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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1969
Page
2
The piece argues militant campus actions are criminal yet protests are a vital force. It urges redirecting energy from national issues to local reform such as housing, parks, pollution, and fair employment, while preserving civil rights and nonviolent civic engagement.
Eastern Nevada sees fair conditions with a few showers on the eastern border and highs of 75 to 85. Southern and western areas stay fair with highs near 98 to 110 and a windy afternoon. Lake Tahoe remains fair with low humidity and very high fire danger. overall temperatures 75 to 83, lows 25 to 55.
The Las Vegas Sun Inc publishers and staff are named with executive roles at 171 S Highland Ave Las Vegas Nevada. The listing includes H M GreenSpun president and Barbara GreenSpun treasurer with other executives and editors. Subscription rates for daily and Sunday papers are provided for mail and single copy sales.
A jumble of rental units including 12 and 46 unit apartments, a 30 unit motel, and 4 and 2 unit properties with yearly gross incomes ranging from 13 000 to 77 000. Also includes 42 studio apartments, an auto sale request seeking 62 to 66 Volkswagens in cash for quick sale. Contact numbers provided.
United Press International provides a 24 hour reading ending at 4 a.m. detailing regional temperatures and rainfall amounts. Data covers multiple locations with emphasis on deviations from normal patterns and notable rainfall events.
Seven Mississippi Ku Klux Klan members convicted of plotting to kill civil rights workers had their appeals for dismissal of the convictions denied by the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals. The decision marks the first time whites were convicted of a major civil rights crime in Mississippi.
The House pursues a tactic in the Powell dispute that could trigger another Supreme Court clash. After a ruling that House members illegally barred Powell from the 90th Congress, the court left back pay issues to be resolved by the District of Columbia.
Four Queens Hotel and Casino guards join United Security and Investigative Offices of Nevada Local 1 in an organizing drive with petitions filed at the Four Queens Circus Circus and International Hotel. NLRB actions target local hotels while ASIO consultant Hank Pesner refutes Teamsters Local 995 ties and cites the 1959 NLRA clause barring guards from joining broader employee groups.
UPI reports a week of slowing losses in Vietnam. US forces suffered 190 deaths and 1 367 wounded, compared with 244 killed and 1 409 wounded the prior week. Allied forces killed 2 757 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong, with 3 898 killed in the prior week. South Vietnamese losses totaled 398 dead and 928 wounded, versus 477 dead and 1 269 wounded the week before.
About 1,100 delegates registered for the Fifth National Convention of the Young Americans For Freedom at the Stouffer's Riverfront Inn in St Louis. They filled corridors and lobbies with impromptu sessions and a banner reading sock it to the left. Jim Wallis of Collinsville Illinois attended as a Southern Illinois University student and urged finding an answer to the new left.
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