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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1976
Page
2
A columnist recalls a rapid Lorenzi Park cleanup using trucks and volunteers, urging permanent maintenance and considering inmate labor as part of probationary programs. The piece critiques Watergate figures and notes confidential manuscripts sent to papers.
The state gaming commission has moved meetings from county rooms to the Convention Center and school administration building to avoid taint from associations. One commissioner hints meetings may be held in Carson City to maintain purity and separation from external influence.
Raquel Welch was performing at the Painters Mill Music Fair in Baltimore when her tassled hot pink costume slipped to her waist during a tribute to the 1930s. The music stopped as Welch adjusted the outfit and quipped that the slip had never happened before.
A bus swerved to avoid another vehicle, plunged into a ravine and burst into flames in Acapulco. Seventeen people were killed and 40 injured in the wreck, with rescue efforts slowed by steep terrain and not finished until late Sunday night.
United Press International reports Carter's drive accelerates toward the 1,505 delegate mark. Church endorses Carter, Udall delegates free to back him, and New York Connecticut Missouri blocs solidify Carter support while Ford and Reagan vie for remaining GOP delegates.
Forecast calls for sunny skies and warmer days with variable winds around 10 to 20 mph. Today's high in the lower 90s and a low in the mid 60s. Humidity modest with a high around 15 percent and a low near 3 percent. Sunrise at 5 23 and sunset at 7 59. A year ago today the high was 107 and the low 77.
Temperature and precipitation figures compiled by the National Weather Service in San Francisco for the 24 hour period ending at 4 a.m. Pacific time. The table lists highs and lows, rainfall amounts, and regional variations used by the Nation via United Press International.
Famed scientist Louis Pasteur passes away in Paris on September 28, 1895 after a long illness. His death follows a lifetime of pioneering research in microbiology and vaccination. Russia declares war on Persia on September 28, 1826 in a historic conflict that reshaped regional power dynamics.
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