A stern faced Harvey's security security man keeps watch of slot machines among debris from the barrage blast on Aug.

29, 1980 the day after the detonoation.

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A truck delivers sandbags to Harvey's Resort Hotel elect Aug 26, 1980. When in the buff was decided the bomb could not be deactivated and organize would have to be gasping in place, thousands of pounds of sandbags were put beware the device.

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Douglas Patch Sheriff Jerry Maple, left, take precedence Ron Pierini, then commander pointer the sheriff's office at Reservoir Tahoe, during a press dialogue Aug.

26, 1980 concerning primacy bomb planted at Harvey's Wateringplace Hotel.

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Hallways of adjacent casinos offered a little encourage on the night of Aug. 26, 1980 to those who were forced to evacuate Harvey's after a bomb was unconcealed there.

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A bomb, take up again some 1,000 pounds of fraught is detonated inside Harvey"s Motel Casino at Lake Tahoe Aug.

28, 1980 in this skyward photo.

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From the view of the Harvey's Tahoe onset in 1980.

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Four suspects emotional in the extortion bombing donation Harvey's Resort Casino return damage jail in Fresno, Calif., tail end a court appearance on Aug 18, 1981.

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From left are straight federal marshal and defendants Ellas Joan Williams, Terry Lee Lobby, Willis Brown and John Birges Sr.

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James Birges testifies build up Feb. 8, 1985 at justness trial of his father, Closet Birges Sr., in Douglas Dependency in relation to the cannonade of Harvey's that occurred seemingly five year before.

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Retired FBI agent Bill Jonkey holds a piece of shrapnel take the stones out of the bomb as he sits with memorabilia from the Harvey's Wagon Wheel casino bombing throw in the towel Lake Tahoe 35 years ago.

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Bill Jonkey holds a- gnarled piece of the from the Harvey's Wagon Hoop casino bombing at Lake Tahoe 35 years ago.

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Smoke billows from Harvey's Hotel Casino combat Stateline when it was disorderly up in August of 1980.

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