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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1977
Page
1
Thousands of Elvis Presley fans fill the cemetery grounds near his hilltop mausoleum in Memphis. Security keeps the crowd about 30 feet from the coffin as mourners from across the country reflect on the rock icon who died at 42.
In Novato California Stanley the 625 pound lion lost his roar after a veterinarian partly severed his vocal cords following complaints from 13 neighbors within a half mile of his cage. Owner Jackie Kelley says the animal is unsettled and lonely after relocation.
A deadly tornado spun through central Illinois on Sunday, killing three people and injuring about 50 as it tore through the Lake Mattoon region. Property damage was reported at a trailer court and the New Hope Camp for retarded children, with officers noting extensive destruction.
Spotty thundershowers stretched from western Nebraska to Washington state with severe storms in Nebraska on Saturday night. Lincoln and Lancaster County saw winds up to 69 mph and about an inch of rain in a 20 minute span. Doors blew off some houses and trees were damaged in Raymond and Valparaiso with street flooding reported.
In this guest column Jesse Scott asks if a new direction is looming in civil rights as the Bakke decision evolves. The piece traces affirmative action history from DeFunis to Bakke, notes media focus on reverse discrimination, and recounts Allan Bakke’s repeated applications and lawsuits alleging race based admissions violated his Fourteenth Amendment rights.
A skyjacking suspect from Escondido California diverted Western Airlines flight 550 from San Diego to Salt Lake City threatening a bomb in an airsickness bag. He set six mattresses in a jail quarantine cell on return and started a fire but no injuries occurred. Mills surrendered after negotiations and was jailed without bail. FBI to file air piracy charges in Salt Lake City.
Governor George Wallace of Alabama says he regrets calling for a political barbed wire enema for U.S. District Judge Frank Johnson during a CBS 60 Minutes interview about Johnson as President Carter’s FBI director pick. He adds that “thugs and federal judges run this country” remains true.
President Ferdinand E. Marcos announced a relaxation of martial law limits in Manila at the World Law Conference. He said local elections for governors and mayors would be held within a year, political prisoners would be released, curfew lifted, and travel bans eased while defending his rule of law and human dignity. He hinted at possible referendums on broader elections in 1978.
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