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Newspaper

Las Vegas Sun

Location

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America

Date

May 17, 1976

Page

5

Vietnamese Children Kidnap Suspect Surrenders

Sara R. Coner 28 of Phoenixville Pa. surrendered to FBI agents with two Vietnamese girls Mai Yen Phuon 5 and Mai Yen Thanh 12 after disappearing April 27. A federal kidnapping warrant had been issued. The mother Duong Thi Yen Nga 32 had cared for the children in Saigon and later in the United States.

Philadelphia UPS Sara R. Coner Saigon FBI Miss Coner Phoenixville U.S Mai Yen Phuon Duong Thi Yen Nga U.S. Army Hospital Nga United States Mrs Nga

Female Liberty Finding Fashion

Washington based UPI report notes rising public acceptance of women's liberation, with 60 percent of adults favoring the movement though more men than women fully back it. Eighty percent support birth control while just 7 percent reject the traditional family amid calls for emancipation from domestic duties.

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Diabetes Treatment Lecture At Convention Center

Dr. Mark A. Sperling associate professor of pediatrics UCLA School of Medicine will speak Tuesday at the Convention Center on the latest diabetes treatments. The public may attend at 7 30 p m in Room D 1. Sperling was invited by the local National Juvenile Diabetes Foundation chapter.

Mark A. Sperling Ucla School of Medicine Dr Sperling National Juvenile Diabetes Foundation

Viet Refugees in Seattle Face Two-Wife Arrangements

Eight Vietnamese refugee families in Seattle include two wives each. Dr. Henry Takahashi of the Asian Counseling and Referral Service notes the practice arose during evacuation, with about thirty children involved. He warns of social shame for husbands. no deportations for common-law wives are reported.

Seattle UPS Henry Takahashi Vietnam Takahashi Dr. Takahashi Immigration and Naturalization Service

Shakespeare Package At UNLV Spurs Community Outreach

UNLV Continuing Education and the Department of Theatre Arts offer a Shakespeare package for New Shakespeare Company performances at Spring Mountain Ranch. Patrons receive bus transport, a pre show lecture, and a post event mixer with actors from Tuesday through Saturday featuring As You Like It The Tempest Hamlet and A Midsummer Night's Dream. Frances Saxton notes the program aims to deepen community understanding of Shakespeare.

New Shakespeare Company of San Francisco Spring Mountain Ranch Division of Continuing Education UNLV Department of Theatre Arts Frances Saxton

Candidates With No Chance To Win In 1976 Presidential Field

United Press International notes a diverse pack of fringe contenders led by J W Burdell a Sherman Texas welder who predicts 78 percent write in support and has spent 2 21 on his bid Other notable hopefuls include Crash Handley of St Louis famed for halting a hijacked jetliner and proposing a voting device attaching a Social Security card to a telephone In addition Maj John Cherry Briggs Ernest Whitford Lucky Buck Rogers Chief Burning Wood Larry Sargeant Orlan Saucke Lyle Williams and Thrifty Ray Rollinson seek the presidency with pledges ranging from reform to returning power to the people.

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