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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1977
Page
6
In East Hartford, a man identified as Frank DeCarleto claimed he killed his wife and 4 year old son then held police at bay with a deer rifle. He told Hartford Courant he shot his wife and son as the child ran toward him before the line cut off and police intervened.
The Royal Observatory in Hong Kong said a strong 6.3 magnitude earthquake hit southwest China late Monday night. The epicenter lay about 510 miles northwest of Hong Kong near Szechuan Hopeh Hunan and Kweichow. Past events include an 8.3 quake in Hopeh last July and a government report counted 655,237 dead and 779,000 injured.
The Southern Nevada Jaycees will hold an inter fellowship meeting at 10 a.m. Saturday September 3 in rooms 10 and 11 of the Convention Center. Featured guest is national Jaycee President Bob Rushton. Topics cover personal dynamics parliamentary procedure guiding supervising people and communication. Open to the public at no charge.
Witnesses in Antigo report seeing escaped Michigan prison farm trusty Douglas Henry and his hostage Evelyn VanTassel at a northern Wisconsin cabin. FBI takes control as the suspect is described armed and dangerous and has crossed state lines.
Sen. Charles H. Percy of Illinois urged a federal inquiry to determine if riot insurance is encouraging arson for profit as urban fires rise. He warned that urban arson is approaching epidemic proportions.
The University of Nevada Board of Regents will meet Friday in a special session to designate an acting chancellor after Chancellor Neil Humphrey left for the University of Alaska system. James L. Buchanan will chair the session at 6:30 a.m. in the Teacher Education Building. the process should take about two hours.
California State Automobile Association agrees to resume underwriting high risk drivers in Nevada returning to pre August 1 standards. Insurance Commissioner Dick Rottman plans December review of rates and business flow as AAA fears rapid growth could trigger future losses.
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