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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1976
Page
11
Crisis Center advocate Sandi Petta outlines self defense for women facing assaults in parking lots and nightlife venues. She urges staying calm, striking within the first 30 seconds, using improvised weapons like keys, nails or fists, and escaping rather than resisting with public safety items.
UN Local Jews quotes Petta on self defense and awareness for women facing assault. She stresses knee and ear injury as escape tactics, calls to scream fire, notes high planned attack rate, and urges using initials in contact info. Emphasizes reporting, hospital examination, and Rape Crisis Center counseling and self defense courses.
Sandi Petta demonstrates practical self-defense methods to deter a potential rapist with a simulated attacker Jay Cowart. She notes karate is not required and promotes “dirty street fighting” as effective. The course is sponsored by the Rape Crisis Center and other local groups.
District Attorney George Holt seeks to place rape victim counseling under law enforcement and Metro Police, challenging Florence McClure and Community Action Against Rape who run the current crisis center. McClure warns loss of victim advocacy, while Holt cites better statistics and reporting with police control.
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