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Las Vegas Sun

Location

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America

Date

Aug 19, 1969

Page

2

Union Pacific Rail Losses on Trains 5 and 6 Prompt Letters

A reader argues that Trains 5 and 6 serving Las Vegas to Los Angeles and Las Vegas to Salt Lake City lose money after mail and express removal in 1967. He cites operating costs and required passenger counts to break even, notes past passenger advertising spending, and defends the City of Los Angeles Dome liner service while criticizing subsidy claims and potential job losses.

Las Vegas Los Angeles Express Salt Lake City

Woodstock ends as Hendrix band plays national anthem

At White Lake New York the Jimi Hendrix Experience closed Woodstock with the national anthem as 50 000 to 100 000 fans remained from a peak crowd estimated at 450 000 to 600-acre dairy farm site. Police say traffic moved well as three thousand treated for injuries and four hundred for drug reactions.

White Lake N.Y Upi Sullivan County Raymond R. Mizsak Trenton Catskill Mountains

Boats and helicopters kill 41 enemy near Saigon

U S boats and gunships with floodlights killed 41 Communist troops just outside Saigon. B52 sorties dropped 800 tons in nine raids within 100 miles north and near the Cambodian border. Reports say 2,500 enemy and over 200 U S deaths since the campaign began.

Saigon UPI U.S Song Be Green Berets Cambodia Tay Ninh United States Laos South Vietnam 101St Airborne Division Montgomery A Shau U.S. Navy U.S. Army

King Hussein to Organize Arab Summit Talks

Cairo reports King Hussein of Jordan will meet with President Nasser to discuss an Arab summit on Israel. Sources say the chances of a full gathering are dim though Nasser seeks one citing regional changes since Khartoum 1967.

Cairo UPS el Ahram Hussein Jordan Gamal Abdel Nasser Israel Nasser Mideast Khartoum

Hanoi Hardens Stance Delays Paris Peace Talks Indefinitely

UPI reports North Vietnam aims to stall concrete negotiations at the Paris peace conference. Communists, citing Ho Chi Minh’s regime, expect U.S. withdrawal within 12 to 18 months on terms they control. Giap advocates guerrilla pressure to terrorize Saigon and mobilize southern uprisings.

London UPI Hanoi Paris Ho Chi Minh North Vietnam United States Vietnam Saigon Vo Nguyen Giap South Liberation Committees

Boulder City Students To Register This Week

Boulder City announces new and returning students entering Boulder City Junior-Senior High School must register at the Administration office this week. New students should bring last year report cards joining grades 6 through 11 who did not register in spring. A note on confectionery starch mentions National Starch and Chemical Corp developing Baka-Snak for improved processing.

Boulder City

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