Las Vegas promotes growth to keep ahead of rivals in tourism
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority outlines a strategy to attract more delegates and tourists as rival cities increase ad spend. Hotel rooms have risen 43.2 percent in five years, with 36 000 daily occupancy and 12 000 more rooms planned by 1980. In 1976 partial figures show $1.1 billion in visitors and $44.8 million in delegate revenue, underscoring tourism as the region’s economic backbone.
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Rhodesia reports 37 deaths in two days guerrilla clash
Rhodesia said 36 black nationalist guerrillas and one Rhodesian soldier were killed in the last 48 hours to mark a high toll in the war. A military communique also reported four black civilian curfew breakers slain and a man who fled security forces. The statement noted captured British antitank grenades but gave no location for the clashes. At least 942 guerrillas have died this year and 1,555 since the war began in 1972. In a separate San Bernardino item, a couple found 130 marijuana sprouts and six marijuana plants on their plot near Etiwanda.
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Virginia congressman urges probe of Alaska wolf hunt plan
Rep. William Whitehurst asks Interior to study an Alaska plan to aerially kill up to 80 percent of Brooks Range wolves to boost caribou numbers. He questions caribou decline and notes no bag limits exist for caribou hunting. The area overlaps proposed national park and refuges. Interior review sought.
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Las Vegas Weather Outlook With Sunny Skies
Forecast calls for mostly sunny days through the week end with rising shower chances Sunday. Gentle winds. Today's high near 105 and low around 75. Humidity high at 22 percent, air quality index 42 fair.
Weather Table: 24 Hour Temp and Precipitation
The Nation presents a temperature and precipitation table for the 24 hour period ending at 4 a.m. Pacific time. The data are prepared by the National Weather Service in San Francisco and cover regional readings.
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Weather outlook showers along Atlantic coast and Gulf coast
Rain and thundershowers are forecast Sunday along parts of the Atlantic coast central Gulf coast and in sections of the lower Plains. Elsewhere the day should be mostly fair with less humid air moving across the northeast later.
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Rescue Worker Finds Headless Brother in Virginia Beach Crash
Rescue worker Terry Moon identified his decapitated brother Curtis Moon from his wallet at the scene of a 1 a.m. two car crash. Curtis Moon and Deborah Whiteside, 25, died in the head on collision with a Cadillac driven by James Divine, 21. Divine faced DUI charges after minor injuries.
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James Divine
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