Forum panel sums views on crime and law enforcement
SUN Youth Forum members under moderator Robert Mullen conclude that police brutality does not indict an entire department and that gun registration helps background checks but harms honest owners. They urge juvenile rights, jury trials, and merit-based judges, while noting Supreme Court interpretations affect law enforcement.
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Robert Mullen
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Hughes Investments Fuel Clark County Boom In Las Vegas
Figures show a migration and economic surge in Clark County from 1965 to 1968 with Howard Hughes driving growth. Hughes acquisitions include the Desert Inn Sands Castaways Silver Slipper Frontier and Landmark Tower resorts plus large ranch and land holdings surrounding Las Vegas.
Hughes bid for Air West faces decision by stockholders
Industrialist Howard Hughes appears likely to win a 94 million bid to buy Air West after competing offers. A 10:30 a.m. stockholders meeting in Millbrae, California was called amid threats of delaying tactics by Air West officials opposing the sale.
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Air West
Millbrae
Calif
Hughes
Nick Bez
Northwest Airlines
Four Air West
Civil Aeronautics Board
CAB
Wall Street Journal
Northwest
Bank of America
Bez
Western High Band to March in Nixon Inaugural Parade
Western High School 80 member band to represent Nevada in Nixon's inaugural parade with nationwide TV coverage. Transportation via chartered plane costs 16689 dollars plus 6000 dollars for food lodging and local travel for band members and 10 chaperones. officials plan to raise funds.
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Nevada
Las Vegas
Western
Nixon
Paul Laxalt
Ray Morgan
the Sun
Washington
Ed Fike
Laxalt
Lee Canyon Opens 1968 69 Ski Season Snowed In
Lee Canyon ski area opens after fresh snow near eight to fifteen inches. Ken Highfield reports opening day attendance around 250 as forecasted temperatures reach into the fifties in the valley. Clark County deputies remind visitors to carry chains and snow tires and check mountain road entrances.
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Apollo 8 Returns From Historic Flight To Carrier
Apollo 8 astronauts Frank Borman James Lovell and William Anders were nearing splashdown aboard the aircraft carrier Yorktown in the Pacific after a six day mission that carried mankind farther than ever before toward the Moon. The descent was planned to begin around dawn with three parachutes to slow the craft to 25 mph before it settles into the sea as rescue ships and air cover stand by across 800 miles of ocean.
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Houston
Tex
Frank Borman
James Lovell
Bill Anders
U.S.S. Yorktown
Pacific Ocean
Pacific
Hawaii
Las Vegas
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Moon
Yorktown
Cochrane
Arlington
Navy
Hughes Buys 11 Million Strip Land On Las Vegas Strip
Industrialist Howard Hughes purchased 67 acres on the Las Vegas Strip for 11 million in cash. The El Rancho site, destroyed by fire in 1960, was sold by Beldon Katleman to Hughes for a planned 2000 room hotel and shopping center. Hughes already owns Desert Inn, Sands, Castaways, Silver Slipper, Frontier, Landmark Tower, and KLAS-TV.
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Howard Hughes
Las Vegas Strip
Beldon Katleman
el Rancho
Hughes
Sahara Avenue
Thunderbird
Sahara Hotels
del Webb
Hughes Organization
Weather brief for today with mild conditions
Partly cloudy with gentle winds. Today's high around 50 and low near 30. Noontime humidity 54 percent. Sunrise at 6 50 and sunset at 4 33. Yesterday's high 51 and low 40.
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