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Newspaper

Las Vegas Sun

Location

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America

Date

Oct 30, 1977

Page

8

Obituaries from Las Vegas Honor Local Residents

Multiple funeral notices and obituaries span Las Vegas area residents. Chester Francis Decker 64, an Army WWII veteran and MGM Grand cook, is mourned with services led by Rev. Elwood LaVoy and interment at Palm Valley View Memorial Park. Survived by wife Blondina and children Ronald Gregory Patricia Pamela Janet, plus brothers and extended family. Other notices include graveside service for 15 day old Sara Marie Carle, Florence Caleca 68, Harold Weldin 52, Irene Avery 53, Jean Gurule 50, R Avery 53, and Helen Rasmussen 74 with various familial survivors and church or chapel arrangements. Memorials request Kidney Foundation donations.

Palm Mortuary Chapel St. Francis Catholic Church Chester Francis Decker Elwood LaVoy St. Francis Church Palm Valley View Memorial Park Decker Mgm Grand Hotel Culinary Workers Union Las Vegas Washington Blondina Ronald Gregory Decker Patricia Vogel Reno Pamela Decker Janet Decker Marsha Decker Ernest White Alberta Canada Sara Marie Carle Tom Popelka West Oakey Baptist Church Jim and Gail Carle James and Betty Carle Buford Neely Missouri Palm Chapel Florence Caleca Palm Memorial Park Caleca Michigan Tony Robert Caleca Garth Caleca Harry Case Nevada Memory Gardens Harold Weldin Jerry Blankenship Sunrise Hospital Chaplin Weldin Postal Service Nebraska Irene Terry Weldin Virgina Beatty North Las Vegas Joseph Weldin Olathe Kan Phyllis McFarland San Diego Calif Georgia McCauley Shirlee Lease Bridgeport Neb Rosalee Dickson Shedd, Ore Pam Helen E. Rasmussen Richard H. Peterson Trinity Methodist Church Palm Meneily Kidney F Third St

Americans In Mexico to Return Under Prisoner Exchange

About 240 of 575 Americans jailed in Mexico will be transferred to U.S. federal prisons under a Carter signed treaty. First two plane loads expected by Dec 9, rest by Dec 16, before Christmas. Legal steps include Nov 14 legal advice visit and Dec 5–14 magistrate interviews to verify transfer requests.

Mexico City United States America Mexico McAninch U.S

Klan Plans Border Patrol Activity Across Texas Coast

Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard David Duke announced an expanded patrol along the Texas Mexico border with 173 members already on duty and a Brownsville operation led by Louis Beam. Duke dismissed claims of a publicity stunt and said patrols will report illegal crossings to border authorities, not detain suspects.

San Antonio Tex UPI David Duke Texas- Mexico Carter Griffin Bell Duke Mexico United States Washington California Brown Berets Berets Border Patrol

Coffee exports halted lift Latin prices in Mexico

Fausto Cantu Pena, head of Mexico’s Coffee Institute, says 10 Latin American producers halted exports to push world prices higher. He notes Mexican mild coffee rose to about 167.50 dollars per hundred pounds as of Friday, with last year’s Mexico coffee earnings at two billion and this year at seven hundred million.

Jalapa Mexico UPI Mexican Coffee Institute Fausto Cantu Pena San Salvador el Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Costa Rica Panama Dominican Republic Ecuador Venezuela Canta Pena

Voyager 1 adjusts course for Jupiter rendezvous in 1978

Voyager 1 fired its small rockets to alter velocity by 9.4 mph en route to a December 1978 Jupiter rendezvous. Prince Charles pressed signals to aid the maneuver at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, while Voyager 2 faces gyro and data issues.

NY Times Pasadena Calif Voyager 1 Outer Planets Jupiter Jet Propulsion Laboratory Prince Charles of Britain Cape Canaveral Fla Earth

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