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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1969
Page
2
A reader denounces mail-order shopping, urges buying from local merchants, and promotes a campaign to return junk mail to senders. They cite privacy and decency concerns and quote District Attorney George Franklin on residents rights against unwanted solicitations.
President Nixon lauded West German Chancellor Willy Brandt for seeking improved ties with Eastern Europe. Secretary of State Rogers said the United States and Germany run on parallel courses and denied reports of withheld information on eastern policy. Rogers met with Scheel and Brandt during NATO foreign ministers’ year end review in Brussels and Bonn.
The Las Vegas Sun publishes mornings including Sundays at 197 S Highland Ave Las Vegas Nevada 89106. Named officers include H M Greenspun president Ray Germain vice president Ruthe Deskin secretary Barbara Greenspun treasurer and Haney Womack general manager. Subscription rates list daily 10 cents Sunday 25 cents and monthly plans up to 42 dollars with advance payment required.
UPI reports Marine hijacker Raffaele Minichiello dismissed his Hollywood lawyer Marvin Mitchelson after Mitchelson sold memoirs to The New York Times. Minichiello also fired Domenico D Amati, an Italian associate, and remains represented by four Italian lawyers while his trial venue dispute continues between the United States and Italy.
The U.S. Weather Bureau records Friday high of 78 degrees at Brownsville Texas and a low of five degrees below zero at Butte Montana reflecting wide regional temperature swings.
A brief note describes a mother facing health issues shifting from laryngitis to writer’s cramp. It outlines the ordeal as a personal challenge affecting daily tasks and productivity. The tone suggests a sympathetic glimpse into a caregiver’s endurance.
Two assemblymen from the Ways and Means Committee will meet with Foster Parents of Nevada, Inc., at West Charleston Elementary School at 8 p.m. Tuesday to discuss why the grant increase for foster families was blocked. Glenn Beahn, who has six foster children, says grants have not risen in 10 years while costs rise, with current averages around 65 dollars a month per child and variable by age. Prospective foster families must meet state economic, social, and medical standards.
Obituaries list Gabriel Sorrentino 76 of 416 S Lith Street with services at St. Joan of Arc Church and burial at Woodlawn Cemetery. Also graveside rites for infant Vincent Greenhaw at Woodlawn. Funeral arrangements note Ruben Green Jr 51 of Tallulah and Ruben Green Sr and other survivors.
Clark County's Local 1908 of the International Association of Fire Fighters must negotiate a contract by February 1. Commissioners Bob Broadbent and James Ryan were designated to negotiate for the county. Ryan is a labor union official and Broadbent serves on the county Salary Committee.
A December 22 organizational hearing is scheduled to form a Mesquite Sanitation District board. The new ordinance defines the district boundaries, purposes and powers, following a measure passed by commissioners on Friday.
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