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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1975
Page
5
AFL-CIO President George Meany warned that with 1976 an election year President Ford and Congress will likely extend the income tax cuts enacted earlier this year. Meany spoke in San Francisco to supporters about tax policy.
Firemen refused to answer alarms in a strike for pay parity with police. City officials pressed police and public works employees into emergency firefighting duty and urged residents to stay calm as the disruption continued.
Baylor University student pledges were cleaning the bear pit when Andrew a 350 pound black bear mauled Charles G McBride 20 of Alexandria La injuring his stomach legs neck and scalp He was in serious condition and taken to ICU The other bear Judge was sent to South Carolina for the Baylor South Carolina football game.
Cambodian Chief of State Prince Norodom Sihanouk told a news conference at Kennedy Airport that Cambodians harbor no hostility toward Americans but normal relations will take years. He said he will not meet President Ford, urged patience, and noted border openness for Westerners is unlikely soon. He blamed war for wounds to Cambodia and warned of foreign saboteurs in Phnom Penh. He dodged fate of Lon Nol leaders, calling them condemned to death.
Moody's cut New York City bond ratings for housing and transportation from A to BA and education construction from BAA to BA, the second downgrade in two days. State Governor Carey urged tough fiscal medicine as city and state face mounting deficits and potential layoffs and tax hikes.
Parishioners at St Philip The Apostle Catholic Church in Columbus are asked to bring handguns and toy guns to Mass next weekend to be melted into iron crosses. Rev Richard Engle, the pastor, will submit his own .22 Ruger pistol and urges others to join, citing recent assassination attempts on President Ford.
Mrs Crewe Crews an 80 year old Mississippian born in Water Valley says she has slept in a dirt filled flower box outside the shuttered Peabody Hotel in Memphis for months. She refuses family aid saying she is forced to endure this life rather than beg for money.
A federal grand jury charged two California lawyers a San Francisco CPA and a Netherlands Antilles bank with conspiring to create fraudulent offshore tax shelters. They allegedly arranged $1.4 million in fake deductions for 19 clients via fictitious loans and deductible interest.
Forecast calls for fair conditions through the weekend with some clouds on Saturday and Sunday. Southerly winds 10 to 20 mph with today’s high near 90 and low around 60s. Humidity peaks at 12 percent. Sunrise at 6 38 a.m. Sunset 6 20 p.m. United Press International reports.
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