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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1975
Page
1
A compact note reports the Rams were shutout 22 to 0 in the regional finals. The brief mentions the score and rounds out with a general weather snippet and a Franklin quote, reflecting page-wide clipping style.
Secretary Kissinger reports general agreement between Israel and Egypt on a new peace pact. The plan calls for American volunteers to man six surveillance posts in the Mitla and Gidi passes and a watchdog post at Umm Khashiba. Talks focus on wording and Sinai withdrawals.
A federal grand jury in Las Vegas is hearing testimony in a case involving five Metro Police Department plainclothes detectives tied to a June 25 incident. Five high school athletes allege brutal treatment after a high speed chase sparked when a youth sprayed officers with a fire extinguisher.
Two Union Pacific diesel engines rolled out of a Las Vegas rail yard with brakes unset and derailed on an eastbound drill track. They blocked the main line between Washington and Owens Avenues, caused no injuries, and were to be removed with minimal track damage as officials planned repairs.
Two armed robbers boarded a Greyhound bus in Detroit and forced 15 passengers to surrender cash and valuables into a plastic bag. They fled on foot near the Southfield Road exit after reversing the route toward Detroit. the driver and bus later continued to Kentucky.
Mobil Oil Corp. rejects President Ford’s call for instant crude price decontrol urging a phased approach over time. In a letter, Chairman Rawleigh Warner Jr. argues a rapid removal could shock the economy, costing consumers billions and risking higher prices and jobs.
Actor John Wayne, 68, rested comfortably at Hoag Memorial Hospital Newport Beach after admission last week for routine tests. A hospital spokesman would not reveal test details or confirm reports he was nursing a cough, and could not estimate a release date.
Violent thunderstorms flooded the city injuring and killing residents. Two boys Ernest Martin and Ronnie Morgan aged 12 and 11 died by lightning. The Cleveland Zoo sustained flood damage while authorities searched for animal losses and the zoo remained closed.
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