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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1969
Page
1
A Commerce Department outlook survey finds more than half of major U S firms expect at least five percent growth in 1969, mirroring 1968. Rail, telecom, computer, and consumer goods sectors lead gains with varied projections and tax withholdings cited as a damping factor.
United Press International reports sleet and snow lashed from Nebraska to Minnesota and Illinois while gulf coast towns sag under record lows. Mississippi prisons felt frostbite as sub zero temperatures reached Georgia and Florida warned. Beaumont and Lake Charles posted 21 and 23 degrees amid historic freezes. Jackson, Mississippi sunk to 11 degrees with Blairsville touching minus one.
Congress meets to certify Nixon as president and to approve a pay raise from 100000 to 200000 for the president. A second session will honor astronauts Borman Lovell and Anders after counting electoral votes.
Washington reports Israeli charge d affaires Shlomo Argov stated the United States would sell Israel 50 F4 Phantom jets after Beirut airport attack. The sale had been officially announced December 27, with Israel carrying out a retaliatory raid that destroyed 13 Arab airliners and caused substantial damage.
In Acapulco police rounded up the American and British cast of the hippie musical Hair and ordered them to leave Mexico within 24 hours after appearing naked on stage during the premiere. Mayor Israel Noguera closed the play.
The Soviet Union sent Venus 5, an unmanned probe weighing 2,494 pounds, toward Venus with plans to land in mid May. Venus 5 follows Venus 4, which landed on Venus in October 1967 and warned of extreme conditions for manned missions. Tass said the craft carries Lenin and USSR insignia and will conduct extensive deep space research after leaving a parking orbit.
Weather outlook calls for fair skies and warm temperatures with gentle winds. Today’s high near 68 and low around 35, after yesterday’s 64/36. Noontime humidity 32 percent. Sunrise 6:52, sunset 4:40.
Viet Cong assassination squad wounded South Vietnam's education minister and killed his car driver in downtown Saigon with a grenade. U S troops and planes killed 38 Reds on an infiltration route near Saigon as two new offensives were announced.
Police arrested Calvin K. Rust, 23, on charges he robbed Fergu son’s Motel on December 30 and fled in a bullet punctuated chase. Detectives nabbed him as he walked Casino Center Boulevard around 1 a.m. He is charged with the motel robbery and as a fugitive of Seattle. He allegedly held up a clerk at gunpoint and escaped with 350 dollars. He is suspected of burglaries in Seattle.
The Harris survey finds 61 percent of Americans expect Richard Nixon to do a good to excellent job in the White House. Voters favor unity and healing, with a shift toward consolidation and strong support for law and order. Most back arms control talks with the Russians but insist on military strength, while noting some concerns about the new administration.
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