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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1975
Page
1
A brief notice reports the dismissal of a wagonmaster in Nevada, with official action summarized as removal from post. The move follows local governance actions and impacts transportation operations in the region.
Mostly sunny and warm with southerly winds 10 to 20 mph. Daytime high near 100 and low around 70. Humidity expected high 30 percent and low 15 percent. Sunrise at 6 06 and sunset at 7 20. A year ago highs reached 104 with a 72 low.
The Soviet Union detonated a massive underground nuclear explosion in Novaya Zemlya, about one million tons of TNT. Seismologist Markus Baath in Uppsala, Sweden, reported a 6.6 magnitude, noting the blast was the largest measured, with a larger test in 1971 reaching 7.1.
An explosion in a three story Tijuana building killed five and injured 22. Searchers worked debris for more victims while investigators weighed a faulty gas line versus explosives linked to a Vietnam veteran resident found with grenades and ammo in his apartment.
Particles of radioactive plutonium, possibly from 1940s atomic bomb work, were found four feet underground near the Los Alamos Inn parking area on land once part of the Atomic Energy Commission site. Officials say there is no public hazard and the material will likely be buried in sealed containers after ongoing surveys and improved controls today.
Nevada motorists face auto insurance rate hikes up to 25 and homeowners up to 20 within six to nine months. Commissioner Dick Rottman cites inflation and rising auto repair and medical costs as key drivers and urges shoppers to compare policies as firms file increases. He notes firms have faced losses and high risk coverage is tightening, with Farmers Insurance already granted a five percent auto rate rise.
Four Virginia Beach men stranded at sea were rescued by a Russian intelligence gathering trawler, Zatorozhe, after their fishing boat disabled near the Virginia coast. The Russians towed the craft to U.S. ships, then released them about two hours later, and the party was flown to Norfolk Naval Air Station.
The Glomar Explorer reappeared off Catalina Island near the isthmus of Avalon after a two day disappearance. A Catalina Cove and Camp Agency employee said it anchored before 8 a.m. PDT and no explanations were given for its stay or prior location. The vessel, once used by the CIA to raise part of a sunken Soviet submarine, left Long Beach for secret tests and showed up near Catalina without comment.
About 15 000 Trekkies converged at the Conrad Hilton in Chicago for a Star Trek fan weekend. Former stars Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner were among those expected as attendees enjoyed space films reruns from the show’s 1968 end date and seminars. Fans browsed concession booths offering stickers, shirts, books, and tribble themed items. Gerry Koke of Springfield Illinois wore fake ears to photograph the event while Chris Clayton a 22 year old engineer from Ann Arbor Michigan was among attendees.
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