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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1977
Page
10
Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau released a 1977 Christmas card photo taken by his estranged wife Margaret. The image shows Trudeau with his sons Sacha 4 Justin 6 and Michel 2 at Harrington Lake his country residence.
A 28-year-old man stabbed his common law wife, her daughter, and three others before killing himself with a chest wound. Armed with a shotgun earlier, he chased two women and about 15 teenagers along his street. Luis Hernandez died in hospital hours after forcing entry into a neighbor’s home amid a police chase.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled the state death penalty unconstitutional striking down a 1974 sentencing statute. The 5 to 1 decision said juries lack latitude in choosing life or death for first degree murder. Prosecutors vowed appeals while advocates call for clearer sentencing rules.
House and Senate conferees finish non tax utility rate reforms as they push to resolve natural gas prices and pipeline decisions. Leaders from both chambers meet with administration figures to craft a House aligned position amid pressure to end federal price controls on new gas while addressing social security and consumer protections.
Gov. Mike O Callaghan voiced support Thursday for placing a disadvantaged youths job camp at Stead north of Reno. The Stead campus of the University of Nevada, Reno is under federal review as a possible site with about 135 local staff. He noted past controversy over location and recalled early opposition from community leaders in 1965.
Joseph O. Egenberger 33, son of a former Albany mayor, surrenders to Alameda County authorities as a suspect in the Oct 29 1963 disappearance and slaying of UC Berkeley student Judy Williamson. He admitted stabbing her to death and will seek release on his own recognizance.
Four juveniles were arrested after extorting 64,000 dollars from rock concert promoter David Forest who warned of killing if demands were not met. Forest reported threats after a burglary victim, Steve Wolf, was killed, and police arranged a trap at a Peck Road trash can in El Monte where a 17-year-old suspect arrived for the money.
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