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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1975
Page
1
Generalissimo Francisco Franco, 82, suffered two major heart attacks in a week and was given the last rites as doctors reported his condition deteriorating by the hour in Madrid.
Long view of Hubert Humphrey's Nevada visit as a fundraiser and public speaker fuels questions about his presidential ambitions. The piece contrasts past runs in 1968 and 1972 with his current Senate re election from Minnesota and notes his frequent cross country campaigning.
The nation ends eight months of Daylight Saving Time at 2 a m and returns to Standard Time. Most states and territories observe DST, except Arizona Hawaii Puerto Rico Virgin Islands American Samoa and the eastern Indiana segment. DST resumes Sunday April 26 1976 with nationwide scheduling changes.
Funeral services are set for Larry Lew Lester 17 and Suzanne Marie Smith 15 after a Friday night crash that killed the two teens. Laura Williams 19 has pending services. A fourth teen, Terry Dimmick 18, is in good condition. four others were treated and released.
The section formerly called Women’s World is renamed VISTA with a new attitude. Verstellen says the shift reflects broader reading among women who follow the entire paper. Greenspun calls the change for the better and says modern readers resist fixed categories.
Eighteen felony prisoners escaped from the fourth floor of Fresno County Jail yesterday. Seven were recaptured within hours. the rest, including suspects in murder and bank robbery, remained at large. Sheriff McKinney blamed the 1941 jail design calling it a crackerbox. Inmates reportedly used a string from mattress strips to move through ventilation to the roof.
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