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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1976
Page
1
A confidential staff study to the National Gambling Commission says legalized gambling will not solve financial woes of large urban states and may worsen social problems among the poor. The report commends Nevada gaming agencies for steering organized crime to near insignificance and for strict controls.
Charles Herbert Sprau 44 of Eden Arizona died when a 73,000-pound earth moving loader on his 86-foot tractor-trailer snapped its chains and vaulted into the cab on Charleston Boulevard Las Vegas. The accident occurred about 10 37 a m as Spray halted to avoid a stopped truck. Firemen freed the body from the crushed cab. He is survived by a wife and child.
A confidential National Gambling Commission draft argues legalized casinos in heavily populated states would bring social problems outweighing benefits, with profits offset by higher government spending. Nevada’s regulatory system is praised as highly scrutinized.
In a public appeal, novelist Leon Uris urges readers to study his response to Senator Floyd Haskell on the Arab Israeli conflict. He argues against a Palestinian state on the West Bank, citing regional wars, PLO aims, and terrorist acts to support Israel's security.
Heavy rains drenched the South and Southeast with Houston counting eight flood deaths. President Ford declared a state of emergency for over 100 drought troubled counties in Minnesota, South Dakota and Wisconsin. Hay shipments funded by the federal aid program were arranged for cattlemen in affected states.
Kenneth Owens an 18 year old shoe clerk at Penney's in Boulevard Mall was stabbed to death in his Las Vegas apartment at 5 p.m. Police found signs of a struggle and a large kitchen knife as the murder weapon. Neighbors last saw him at 4 20 p m and his father Eldridge Owens a local EG G official discovered the body. The motive remains unknown and no break in was reported.
Letters to the Sun Summer Camp Fund show donations from readers wishing to help children attend camp. Donorsinclude Angela and Nettie Perkowski, anonymous givers, and memories for C Neustedter Sam A Warner Paul E Brown and others. Contributions range from five to two hundred dollars sent to the Las Vegas Nevada fund.
At the Las Vegas convention Frank E. Fitzsimmons says he and other Teamsters trustees were subpoenaed to appear in Washington. He links the move to inquiries into the Central States Pension Fund and urges reforms expanding protections in the grand jury system. He accuses reporters and dissidents of harassment as the union pushes a reform resolution.
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