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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1977
Page
9
Al Capp 68, creator of Lil Abner, announces he is not well enough to continue. The comic strip will appear for the last time next month as fans fear there will be no more Dogpatch U S A.
Red Buttons and Sergio Franchi sue the Nevada Division of Water Resources in District Court over revoked well permits for their Las Vegas Valley land. They say the five year nonuse rule was misapplied, noting they purchased the rights in 1973 and had planned irrigation and domestic use of 360 acre-feet per year. Judge Howard Babcock assigned to handle further proceedings.
UNLV announces a two week January London theater tour for students in the mini term. The program includes lectures by Robert Morley and Peter Bull and visits to seven theater performances plus tours of the National Theatre Co Royal Shakespeare Company and D'Oyly Opera Co. Applications for the Jan 9 23 trip are due this week with three semester units offered for credit.
Defense Secretary Harold Brown moves to fund full scale development of a mobile MX missile system with $245 million in the 1979 budget. The plan aims to replace Minuteman with a mobile underground system, raising debates over cost, survivability, and strategic balance with the Soviet Union.
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