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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1966
Page
2
A school leader urges students to ignore unfair attacks on the principal and focus on calm, thoughtful conduct. He stresses the value of friendship, intergenerational ties, and working together to ease tensions while preparing for the future. He ends with a call to action to prove critics wrong.
U S Marines and Vietnamese forces engage Viet Cong west of Highway 1 near An Hoa outpost and Quang Ngai city. Heavy weapons captured include 50 caliber guns and carbines as Marine jets support the operation named Hot Springs. South Korean troops kill 20 Viet Cong near Qui Nhon as air and naval strikes target North Vietnam.
Sheriff Ralph Lamb highlights the capture of Anthony Mancini a 21 year old former Nevada Southern University student who disappeared from Las Vegas in January after being indicted on charges including perjury impersonating an officer and grand larceny. The case pivots on detective work and inter state cooperation ending with Mancini waiving extradition in Georgia.
NASA plans to pump 75 million more into Nevada Test Site operations over the next three years to develop a space engine. James Webb said the funding would double capital investment at NTS rocket engine facilities and attract more contractor work, though not more NASA staff. Sen. Howard Cannon cautioned the plan emphasizes contractor activity rather than headcount. Webb noted the site as the sole location for testing these engines.
Space leaders say a decision next year will push forward the NERVA nuclear rocket program. The engine, tested at the Nevada Test Site in February, aims for 5 000 megawatts though funding for 1968 is not yet requested. NASA plans expand testing at NTS with a 75 6 percent larger effort and a 1975 target for engine use.
Louisvilles John Plumbe Jr a pioneer in commercial photography opened a daguerreotype studio in Louisville before 1845 marking one of the first U S photographic ventures in the city.
Assunto, born December 3, 1929 in New Orleans, died at 36. He and his brother learned music from their father Jac, a Dukes star, and the family lives in Las Vegas. The Dukes rose after Horace Heidt wins, built fame in New Orleans, Chicago, and Las Vegas, with major Vegas runs at Thunderbird, Dunes, Riviera, Desert Inn, Ed Sullivan Show, and Showboat. Survived by parents, widow Betty, three children, siblings Frank Anna Rae Cowan, Francis Jean Marois. Funeral by Bunker Brothers Mortuary.
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