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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1975
Page
9
A U.S. government study reports at least 253 organic chemicals in drinking water, most untested for cancer risk. EPA notes chlorine reaction with organics could form carcinogens, but no conclusive link or risk level is established yet. More research is needed to clarify contamination extent.
A trucker is shot in the leg on Highway 99 near Fresno as part of a spate of sniping incidents in the San Joaquin valley. A Planada woman, Lucia Redondo, 57, was killed by a shot through her windshield near Madera. Juveniles are being questioned. a court will decide if the Redondo case proceeds as an adult, with one suspect to turn 18 soon.
Four separate blazes claimed 19 lives in Chicago suburb Tinley Park and Reading Center New York area. A mother and six children perished in a suspected Christmas tree fire in Illinois with an electrical short listed as a possibility. Five children and their father died in a two story home blaze near Reading Center.
Sen. Henry M. Jackson will bypass the New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary to focus on New York where he calls the state crucial for his bid. He plans to enter Florida and Illinois contests and argues the New York primary on April 6 will determine the nomination odds. Separately, multiple fatal house fires claim several lives in Croton-on-Hudson Oakdale Tinley Park and Reading with authorities confirming victims and ongoing investigations.
Provisional IRA strongholds witness twin bombings claimed by a group calling itself the Red Hand Commandos. Four killed, 27 wounded in Donnelly's bar Silverbridge and Mulligan's bar Dundalk amid a widening Northern Ireland flare. Police link a car blast near a British border post to the same violence.
In Bedford England Judge Robert Lymbery spared a 168 pound great Dane condemned for biting a policeman two boys and a goat. The dog bit the judge on the hand but the ruling stood and the dog was released to its 12 year old owner. The judge sought a tetanus shot as a precaution.
Massachusetts Medical Society drafts a model living will allowing patients to refuse life support if terminally ill. The plan, modeled after Connecticut, follows a symposium on Death With Dignity sparked by the Karen Quinlan case. Doctors urge doctor led decisions with family explanation, while ethicists call for broader public philosophy.
Interior Department accepted 56 bids totaling 417 million for offshore oil rights near Southern California after rejecting 14 of 70 bids. California officials including Gov. Edmund Brown Jr and Sens. Tunney and Cranston urged rejection as inadequate, calling for investigations into possible antitrust issues and pre sale estimate gaps.
The Justice Department faces pressure as U.S. District Judge June Green orders Maryland U.S. Attorney Jervis Finney to disclose files on former Vice President Spiro Agnew within one week. The suit, filed under FOIA by two law students, follows a prior DOJ summary of the corruption case ending with Agnew’s tax evasion plea. Green deems the summary inadequate.
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