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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1968
Page
1
University of Nevada Regents meet at NSU for closed sessions and discuss campus unrest and a 24 hour visiting hours petition from NSU men students. Governor Laxalt cancels due to flu amid discussion of finances and medical education in the biennium request.
Air West faces a strike threat from the Air Line Employees Association with a 30 day grace period before potential departure. Negotiations continue in Phoenix with IAMW representing a large share of Air West workers in Las Vegas and Phoenix.
Two Air West directors opposed to the Hughes tool takeover seek a counter deal with Mallory Randall Corp offering 1.9 Mallory Randall shares per Air West share. Mallory Randall chairman Bernard M. Goldsmith says talks target a tender offer while Air West executives resist.
A Pan American Airways Boeing 707 jet with 50 persons aboard crashed last night a few miles off the coast of Venezuela near Caracas. Thirty-two people aboard the aircraft were unaccounted for as naval vessels from La Guayra raced to the scene to conduct rescue operations.
Retail Clerks Local 1536 ratified a two year contract with the Nevada Licensed Beverage Association covering 200 employees in 55 liquor outlets. The agreement came after a union threat to strike, just before the holiday season. Navy vessels searched the area following a reported plane crash near La Guayra.
Schwabacher & Co of San Francisco will merge into Blair & Co of New York. The union creates a west coast division with 15 Schwabacher offices and a six day sick leave plan paid if unused. Blair expands with 32 offices. both firms are NYSE members and expect improved service and underwriting strength.
Clear and sunny conditions with gentle winds. Today’s high 53 and low 25, yesterday’s high 50 and low 26. Noontime humidity 19 percent. Sunrise 6 43 and sunset 4 27.
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