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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1977
Page
2
In Sao Paulo a multi-vehicle pileup during rush hour involved more than 100 cars buses and trucks. The fogbound highway collision killed at least six people and injured around 50, with responders racing to the scene.
A wide array of brief items reports oil from Alaska nearing 799 miles to Valdez, a Regina guard's escape, UAW leader Woodcock's view, Andrew Young on Idi Amin, rock throwing on the San Bernardino Freeway, a jealous husband shooting at a US consul, a Tucson border case, Auckland wind fatality, Marines treated for PCP, Samoa and NATO sales, Seattle food ventures, Baton Rouge casino outing, Phoenix business fires, missing Toronto Star journalist, Philippines theater blast, Japan quake, Illinois betting ban, New York tourism push, tobacco subsidies, Harris murder charges, a Phoenix prison sentence, Grand Canyon dung cave fire, San Francisco memorial, Laetrile legality in New Hampshire, and Illinois moving toward Laetrile legality.
Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip sailed past a smaller Royal Navy at Portsmouth in a two hour review from the royal yacht Britannia. A crowd near one million watched as 100 warships and 70 NATO ships formed a seven mile line while critics noted the reduced fleet versus 1953.
Vice President Mondale warned costs could reach 640 dollars per day within ten years. He noted daily rates rose from 16 dollars in 1950 to 160 today and urged action under the Hospital Cost Containment Act of 1977. He called rising health care costs a cruel tax and cited personal bankruptcy links.
Forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with scattered showers and very warm temperatures. Today's high around 110 and low near 89 with yesterday's high 113 and low 81. humidity is high. Sunrise 5 26 a m Sunset 8 02 p m Air Quality Index 51 fair.
Temperature and precipitation for the past 24 hours at 4 am PDT are provided by the National Weather Service in San Francisco. The Nation broadcasts these figures as compiled by U S meteorologists.
A weather forecast indicates scattered shower activity in parts of the mid Atlantic states warning of unsettled conditions while areas elsewhere are expected to have fair to partly cloudy skies.
Labor leaders Doug Fraser and Jacob Sheinkman urged President Carter and Congress to back reforms to the federal labor law to ease organizing, especially in the South. They tied reform to human rights and noted career politicians and gender balance on leadership as factors influencing organizing success.
The SEC said Petrofunds Inc of Houston and 18 others settled fraud charges in New York City federal court without admitting guilt. Investors included NFL fullback Larry Csonka and MLB catcher Brooks Robinson.
Severe thunderstorms with high winds and hail swept much of the Midwest Tuesday. Trees toppled near Trempealeau Wisconsin and a mobile home roof was blown off in Medford Missouri as Johnson County officers reported snapped power poles. Scattered outages occurred in western Milwaukee County and showers spread east to New York Louisiana and Florida.
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