Senate blocks Dole Cambodia amendment amid Vietnam war debate
In Washington, the Senate rejected the Dole amendment by 54 to 36, allowing Nixon's Cambodia policy to continue pending POW/MIA issues. Church and Cooper praised the stand, while opponents vow further amendments as Byrd moves to test presidential authority in Cambodia.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Southeast Asia
Senate
U. S
Cambodia
Spon
Frank Church
Didaho
John Sherman Cooper
Rky
White House
Robert Dole
R-Kan
Vietnam
Gulf of Tonkin
Executive Branch
Cooper
Cooper-Church
Dole
Byrd
Church
Diplomas Awarded to 450 Rancho High Students
Debuted as part of a district ceremony, 450 Rancho High School seniors received diplomas. Recipients included Debbie Clements-Southern Utah State renewable music scholarship for $276 per quarter, Daniel D Copplin-UNLV track scholarship for $1,367, and Lynda Duncan-Jerry's Nugget of North Las Vegas with the Jerry Lodge and Max C Fleischmann Foundation awards totaling $2,000. Additional honors list Bill Earnhardt across Fleischmann and Seattle University scholarships totaling $2,400 plus a Reader's Digest subscription for valedictorian.
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Debbie Clements
Southern Utah State
Daniel D. Copplin
Lynda Duncan
Jerry's Nugget of
North Las Vegas
Jerry Lodge
Max C. Fleischmann
Bill Earnhardt
Seattle University
Reader’s Digest
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Scho
Lynn Greenhill
Stanford University
Gary Gehring — Ellis
Douglas Hafen
Department of Math
Pi My Epsilon Fraternity
University of Nevada, Reno
UNR
Rebecca Johnson
Brigham Young University
BYU
al Johnson
Southern Utah State College
Willie Jones
Ellis
Mike Lengas
Curtis Lucas
Bear Creek Mining Company
John Manis
Charca School of Hawaii
Rhonda Nasalroad
Sahara Beauty Academy
Roxanne Prawalsky
North Las
Jill Snyder
Max C. Fleischmann Foundation
Theta Rho Sorority
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Local 357
Cecilia Shearron
Spelman College
Atlanta
Don Winslow
Reynolds Electrical and Engineering Co
Wendell Williams
Sue Williamson
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Gorman High Honors Class of 1970 Scholarships and Awards
The Gorman High School Class of 1970 graduates receive numerous scholarships and awards. UNLV scholarships cover tuition renewable annually. other notable awards include U S Air Force Academy appointment for Tom MecCance and U S Merchant Marine Academy for Steve Romeo. Many students earn university and foundation scholarships majoring in science, arts, and leadership roles.
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Gorman High
Mary Lewin
Mojave
Steve Romeo
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
Patty O'Grady
McCuen
Sue Shroer
Jim Robichaud
Suzanne Drace
Craig Franklin
Nancy Worboys
Mitzie Hiegel
Mary Ann Danoski
Terri Looney
Society of Outstanding America
H Igh
Brian Martinez
Mary Mengarelli
Tom Banfield
Anne Diorio
Terri Pinjuv
Miriam Cote
Alison Lee
Terri Loney
Cheryl Butera
Mary Ann Daneski
Mary Megarelli
Pam Paramore
Lucy Yeager
Patti Price
Tom Blanfield
Margaret Holm
Jacqueline Giraud
Tom Burns
Jef Benedetti
Barbara Brennan
Betty Crocker
Homemaker
Carpenters Walk Out At Mercury Test Site Over Safety and Pay
Carpenters Local 1780 voted 63 to 7 on June 3 to strike Reynolds REECO at the Mercury Test Site over unsafe conditions tied to Operating Engineers Local 12 and contract fringe benefits. Negotiations resume June 17 as carpenters seek pay and benefits aligned with state standards.
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Carpenters
Joe M. Cordova
Carpenters Union
REECO
Mercury Test Site
Reynolds Company
Reynolds
Operating Engineers Local 12
Ex-Air West Official Sues Howard Hughes over Firing
G Robert Henry former Air West president filed a 500000 damage suit in Redwood City California against Hughes Air Corp Hughes Tool Co and A W Liquidating Corp. He claims Hughes interests had no right to fire him when they took over the financially troubled airline earlier this year. Henry says his 10 year employment contract with Pacific Airlines became an obligation of the Hughes acquisition and that he was fired effective May 1 with notice May 14.
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G. Robert Henry
Air West
Redwood City
California
Hughes
Wall Street Journal
Henry
Howard Hughes
Hughes Air Corp
Hughes Tool Co
New York
Market Manager Wounded In Teen Bandit Attack
John Gray of 2201 Maroney Ave was wounded about 10 p.m. when a Stop and Go market at Atlantic and Russell was robbed by two juveniles aged 15 to 17. He was shot in the upper right lung and hospitalized in critical condition with surgery pending. The teens fled on foot.
