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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1969
Page
1
High school participants in the fourteenth annual SUN Youth Forum call for United States withdrawal from Vietnam with debate over immediacy versus gradual pullout. The panel also weighs United Nations reform, veto power, and U.S. discretion in foreign aid amid broader foreign policy views.
On No Change Day firefighters collect a record amount for fire victims. The Goodfellows, a volunteer group of Las Vegas area firefighters, sell 5000 special Las Vegas SUN papers across Las Vegas North Las Vegas Henderson and the county to aid homes burned or destroyed. Last year they spent over 1500 on shelter food and clothing, aiding a Las Vegas firefighter. More than 225 volunteers sell papers and expect to finish sales easily.
In Los Angeles a Las Vegas developer Maurice Friedman and Beverly Hills gambler Manuel Jacobs were found guilty on twelve counts tied to secret grand jury transcripts in the Friars Club card cheating case. They face sentencing February 2 and await two more counts being deliberated.
President Nixon warned Congress he would veto the HEW spending measure in its present form due to high cost. Leaders moved to defer final action until January as a continuing resolution would fund operations at current levels through end of January.
Deputies tracing four teeth from a desert body found near Pahrump to a San Bernardino dentist led to Dr. Dan Meyers of San Bernardino and a Los Angeles dental company that supplied the teeth. Investigators hope the dentist can help identify a 30 to 35 year old man shot three times whose name Paul Andrews appeared on a fragment in his pocket.
The body of 19 year old Yvette M Lanoir was found in a hedge near Rogers Memorial Hospital Washington. She had been abducted from Catholic University after a campus dance and was killed in a brutal attack. Police say she was beaten and strangled with panty hose and there were teeth marks welts on her abdomen and chest. A witness saw two men dump the body and drive away.
The SEC filed suit in New York accusing Continental Connector Co. of issuing false proxy statements tied to acquiring the Dunes Hotel and pursuing the Golden Nugget deal. Trading was suspended on the American Exchange. the firm, based in Woodside NY, owns Vegas Village stores in Nevada.
House and Senate conferees approve extending the Office of Economic Opportunity programs to July 1, 1971 at a cost of 34.2 billion. They delete the Murphy amendment limiting governors on legal services and set aside 329 million yearly for local initiative funding for community action programs. The package allocates 2.19 billion for 1970 and 2.8 billion for 1971 with Nixon requesting 2.04 billion for the current year.
The House approved a bill to hire up to 650 more White House police and extend protection duties to 117 foreign missions in Washington. The measure aims to curb crimes against embassies amid rising crime rates. The Senate was asked to allow creation of an 850-man force to guard foreign missions.
Howard Hughes plans to purchase 150 acres near Executive Airport for 2 million dollars from the county as part of a federal land swap with California sellers. The deal hinges on an emergency loan approval and Hughes guaranteed bidding, with the land then auctioned by the county.
Weather continued fair and mild with variable high cloudiness and gentle winds. Today’s high 60 and low 35 with sunrise at 6:47 am and sunset at 4:29 pm. Yesterday’s high 61 and low 37. A year ago today 91 and 26.
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