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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1975
Page
6
A dense list of theater rooms lounges and reservations appears, naming venues such as MGM Grand Sahara Stardust Tropicana and others. It includes showrooms like Ziegfeld Room and Canaveral lounges with multiple reservation numbers and performer mentions. The fragment reads as an allusion to 1978 era Las Vegas entertainment listings.
New York's 11 commercial banks agreed to extend $550 million in notes and accept $36 million in Big MAC bonds in exchange for municipal obligations due October through June. The accord eases cash flow ahead of August payments and follows Big MAC bond actions and Beame's spending cuts.
A surge of thefts and burglaries hit Las Vegas as weekend activities began. Victims include John Kane of Phoenix who lost 310 dollars, Gordon Hermanson in a motel dispute over pay, Jackie Herman robbed of 500 dollars with two gunwielding women, Willard Lyman relieved of 127 dollars by a score of gunmen, and a Williams Shoe and Wig Shop robbery netting 108 dollars plus a pistol. Additional incidents occurred at the Golden West and the Landmark Hotel parking lot. The spree spanned multiple venues including the Boulevard Mall, Crown Inn Motel, and Hilton Hotel. Police investigated and searched for suspects throughout.
Rock group Led Zeppelin postpones its August-September U S tour after lead singer Robert Plant suffers multiple fractures in an auto accident on Rhodes. Plant, his wife Maureen, and son Karac, four, were injured. doctors will decide when he can perform again.
President Ford welcomed the last Apollo astronauts Thomas Stafford Vance Brand and Donald Slayton in Washington after their Hawaii recovery. The trio flew commercial from Honolulu to Dulles aboard a United 747, becoming the first space crew to return to the mainland by air liner. They will face questions on nitrogen peroxide exposure at a Saturday news conference and attend a White House ceremony and Space Agency reception.
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