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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1976
Page
6
A tropical low 400 miles east northeast of the Lesser Antilles could intensify into tropical storm Holly within 24 hours, though the NHC said it would not threaten land soon. The system is expected to drift northwest as conditions favor strengthening.
Detroit dispatch reports 3,700 Ford personnel at the strikebound Cleveland stamping plant approved a local pact on noneconomic issues, ending the threat to halt assembly lines. Ford cautioned that up to 10,000 workers at other plants may see idling next week until parts flow resumes, despite the national contract ratified by 170,000 workers.
H Rap Brown, paroled from state prison and free of federal charges, plans to move with his wife to Georgia next week to begin a new life. The Georgia parole supervision details will be arranged later.
Senate leader Mike Mansfield returned from China saying US China relations would stay on a similar basis despite Hua Kuo-feng purging leftists. State Department said no progress tracing Americans listed as MIAs in Southeast Asia and no move toward talks with Hanoi. Three missing mariners on Spirit life raft last seen four weeks ago remain unfound.
Inset shows fireman Joe Davis inspecting den damage in the upper right. He also aids a fellow firefighter in extinguishing a burning couch in the lower inset.
Segretti denounces Ford after Ford told the Sierra Club in a questionnaire that the federal government should retain most lands in Nevada. Ford, a Senate District 3 candidate, warns instant transfer would trigger a land war and that land barons could surge development.
Funeral services and burial were held in Marion North Carolina for Peggy Robinson a Las Vegas resident who died October 15 in Fulton Missouri while visiting relatives. She had lived in Las Vegas since 1963 worked a decade at El Cortez and two years at Union Plaza as a waitress. She is survived by husband Alton two children Alton Jr Marla Courtney and Carol Lenaburg her mother and stepfather and four sisters and two brothers. Final services were October 19.
The Nevada Public Employer Action Coalition releases endorsements from its Las Vegas Clark County and regional employee groups. Challengers Bryn Armstrong and Wes Howery favored over incumbents Bob Broadbent and Dick Ronzone. other races see varied wins and omissions.
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