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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1975
Page
6
Vienna hosts a week long OPEC expert session to prepare for a September ministers meeting. They consider a 10 to 35 percent price rise and possible inflation linked pricing or using IMF Special Drawing Rights.
The Desert Research Institute seeks 1 million dollars from federal and private sources to start a five year project using waste heat and stack gases from the Reed Gardner plant 30 miles northeast of Las Vegas to grow crops in greenhouse like structures. Dr Lloyd P Smyth says starting by next January could cut air pollution and boost Nevada agriculture. Funds target the Federal Energy Resource and Development Administration and a private utility.
Alex Joseph is bound over for Superior Court on a stolen helicopter charge after a preliminary hearing. The case involves Joseph and his 13 wives and centers on a land dispute near Cottonwood Wash, Utah, with allegations over a stolen aircraft found on Joseph’s property. William Hall and John Miller are named as related figures in the dispute and alleged transactions. Joseph claims Hall deceived others in similar helicopter deals and that Miller had not completed payment for the helicopter. The trial date has not been set.
A rightist lawyer was sworn in as president of Bangladesh after a swift coup that killed Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, two nephews, and Prime Minister Mansoor Ali. Martial law and a 24 hour curfew followed as at least 200 Mujib followers were killed during rioting.
The Commerce Department reports a $1.23 billion second quarter surplus driven by reduced foreign investment and travel, and higher exports. This follows a $2.95 billion Q1 surplus, the first back to back quarterly surpluses since 1960, signaling a stronger dollar and lower domestic inflation pressures.
Senator George McGovern said Fidel Castro and Cuba have made a major policy shift toward detente with the United States. He charged the administration ignored Cuban gestures including a two million dollar repayment, inviting congressmen, and an anti hijacking pact, while noting Kennedy Khrushchev 1962 settlement avoided war and urging an embargo end.
A massive Los Angeles area blaze in the Angeles National Forest burned 7,620 acres, destroyed timber and brush, and cost 4.5 million. After seven days and 2,000 firefighters, aided by flying retardant from C130 planes and a new Firescope plan, the fire was brought under control with mopping up expected to take a month. Twenty injuries reported.
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