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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1977
Page
2
Maree L. Rodebaugh, 57, a California track official, was killed when a 16 pound shot put struck her in the back during an AAU meet in Pleasant Hill. The incident occurred after the throw reportedly "just got away" from a San Jose athlete.
Philadelphia officials pledge a thorough review of charges over alleged misused $6 million in federal redevelopment funds before obeying a Housing and Urban Development order to return the money. A second item notes Audubon images stolen from Audubon House valued over $400,000. Oregon Senate backs ban on storage or disposal of biological warfare agents on non federal property. London faces a three stage industrial action risk after a plumber’s firing sparked a wildcat strike.
A U S ambassador Enders says Canada and the United States must expand uranium mining to keep bargaining power for tougher nuclear safeguards. The brief notes multiple global items from a 1970s style wire digest with varied locales.
Washington Rep. Joshua Eilberg says President Carter told him he will not relieve Gen. George S. Brown as chairman of the Joint Chiefs over comments he reportedly made condoning surveillance of private citizens. Monroe autopsy confirms badly decomposed body found in a secluded western Massachusetts area as Carol Ann Todd 28 a Falmouth Mass schoolteacher missing since last December.
Los Angeles Mexican activist Bert N. Corona says thousands of Mexican women in California were sterilized under threat of deportation. He claims 26 000 procedures occurred at General Hospital after or without consent, tied to a demographic study predicting Chicano majorities in 20 years.
Local advertisement promotes Foster's Shoes at 119 North 3rd offering stylish footwear for men women and children. Emphasizes comfort and fit with a focus on easy sizing and variety. Brands and prices not specified in the readable text.
Sunny young warm weather continues with gentle southerly winds 10 20 mph Today high near 100 and low near 65 Yesterday's high 96 low 63 Humidity high 25 low 13 Air Quality Index 32 fair Sunrise 5 25 Sunset 7 51
Showers and thundershowers will be scattered across parts of the central Plains and Mississippi valley region on Tuesday. Elsewhere, generally fair weather is forecast. Temperatures span 62s to 71s with lows near 52.
Storms dumped up to 3.75 inches of rain in two hours on the northern Plains, with hail and damaging winds. Rain totals across Nebraska reached 1.55 inches in under an hour at North Platte and higher amounts at Paxton, Kerry Dam, and Sutherland Reservoir, while bridge railings washed away and fields faced water seepage damage.
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