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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1970
Page
2
The writer questions rumors that the Miami Herald endorsed gambling legislation. Verification shows the Herald opposed any move to restore gambling, with both the newspaper and local businessmen against it. The piece suggests rumors distort facts and urges cautious, optimistic outlook for Nevada’s future.
Chancellor Willy Brandt proposes negotiations with East Germany Premier Willy Stoph on declarations renouncing force and future relations based on equality. The move stops short of recognition sought by East German leader Ulbricht, while ADN hints at studying the letter before replying. Western observers doubt any meaningful outcome.
A small storm off the California coast may bring a little rain to the Las Vegas Valley but precipitation probability is only 20 percent. Temperatures 69 and 40 are forecast with cloudy skies and possible mountain showers. Southerly winds 15 to 25 mph gusts. Friday’s high and low were 64 and 42. The period is unlikely to yield a Grade A weekend.
A Las Vegas Sun masthead notice lists Greenspud president Ray Germain and Ruthe Deskin as vice president and secretary, Barbara Greenspun as treasurer, Haney Womack as general manager, and Vince Anse managing editor with Gerry Appleby and Bart Bus as editors. Advertising and circulation roles are named, with subscription rates shown for mail orders.
Israel’s High Court ruled five to four that a person may be Jewish without belonging to the Jewish faith. Navy Cmdr Benjamin Shalit argued his children could be registered as Jews without conversion, challenging rabbinical criteria. The decision, praised by secularists, challenges a core tenet of Israel as a Jewish religious state.
Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley told 11 Russian journalists that the Democratic Party will not split over dissent and noted younger members bringing new ideas. He defended police restraint during the 1968 convention and praised President Nixon for fighting inflation as crime in the nation rises. The Russians, guests of the American Society of Newspapers Editors, toured the United States after a U.S. journalist tour in Russia.
Canberra reports rapid growth with the decade ending mid 1969 showing a 33 percent rise in the labor force and more than 60 percent gain in production.
HONG KONG AP Chinese news agency denounces President Nixon as pursuing a vicious policy intended to cause Asian factions to fight each other. The New China News Agency cites Vice President Agnew’s Asia tour and Formosa talks with Chiang Kai-shek as evidence of U S imperialist maneuvers in Taiwan and broader regional strategy. The piece claims U S Soviet collusion and warns of two Chinas being promoted in the region.
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