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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1969
Page
1
Space Center Houston reports Apollo 11 rocks from Tranquility Base may date back billions of years. Scientists say the lunar material suggests the Moon formed early in the solar system and that surface changes occurred more slowly than previously thought.
At a mass emergency meeting 2 500 CCCTA members voted 708 in favor and 301 against to return to work under protest in Clark County 86 schools. The resolution drafted by Clayton Gill urged good faith negotiations while signaling dissatisfaction with the school board’s handling.
A Korean seaman fell from the Liberian freighter Pedelara about 115 miles off Nicaragua. He clung to a giant turtle for 15 hours before a Swedish vessel Citadel rescued him and brought him toward Los Angeles. The shipowner in Sweden reported the incident.
Sydney. Captain John P. Stevenson, skipper of the Australian carrier Melbourne, was acquitted of partial responsibility for the collision that split the U S destroyer Evans in the South China Sea during a Southeast Asia Treaty Organization exercise. The court martial directed not guilty and honorably acquitted Stevenson after hearing prosecutors’ charges of failure to give proper direction and to take necessary actions to avoid a collision.
British army units occupied Dungannon County Tyrone to curb potential violence between Catholics and Protestant militants after clashes and shootings in the area. In Belfast a shot was fired at police but no injuries occurred as bishops blame Protestant militants for recent violence.
Obed Glennon Mason, 43, was arrested at UNLV after allegedly driving at youths attending a protest against the military draft. Deputies say he attempted to disable or ram the group while taking down license numbers. He was booked on loitering charges in the county jail. Mason previously faced assault charges in May 1968 for actions against NAACP officials, which were dropped.
A 21 year old Indian Springs airman James R Hoffman drowned near shore at Lake Mead close to Vegas Wash off 33 Hole Road. Rangers reported the drowning occurred about 6 50 p m and SUN had no further details at press time.
A Harris survey finds 53 percent say landing a man on the moon was worth it, while 44 percent oppose spending 4 billion dollars a year for 10 years on moon and space exploration. Support rose seven points, but majorities remain skeptical of high future outlays. Negro citizens oppose domestic progress by 68 to 19 percent. 97 percent followed the moon event.
In Nelson County Virginia rescuers search acres of mud for bodies from the Camille flood. More than 100 people are presumed dead with 75 found and about 80 still missing. Massies Mill and Davis Creek are reported destroyed.
Helicopters moved National Guardsmen inland to rescue families stranded by Hurricane Camille along the Gulf Coast. Clergymen prayed amid debris as officials tally hundreds of millions in damage with 206 dead reported and thousands evacuated to shelters, Red Cross figures citing 139 dead and 5,506 homes destroyed.
Mostly sunny today with gentle winds and variable cloudiness. A chance of thunder showers. Today's high 103 and low 78. Noontime humidity at 31 percent. Sunrise at 5 06 and sunset at 7 26.
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