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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1976
Page
4
Washington reports the 94th Congress ended with late night votes and partisan farewells. Democrats hailed the session as historic while Republicans called it a failure, as major measures stalled by Senate filibusters and a clutch of minor namesake bills passed.
A cold north wind sent South Florida temperatures into the 50s to 60s with Palm Beach Airport posting a record 60 degrees for the date and Miami’s airport a record low of 64. Lightning caused outages near Medford Oregon and fires from strikes were reported. Flash flood watches extended across parts of California Nevada and Colorado while Mendota evacuations occurred amid flood danger.
William Carmen 21 of Westminster Calif. rammed a car at Las Vegas and Lake Mead after a red light incident in North Las Vegas. Bill Pike 28, a REACT leader, stopped the van by ramming it twice with his car, aided by witnesses and his family. Police arrived minutes later after Pike called for help. Donell Williams 19 escaped injury as the van sped 80 to 90 mph and was boxed in by bystanders.
UPI reports Carter ahead in 28 states totaling 332 electoral votes while Ford has 11 states for 82 votes. Twelve states worth 134 votes are tossups as the race tightens with New York possibly shifting margins and Ohio nearing a closer contest.
In Carlsbad California a construction crane collapsed at the Encina power plant about 8 p.m. PDT injuring others and killing at least six workers. The crane toppled during constructing a fifth generating unit at the San Diego Gas & Electric facility. Coroner deputies removed bodies as police investigated the accident site 50 miles north of San Diego.
In Rochester Sen Walter Mondale called Butzs remarks outrageous and urged resignation or firing. In Indianapolis James Cummings Jr head of the National Black Republican Council urged Ford to remove Butz for crude offensive statements about Blacks and political interests.
Ten year old Scott Miller of Grosse Pointe Farms was kidnapped and held about five hours in a Detroit basement prison tied to poles for a $48,000 ransom. He escaped, called his mother from the kidnapper’s phone, and assisted police in locating suspect Adam Parwin, 20, of Detroit. The boy’s alertness and desire for freedom were praised by Sgt. George Van Tiem.
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