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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1975
Page
1
The report notes reading listening and writing publics, with winds southerly 10 to 20 mph and gusts. Forecasts show Wednesday high 101 and Thursday high 100 with hot lows around 75 to 78 and humidity varying from 15 to 21 percent.
A county hospital recovery ward held accused murderer Roosevelt Swift in ankle shackles beside SNMH staff and officials while Clark County Commissioner Jack Petitti avoided prisoner quarters. A second inmate, Robert Wilkie, escaped from an isolation unit after being double shackled, prompting police criticism of security and manpower at the facility.
A 737 page joint study by Congress with CIA and other experts finds no Chinese missiles capable of hitting the United States. It notes Beijing has reduced conventional weapon procurement 20 to 25 percent from 1971 to 1972 and questions whether McNamara’s 1968 forecast was off.
Five space crews including three American astronauts and two Russian cosmonauts prepared for an orbital linkup over Europe. They improvised repairs and mounted twin earth telecasts, aiming to exchange greetings after today's rendezvous.
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger labeled exiled author Alexander Solzhenitsyn's militant stance a threat to peace and urged President Ford not to meet him. He warned a Ford-Solzhenitsyn meeting could harm U S policy and suggested Solzhenitsyn's views push for aggressive steps to topple the Soviet system.
The SUN urges readers to donate to the Sun Summer Camp Fund to aid 45 to 50 children who may miss camp this year. The request cites the fund at 121 South United States and emphasizes collective generosity. The article then shifts to space news with Apollo astronauts and Soviet cosmonauts exchanging updates aboard Salyut, noting experiments on weightlessness and biological rhythms and a seven-astronaut configuration in orbit.
Tokyo Metropolitan Police uncover a gambling ring led by producer Okuda and Global Sogyo officials Yoshihisa Kuroda and Manabu Nakajima. The scheme lured Tokyo area businessmen into paid air travel and hotel stays to gamble in Las Vegas, with extortion and large losses, including a $670,000 debt from a golf course owner. Police cite Mafia links and warn of further ties between Okada and a Las Vegas hotel owner.
The Small Business Administration declares Clark County a disaster loan area, enabling low interest loans to aid residents and businesses hit by the recent flash flood. County Commissioner Thalia Dondero notes help for those with verifiable losses, while Gov. O'Callaghan's approval follows a county commission resolution.
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