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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1976
Page
2
A veteran columnist argues the newspaper is losing its humanist edge as machines replace front page voices. He recalls decades of Lav Vegas reporting on locals, bars, poetry, and city life, defying machine era trends while urging readers to preserve personal connection and community lore.
Offshore Cape Cod and Nantucket have a long history of perilous seas with numerous wrecks. Notable events include the 1956 Andrea Doria and Stockholm collision, the 1898 Nantucket oil spill aftermath, and the 1778 Somerset sinking near Provincetown. The Cape’s treacherous currents have repeatedly claimed vessels and crews.
The Cook County Bar Association declares Alderman Wilson Frost acting mayor of Chicago after Richard Daley’s death. The group plans court action to block any acting mayor election next Tuesday, while Frost asserts he served since Daley’s heart attack. A coalition backs Frost though others rail against race-based leadership and backroom deals.
Local shoe store at 119 North 31d promotes foot comfort with fitting services and a range of sizes. Shoppers can find supportive footwear and expert advice to reduce foot pain and improve fit.
Skokie architect John P. Bolchert asks to save the Stockyard Inn from demolition and convert it into a museum honoring the late Mayor Richard J. Daley and the Stock Yards neighborhood. He seeks $500,000 by Dec 27 to buy the building and plans to donate it to a nonprofit such as the Chicago Historical Society.
Las Vegas expect mostly sunny days through Christmas with northerly winds 10 to 29 mph. Today’s high 64 and low 34 while yesterday reached 62 and 35 with humidity generally high around 21 percent and 15 percent respectively. Sunrise is 6 50 a.m. and sunset 5 56 p.m. Air Quality Index unavailable.
Temperature and precipitation table prepared by the National Weather Service in San Francisco covers the 24 hours ending at 4 AM Pacific Time. It lists readings for major locations with highs, lows, rainfall, and snowfall totals where applicable.
Christmas Day forecasts show generally fair conditions across the nation with sunny to partly cloudy skies. A light snowfall possibility exists in parts of the Ohio Valley and along the lower Great Lakes shorelines.
A Yugoslav report says an air traffic controller forgot he had allowed a DC9 to climb to 35 000 feet, placing it in the path of a Trident. The collision Sept 10 near 33 000 feet killed 176, including 113 on the DC9.
Weather forecasters predict a white Christmas for the Ohio and middle Mississippi Valleys with a Christmas Day storm spanning Ohio Kentucky southern Indiana and southern Illinois. Scattered snow appeared Friday in Montana Wyoming upper Michigan and parts of New York with Buffalo logging 15 inches on the ground before Christmas Eve.
Texas state police led a raid with U.S. customs agents at a Hidalgo County border home belonging to Jose Luis Villa. They recovered 17,000 pounds of marijuana in burlap bags, valued at about 2.6 million dollars. Villa is jailed on drug smuggling charges with a 500,000 dollar bond.
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