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Newspaper

Las Vegas Sun

Location

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America

Date

Oct 17, 1976

Page

4

Models Wanted For Ridge Tool Calendar 1979 1980

Representatives of the Ridge Tool Co. of Elyria Ohio interview Las Vegas women at the Union Plaza Hotel showroom from 9 30 a m to 5 30 p m Wednesday for a national search to appear in the 1979 80 bikini calendar. Raquel Welch Dian Parkinson have appeared in past calendars. The biennial color calendar is widely distributed to customers in the U S Canada and overseas. The firm is a subsidiary of Emerson Electric Co.

Las Vegas Ridge Tool Co Raquel Welch Union Plaza Hotel Elyria Ohio Karl Keck Peter Gowland Dian Parkinson United States Canada Emerson Electric Co

Frogmen search Veracruz coast for Montezuma gold

In Veracruz Mexico frogmen probe the coastline for more Aztec era gold bars and jewelry possibly part of Montezuma treasure. A fisherman Raul Hurtado 25 and jeweler Luis Ortega Hernandez face up to ten years for alleged archeological law violations.

Veracruz Mexico UPI Montezuma Raul Hurtado Luis Ortega Hernandez Hurtado Ortega

Teacher Wage Talks Stall After Board Meeting

Clark County School Board and Clark County Classroom Teachers Association held a two hour Saturday session chaired by Board President Earl Evans Jr. no agreement was reached on salary talks. The union led by Tom Hood pressed for higher terms after rejecting a 3.5 percent raise last month. The board has refused to instruct negotiators to continue bargaining.

Clark County School Board Clark County Classroom Teachers Association Earl Evans, Jr Teachers Association Tom Hood

France Expels Soviet Diplomat Over Jet Engine Spy Case

Paris announces the expulsion of Michael Soloviev a 36 year old Soviet diplomat caught red handed trying to buy blueprints for a secret jet engine He wore a wig and dark glasses and was arrested after leaving a dossier at Notre Dame de La Gare church Paris says counter espionage agents detained him at Orly and flew him to Moscow Soloviev had been in France two years as a trade official and the incident highlights souring Paris Moscow ties with Brezhnev Giscard d Estaing disputes over censorship in the backdrop.

Paris UPS France Michel Poniatowski Moscow Interior Ministry Michael Soloviev Notre Dame de la Gare Soloviev Soviet Communist Party Leonid I. Brezhnev Valery Giscard d'Estaing Brezhnev Kremlin

Russian Link-Up Fails Docking With Salyut 5

Tass reported that Soviet cosmonauts Vyacheslav Zudov and Valery Rozhdestvensky aborted the Soyuz 23 docking with the orbiting Salyut 5 station due to a failed approach control system and began preparations to return to Earth. The five paragraph release gave no health updates.

Moscow UPI Salyut 5 Earth Tass Vyacheslav Zudov Valery Rozhdestvensky

Hostage Standoff at Thunder Bay Prison

Five or six captives including a nun and a prison matron were taken by convicts at Thunder Bay District Jail around 8 PM. Police said the inmates appeared to hold a stalemate with no stated demands and it was unclear if weapons were involved. The jail houses up to 100 inmates.

Thunder Bay Canada UPI Don Deakon Deakon

Swine Flu Shots Prompt Hospitalizations At Fort Knox

In Kentucky at Fort Knox 96 of 5400 Army recruits who received the swine flu vaccine after Thursday morning training were treated at Ireland Army Hospital for fevers above 101 degrees. Six remained overnight, others released. Officials say activity after vaccination will be restricted in the future. The nationwide program expands to 19 centers in Louisville area for high risk groups.

FT. Knox, Ky UPI Ireland Army Hospital Jerry Gantt Army Gantt Kentucky Louisville

Gambino Wake Draws Mourners Amid Mafia Succession Talk

Outside Cusimano and Russo funeral home in Brooklyn crowds attended Carlo Gambino's wake as speculation swirled over his successor. Reports cite Carmine Lilo Galente, longtime Bonanno associate, as next in line with a feared, well‑organized Mafia network based in Manhattan.

New York UPI Cusimano Carmine Lilo” Galente Joe Bonanno Gambino Massapequa, N.Y

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