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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1975
Page
2
The Legislature provided alternative paths to consolidation and the Attorney General's opinion outlines these routes. The City and County Commissioners should meet to fulfill the mandate, test legality in court, and avoid political stalling. Both sides could act concurrently to save time and advance a broader regional merger.
A mysterious couple labeled The Two, Marshall Herff Applewhite and Bonnie La Trusdale Nettles, promoted a one way salvation aboard a UFO. They taught occult subjects in Texas, faced theft charges, and led Oregon followers who abandoned possessions for an unknown afterlife.
The Senate Intelligence Committee will hold three days of public hearings next week on opening American mail by the CIA and FBI. Witnesses include former CIA director Richard Helms and former Postal Service inspectors general Henry Montague and William Cotter. The probe may lead to Justice Department prosecutions.
Eastern Airlines wins partial union support as ALPA accepts a wage freeze through 1976 with a profit sharing plan. TWU Local 553 to vote and IAM to discuss, while Borman asks decisions by Friday on delaying an 8 percent wage increase until 1977.
Newlyweds Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor plan a home near the Northern Botswana game park where they wed. Their private secretary said land negotiations are underway and they will fly to Johannesburg then Switzerland. The couple recently reconciled after a 16 month divorce and want to spend holidays in Southern Africa game parks.
Increasing high clouds through Saturday with the day partly cloudy and cooler on Sunday. Southerly winds 15 to 25 mph start Saturday and continue Sunday. Today's high 80 and low 53. Humidity ranges 28 to 10 percent. Sunrise 6 50 a m Sunset 6 01 p m. A year ago today was 91 61.
A Pacific Time table shows 24 hour temperature and precipitation readings prepared by the National Weather Service in San Francisco. It provides regional values for expected weather and rainfall amounts over the recent day.
Pat Hearst reportedly began sympathizing with the Symbionese Liberation Army while blindfolded after her kidnapping. Documents from the SLA San Francisco hideout describe sexual involvement with multiple members and pressure to join the group. The Los Angeles Times and San Francisco Examiner report on her alleged treatment and the gang's views on sexual freedom.
The San Francisco Examiner reports a manuscript found in an SLA hideout says Patricia Hearst was targeted for propaganda value while blindfolded and that Cinque DeFreeze urged her conversion. It notes Hearst was kidnapped February 4, 1974 and later claimed brainwashing in an affidavit.
A tropical low mood and a cold front triggered heavy rains across the Deep South causing rivers to overflow and floods on streets and highways. Mississippi saw up to eight inches while Alabama and surrounding areas recorded four to six inches. Two Mississippi deaths occurred as a 14 year old girl drowned in Jackson and a man died in a highway accident. Tornadoes damaged homes in Dothan Alabama and struck Panama City Florida and Pace near Pensacola. By Friday morning most roads in Tennessee reopened after the system moved northeast from the Gulf Coast.
The U S Conference of Mayors led by New Orleans Mayor Moon Landrieu urged President Ford and Congress to provide emergency funds to prevent New York City from defaulting. Ford opposes federal aid, arguing New York can help itself and that aid would set a costly precedent for other troubled cities.
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