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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1969
Page
2
A reader questions plaque spending by the Boy Scouts and suggests funds could aid a child’s Scout shirt. She mentions Alan Laythorpe and Kirk Kerkorian as local notables, jokes about a pollution solution, and recalls a Convention Center tour anecdote.
Former Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey said he will seriously consider running for the U S Senate from Minnesota in 1970 to fill the seat vacated by Eugene J. McCarthy. He also urged Edward Kennedy not to resign and commented on Democratic strategy and national issues.
Major General R G Zack Taylor commander of the U S Tactical Fighter Weapons Center at Nellis Air Force Base will be honored at a testimonial dinner August 14 at the Sands Hotel. The event sponsored by local chambers of commerce and city governments honors his exceptional cooperation with Southern Nevada communities.
The U S weather bureau reports the nation’s highest 24 hour temperature excluding Alaska and Hawaii as 107 degrees at Needles California and Laredo Texas. The low reached 44 degrees at Fort Bragg California as temperatures and precipitation for the 24 hour period ending 4 a m are noted.
Secretary of State William P. Rogers said he believes the United States and Japan can reach a mutually acceptable agreement on Okinawa’s future status. He noted President Nixon has made Okinawa’s status a principal foreign policy objective as Rogers toured South Korea, Nationalist China, Hong Kong, Australia and New Zealand after arriving from Jakarta.
Harvard psychiatrist Dr. Robert Coles urged a national policy to end migrant labor peonage and child abuse. He proposed subsidizing migrant income to encourage permanent residency, arguing it would steady labor while aiding growers. Sen. Mondale backed several points but cited open borders as a barrier to ending migrancy.
Whitney M. Young Jr. flies a broadside at the Nixon Administration claiming a retreat on civil rights as the nation pursues space exploration. He cites desegregation setbacks, Voting Rights Act funding cuts, and discriminatory contracts as signs of a backlash, while urging the league to stay relevant to young and poor Americans.
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