Apartment Builders Meet in Las Vegas Convention
More than 15 000 attendees gather at the Las Vegas Convention Center for the Apartment Builder Developer Conference and Exposition. Seminars cover condominium associations rent control and legislative programs as exhibitors showcase air conditioners furniture and baths. The show runs Monday to Wednesday with two allied conventions on site.
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Aed
Las Vegas
SUN
Las Vegas Convention Center
California drought ends asked by heavy rain forecast
A UC climatologist predicts 160 percent of normal rainfall for the 1977 78 season in California with subsequent seasons also above average. Granger cautions a five percent error and notes one or two more years of normal precip would be needed to refill lakes and reservoirs.
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Granger
UC Department of Geography
California
American Meteorological Society
Monthly Weather Review
Mexico
Mazatlan
Salina Cruz
Bill Arvola
State Department of Water Resources
Coach shoots shortstop at victory pizza party
In Opa-Locka Florida police say Dante Dino Jr a former city commission candidate killed 15 year old Willie Knight during a victory celebration after a youth baseball game. Dino reportedly displayed firearms to players before a single shot ended the party.
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Opa-Locka, Fla
UPI
Opa-Locka
Dante Dino Jr
Willie Knights
Dino
Wright Angles comic strip debuts a Kane family year
A 1977 era family comic strip titled Wright Angles presents the Kane household tackling teachers strikes equal rights and everyday chores. The humor centers on life before payday with lines about the dishes and the evolving dynamic within the family.
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Wright Angles
Kane
Wright
Sun Classifieds Puzzle and Everything Else Listing
The Sun features a 23 to 36 cross word in the Classifieds section with Dr Thosteson noted in Class. An 8 editorial spans pages 16 and 17 followed by a 7 line Horoscope and 6 line Joey Adams column. Landers and Ralph Pearl appear in Movies and Sports along with a 1922 Television note and Weather on page 2.
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Thosteson
Joey Adams
Landers
Ralph Pearl
Tax Revenues Eyed Relaxed Gambling Laws Criticized
A government financed study led by Cornell University researchers argues relaxed gambling laws to boost tax revenues risk the worst of both worlds. The report says states may reduce illegal gambling only if they drop revenue goals, and warns legalized betting could invite corruption and broaden illegal activity.
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Washington
UPI
G. Robert Blakey
Cornell University
Freak Lightning Injures 11 Reservists During Drill
In Rome Georgia a freak lightning strike during a night defensive drill hospitalizes 11 Marine Corps reservists. Eight stay in satisfactory condition and one is listed fair at Floyd County Hospital. Captain Roy Carter says no one is to blame and the strike traveled via radio equipment.
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Rome
UPI
Marine Corps
Charles Shell
Johnson City
Tenn
Shell
Floyd County Hospital
Roy Carter
Mobile
Ala
Carter
Hotel Fire Kills Eleven in Brussels
An early morning blaze gutted the seven story Hotel Dee De Brabant in downtown Brussels near the North railway station. Eleven people died and about twenty others were injured as rescue workers battled the flames for nearly three hours. Firefighters evacuated around 40 guests as others escaped with bedsheets improvised ropes.
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Brussels
Belgium
UPI
Dee de Brabant
Rebecca Wilson
Whitley Bay
England
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