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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1976
Page
2
Inhabitants of Guadeloupe island face twin threats from La Soufriere as Tropical Storm Emmy rains spawn mudslide risk. Ash and rocks spewed last weekend, with tremors felt across the island and mass evacuations underway amid warnings of imminent explosive activity.
The mayor and city commissioners pledge tight budgeting and 100 percent value for every tax dollar while defending the re instituted City Manager form of government. They foresee future consolidation debates but urge efficiency and accountability across departments. The piece ends with a prideful view of Las Vegas lighting up Lake Mead Boulevard.
Pasadena notes Viking 1 tests found no organic material suggesting past life on Mars. A second gas chromatograph mass spectrometer analysis also negative for carbon compounds. Scientists plan further analysis as Viking 2 readies for separation and Mars landing timelines.
Anchorage man David Logue 34 and passenger Miriam Wallwin 26 survived a crash in a rain soaked mountain airstrip in northern British Columbia while ferrying a used Cessna 206 home from New Jersey to Alaska. They were rescued after a Canadian search aircraft located the transmitter aboard the plane. The couple, who had bought the plane for 21500 dollars, planned to fly to Watson Lake Yukon when weather forced a forced landing near Fort Nelson. The plane was badly damaged and due to be lifted out by helicopter.
District Judge Bryant Croft opened jury selection for Allan Howe second trial on charges of soliciting sex from two police decoys posing as prostitutes. The panel aims for eight jurors after Howe’s prior conviction and automatic right to a new trial under Utah law.
Forecast calls for a clear night and sunny day in Las Vegas with variable winds 10 to 20 mph. Today's high near 100 and low around 70, yesterday's high 99. Air quality good at 23 rising with humidity around 28 percent. Sunrise at 6 06, sunset 7 20.
The 24 hour temperature and precipitation table prepared by the National Weather Service in San Francisco covers conditions ending at 4 a.m. Pacific time. It provides numerical readings for multiple locations and lists rainfall totals and temperature highs and lows observed in the cited period.
Tropical storm Emmy veered from the Leeward Islands as remnants of Dottie swept offshore. Forecasters expect Emmy to move northwest for 48 hours then turn toward Bermuda, easing the threat to Florida. Candice approaches the hurricane graveyard as NASA scientists arrive in Miami to sample storms from high altitude.
California Assembly approves AB4538 to let counties seek state reimbursement for costly trials. If held in Madera, costs could reach 1 million dollars, with state aid up to 75 percent beyond 500 thousand. Senate sent bill after 56 to 7 vote. Grand Jury probes July 15 kidnapping of 26 Chowchilla children. suspects Fredrick Woods, James Schoenfeld, and Robert Schoenfeld face kidnapping and armed robbery charges.
Four men including Wilfred M. Sherman a Playboy Club of Boston director were charged with conspiracy to commit arson and to defraud an insurer. The club near Park Square was insured for 500000 with Continental Insurance Co and a move from the Combat Zone district was discussed.
A paid advertisement touts a non-operating hearing model weighing under one ounce. It claims a single unit sits at the ear level and offers the aid without obligation. Readers are urged to mail for a model to Dept. 2373, Beltone Electronics, Chicago.
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