Tule Springs Park Receives Major Recreation Grant
National recreation policy announced at Las Vegas meeting emphasizes urban facilities. James A. Joseph cited a $592,941 land and water grant for Tule Springs with $664,150 additional state funds, totaling $1,257,092 for a 23 acre site with amenities. Additional grants of $768,375 funded other Nevada sites and Lahontan and Fort Churchill in Reno area. The program aims to balance urban and rural recreation and broaden access beyond previously gated facilities.
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Interior Department
Tule Springs Park
National Congress For Recreation and Parks
Las Vegas
James A. Joseph
the Interior
Tule Springs
Joseph
Chris T. Delaporte
Bureau of Outdoor Recreation
BOR
Delaporte
Nevada
Spring Valley
Kershaw-Ryan
Beaver Dam
Reno
Lahontan State
Fort Churchill
Aladdin Theater of
Senate Ends Two-Week Gas Price Filibuster
Senate leaders crushed a two-week filibuster on natural gas pricing with new rules and a plan from Sen. Henry Jackson to phase out controls on new gas by 1987. The move drew protests from Abourezk Metzenbaum and others who accused the leadership of abusing powers and risking deregulation stakes.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Henry Jackson
James Abourezk
D-S.d
Howard Metzenbaum
Ohio
White House
Metzenbaum
Jackson
James Schlesinger
Walter Mondale
Mondale
Dash
Abourezk
Edmund Muskie
Maine
Byrd
Paul Sarbanes
D-Md
Gary Hart
D-Colo
Carter
Where I Stand MEMO TO HANK Boulder City Arts Festival
A Boulder City column praises the annual Arts Festival, noting the warm autumn day, hundreds of attendees, and town charm. The writer expresses fond memories, retirement hopes, and appreciation for local volunteers, while admiring new homes along the lake and Rembrandt-like finds.
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Boulder City
October 4 1977 Late Sports from Las Vegas Sun News
The Las Vegas Sun News issues a late sports brief from the Las Vegas, Nevada edition dated October 4 1977. It notes sports coverage across pages 6 and 8 with continued late sports updates.
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Las Vegas
SUN News
Nevada
Skyjackers End 6 Day Hijack With Hostage Freedom
Eleven Japanese Red Army extremists end a six day hijack of a Japan Air Lines DC-8 in Algiers. They release 19 hostages including 12 passengers and seven crew members and surrender to Algerian authorities. The ordeal cost Japan a record $6 million in ransom. Algerian authorities may handle suspects and funds with discretion, while media access is tightly controlled at the airport.
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Algiers
UPI
Red Army
Japan Air Lines
Algeria
Japan
Tokyo
Sunao Sonoda
Sonoda
Werer
West Germany
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Lufthansa
Middle East
Speedy Rescue Saves Joe Louis's Grandchild in Pool Incident
Mercy Ambulance crews responded after a 15 month old adopted daughter fell into the Louis family pool. John Landake performed mouth to mouth resuscitation before the child was transported to Sunrise Hospital in stable condition. a German High School student found and pulled her from the water.
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SUN
Joe Louis
Mercy Ambulance
Martha Louis
Louis
Mercy
John Landake
Nixon Loses Third Tape Case Before Supreme Court
The Supreme Court refused to review Nixon’s appeal asserting presidential privilege in a civil suit arising from the 1971 May Day mass arrests in Washington. The case targets former Attorney General John Mitchell, now jailed, over a $12 million jury verdict later reduced, and involves tapes stored at the National Archives.
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Washington
UPI
Richard Nixon
White House
Supreme Court
High Court
National Archives
John Mitchell
Mitchell
Capitol
Nixon
Frost silent on Nixon money at UNLV lecture
British host David Frost arrives in Las Vegas and speaks at UNLV Artemus Ham Hall about his Nixon interviews and their payment, noting a $600,000 fee and contractual limits on divulging amounts. He reflects on Nixon's admission versus legal stance, then shares anecdotes on TV and flying.
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SUN
David Frost
Las Vegas
Los Angeles
McCarran International
UNLV
Artemus Ham Hall
Richard Nixon
San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
Frost
Watergate
Imprompu
McCarran International Airport
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Joey Adams
George Perenne
Dr. Thosteson
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