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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1977
Page
2
Hilton Hotels Corp announces 644 new guest rooms at the Las Vegas Hilton, bringing total rooms to 2 783 with a $22 5 million investment. Opening next month is a 50 000 square foot Hilton Pavilion costing over $7 million to host concerts broadcasts or sports events for up to 14 000 attendees.
The Las Vegas forecast calls for windy conditions and cooler air from tonight through Friday with southerly winds 20 to 30 mph and sunny skies. Today's high mid 90s and low near 70, with yesterday reaching 100/72. humidity high at 74. Sunrise 6:07 a.m. Sunset 7:18 p.m. Air Quality Index 39, fair.
Rep. Les Aspin said he will introduce legislation to curb junk calls using automated dialing gear that plays taped ads and records orders. TheWhite House said James Schlesinger and wife are worth at least 400000 with 1976 speaking fees of 50000 and Johns Hopkins salary 60000.
House Republican leader John Rhodes told the American Legion convention that President Carter erred in canceling the B1 bomber. He warned that switching to older aircraft would force use of outdated missiles and urged stronger national defense without seeking Soviet concessions.
About 600 American inmates in Mexican jails were moved to Santa Marta prison in Mexico City as Congress weighs approval of a prisoner exchange treaty. The treaty would let Americans serve Mexican sentences in U.S. jails and vice versa, with about 200 of the 600 prisoners expected to return home by next year. Hunger strikes and protests by prisoners have pressured action before Congress adjourns.
Soviet authorities arrested Felix Serebrov in Moscow and Viktoras Pyatkus and Antanas Tverlaytskas in Vilnius for Helsinki pact monitoring. The crackdown brings this year’s arrests to twelve among human rights activists. Literaturnaya Gazeta denounced Veniamin Levich, a senior electrochemist seeking emigration, accusing him of ingratitude and defamation amid an Oxford conference hailed as anti Soviet and pro Israel.
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