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Las Vegas Sun

Location

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America

Date

Oct 23, 1977

Page

2

Reward Won't Reunite Peking Man Fossils

Banker Christopher Janus ends a four year hunt with a 150000 dollar reward offer for Peking Man fossils. He spent over 200000 dollars and traveled across four continents facing marriage proposals death threats and mysterious leads that yielded little physical evidence. He hopes to brief Chinese leaders after returning to Peking and maintains the fossils may still lie outside the United States.

New York UPI Christopher Janus Tam Janus U.S Peking China Manila Empire State Building United States

Nation Sets Clocks Back as Daylight Time Ends

Washington reports daylight saving time ends next Sunday when standard time resumes at 2 a.m. October 30. Most states return to standard time, with Arizona and several regions staying on standard time year round. Indiana splits time zones with six counties in central time observing daylight time and 12 counties in eastern time staying standard. The Uniform Time Act of 1966 governs changes, with a 1973 energy crisis year around daylight time briefly enacted before repeal in 1975.

Washington UPI Arizona Indiana Hawaii Puerto Rico The Virgin Islands American Samoa Gary Hammond Evansville Indianapolis Fort Wayne South Bend

Two Satellites Launched From Cape Canaveral

Two International Sun Earth Explorer satellites were launched by a Delta rocket from Cape Canaveral at 9:53 a.m. EDT to improve long range weather forecasting. The craft will orbit Earth in separate locations to study magnetosphere conditions and solar wind, using different solid-fuel motors than the failed Sept. 13 launch.

Cape Canaveral Fla Kennedy Space Center Europe Delta

Nation offers aid to Utah twins parents

Nationwide donations pour in to help cover medical bills for newborn Siamese twins Elisa and Lisa Hansen born in Ogden. Their parents David and Patricia Hansen face ongoing medical concerns as doctors work to stabilize the premature babies at University of Utah Medical Center. Tests monitor potential separation surgery based on shared tissue.

Salt Lake City UPI Elisa Lisa Hansen University of Utah Medical Center Lisa David Patricia Hansen Ogden

Marvin Gaye Face Third Deposition in Employment Suit

Los Angeles UPI Marvin Gaye has a final chance in a civil suit filed by five former employees who allege unpaid services. A Municipal Court judge ordered a deposition within three weeks after Gaye paid a $765 fine for two prior refusals. Curtis Shaw says Gaye is in Jamaica and will be in Miami next Monday to arrange a date.

Los Angeles UPI Marvin Gaye Gaye Robert Weil Curtis Shaw Jamaica

Las Vegas Forecast For Sunny Warm Weekend

Sunny days and clear nights continue through Sunday with a gradual warming trend. Northerly winds at times reach 10 to 20 mph. Daytime highs near the mid 80s and overnight lows around the mid 50s with humidity around 57 percent.

Weekend Weather Outlook Across Regions

The weekend brings rain to parts of the northern Rockies, lower Plains, Mississippi Valley and New England. Elsewhere expect sun as a broad national outlook with diverse regional conditions.

Rockies Lower Plains Mississippi Valley New England

Goldwater presses to extend veterans benefits to WASP pilots

Senator Barry Goldwater leads a push to grant veterans’ benefits to 850 former Women’s Airforce Service Pilots WASPs citing their wartime service and Jacqueline Cochran Odlum notes. WASPs numbered 1074 at peak with many flying B 29s and transport planes. 38 died in crashes yet had a lower fatality rate than men. The proposal faces likely Senate passage after being added to a veterans education bill. House earlier rejected a similar measure by 11 votes.

Washington UPI Marine Corps Barry Goldwater Arizona Goldwater Jacqueline Cochran Odlum United States

Ford Returns To University Of Michigan Teaching Visit

Gerald R. Ford will teach nine classes and three seminars at the University of Michigan for a three day period starting November 24. The former president resumes his role as adjunct professor of political science in a program sponsored by the American Enterprise Institute. Some classes are limited to enrolled students and invited attendees while one Introduction to American Politics class will be open to news media.

Ann Arbor Mich UPI Gerald R. Ford Iain University of Michigan Ford American Enterprise Institute For Public Policy Research Institute Samuel H. Barnes

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