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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1976
Page
6
A reader column features Ann Landers debating virginity and indecency standards amid comments on self restraint and teen sexuality. Letters discuss marriage guests and etiquette, with guidance offered for weddings and social proprieties.
A clipped humorous column notes misfired ad language and social quips. It cites jokes about cars packages and touring prices while poking fun at audience misreadings and universal annoyances.
Marshall Owen a 48 year old artist and inventor from San Leandro California unveils his coal burning steam engine the Owen Vapor Engine OVE promising 10 miles per pound of coal with emissions far lower than gasoline engines. He plans to test in a street car within a year and aims to license the engine to car manufacturers within 36 months.
President-elect Jimmy Carter met separately with mayors and county officials in Atlanta and promised two special assistants to streamline state and local government affairs. He heard a proposal for a federally funded urban bank to create inner city jobs and said he would reduce bureaucratic hurdles hindering revenue sharing and local participation.
John Lewis of the Voter Education Project urged blacks to press Carter and Congress to push for majority rule in South Africa. He warned U.S. support for the white minority government fuels brutality, citing hundreds of deaths, wounds, and imprisonment, and called for U.N. embargo participation and sanctions on allies.
Las Vegas gossip notes entertainer Constantine Emanuel Marakis known as Mark Anthony plans a Wendover debut with Mark Anthony and his Glorious Greeks at the Stateline Casino and Hotel on the Nevada Utah border. He will then perform in Chicago San Francisco and Las Vegas next spring as his wife Danielle and son Emanuel cope with fame. Also praised are Bill Friedman at Castaways taking over the Silver Slipper and the Dunes golf host Billy Snyder after a hole in one during a hotel employee tourney.
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