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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1969
Page
6
Initial tests on the first moon rocks show no lunar germs. Apollo 11 astronauts Armstrong Collins and Aldrin to be released from quarantine August 1 and begin public appearances.
Preliminary evidence from Mariner spacecraft marks water vapor as a positive indicator Mars could host life yet nitrogen remains undetected. Mariner 6 returned detailed images of a cratered equator, akin to the Moon, while Mariner 7 faced telemetry glitches but continued its approach and data collection. Temperature on Mars ranged from 75F above zero to minus 100F.
U S forces continued pressure around Saigon with heavy B52 strikes within 17 miles of the capital. The lull in major fighting endured with only two mortar and rocket attacks overnight, while 950 U S troops were flown home. A South Vietnamese spokesman announced arrests of up to 50 suspected spies tied to a Communist ring.
Las Vegas police reported a burglary at Mitzi Peseneilo's home 1912 Wengert Ave. The theft totaled more than 7000 with a mink store valued at 1750 plus a television stereo set 14 purses three wigs and assorted jewelry taken while she was at work. The burglars forced a door open and ransacked the bedrooms in a single story residence.
Collins a six foot English major and former student at a nearby college was arrested and charged with murder in the disappearance and death of Miss Beineman. Authorities report six other sex slayings with longhaired victims ages 13 to 23 found within a 15 mile area around Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti over the past two years. Collins faces a pretrial examination and was described by friends as a popular but sometimes moody high school football star.
Dr. Wilmot N. Hess quit as director of science and applications at the Manned Spacecraft Center amid a major lunar study program. He will become director of research laboratories for the Environmental Sciences Service Administration in Boulder Colorado. He cited no reasons and declined timing questions. He praised Apollo 11 as a tremendous scientific success.
A dense listing of show reservations and acts across multiple rooms including Lounge acts with Tom Jones tribute Conesy and Jody's Five Cent, Skyroom performances by Ted Fio Rite and Jody’s Five, plus Mayfair style variety at Flamingo Room and Don the Beachcomber. Includes contact numbers: 735-5252 734-4119 735-5646 735-4242 735-4111.
A boy survived a bomb incident involving a cobalt X ray device from a St. Louis laboratory. Two demolition experts from Fort Leonard Wood arrived to assist. Protective screens shielded the throat as new X rays were taken. Demolition men found a mechanism inside the pipe and dismantled it, uncovering a wooden block with a metal screw. The pipe was removed from the boy’s neck.
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