Las Vegas News Mixes Fair, TV and Local Achievements
JayCees BiCentennial fair plans highlight community events with Fair Chair Kit Bell and President Jim Baumberger. BiCentennial Theatre features work by Phil Richards Pat Sherman Tim Allen and June Brennan. Myra da Costa leads Nevada Water Color Society teaching art to children and scholarships. NBC shot Sanford and Son locally for fall premiere. Las Vegas Hilton hosts Food Service Executives meeting August 27 with Michael Mavros inviting attendees. A reader notes credit card privacy issues and consumer rights debates. Shirley and Lester Coleman welcome daughter Sham Jamila. Barbecued spare ribs recipe from Hong Fat's included.
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JayCee
Jim Baumberger
Phil Richards
Pat Sherman
Tim Allen
June Brennan
Las Vegans
Myra da Costa
Myra
Nevada Water Color Society
Water Color Society
Las Vegas
August Auto Sales Slip Nine Percent
Detroit based report notes mid August new car sales down about 9 percent from a year earlier as buyers avoided price hikes. Analysts anticipate Aug 1–20 totals around 195000 cars, the weakest for the period since 1971, with early August demand firmer than 1974 pace.
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Detroit
APS
U.S
Ford Motor Co
Bennett E. Bidwell
Bidwell
General Motors
Teenager Killed By Great Dane In Ohio Suburb
Lisa Erwine, 17, of Mt. Perry, was fatally attacked by a Great Dane at a neighbor’s home while she sat with friends. The dog, owned by the Roy Dixon family, was to be destroyed and the dog’s remains sent to Ohio State University veterinary school for study.
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MT. Perry, Ohio
UPI
Lisa Erwine
Mt. Perry
Roy Dixon
Good Samaritan Hospital
Zanesville
Ohio State University Veterinary School
San Francisco Board retaliates after police firemen deal
San Francisco supervisors push charter amendments to abolish emergency powers used by Mayor Alioto to end a three day police and fire strike. They seek immediate dismissal for future strikers and aim to overturn a 13.05 percent pay raise. A grand jury probe into sabotage is urged.
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San Francisco
UPI
San Francisco Board of Supervisors
Joseph L. Alioto
Alioto
Hartke Predicts Bayh Dem presidential nomination
Sen Vance Hartke of Indiana forecast at the Indiana Democratic Editorial Association convention that Sen Birch Bayh will be the Democratic candidate for president next year. He noted the dire economic climate of stagflation and recession could aid Democratic fortunes.
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UPI
Vance Hartke
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Birch Bayh
Hartke
Indiana Democratic Editorial Association
Richard Stoner
US Senate
Stoner
Columbus
Indiana
Bayh
Bar Bombs Threaten Northern Ireland Violence Surge
In Northern Ireland security forces rush to a violent weekend after a Catholic bar bombing in Armagh killed two and wounded twenty. A second Catholic bar was damaged in Blackwater, with loyalist threats and sectarian attacks raising tensions amid political controversy.
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Faulkner
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Rees
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