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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1977
Page
2
The columnist covers a string of sports and public notes from Las Vegas and Reno. Sammy Davis Jr. pays the Harrah’s Lake Tahoe showroom tab, costing over ten thousand dollars, drawing praise for generosity. The piece also discusses funding wrestling events, UNLV basketball, and local cat licensing debates.
Three reporters and a cameraman were assaulted while covering a Teamsters Local 74 meeting in Dallas. Cameraman Jack Weber of KDFW TV suffered a bruised jaw as assailants smashed his camera worth $40,000. Byron Harris and Mike Coscia of WFAA also endured injuries. Weed and Nichols, two dissident members, were pursued and injured during a separate clash near the hall.
UPI reports an informant led FBI and police to arrest Tom Lester Pugh and Thomas Cawthron in Irving Texas after staking out an apartment. Pugh, 39, described as a dangerous mastermind, allegedly ran a narcotics ring across five state prison systems including Kentucky Oklahoma Arizona California Missouri and used the mails.
The roundup covers Agriculture Committee action on food stamps for strikers, Gov Godwin banning mercury-laden fish in Shenandoah rivers, a Vietnam war remains timeline, Gregory Shaddy’s insurance payout and planned marriage, the death of Princess Fathia Ghali, Robert Frosch’s space agency nomination and shuttle plans, and Chicago violence with brief riots and casualties.
Rotary International resumes Spanish chapter after a four decade absence. President Robert A Manchester announces the readmission as the organization expands global service efforts in San Francisco.
In Santa Monica, former Egyptian diplomat Riad Ghali, 56, faces a murder charge over the death of his estranged wife, sister of the late King Farouk, with a scheduled June 30 courtroom date.
An advertisement urges Chicago readers to request a free non operating Beltone hearing aid model for home use. It claims many hearing issues can be helped by audiologists and emphasizes no obligation. Mail to Beltone Electronics Dept 2907 Chicago for the tiny unit weighing under one ounce.
Forecast calls for scattered showers and thunderstorms with variable cloudiness in Las Vegas. Winds will be strong and gusty at times with daytime highs near 10 and overnight lows around 70 to 75.
The forecast calls for generally fair weather with sunny to partly cloudy skies nationwide. Some shower activity is possible in the Northeast, mid-Rockies, and upper Mississippi Valley.
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