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Las Vegas Sun

Location

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America

Date

May 29, 1977

Page

6

Carter backs long coal slurry pipelines for western to southern U S

President Carter supports construction of a thousand mile coal slurry pipeline network from western coalfields to the South. Details on scope and implementation remain undecided as administrators weigh options.

Washington UPI Carter Tokyo Takeo Fukuda U.S Japan South Korea Fukuda Philp Habib George Brown U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff

California Death Penalty Bill Veto Sparks Legislative Clash

Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr vetoes SB155 to restore the death penalty, triggering a high stakes battle with the Democrat controlled legislature. The veto cites conscience in a historic confrontation on capital punishment. The bill passed the Senate 27 to 10, meeting the two thirds threshold.

Sacramento UPS Edmund G. Brown Jr California Brown Senate George Deukemejian

This Was Nevada Communication Crosses The State

The article notes the 1861 completion of the continental telegraph line and its impact on Churchill County Nevada. It discusses Churchill County claiming the first county owned telephone system in the United States, developed from remnants of the old overland telegraph line abandoned for the Central Pacific rail route.

Atlantic States California Great Basin Continent The Fallen Eagle Churchill County Nevada United States Central Pacific Atlantic Pacific Mountain Wells Stillwater Old River Fallon Big Little Lode Lakes Ragtown Leeteville Lahontan Virginia City Stockton Flat Fernley- Yerington Carson-Fallon Six Mile Canon Comstock Wadsworth Upper Sink Carson City Reno Western Union Telegraph Company Churchill County Commission Valley St. Clair New River Island District Williams Ranch Clan Alpine Newlands

Woodcock flags obstacles to full China ties

UPI reports Leonard Woodcock, Carter's nominee to head the U.S. liaison office in Peking, said improving relations faces many obstacles, chiefly over Taiwan. He stressed there is one China, and that the U.S. hopes to resolve the issue politically and peacefully, with a July departure planned.

Beirut Lebanon UPI Syria Wafa Lebanese Front Cairo Elias) Sarkis Washington Edward Kennedy Carter Romania Congress Kennedy Senate Judiciary Subcommittee Taiwan Peking Woodcock China

East Area Rapist Strikes New Sacramento Neighborhood

The Sacramento County sheriff reports the east area rapist has attacked his 24th victim in 19 months in a new area of the city. A 28 year old woman was assaulted after the assailant forced her husband to tie up, while their child slept. The attacker entered through a sliding glass door, and officials say it is the same suspect responsible for 23 previous attacks.

Sacramento UPI Sacramento County Sheriff's Office Citizens Band Bill Miller Miller Miller

Mobster Aleman faces possible hit as mob moves him out

CHICAGO UP I report says Harry Aleman the reputed mob hit man acquitted of murdering a Teamsters steward may be killed for being useful no more. Investigators warn public exposure could seal his fate and link him to other mob killings in Kansas City and a 1973 Indianapolis robbery.

Chicago UPI Harry Aleman Teamsters Union Aleman Cook County Frank J. Wilson Melrose Park William Logan Criminal Courts Frank Goulakos Goulakos North Side Federal Drug Enforcement Agency Crime Syndicate West Coast Arizona Kansas City Indianapolis

Eight Arrested On Theft Charges In Maine Drug Bust

Eight people including four Coast Guardsmen were arrested on charges of stealing 178 pounds of marijuana from a Coast Guard base in South Portland. The haul, part of about 3,000 pounds seized in a May 14 cottage raid on Mill Isle, Arrowsic, was valued around $2 million. Coast Guard members face court martial. civilians named include four Portland residents.

Portland, Maine

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