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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1976
Page
10
At Annapolis the 81 women of the class of 1980 completed eight weeks of plebe summer amid cheers and cameras as 1,228 classmates began their careers. Capt. James A. Winnefeld praised their performance despite tougher physical demands and notes no major problems.
Florida Trend reports Harris Corp engineers and Mechanics Research experts doubt the leak detection system for the Trans Alaska Pipeline can reliably detect leaks below 1 percent of capacity. A back up system by Westinghouse is being installed at substations but untested for accuracy. Alyeska promises sub 1 percent detection and rapid shutdown, though estimates vary on spill size and response time.
Vienna talks by OPEC economic experts closed with no agreed formula for price differentials among crude grades. Speakers said sub committees and the economic commission would reconvene before the December 15 ministers’ meeting in Qatar. No early plan for a ministerial session or price rise was set.
A bridge puzzle from Alfred Sheinwold explains a correct trumphandling approach. The article shows a hand where opening lead and subsequent plays require avoiding covers by the king and using dummy’s nine to control trumps, plus the right bid of one spade to show heart support.
Ashby Leach 30 of Huntington West Virginia faces kidnapping and extortion charges after a nine hour siege at Chessie System headquarters in Cleveland. Ten hostages were held on the 36th floor of Terminal Tower before Leach surrendered. He may undergo a psychiatric evaluation as authorities consider his demands to reinstate GI Bill benefits for veterans.
Gov. Milliken ordered 80 state troopers to patrol Detroit freeways while city officers curb street violence during a busy convention weekend. Detroit police enforce a 10 pm curfew for youths as the Michigan State Fair opens and the statewide Republican convention proceeds downtown. An 18 year old youth, Mark Hosea, was shot after a flat tire stop but is in stable condition.
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