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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1969
Page
4
Armstrong Aldrin and Collins spoke at a crowded conference at the Manne Spacecraft Center, recounting the July 1969 moon landing. They described a tense descent, successful moonwalk, and the plan to advance exploration while recalling the broader decade long effort.
Tarik Akhtar Janjua, accused of killing his wife Ruth, prepares to testify as defense. Key witnesses include former Hughes Flight Center staffer Michael Cassel and math teacher Gurdip Grewal, outlining a night of poker, confessions, and alleged self defense during a rapid sequence of events at 2199 FE Green St. Las Vegas police and pathologist Dr. James Clarke testified on the death by asphyxia.
The American Bar Association declined to judge the propriety of Supreme Court Justice William C. Douglas accepting a 12000 annual fee from the Parvin Foundation. Sen. John J. Williams said the ABA said facts were insufficient to express an opinion on the inquiry despite concerns over foundation income from Las Vegas gambling mortgage assets.
In Lone Pine California, 27 bodies were recovered from an 11 announce ridge in the High Sierra by yesterday after a Gamblers Special DC3 crash on Feb 18 killed 35. Five bodies were located in the fuselage on Tuesday, with eight others still missing and presumed entombed on Hogback Ridge near Mt Whitnes.
The Mad Mummy of Rock Hill provoked a chase by screaming youngsters during a screening of The Lemon Grove Kids Meet the Monsters. Charles Norton, hired as live monster, fled to the manager’s office as youths pursued him through the theater until staff halted the film.
United Press International reports a heavy wave of Viet Cong and North Vietnamese attacks across South Vietnam. More than 30 U S servicemen were killed and about 200 wounded, with Allied estimates of Viet Cong losses exceeding 400. The surge ended a seven week lull and sparked talk of a potential summer offensive.
Homicide detectives questioned friends and acquaintances of actress Sharon Tate as they pursue leads in the Benedict Canyon massacre. Police say hundreds of names are involved and confirm no new evidence or prime suspect. 17 sergeants and two lieutenants are on the case around the clock.
Four suspects in a shooting case are described, with two identified as approaching within yards of a campsite armed with handguns. The sheriff says little evidence was found and the area was reportedly cleaned up. Wadsworth, a Reno witness, notes a federal investigation is underway.
William Lennon a 93 year old golf range pro and father to the Lennon sisters was killed in a midday shooting at a Marina Del Rey golf range parking lot. A six foot two suspect with a beard fled in a car after firing three times. Lennon was a Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce president and guided his daughters Diane Peggy Kathy and Janet who appeared on Lawrence Welk.
Massachusetts District Attorney Edmund Dinis filed a request under state law for Pennsylvania authorities to exhume Mary Jo’s body. The move aims to pursue new evidence in the case.
Columnist Jack Anderson asserts Sen. Edward M. Kennedy did not swim the 150 yards from Chappaquiddick Island to Martha’s Vineyard after the car went off the bridge killing Mary Jo Kopechne. He says Kennedy was ferried across by cousin Joe Gargan and Paul Markham in a boat.
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