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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1977
Page
2
The People section for Sunday features Anthony Newley as the lead subject described as desperately serious but happy. Other profiles include Sylvester Stallone Lana Woods and Christina Onassis in extended coverage beginning on page 1A.
Hank Greenspun launched the Las Vegas SUN in 1950 pledging a free press and impartiality. He urged public support through subscriptions and ads to sustain a competitive, independent paper. The SUN evolved from Las Vegas Free Press and joined a city with three daily papers.
More than 100 officers from 12 agencies arrested 33 Hell's Angels members in San Diego on 39 charges after a year-long probe into the gang war with the Mongols over methamphetamine distribution. The operation coincides with statewide probes and targeted 23 locations.
A Southern Railway Crescent derailed after a switch error in a yard 30 miles north of Charlotte. Sixteen passengers were hurt lightly, three admitted to Rowan Memorial Hospital, while the rest were treated and continued to Atlanta. Engineers blamed the open switch as the train of 50 mph collided with freight cars.
A Kansas City man Edward Eckert was found guilty by a district court jury of four counts of first degree kidnapping and use of a deadly weapon, one count each of robbery and extortion with a deadly weapon. He faced multiple life terms with sentencing set for November 2.
In Guernica two bodyguards and Augusto Unceta Barrenechea, president of Vizcaya Province, were killed after leaving the jai alai court. Investigators linked the assault to ETA style tactics though no group claimed responsibility. The attack comes amid Spain’s fragile post Franco transition and amid government talks on amnesty for Basque guerrillas.
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