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Newspaper

Las Vegas Sun

Location

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America

Date

May 07, 1976

Page

7

Contamination Tests Planned at 49 WWII Nuclear Sites

ERDA officials said 49 sites nationwide will be tested for possible undetected contamination from early atomic weapons work. Tests cover universities Columbia Princeton UC Berkeley MIT Illinois Iowa St and sites in Nevada Illinois and New Jersey. Work begins at Middlesex NJ and Palos Park IL with completion expected by October 1978 at an estimated cost of 850000.

Washington UPS Energy Research and Development Administration Oak Ridge Tenn Martin B. Biles Erda Division of Safety, Standards and Compliance David Jackson Nevada ERDA Nevada Test Site Warm Springs Fallon New AEC Columbia Princeton University of Chicago University of California At Berkeley Iowa State University Massachusetts Institute of Technology St. Louis Middlesex N.J New York City Kesmen Cook County Forest Preserve Chicago Palos Park Atomic Energy Commission

Paraplegic Benefit Led by Les Brown at Convention Center

Les Brown will headline Buck Monari's 17 piece Big Band Sound at a paraplegic benefit dance at the Convention Center Friday at 10 p m. Proceeds go to spinal cord research through the Nevada Paraplegia Foundation as part of the national Help Them Walk Again fund drive.

Les Brown Buck Monari Bob Newhart Tony Randall Convention Center South Hall Las Vegas Nevada Paraplegia Foundation National Paraplegia Foundation

Unemployed Policeman Wins 21st Gin Rummy Crown at MGM Grand

James Bialk, a former Chicago policeman, defeated Bernard Cohen in the 21st International Gin Rummy Tournament final at the MGM Grand Hotel. Bialk claimed the championship with 500 points, earning $27,611 from a record 938 entrants.

James Bialk Trophy Chicago Mgm Grand Hotel Bernard Cohen Ziegfeld Bialk Cohen MGM Bernie Rothkopf

Nut Hut Holdup Charges Filed

Henry Daughtery and Charles Cooper are jailed on suspicion of slaying Terry Monaco during a Red Rock Inn robbery on April 23. Daughtery faces six additional robbery counts for an April 9 Nut Hut holdup, where one suspect fired, with five other victims robbed. Police seized five guns at Daughtery’s home.

Henry Daughtery Daughtery Charles Cooper Terry Edward Monaco Red Rock Inn Charleston Blvd Desert Inn Road Monaco Cooper N. Highland Dr

Jewelry theft at Riviera Hotel cleanly reveals passkey access

Fresno woman reports over $5,000 in jewelry stolen from her Riviera Hotel room after a day away. Thief used a passkey to enter, taking readily available items while leaving valuables in suitcases. Also reported: a tack room burglary at Carl Mennius ranch near Tule Springs and a Desert Inn Road home burglary totaling over $1,500 in jewelry, cash and appliances.

Fresno Calif Riviera Metro Alvin Barnett Galpren Carl Mennius Joan D. Hays East Desert Inn Road

Cancer followups stressed for all cancer patients

Barbara Lord of the National Tumor Registrars Association urged essential followup exams for cancer patients at the Las Vegas meeting. She noted registrars track patients, with yearly checkups often hard for older patients to afford, as attendees explored education on head and neck cancers Hodgkin’s disease colon cancer and other lymphatic cancers.

Barbara Lord National Tumor Registrars Association Las Vegas Lord The Association Circus Circus Hotel

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