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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1976
Page
8
John C. Cone a World War II flight instructor and Pan American Airlines executive died at Bethesda Naval Hospital age 83. Services set for Ft Myer Chapel and burial in Arlington Cemetery. Survived by Virginia Caniff and four children. He taught Eddie Rickenbacker and flew in France in 1917.
Senator Richard Schweiker said he converted 13 more Pennsylvania delegates to Ronald Reagan and began wooing black delegates on arrival in Kansas City. He aims to shield his support from Reagan's critics while pressing a busy schedule of rallies and news conferences to win delegates.
Funeral services are set in Biloxi Mississippi for Richard Carter 26 of Las Vegas. A Catholic Mass at St Michael's will follow a service at Bradford O Keefe Funeral Home with burial in Biloxi Cemetery. Other obituaries list Gideon MacDonald Ralph Harrison Adele Carlson Arnold Christensen Vincent Bartlett and family details including residences Las Vegas Ocean Springs and Henderson.
An express train car exploded near Alexandria injuring 51 as Libyan agents were linked to the blast. Eight people died including a one year old, with three suspects arrested in government hospitals. President Sadat was away at the time.
Rep. Al Ullman introduces a bill to modify the Wild Horses and Burro Act allowing aircraft and motorized roundups, authorizing sale or donation of animals to humane recipients, and empowering legal action against mistreatment. The measure aims to reduce costs and improve land management while Idaho and Oregon concerns are noted.
A Denver district court jury found Rev. Charles Blair guilty on 17 counts of securities fraud linked to investments in his Calvary Temple. Deliberations lasted seven hours before the verdict. defense will seek a new trial as Judge Clifton A. Flowers prepares ruling.
Joseph Hosner, 36, a prisoner in San Francisco, reportedly escaped his hospital ward by squeezing through eight inch bars and inching along a narrow brick ledge to a fire escape with a life line from his gown. He faces charges including robbery and auto theft amid a broader church fraud case.
In Fort Pierce Florida a St Lucie County jury found Paulette Morris a 29 year old topless go go dancer guilty of disorderly conduct after a May arrest at the Evil People Lounge. she was fined 250 dollars and the prosecution argued the incident could embolden improper exposure in public venues.
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