Strauss To Continue Steering Demos InNew York Meeting
National Democratic Chairman Robert Strauss is favored to win another term as the national committee meets in New York. Nevada figures like D Carson and Virginia Catt seek seats on the DNC executive board while the party plans for the presidential campaign and a Women’s Caucus compromise on gender representation.
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New York
the Sun
Robert Strauss
Strauss
Nevada
D' Carson
Las Vegas
Democratic National Committee
Kerin Scianna
Catt
Richard Ham
Carson City
Carter
Maya Miller
National Women’s Caucus
Women’s Caucus
Sun Camp Fund Sneak Preview Shows Support for Underprivileged Youth
Las Vegas readers are invited to a Parkway Theater sneak preview of a major new film hosted by Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly to benefit the SUN Camp Fund aiding hundreds of children. Tickets cost 15 dollars and proceeds support camp experiences. The event includes a 9:30 p.m. party with refreshments at 10 p.m. showtime Thursday.
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Parkway Theater
MGM
Fred Astaire
Gene Kelly
Las Vegas Sun
Carter Near VP Decision On Eve Of Nomination
Jimmy Carter moved closer to selecting a running mate as the 37th National Convention cheered the platform he virtually dictated. Six Democratic senators remained under consideration, with Muskie or Mondale named as likely choices.
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New York
UPI
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Georgia
House
Thomas P. O'Neill
Edmund Muskie
Maine
Walter Mondale
Minnesota
Manhattan
Hubert Humphrey
George McGovern
Muskie
Frank Church
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Lynda Byrd Johnson Robb
White House
Jackie
Kennedy
Onassis
Humphrey
Johnson
Madison Square Garden
Mexico flood traps over fifty thousand across vast region
Torrential rains in ten days flooded large swaths from Pacific to Gulf Coast, bursting dams and overflowing rivers. At least two dead and vast losses in cattle and crops, with Leandro Rovirosa Wade touring the hardest hit states by helicopter and ordering troops and supplies to trapped and homeless residents.
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UPI
Mexico
Pacific
Gulf Coast
Hydraulics Resources Secretariat
Hydraulics Resources
Leandro Rovirosa Wade
Jalisco
San Luis Potosi
Cantons and towns isolated as floods sweep Mexican regions
Floods from the Santiago River overflow cut off Sitio Zacatecas and other towns. At least two drownings were reported, while 4 000 people in Sitio faced isolation. Ocotlan and Lagos de Moreno saw thousands displaced or evacuated. The army moved 300 families to safety as dozens more communities remained cut off.
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Secretariat
Sitio
Zacatecas
Dolores
Ocotlan
Jalisco
Lagos de Moreno
la Laja
Rush Hour Train Crash Kills One in New Canaan
A rush hour collision near New Canaan station left one dead, 24 injured, including Nancy Siegel, 36, of New Canaan. The 5:27 p.m. New York train hit another being backed onto tracks. 360 aboard train front car left tilted. Several were hospitalized in Norwalk and Stamford with a range of injuries.
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New Canaan
Stamford
James Buckner
UPI
New York
Cornrail
New Haven
Buckner
Larson
Striking Oakland workers riot at welfare office over food stamps
About 50 pickets gathered at the North Oakland welfare office in a protest demanding immediate food stamp approvals. Police say 20 strikers charged the entrance, four arrested on charges including battery and inciting a riot, with three welfare eligibility technicians among them. The walkout involves Alameda County workers seeking higher pay as negotiations continue.
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Oakland
UPS
Sheriff's Deputies
North Oakland
Welfare Department
Reserve Sheriff's Deputies
Oakland City
SUN Summer Camp Fund Trails Halfway to Goal
The SUN Summer Camp Fund has raised 26496 toward a 50000 goal with 350 needy kids helped at a cost of about 25000. Chairwoman Charlotte Hill cites a growing waiting list and urges more one and two dollar donations as every penny goes to a child. Contributions may be mailed to 121 South Highland Las Vegas Nevada 89106 and are tax deductible.
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SUN Summer Camp Fund
Charlotte Hill
The
South Highland
Las Vegas
Nevada
Hill
AIM Pair Murder Trial Deliberations Stall After Bomb Threat
A federal jury in Cedar Rapids failed to reach a verdict in the murder trial of Darelle Butler and Robert Robideau, Indigenous Movement members charged in the Pine Ridge killings. Jurors were dismissed after a bomb threat prompted precautionary moves and a brief courthouse lockdown. Key witness Wilford Draper testified about the June 26, 1975, shooting of FBI agents Jack Coler and Ronald Williams on the Pine Ridge Reservation, with Draper placing the defendants at the scene and describing gunfire exchanges.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
UPI
FBI
South Dakota
Ue Service
Des Moines
Federal Court
Edward J. McManus
Wilford Draper
Norman Brown
Draper
Pine Ridge
S.D
Jack Coler
Ronald Williams
Darelle Butler
Rogue River
Ore
Robert Robideau
Portland
U.S
Evan Hultman
Robert Sikma
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SUN Camp Fund
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Paul Price
Johannes Steel
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