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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1969
Page
2
A citizen voices alarm at escalating Vietnam policy warning of a nuclear confrontation with China and Russia. He argues diplomacy has failed, the United States is cornered, and Soviet arms fuel Ho Chi Minh as Vietnam drags on.
Former astronaut John H. Glenn announced his bid for the Democratic nomination for the U S Senate in Ohio. He will seek the seat held by retiring Sen Stephen M Young as Glenn campaigns across the state ahead of the May primary.
A midweek shift leaves daybreak pastel and bright then overcast by afternoon with possible showers. The forecast calls for increasing cloudiness and daytime highs around the mid fifties with overnight lows near the upper thirties. Winds expected to stay gentle as the period ends with 24 hour temperatures ending at 4 a.m.
New York reports that average annual spend per dog is 115 dollars across 26 million U.S. dogs, totaling about 3 billion. Dog food expenditures exceed baby food and many pets receive more nutritious meals than their owners, highlighting growing pet care spending.
The House narrowly approved President Nixon's plan to broaden voting safeguards nationwide, replacing the 1965 Voting Rights Act focus on the South. The measure, praised by some and opposed by civil rights groups, passed 208 to 203 and 234 to 179, sending it to the Senate. It would bar literacy tests nationwide until 1974 and allow residents to vote for president and vice president if they have lived in their district since the election year start.
Jackie Robinson, baseball hall of fame and Republican, told a Senate subcommittee that the Nixon administration ignores Negro aspirations and risks bloody confrontations from growing minority unrest. He named Thurmond, Mitchell, and Agnew as embodying hostile attitudes toward blacks.
The Las Vegas Sun lists editors and officers led by H. M. Greenspun and Barbara Greenspun with roles such as president and treasurer. It details circulation, advertising, and office staff, plus subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions and placement within the United States.
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