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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1975
Page
2
Readers discuss grave robbing at ghost towns and memorials for flood victims Richard Hawkins Jr. and Michael Williams. The column lauds Jo Powell for reuniting lost pets, quotes Mel Steininger, praises Frank Maggio's Las Vegas Calling, and highlights a finance ad promising debt relief.
Special Prosecutor Henry Ruth said Nixon secret grand jury testimony and other Watergate records will likely stay closed after the office winds down this fall. He noted grand jury proceedings are secret under federal rules and discussed options to transfer files to the National Archives or keep them centralized.
New York stocks closed lower in the slowest trading since April as the Dow fell to 827.83, S&P slipped to 88.69, and NYSE volume sank. Banks raised prime rates to 7 percent amid inflation worries while municipal debt pressures weighed on NYC bonds.
President Ford renewed his appeal to the House to reverse its 223 to 206 vote against partial lifting of the Turkey aid ban. He warned lost U S military installations would degrade national security and stressed the need for a just settlement and peaceful end to the Cyprus dispute.
National Weather Service San Francisco issue lists 24 hour highs and lows for cities including Albany Bakersfield Albuquerque Atlanta and Bismarck with small rainfall amounts shown. The page also contains an unrelated advertisement for Foster's Shoes at 119 North 3rd and a stray weather table header.
The United States posted its largest monthly trade surplus and private sector productivity rose, signaling a broader economic recovery as economists note recessionary troughs. The deficit widened to 84 billion as anti recession programs boosted federal red ink. Labor reports show strikes and worker walkouts fell sharply.
Senate Democrats sought to kill President Ford's proposal to phase out oil price controls over 39 months. Republicans blocked the move while Democrats pressed for action. the House and Senate deadlines could extend debate into Friday as Congress weighs ending controls by August 31.
The American Friends Service Committee plans to ship about 900000 dollars in school equipment medical supplies food and workshop machinery to North and South Vietnam despite government denials. Wallace Collett and Louis Schneider warn of possible fines and imprisonment as they proceed with licenses granted for some items and defy others.
A volunteer searcher sighted one circus elephant in Hugo Oklahoma as handlers believe the two missing babies Isa and Lille may have separated during their flight from searchers. Circus officials plan tranquilizer shots using borrowed guns to recapture them.
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