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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1969
Page
1
Henderson officials accuse the Clark County Public Defender's Office of a contrived defense after Ike Gomez Saavedra, 28, was linked to rape burglary, with city leaders threatening a hearing to clear an officer amid a tense dispute over a smear.
Mostly sunny conditions with highs around 103 and a 11 percent humidity noontime in Las Vegas. The California Club, run by Frank Schivo, was temporarily closed by IRS agents over unpaid advance slot machine taxes totaling 40300 dollars with payment claimed missing despite a June 28 mailed check.
Las Vegas Board of City Commissioners voted unanimously to ask the Las Vegas Convention Authority for 10000 to fund Recreation Outreach for West Las Vegas children. The plan, a Governor’s Recreation Advisory Committee project, would provide supervision and bus transport to city parks and swimming pools.
County Commission Chairman Bill Briare floated making Monday a county holiday to honor the Apollo 11 moon landing. He would seek a poll of the commissioners after consulting County Administrator Dave Henry. Briare called the feat one of mankind’s greatest achievements.
Las Vegas officials voted unanimously to shut Tule Springs Children's Zoo immediately amid a controversy over neglect and cruelty allegations. The facility, opened in 1965, faced calls for restoration or takeover, but inspectors found no malice, only poor housing. Domestic animals to be placed in private homes.
Spacecraft commander Neil Armstrong Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins retired about 9 p.m. EDT after a day in space. They aired an unscheduled 16 minute video showing Earth from 60,000 miles out as the ship sped toward deep space. The blue white globe of Earth stood against black, with the American continent visible. Armstrong said the crew was fit as a fiddle and planned no sleeping pills. A postflight quiz followed an unusually accurate launch that allowed skipping a planned course adjustment.
Two Air Force officers formerly stationed at Nellis Air Force Base are en route to the moon aboard Apollo Eleven. Collins, 38, the Apollo 11 command module pilot, led the 523rd Field Training Detachment at Nellis and previously commanded the first F-105D detachment. Chief Master Sergeant Harlyn Turner, now NCOIC at the 429th Tactical Fighter Squadron avionics branch, was part of that unit.
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