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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1970
Page
2
The piece argues the lack of money and inflation demand strict expenditure priorities. It criticizes Gov. Laxalt for not calling a special session while agencies push for new allocations, noting high interest costs and the impact on housing needs and living conditions.
Rep. Walter S. Baring of Nevada voiced mixed feelings after Nixon's State of the Union. He welcomed calls for air and water pollution controls and crime narcotics and pornography actions, but criticized welfare handout proposals and urged against guaranteed annual income while supporting targeted aid.
Local weather report notes quiet conditions in the Las Vegas Valley with pleasant days and nights, light winds, and a stable 65 to 40 degree range. Spearfish North Dakota experiences extreme swings as Chinook winds cause rapid temperature jumps and drops. The January full moon was visible for some observers with more chances expected on February 21.
Senator Barry Goldwater told NBC today that eliminating air pollution requires a hard line with industry even at the risk of job losses. He argued existing laws exist but are not enforced and urged citizens to pressure local politicians for action.
The Las Vegas Sun lists its leadership including H M Greenspun president and Bryn Armstrong executive editor. It provides subscription rates by mail and single copy prices for daily and Sunday issues and notes national advertising representation and professional memberships.
An eight passenger twin engine Rocky Mountain Airways plane crashed while attempting to land at Aspen Colorado. All aboard died. The aircraft from Denver struck near Dr. William Murray’s home in snowy conditions. The pilot tentatively identified as Russ Harrison attempted a second approach after windshield icing. Passengers were John M. Keim Winnetka Illinois Robert P Webster Jr Lowell Massachusetts Stuart A Lackman Washington DC Leslie A Gross Denver Clayton S Keller Short Hills New Jersey Herbert A Herrmann Barrington Illinois and Douglas F Smith Winnetka Illinois.
The Pan Am Boeing 747 News headline notes the first jumbo jet’s return to New York from London with 150 passengers and 18 crew, 66 percent full on the London to New York hop and a seven hour late inbound leg, amid no mechanical issues.
President Nixon ordered 40,000 tons of high protein food monthly to Nigeria to avert famine in Biafra. The package includes airplanes, 50 generators, 10,000 blankets, 10,000 hurricane lamps, and four Red Cross aircraft. Distribution will be handled by Nigeria with US air support and no US Air Force markings.
Mme Nguyen Thi Binh told the Paris peace talks the Viet Cong charged that U S and allied forces massacred over 700 civilians in five villages during a Sea Tiger operation in November 1969. US and South Vietnamese aides denied the charges as propaganda.
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