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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1975
Page
1
Willow Springs police evacuated 33 stores at the Old Willow Shopping Center after a caller warned of a bomb. Police found an unexploded device behind Easy-Way Travel Agency at 5:15 p.m. with a metal container, plastic end caps, black tape, and a single eight inch wire. No injuries were reported.
Joyce R. Lewis was sentenced to a maximum 94 years in state prison for conspiracy to forge and steal from Los Angeles municipal funds. Judge E Talbot Callister cited likely city hall involvement and potential future review in 120 days as nine of eighteen missing blank checks have been traced.
In Astoria New York police arrested a woman with a troubled history of child abuse and her boyfriend for the Christmas Eve disappearance tale. They found nude badly burned bodies of 2 year old Rodell Macall and 4 year old Candy Cunningham in a Harlem vacant lot. Cause of death pending examination.
The Las Vegas area Jewish leader urges self acceptance to foster interfaith goodwill during the Christmas season. The editorial stresses shared humanity, peaceful coexistence, and the duty to respond to both joy and injustice with compassion.
Defense Minister Shimon Peres said Israel is willing to grant self rule to Palestinians under its authority and seeks talks with Palestinian leaders. He rejected negotiating with the PLO while noting daily contacts with Palestinian leaders in the West Bank via the military administration.
Utah Highway Patrol Superintendent Roy M. Helm was fired by the civil service commission for drunkenness and bringing ill repute to the force. The 49 year old was dismissed after a hearing citing the November drunken driving incident and an alleged alcohol problem, along with an evidence tampering charge linked to a 1974 arrest.
The Tupolev 144 began twice weekly cargo and mail flights between Moscow and Alma Ata, achieving Mach 1.4 speeds and covering 1900 miles in 1 hour 58 minutes. Inaugural celebrations greeted pilots Vladislav Popov and Ivan Vedernikov as scientists study environmental impact and other nations prepare Concorde services.
A man in Las Vegas robbed the Apache Hotel yesterday, escaping with about $50 while armed with a pistol and accompanied by a pet rock. The incident prompted a police search aiming to identify the suspect.
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