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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1976
Page
7
Jim Amburn of the Dry Gulch Paddlers Canoe and Kayak Club will guide an overnight canoe trip through Topock Marsh’s waterfowl and wildlife refuge near Needles California on October 23 and 24.
The Center for United Campus Ministry hosts an informal brown bag luncheon with Jean Ford and Bill Hernstadt at 4765 Brussels Ave at noon October 27. YMCA invites 80 youths ages 8 to 13 to Disneyland on November 20 and 21 with a single price covering all costs. YMCA program also runs Women over Fifty classes Tuesdays and Thursdays 2 to 3 30 PM. ACLU of Southern Nevada holds a legal panel at California Hotel Sacramento Room at noon October 29 with Stephen Pevar as guest speaker. ACLU of Nevada hosts a semi annual yard sale October 23 at 5682 East Lake Mead Boulevard with donations coordinated via 401 East Fremont Suite 12 A. NORML meets Flamingo Library October 25 6 30 PM to discuss a Las Vegas chapter.
Carroll Righter offers daily guidance focusing on health, finances, and social conduct. Each sign receives counsel on behavior, earnings, debt, and personal relations, with a closing note stressing personal responsibility and careful handling of details.
In Grand Chenier Louisiana a month long season produced about 4000 alligator hides for the Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge headquarters sale. Hides from five to seven feet fetched the best prices around five dollars per foot with large hides priced higher, small hides up to ten dollars per foot. Foreign sales are banned and only American buyers participated.
Mike Erickson a 26 year old University of Minnesota theater student began a cross country ecology expedition from Virginia Beach to San Francisco with a carpet sweeper to study highway trash. He faced sleet snow and wind and recounts finding whisky bottles shampoo and graffiti as primary discoveries.
UPI reports that most states resumed swine flu vaccination after CDC assurances that the vaccine is safe. Wisconsin Maine and Michigan joined others in continuing programs while six Indiana counties and one Ohio county paused. CDC officials say deaths among elderly recipients do not prove the vaccine is dangerous and 22 million Americans have been vaccinated since October. Federal officials fear a winter flu epidemic.
FBI Director Clarence Kelley pulled back from a prepared speech criticizing hostile reporters and “scandal mania” in national coverage after White House intervention. Kelley drafted a softer statement noting concerns but avoiding misinterpretation while seeking a constructive path to improve FBI credibility.
A Viking 2 scoop of red Martian dust into the biology lab yields unusual data says Maurice Parker. Radioactive spike and low counts prompt rechecking instruments with no conclusions yet. A second sample from beneath a rock is in the organic chemistry chamber for tests.
Las Vegas NAACP chapter collected 2200 during a Walk-A-Thon to aid the national organization in appealing a Mississippi court ruling. Eleanor Walker, president, said the case involves a white merchant boycott in Clairbourne County Port Gibson from 1966 to 1970. Virna Canson and Tarea Hall Pittman attended.
Funeral services are set for Clarence F. Durnen in Henderson followed by Evelyn Eads and Melba Patrick with Palm Mortuary arranging. Durnen, 75, born in Brookston Texas, died Thursday. Eads, 73, born in Ishpeming Michigan, died Friday. Patrick, 53, born in Dennison Texas, died Thursday. A mass for Joan Borchert, 70, at St. Anne’s Catholic Church is also announced. Burial for Durnen at Palm Memorial Park Henderson. All services in Palm Chapel Henderson and Boulder City. Surviving relatives include spouses, children, grandchildren, and siblings across Michigan California Florida Texas Georgia California and Las Vegas.
Clark County commission candidate Bryn Armstrong outlines a system to bring government to all areas by holding public appearances before every town board advisory council and in North Las Vegas Henderson and Boulder City. He vows no more secret meetings and says he will report to voters on commission decisions. He cites Blue Diamond Goodsprings Searchlight Overton Paradise Valley and other areas as places of accountability.
District Judge Llewellyn Young urged ranchers to add secret tattoos to livestock branding to deter rustling. He joined a Western States Livestock Investigators panel discussing theft across state lines and proposed seeking a federal grant for aerial searches of back country. George Holden cited Nevada roads as a challenge and urged branding all cattle, noting hidden marks can reveal thieves even if brands are altered.
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