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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1969
Page
2
The newspaper endorses honesty in public office while warning against corruption and deception. It pledges to defend the community’s welfare, oppose outsiders who defame Las Vegas, and hold local officials and merchants to account. It invites hopeful candidates with honorable motives to seek office and vows firm scrutiny of misdeeds.
Cathy Jones, 17, left Mexia High School lunchroom saying she didn’t want soup. Her body was found hours later on ranch land about five miles south of Mexia, with 18 stab wounds from neck to abdomen. Police say wounds came from a small sharp pocket knife. School officials note she was a popular junior.
The five leading air hubs by commercial passenger volume are O Hare Chicago Kennedy New York Los Angeles Atlanta and San Francisco airports, the top figures in national travel.
Mixed miscellaneous sale notes include women’s shoes size up to 5, a large 3 bedroom on a large lot with fruit trees, a small two bedroom, a garage sale with kitchen appliances and a white upholstered chair, and a 75 hp cabin cruiser outboard priced at 1500 with contact numbers.
The Las Vegas Sun presents its masthead with staff names led by H M Greenspun and executives such as Bryn Armstrong and Tom Odiskin. It also lists subscription rates for daily, Sunday, and mail options, with sizes from one month to twelve months and advance payment requirements.
Allied officials say no substantial progress likely in the 20th Vietnam peace conference session. North Vietnam and Viet Cong demand unconditional U.S. troop withdrawal and reject coalition government ideas while Thieu and Nixon meet on Midway Island. Tran Buu Kiem returns to Paris from Cuba for Thursday talks.
Sen. J. William Fulbright warned there can be no peace in Southeast Asia if Nixon seeks to control Vietnam by proxy through the Saigon government. He criticized Thieu ahead of a Midway Island meeting with Nixon, urging large cuts in military spending and arguing for shifting funds to civilian programs to boost employment. He cited a $1.2 trillion spend since World War I and urged negotiation with the Soviet Union on arms control. Experts warned a $1 billion defense cut could cut jobs, while civilian growth would add more.
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