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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1975
Page
6
Detroit police with about 200 riot units faced a quiet West Side after two nights of looting and arson. Authorities reported 100 plus arrests and 11 injured as protests grew over a fatal shooting by tavern owner Andrew Chinahan.
Washington reports the government called cigarettes a serious health problem for non smokers as well as smokers. Caspar Weinberger, outgoing HEW secretary, sent Congress a report detailing hazards to non smokers and urged bans on high tar and nicotine cigarettes.
In Tampa a federal bribery case against former Senator Edward Gurney and three others paused as the jury sent a note to Judge Krentzman and received a sealed answer after 1 hour 45 minutes. The panel adjourned at 6 p.m. and has spent about 17 72 hours on the deliberations since Monday. Krentzman did not reveal contents of the note or reply.
Las Vegas officials issued a construction permit to Ed Queilhe for a near nude wrestling parlor despite a prior license rejection. A judge ordered a new city hearing after part of the July 3 transcript was deemed incomplete, with Mayor Briare urging swift action and criticizing the lengthy process.
President Ford and Leonid Brezhnev met privately in Helsinki to discuss SALT I and a possible Washington meeting in October to advance a 10 year pact limiting strategic nuclear weapons. Kissinger said progress could yield an agreement and noted efforts to mediate an Arab Israeli interim accord. Ford and Brezhnev described the talks as constructive and businesslike.
Private funeral services were held for Francis James Jim Hope in Hollywood Hills Forest Lawn cemetery. The 84 year old elder brother of comedian Bob Hope died Saturday after a weekend illness at a Van Nuys hospital. He was born in Britain and moved to the United States in 1907 with seven brothers. He served in the Canadian army during World War II and later worked as an electrical contractor in Ohio and Illinois. He leaves widow, Bob and Fred as brothers, and three sons LeRoy Jim and Sheldon.
Marian Concannon, 41 and mother of eight, daughter of Senate Minority Leader Hugh Scott, was arrested in a Bucks County drug raid on suspicion of selling hashish. She was held on $1,000 bail for possession with intent to deliver and delivery of hashish after authorities said she sold an ounce valued at $100 to an undercover agent.
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