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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1969
Page
2
A column notes a fashion gag about a navel, muses on a new beauty month, and jokes about a Moon mission mnemonic MEN. It cites donations, Paradise Valley homeowners troubles, and a Las Vegas TV fire incident. It also greets Diane Banke born 8 lbs and questions wage parity for women.
The Senate voted 91 to 0 to attach a testing storage and transport control amendment to a $20 billion defense bill. Defense Secretary Laird backed the measure paving House approval. Senator Stennis led the floor fight against critics of defense spending while Fulbright urged careful debate.
The Las Vegas Sun announces its editorial staff and notices its subscription rates and mailing facts. It lists key personnel including H M Greenspun as president and Bryn Armstrong as executive editor, and provides pricing for daily and Sunday copies, monthly and yearly plans, with a note on advance payment and U.S. mailing.
An unidentified man died after being struck by a car on Flamingo Road near Paradise Road. Witnesses described a mangled body and a damaged vehicle. highway patrol refused to release the driver’s identity or permit photos until charges, if any, are determined.
Jack Heitman, widower of Betty Ann Heitman, sues Terry Lynn Conger and Bank of Nevada in district court for $600,000 claiming negligence in lack of safety devices and alarm at the Overton branch during the Aug 27, 1967 robbery that left three employees dead. Conger pled guilty to murder on Jan 8, 1968. Suit filed by attorney Mike Hines.
First of 35 bodies from the gamblers' special airliner were brought out by helicopter from a high Sierra crash site near Mt. Whitney. Clouds hindered removal. 15 bodies remained missing as teams opened the DC3 fuselage seeking entombed remains.
The U.S. Weather Bureau reports the top U.S. temperature excluding Hawaii and Alaska reached 111 degrees at Needles California. A low of 41 degrees occurred at Pellston Michigan with readings for the 24 hour period ending at 4 a.m.
NBC declined to release cigarette advertising contracts for radio and TV and urged firms to use air time for other products or PSAs. The move mirrors ABC and threatens the tobacco industry plan to end ads by year end. CBS agrees to early termination. NBC blames tobacco firms for potential revenue disruption.
An 18-year-old Las Vegas youth died last night from a self-inflicted gunshot wound at his home. Richard Patrick, of 815 Paiute Dr., was found in the back yard about 8:30 p.m. Detectives found no evidence of foul play.
Dr R C Harrison B S D C specializes in weight reduction and is based at 1510 E Sahara. Phone 734 2592.
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