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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1975
Page
8
First Lady Betty Ford, returning from Cleveland, says she has no fear about her husband’s California trip and predicts handgun control will become a major issue in the 1976 presidential race as candidates face safety concerns in crowds.
Oklahoma City police rejected a 10 percent across the board pay raise in exchange for reduced fringe benefits. Officers walked off Thursday prompting highway patrol and sheriff's deputies to patrol city streets while Fraternal Order of Police President Jim Parsons denied vandalism or hoax trouble calls.
Secretary of State Kissinger said President Ford intends to travel to China around November 28 and told Ford in a White House briefing that U.S.-China relations are basically sound. He noted the exact date would be announced in about a week due to technical scheduling, with a general timeframe of late November.
The National Observer reports an informal reader poll showing 12,610 ballots received with 10,439 opposed federal aid for New York City's financial crisis. Only 2,171 supported federal help.
A weekend error left about 2,500 state workers unpaid after the Treasurer’s office lacked proper authorization to issue checks. Most affected were staff in the Environmental Management and Public Health departments along with the Bureau of State Building and the Corrections and Welfare agencies. Administration Secretary Buckley blamed agency heads for failing to file required funding requests under the interim budget, with some agencies only discovering the shortfall on Friday.
Seventy members of the Soviet Academy of Sciences condemned Nobel laureate Andrei Sakharov stating the Nobel prize award to him is unseemly and provocative. Acting Academy president Vladimir Kotelinikov and other vice presidents signed the statement. Sakharov said he was surprised and sorry after the release.
Vice President Nelson A Rockefeller considered redesigning the official seal noting the eagle resembled a wounded quail. He discussed the idea with President Ford before moving forward. In separate notes, Wendy Yoshimura’s jail interview aided Patricia Hearst’s defense affidavit per the San Francisco Examiner.
Moscow reports Venus 10 completed 65 minutes of work after a soft touchdown and sent back a view of vast pancake shaped rock formations before allegedly perishing on the planet’s scorching surface, marking the second unmanned Soviet landing in four days.
The three day Fletcher Jones Horse Show at Horseman Park opens with grand champions named in halter classes judged by O. L. Red Lott. The event aims for a $20 000 goal for Clark County charities Helen J. Stewart School and Opportunity Village. Proceeds come from brochure ads and entry fees with no admission charge.
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