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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1975
Page
1
The Sun Chuckler reports Bobby Riggs is drafting a memoir about his Houston fiasco with the working title Pain In The Astrodome. Also notes a Vegas masseuse denying ripoffs. Seagram boss linked to ransom and Foolish Pleasure syndicated for 4.5 million.
The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with southerly winds 15 to 25 mph. Tuesday highs near 105 and lows around 80, with Monday at 104/82. Humidity high, 19 percent, low 10 percent, sunrise 5 56 a.m. sunset 7 34 p.m.
Fremont Hotel porter Delmar F. Bright, 29, was found dead on his downtown apartment bed with hands and feet bound by an electric cord. Police said cause of death is undetermined. Bright was last seen Thursday and no robbery motive or ransack evident at the scene.
Firefighters battle a growing arson blaze in the Angeles National Forest as flames leap lines and threaten North Fork Saddle. More than 800 on the lines. the fire has scorched thousands of acres and arson charges target Wayne Chapman of Saugus.
Clark County Commissioners met in closed sessions to probe allegations that County Administrator David Henry misuses power and keeps leaders uninformed. A vote on his firing or retention may occur today as questions about an $11,000 pay raise in 18 months and Henry's handling of county affairs are aired.
Clark County firefighters battled a five acre blaze at the Paper King warehouse on east Vegas Valley Drive near the city dump. A converted 7 000 gallon water truck sprayed 750 gallons per minute to douse embers as debris burned, with damage estimated at 190 000 dollars.
James H Hoffa says the FBI interviewed a person claiming to have witnessed his father James R Hoffa s abduction The statement challenges earlier FBI remarks that they had not questioned such a witness in Detroit UPI reported on Monday
In Henderson Kentucky a chlorine gas leak from a railroad tank car at PB and S Chemical Co. sent residents coughing and forced evacuation of a seven block area including Harding Mobile Home Park. Officials stopped the leak in 75 minutes and the all clear was given after about two and a half hours as 200 plus people sheltered or returned home.
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