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John Gray
Maroney Ave
Atlantic
Russel
Gray
Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital
Debt Ceiling Raised to 395 Billion amid War Spending
The House approved raising the debt limit from 377 to 395 billion dollars by a 236 to 127 vote. Critics faulted Indochina spending and pressed for faster U.S. withdrawal, while sponsors warned failure would topple Wall Street and starve welfare programs.
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Washington
UPI
House
Wall Street
Nixon
Indochina
Wilbur D. Mills
Ways and Means Committee
Arkansas Democrat
Conrad Fraser
D-Minn
U. S
Southeast Asia
John Byrnes
Nixon Defends Cambodia Move as 50,000 Troops Readied for Evacuation
President Nixon announced plans to bring 50,000 troops home by October 15 with 17,000 already back from the Cambodian operation. He asserted all American forces except air support and advisers would be out of Cambodia by July 1, while air missions could continue to protect troops in South Vietnam. Nixon praised the operation's success, warned Hanoi over renewed attacks, and urged Paris talks toward peace. He cited Gen. Abrams on battlefield gains and showed captured arms and rice totaling millions of rounds and thousands of mortars and rockets.
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Church
Dole
Robert C. Byrd
D-W. Va
Nixon
Cambodia
Cooper
Abrams
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Paris
Vietnam
Lyndon B. Johnson
United States
Ronald L. Ziegler
Hanoi
Nixor
Creighton W. Abrams
U. S
White House
San Clemente
Calif
Oval
Kimble Pleads Guilty To Reduced Voluntary Manslaughter
Louis Kimble 20 pleads guilty to voluntary manslaughter in the shooting death of John L. McCraney at a West Las Vegas service station after an argument over a 15 cent bottle of pop. Judge William Compton sets July 6 sentencing. potential 10 year term.
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Louis Kimble
John L. McCraney
Las Vegas
Compton
Kimble
Show Producer Larry Steele Sues Riviera Hotel
A hearing Friday in U S District Court will decide a motion to compel Riviera Hotel defense to depose plaintiff Larry Steele. Steele, a New Jersey resident, sues for breach of contract over a 1967 show deal with Riviera’s national booking agent claiming $15 000 weekly payments for four weeks and seeking $177 000 in damages filed August 1968.
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Larry Steele
Riviera Hotel
U. S. District Court
Steele
New Jersey
Riviera
CBS Newsman’s body identified in Cambodia
In Phnom Penh a body tentatively identified as CBS correspondent George Syvertsen was found in a shallow grave near his burnt jeep. Five other CBS newsmen were reported captured after the Khmer Rouge incident. three other men, including Gerald Miller, were found dead near the same site. CBS officials say Syvertsen likely killed during the Cambodian campaign.
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Phnom Penh
UPI
George Syvertsen
CBS
Syvertsen
Gerald Miller
Columbia Broadcasting System
New York
Saigon
David Miller
Cambodia
CBS News
Richard §. Salant
Unity Capital to Merge With Weston and Weston Units
Unity Capital Corp plans a merger with Weston while retaining Weston’s identity. Weston operates from Salt Lake City and Las Vegas with 17 month bear market impacts and a SEC readiness process. Weston CEO and Las Vegas manager Richard B. Taylor noted integration details and offices nationwide.
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Interphase Stock and Registry Corp
Salt Lake City
Winston & Co
Provo
Utah
International Hotel
Las Vegas
Securities and Exchange Commission
Unity Capital Corp
William McDonell
Joseph Cherry
Wall Street
New York City
Minneapolis
Nixon Faces blistering antiwar critique in Congress
Rep. Allard Lowenstein calls Vietnamization a hoax and urges direct action. Sen. Jacob Javits accuses Nixon of delaying troop withdrawal and warns of rising domestic division and danger from the Cambodian operation's fallout.
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Allard K. Lowenstein
D-N-Y
Saigon
Hanoi
Las Vegas Pilot Leads Arizona Plane Crash Survivors
Four people escaped serious injury when a light aircraft crashed in extreme northern Arizona. They walked 25 miles to a ranger station before being transported to a hospital. Survivors named by the Civil Air Patrol include pilot Ted Sorensen of Las Vegas and passengers Grover Hendricks Dennis Fischer Jerry Glazier.
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Fredonia
Ariz
UPI
Arizona
Civil Air Patrol
Jacobs Lake
Ryan Ranger Station
CAP
Ted Sorensen
Las Vegas
Nev
Grover Hendricks
Dennis Fischer
Tucson
Jerry Glazier
Hurricane
Utah
Nevada
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Garth Garrrett
UNLV
John Giles
National Defense
Lee Gray
Katherine, Ariz
John Richey
Here
National Park Rangers
Richey
Bullhead City
Dist
Clarence Sundean
Sundean
William Compton
District Attorney’s Office
Newsmans
Weston
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