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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1966
Page
1
Open letter to Valley High School students cautions against exploiters in school life. Encourages mature judgment and understanding to bridge mis trust, overcome hostility, and make the school a social experiment in positive relations.
Dr. Michael DeBakey surgically implanted an artificial heart in 65 year old Marcel L. De Rudder near death. The left ventricle bypass used a grapefruit sized external compressor and a 25 pound pump, with the heart beating 85 times a minute. De Rudder could regain a normal life after recovery, doctors said.
NASA Director James Webb told Las Vegas Press Club that money cuts may put the Apollo program three years behind the Soviet space effort. He said the 1969 moon landing target remains, but 26 more manned flights are planned before then and a major failure could derail the 1969 goal. Astronaut Frank Borman praised vehicle safety at Nellis AFB. Webb cited Congress cutting 1.1 billion dollars over five years and discussed budget battles shaping the space race, with coverage noting related 1967 budget considerations.
Posner and Byrne advertising firm sent a telegram to Nevada Attorney General Harvey Dickinson inviting him to be their guest at the Silver Nugget. The firm promoted topless or pasties outfits for women blackjack dealers, prompting headlined national publicity and Dickerson’s public rebuke.
Variable high cloudiness gives way to sun. Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph. Today's high 78 and low 42, yesterday's 73 and 37. Noontime humidity around 7 percent. Sunrise at 4 59 and sunset at 6 20.
U S Marines and South Vietnamese troops flown in by helicopters surprised a Viet Cong battalion near Saigon, killing at least 200. The operation involved about 800 Viet Cong and caused light Allied casualties as fighting raged across a rice paddy battlefield 335 miles northeast of Saigon. A defector had pinpointed the guerrilla positions.
Freddie Assunto 36 a leading trombonist and member of the Dukes of Dixieland died at a Las Vegas hospital after a long illness. He and his brother Frank formed Basin Street Four later expanded with Pete Fountain. Assunto long ranked in jazz top ten and was a Las Vegas resident.
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