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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1975
Page
2
A local column questions county and city consolidation plans urging a full salary and job study before new government duties are realigned. The writer notes potential benfactors and hints at a city health department separate from the county, expressing confusion over mixed aims and rising spending.
A fire at the Placerville Fruit Growers Association plant produced toxic fumes prompting evacuations of two elementary schools and nearby homes. Firefighters fought the blaze with air tankers, contained it around 11 a.m., and Highway 50 was closed for hours as wind carried fumes.
A bus and a trailer truck collided on a mountain highway near Mexico City. Forty-five people died and up to sixty were feared dead as the bus burned after the crash on the 40 mile Death Road. About 80 passengers were aboard the jammed bus.
Emperor Hirohito and Empress Nagako toured colonial Williamsburg in an open carriage surrounded by about 50 security guards. FBI investigated an unsubstantial tip of three men entering from Canada to target Hirohito and Ford before their White House meeting.
California Highway Patrol head Glen Craig says he will urge the legislature to approve 200 radar units and $300,000 in the next budget to enforce the 55 mph limit with moving visible radar cars. The move follows energy commission urges to strictly enforce the limit and criticism of current enforcement.
Marshall Minnesota based attorney Mark Lane says the FBI was warned five days before Kennedy's Dallas trip of a planned assassination attempt. He alleges the FBI notified agents but did not inform Secret Service or White House guards. Lane cites reports of two men seen near a fence, claiming Secret Service identity, who were not questioned further.
Forecast calls for sunny and warm days with cool nights in Las Vegas through Friday. Highs around 95 and lows near 60 with light winds. Humidity remains low and skies clear as sunrise and sunset times are listed.
The Nation by United Press International prints a temperature and precipitation table for the 24 hour period ending at 4 a.m. Pacific time. The data, prepared by the National Weather Service in San Francisco, shows regional conditions.
In Toleson California a county medical examiner testified the 2-year-old William Rupp weighed 10 pounds at death likely from starvation. Parents Robert and Jacqueline Rupp, both 26, face involuntary manslaughter charges after the boy died April 21. Autopsy showed no food matter in his intestinal tract. Hearing before Justice Alfred Stump continued to October 8.
Lost poster notes a rewards call for a female blond Shepherd with brown ears missing since Sept 25 near Expressway and Decatur. Contact 870 8109.
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