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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1975
Page
12
Readers ask about medical exams during plastic surgery visits and routine breast checks. A response defends thorough health screenings as preventive care and cautions against assuming marital outcomes from beauty. Other letters address Liz Taylor and teen pregnancy after abortion, with guidance and a reference to a Booze and You booklet.
Shirley Stewart 23 of Las Vegas is held on attempted murder charges after a Sunday shooting at the 2 D Street bar. Charles Winder 50, owner of the New Hat Bar, was shot in the groin after asking her to leave. He was in satisfactory condition at a local hospital. Stewart was arrested at her apartment.
Archbishop Jean Jadot, Pope Paul VI’s representative, cancels planned Nevada tour due to sudden illness. Reno Bishop Norman McFarland said Jadot would have held receptions in Reno Las Vegas Lovelock and Winnemucca during the August 1924 schedule.
Safety experts warn bathrooms are high risk with many injuries requiring hospitalization. They urge non-slip surfaces grab bars and proper lighting to prevent falls and burns from hot water. A ground fault circuit interrupter and thermostat control reduce electrical and scald hazards. official guidance priced at 2.35 dollars.
In San Francisco, Danny Zezzo and David Williams hire themselves to pop out nude from a cake at parties, mostly at bachelorette events but also at mixed and professional gatherings. Williams notes some guests are restrained by a ribbon game, and a mishap ended with a guest biting him during a lap sit.
Joseph Power head of the Plasters and Cement Masons International Union, 62,000 members, told a Las Vegas convention that President Ford's vetoes cost U.S. jobs. He cited construction and housing bills, noted 400,000 still unemployed due to vetoes and highway funding cuts, and reported 21 percent construction unemployment nationwide with some locals at 55 to 60 percent.
Gov Mike O'Callaghan named two Northern Nevada women to assist the new Governor's Commission on the Status of People. Reno attorney Margo Piscevich is legal counsel and Catherine Finnegan of the State Library in Carson City is named researcher.
Floyd Clayton Forsberg was found guilty by a Reno federal jury after a two hour and thirty minute trial. Forsberg, six feet tall and 200 pounds, was carried into court by deputy marshals after lunch. The jury deliberated 28 minutes and convicted him of escaping Washoe County Jail on April 26 while awaiting trial for a bank robbery with two accomplices. The bank job at First National Bank’s downtown Reno HQ aimed to steal 1,044,000 dollars, with over 200,000 still missing. Forsberg, 33, did not present a defense. The case began with his recapture June 29 in Bend, Oregon, and the entire escape matter spanned 51 days.
Terry O Rourke 18, an Irish native, is named first recipient of the Sons of Erin University scholarship honoring late Tom Dumphy. He will attend the University of Nevada Las Vegas with a full scholarship and reside with Sons of Erin leader Bill McGarry during studies.
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