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Newspaper

Las Vegas Sun

Location

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America

Date

Oct 31, 1976

Page

47

March of Dimes Walk A Thon Draws Thousands At Event

Sweet Lorraine Donald Koch an eight year old in wheelchair joins the charity walk as his sister Lorraine not only walks but pushes him along. The annual march crowds of adults and youngsters estimated at six thousand entries matching last year.

Donald Koch Lorraine Donald Perri Bonne John Darnell Southern Nevada Bill Pike Perri Basic High School Henderson

Junket Nets Solons Woe

Sens Thurmond and Sen Scott and wives took a two week Far East trip visiting ten cities including Tokyo Seoul Taipei Saigon Phnom Penh Singapore Jakarta Bangkok Manila and Honolulu. Report says purchases with taxpayers funds included furniture elephants rugs pottery silk and other items. The tour reportedly cost taxpayers from 25 000 to 100 000 and caused outrage among military personnel.

Washington UPI Strom Thurmond R-S.c William Scott R-Va Scripps-Howard News Service Alan M. Horton Carl West Air Force Andrews Air Force Base Scripps-Howard Tokyo Seoul Taipei Saigon Phnom Penh Singapore Jakarta Bangkok Manila Honolulu

Funeral Notices for Four Local Residents

Funeral services were held for Frank S. Clucas III 22 of 241 Zion Drive after a Mt. Charleston jeep accident. Other obituaries include Jimmy Jew 53 of 1409 Euclid, Geraldine E. Lee 62 of 3657 Villa Knolls Drive, and David Lee Rutledge 22 of 17 Briggs Parkway with services planned in Las Vegas Riverside and Ventura.

Bunker Brothers Bunker Brothers Chapel Jimmy Jew Euclid Eden Vale China Jew Kwan Ying Jay San Francis Community Lutheran Church E. Tropicana Geraldine E. Lee Villa Knolls Drive Raymond Christenson Memory Gardens Cemetery Garner Iowa Lee Torges Lee Las Vegas Emma Wade Willodson Nordland, Wash Betty Hiller Nordland Wash Ventura Calif David Lee Rutledge Briggs Parkway Mr. Rutledge California Bunker Mortuary

South Korean security chief tied to 1974 bribe attempt

The State Department says Park Chung Hee's security head offered an aide to then President Nixon a cash bribe of $10,000 in an envelope marked bon voyage. John E. Nidecker, about to leave Seoul, turned the money over to the U.S. embassy, and Ambassador Habib protested.

Washington UPI Park Chung Hee Richard Nixon State Department Park Chong Kyu John E. Nidecker Seoul Robert L. Funseth Nidecker Philip C. Habib Funseth Justice Department U.S Washington Post United States

Detroit Zoo Offers Adoptions for Animals and Reptiles

The Detroit Zoo, ranked among the top five in the nation, launches an adoption plan to raise funds. Any animal can be adopted annually including a $1000 gorilla a $50 boa a $800 rhino and a $170 penguin. Adopters receive a plaque but do not take the animal home. About 800 animals have already been adopted.

Detroit UPI Detroit Zoo

Mexico halts 80 percent of projects leaving 400000 workers unemployed

Mexico's peso floats for a second time as 400000 construction workers are idled and 80 percent of state projects are halted. Union chief Eduardo Fernandez questions inflation strategy while PEMEX warns of possible gasoline price rises as tolls jump.

Mexico City UPI Eduardo Fernandez The Laborers’ Union Antonio Dovali Jaime Federal Department of Highways and Bridges Fernandez

Kissinger Expected to Stay On As Secretary of State

Aides say Henry Kissinger will remain in the State Department for at least two more years if President Ford wins. Ford wants him to stay, and Kissinger plans to finish Middle East talks started after the 1973 Arab Israel war before stepping down.

Washington UPI Henry Kissinger Ford New York Times Kissinger State Department the Times Middle East

Allyson Weds Third Husband Dr David Ashton in Palm Springs

Actress June Allyson married her third husband, Dr David Prince Ashton, in a double ring ceremony at Ingleside Inn Palm Springs. Attending were Rita Hayworth Gloria DeHaven and Margaret OBrien. The couple met skiing in Sun Valley Idaho and Allyson has two children Dick Powell Jr and Samuel Powell.

Palm Springs, Calif Dick Powell, Jr Samuel Powell White House Ford Sun Valley Idaho Miss Allyson Dick Powell Glen Maxwell Newport Beach Calif

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Sunfoto Ken Jones Las Vegas Convention Center March of Dimes Renee Fagan Brenda Bain Rancho High School Jay Baum Cashman Junior High Steven Lagante Michelle Bergman Kim Decker Roberta Cohen John C. Fremont Frank S. Clucas II Co, Cahut David Rutledge Mexico Las Truchas Lazaro Cardenas Michoacan Sonora Sinaloa PEMEX Securities & Exchange Commission Arizona Commission Douglas Frank Michael Folb Doug Frank Super K Mobile City Doris McBryde Allyson
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