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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1969
Page
2
A columnist muses on neighbor Sherlock Holmes sessions the Navy summer for his son and a crowded Lake Tahoe guest season. He jokes about a teen bike enthusiast, a St Bernard’s hospital stay and the wife pressuring him to write the column while managing domestic chaos.
Thailand's Foreign Minister Thanat Khoman said Bangkok does not plan to eject American troops and will pursue a phased withdrawal of many of the 49,000 US personnel. Talks with ambassador Ungar to begin Monday will explore a graduated reduction while keeping Green Berets temporarily. Bangkok hopes the move eases U.S. fears of a second Vietnam and may allow some U.S. forces to remain if Thai needs continue.
Classifieds note events and job ads from 1960s era listings. BASA Ballroom Studio invites readers to learn today and dance tonight at 362 1918. Additional notices include help wanted for female office work with light bookkeeping and typing duties and TV scene roles seeking a secretary receptionist with excellent typing and shorthand. Also listed are commercial rentals for an imaginary beauty salon with utilities and weekly rate and a Norte address with phone numbers.
The U.S. Weather Bureau reports yesterday's high of 113 degrees in Palm Springs California, excluding Hawaii and Alaska. Watertown New York recorded a low of 30 degrees.
Capt Budge E Williams one of eight Special Forces men charged with murder writes parents that they want to quiet us down He reports a 30 day confinement in a tin roof cell describing humane society complaints and harshness of his punishment.
Tricia Nixon, 23, sat up and felt better but doctors were unsure of the cause of her abdominal pains prompting a hospital stay. She would spend a second night in the presidential suite at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
Anatoly Marchenko aged 31, a dissident with literary aims, was sentenced to two years in a corrective labor camp for slandering the Soviet Union and will be moved to a harsher regime for anti-Soviet propaganda.
Police lifted the dusk to dawn curfew in Forrest City Arkansas after a night marked by racially charged violence. Two National Guard units were sent on alert as authorities sought to restore order.
The House rejected Rep. Adam Clayton Powell Jr.'s offer to drop a $55,000 back pay claim in exchange for rescinding a $25,000 seating fine. Powell's lawyers argued he had no back pay due, while House counsel contended the House could recover about $46,000 or more from alleged misappropriation of funds.
Sarge Joseph B. Attardi from Windsor Locks Connecticut was convicted by a court martial on two charges for reproducing and delivering a classified document without authorization. He was sentenced to three years in prison for the offense committed in Heidelberg Germany.
Nearly half of the Justice Department civil rights lawyers signaled grievances toward the Nixon administration over school desegregation policies. A committee will draft a document aimed at Atty. Gen. Mitchell and Asst. Atty. Gen. Leonard, seeking assurances the civil rights program remains firm.
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