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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1975
Page
2
Column notes a humorous inquiry to Zsa Zsa Gabor Ryan about sending old jewelry or furs. It references Las Vegas civic topics, ERA party buzz, marijuana debate, El Cortez nostalgia, and bus service criticisms. Includes reader comments and Ruth D.’s sign-off.
Authorities urge neighbors in Spring Valley to search yards garages and even trash for clues to 7-year-old Elaine Taylor abducted from her bedroom three days ago. FBI agents assist as deputies comb remote hills and a white queen sized blanket linked to the case is sought.
National Weather Service San Francisco reports 24 hour temperatures for cities including Albany Albuquerque Atlanta with highs to 88 and 81 and lows around 61 and 69. The page also contains unrelated ads for shoes Foster's Shoes and residential cleaning services with a phone number.
The Agriculture Department cut estimates for US and Soviet grain production in August. US corn potential shrank to 5.850 billion bushels amid drought, with wheat at 2.141 billion and soybeans at 1.458 billion. Butz delayed further grain sales to the USSR to study ongoing conditions. However, sales may resume if crop prospects improve.
The market closed mixed as the Dow rose 6.02 to 823.76 and the S&P gained 0.53 to 86.55 amid July retail sales surge and grain forecast revisions. Volume was light with 12.35 million NYSE shares and 1.45 million Amex shares traded, while officials warned on grain sales and adjusted Soviet harvest estimates.
Bill Vargo, 46, of Swart Creek Michigan, won the 1975 world pipe smoking title in Overland Park Kansas. He smoked 3.3 grams of cube cut barley tobacco in two hours six minutes and thirty nine seconds, breaking the 1954 record by one minute twenty two seconds.
In Tallahassee 1800 mourners at Florida A&M University attended Cannonball Adderley's funeral. Nancy Wilson and Nat Adderley joined the Cannonball Quintet as Rev. Jesse Jackson eulogized him as the resident philosopher of jazz. Adderley died at 46 in Gary Indiana after a stroke. He won Downbeat alto star of the year in 1959 and Playboy top alto sax polls 1962-1971.
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