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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1976
Page
1
Before his court appearance Gilmore says he will continue a 13 day hunger strike to press for a phone call to his fiancee and a reunion with singer Johnny Cash. He complains of prison conditions including clothes access to the press and no radio.
The rocket launch tower of Complex 14 at Cape Canaveral was destroyed on Wednesday after preservation efforts were deemed too costly. The tower was the first used in the United States space program.
This column notes Time Magazine’s cover story on legitimate gambling expanding from New Jersey's casino bill to Atlantic City and beyond. It cites Las Vegas, Miami, Buffalo, New Orleans, and Hawaii as places touched by the gambling debate while hinting at federal tax scrutiny and public policy tensions.
Steven B. Williams 38 of Santa Fe rammed a pickup into the White House gate seeking to wake President Ford. He was charged with destruction of government property and treated for minor injuries after the 1 p.m. crash. The barrier prevented entry and bomb experts found no explosives. Williams told reporters he aimed to wake Ford before he kills them all. The incident caused no other injuries. The Sun Youth Forum in Las Vegas will be held Thursday at the convention center with about 650 students from 16 high schools, culminating in a half hour TV summary on KLAS-TV Channel 8. The event features moderators and school officials.
Demolition teams at Kennedy Space Center toppled the 110 foot steel gantry first used to prepare the 1957 Atlas and Atlas Mercury launches. The structure, tied to Enos the chimp and astronauts Glenn Carpenter Schirra and Cooper, will be sold as scrap after decades on the pad. A second gantry at nearby pad 12 faces demolition Thursday.
Carson City reports the State Board of Examiners approved a 115000 community development contract for West Las Vegas. Otis Harris will coordinate at 15500 annually funded by the Four Corners Regional Commission. Unemployment in West Las Vegas was cited at 50 percent as officials aim to attract industries and print a Clark County brochure within 12 months.
Las Vegas attorney Baron Innocent plans to plead innocent to a nine count federal indictment charging solicitation and receipt of 200000 in kickbacks from Foy Bryant for a 1.3 million loan from the Teamsters pension fund. The case alleges use of mails and wires and tax understatement.
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