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Las Vegas Sun

Location

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America

Date

Aug 05, 1969

Page

2

Workmen's Comp in Backstage Safety Question Raised

A SUNdial column discusses whether a backstage injury linked to a stage duties could be an industrial accident under the Workmen's Compensation Act. Nevada Industrial Commission and county fire department have approved backstage wiring safety as auditor Bob Schomer offers tours to verify. The piece also notes other local anecdotes and closing remarks from Ruthe D.

Bob Schomer the Dunes Schomer Nevada Industrial Commission Bob

McGovern warns safeguard proposal may be millstone

Senator George McGovern warns that a safeguard measure could become a millstone if approved. He stresses potential economic and political costs and urges careful consideration by lawmakers.

McGovern D-S.c Nixon Senate

Soviet Criticism of U S Policy Hits Presumably Nixon Visit

Moscow denounces U S aims to build bridges to Eastern Europe and collective security in the Far East. Izvestia cites Czechoslovakia as proof of imperialist designs and calls for Warsaw Pact unity while noting Bratislava Agreement anniversaries and criticizing anti socialist forces.

Moscow UPI Soviet Union Eastern Europe Far East Izvestia Nixon Romania Czechoslovakia Soviet Bloc Bloc Bratislava Pravda William P. Rodgers Rogers Seoul Kremlin

British Plan To Kill Hitler Rejected By Whitehall As Unsportsmanlike

The 1938 British plan to assassinate Adolf Hitler, proposed by the Berlin military attaché, was vetoed by Whitehall as unsportsmanlike according to Der Spiegel. The scheme aimed from a Berlin apartment near Hitler’s parade stand using a silenced rapid-fire rifle, with band noise masking the shot.

Hitler Whitehall Bonn UPI Berlin Adolf Hitler London der Spiegel Frank Noel Mona MacFarlane-Hall Westminster

Nation's Weather Heat Record Topped at Needles

The United States Weather Bureau reports the highest temperature excluding Alaska and Hawaii reached 119 degrees at Needles California. The low for the period was 42 degrees at Kalispell Montana.

New York

Appalachian Women Quilt Makers Display Artful Works

In Washington, women from the Appalachian Mountains devote 60 to 80 hours to creating quilts that are showcased as art. Some quilts are exhibited at the Smithsonian Institution.

Washington Appalachian Mountains Smithsonian Institution

New York Faces Severe Power Crisis After Generator Failures

Three generators failed at Consolidated Edison triggering a grid emergency in New York City. Charles F. Luce warned of possible rolling blackouts affecting suburban areas to preserve system integrity. Astoria units repaired by Monday. Ravenswood unit may take two to four weeks to return.

New York UPI Metropolitan Charles F. Luce Consolidated Editson Corp Luce Con Astoria Queens Ravenswood Long Island City Washington, D. C

District Court Mulls Reopening Ted's Case

Edgartown Massachusetts District Court weighs an inquest into the death of Mary Jo Kopechne in the Kennedy car crash on Chappaquiddick Island. District Attorney Edmund S. Dinis seeks a reopened inquiry. Judge James A. Boyle will decide within days.

Mary Jo Kopechne Edward M. Kennedy James A. Boyle Edgartown Dist Atty Edmund S. Dinis New Bedford Boyle Kenneth I. Nash District Court System Nash Dinis District Court Thomas A. Teller Chappaquiddick Island Martha’s Vineyard Kopechne Robert Kennedy Kennedy Tauro Pennsylvania Miss Kopechne Donald R. Mills

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