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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1975
Page
9
A Las Vegas writer lampoons a promoter proposing headlock matches between men and bikini-clad women. He suggests an amateur contest with a silver cup, arguing it could bypass a wary city commission and even attract a paid audience while avoiding licenses.
Clark County commissioners will consider reallocating about 1.3 million currently in the Hall of Justice fund to the Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital and District Health Department needs. SNMH seeks 500,000 more to complete a new surgical wing. 36,000 would fund a clinic, 37,660 emergency funds requested for Clark County Legal Services.
About 1,500 youths from Head Start Indian Center Youth Council Doolittle Playground and Title I Summer Program attended a Clark County School District Human Relations Extravaganza at the Flamingo Convention Center. Lou Rawls joined three Jackson Five brothers and district youths in two hours of entertainment.
A manslaughter charge against 56 year old Gene Raymond Heck was dismissed in District Court at the District Attorney's request. The Oct 20 1972 killing of Steve Johnson occurred after Johnson and two youths vandalized Heck's home as a steel post was hurled through a window. The previous trial ended without a verdict and prosecutors warned a retrial would likely yield another hung jury.
UNLV schedules two summer session courses in politics. Ethnic Politics in America, taught by Dr. Gary Jones, examines culture's role and minority perspectives from July 21 to August 22. Political Psychology explores personality influences on politics. register by July 18 at Frazier Hall Summer Session Office.
Readers faced a change filled Cashword challenge with near wins as the Sun confirms next week’s prize grows to 1000 dollars for subscribers and 500 for non subscribers. The column lists across clues 5 7 8 9 17 18 22 23 24 and down clues 1 2 10 11 14 15 20 with corrections from MUSTARD to RING and other word pairings.
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