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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1975
Page
2
A Las Vegas Sun column mixes anecdotes on Elvis ticket scalping, a Twilight Zone rumor about disintegrating planes, and light editorial jabs. It also reports on a Muscular Dystrophy fundraiser using aluminum can and Olympia bottle recycling, plus US Inc needs a sewing machine and a heavy vacuum for youth programs.
Heavy rains collapse buildings and wash out roads across New England while flash flood warnings extend from Virginia to Massachusetts. Record cold grips the Midwest and South as Interstate 95 floods in Massachusetts and pathways flood across New Jersey and Connecticut. Red Cross opens shelter. about 2,900 offshore platforms monitored. widespread evacuations and power outages reported.
National Weather Service San Francisco reports temperature and precipitation metrics for the prior 24 hours. The item includes a brief line about style and comfort in Foster's Shoes at 119 North 3rd, suggesting an ad fragment intertwined with forecast text.
President Ford, deemed physically fit by his physician, marked his 62nd birthday with a White House East Room surprise party and a Potomac cruise aboard the Sequoia. Guests included Melvin Laird Bryce Harlow and Clark MacGregor.
A Cook County grand jury indicted William Parrilli 34 of Chicago on stealing about 200000 boxes of Cracker Jacks worth 40000 while a shipping foreman at Borden Company in Bridgeview. He allegedly loaded candy onto a rented truck and sold it to an undercover agent for 8900 with plans to resell on the West Coast. FBI tipped investigators to his involvement in thousands of missing Cracker Jacks at Borden’s plant over months. Parrilli was fired after arrest.
Indira Gandhi faces an August 11 hearing date set by the Supreme Court after her counsel's request for prompt action. The decision comes as British reporter barred from entering India under the state of emergency, with about 300 observers present at the session. Narain Bhushan represents the opposition in the 1971 election abuse case.
AFL CIO President George Meany told the House Ways and Means Committee that extending emergency tax cuts into 1976 would protect purchasing power and sustain momentum. He criticized Treasury and calls for a broader overhaul of the corporate tax system, ending deferral and foreign credits, and tied tax relief to corporate and wealthy interests.
Rep. Les Aspin urged Secretary Earl Butz to investigate alleged inhumane treatment of beagle puppies at Edgewood Arsenal. Humane Society inspectors reported 30 of 500 dogs in a building over 100 degrees, with overcrowding and cages with wire floors.
Donald R. Woolbright 34 was arraigned on charges of receiving stolen goods and attempted extortion over a 1 million ransom demand for documents seized from Howard Hughes Summa Corp offices in Hollywood. Bail set at 10000 with pre trial motions planned for Oct 16.
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