Las Vegans Walk A Thon Blisters Highlight City Event
Garside Junior High student Chris Bruce rides a National Guard jeep to test a blister from the 20 mile Walk-A-Thon route. Spectators at the Convention Center enjoyed sodas and hot dogs after finishing as Ken Rick in a wheelchair was pushed by volunteers along the course. About 250 volunteers staffed way stops and blister sheds while many participants were women. The event aimed to end at 4 p.m.
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Garside
Chris Bruce
National Guard
J.D. Smith
Charles Donath
Timon Corbet
Joanne Geiser
Convention Center
Ken Rick
Larry McFadden
Angel Houchen
Johnny Newman
Chaparral High School
Japanese police storm bus to end 15 hour hijack
A 40 man Japanese police unit stormed a Nagasaki city commuter bus hijacked by two Red Army guerrillas. One hijacker was killed, the other captured as 16 hostages were freed in under five minutes amid gunfire. Five passengers were injured mildly.
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Tokyo
UPI
Nagasaki
Japan
Red Army
Hisayuki Kawasaki
Eee
Shigeaki Tanaka
Rescue Efforts Stalled for Injured Fireman on Nye County Mountain
Rick Pearson, a Las Vegas fireman, fractured his leg while deer hunting at an altitude of 10 220 feet in Badger Gulch Quinn Canyon Range. Rescue teams delayed by nightfall planned dawn attempts, with helicopter support sought from Nellis AFB to reach him. Pearson's companion alerted authorities after hiking out four hours.
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Clark County
Nye
Steve Taylor
Lincoln County
Taylor
Nellis Air Force Base
Pearson
Death of Bing Crosby Reverberates Worldwide
American consular officials in Madrid announced an autopsy found Crosby died of a heart attack after collapsing at a round of golf with three Spanish champions at La Moraleja Golf Course. The Crosby National Pro Am likely to proceed in January, with proceeds aiding charity and scholarships. Mrs. Crosby confirmed a Christmas show taped in London will air in December, while tributes poured in from leaders and media in London, Stockholm, Tokyo, and elsewhere praising Crosby as a universal entertainer and institution.
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Madrid
Crosby
la Moraleja
Larly
Bing
London
James Callaghan
Crosby Fa
New Berlin
Bing Crosby
Tokyo
Stockholm
Dagene Nybeter
London Daily Telegraph
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Jim Santini
Ron Lurie
SUN
Hank Greenspun
Las Vegas
Dick Walsh
David Lawrence
Pete Strudwick
la Palma
Calif
Sun Notos
Ken Jones
Lincoln County Sheriff's Office
Metro
Cook Berea
Bates & Springer
Bates & Springer, Realtors
Realtors
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