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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1970
Page
1
Officials estimate the recent quake in the Callejon de Huaylas valley may yield the highest death toll since the region’s disaster history. Emergency crews rush to affected towns as rescue efforts continue amid aftershocks and limited access.
Hank Greenspun salutes Robert A. Maheu as Las Vegas marks four years of Maheu’s influence. The column praises his behind the scenes leadership in integrating new residents and revitalizing the economy, noting his key role with Howard Hughes and the town’s recent momentum. The piece emphasizes Maheu’s unseen power and impact in guiding Las Vegas through a precarious period.
President Nixon selects Henry Cabot Lodge 67 a veteran diplomat to serve as special envoy to the Vatican without official title or Senate confirmation. Lodge will visit Rome two to three times yearly to discuss policies with Pope Paul VI and seek the pope’s views on world affairs. His first Rome visit is planned for month’s end.
Negotiations between Reynolds Electrical and Engineering Co and ten craft unions at the Nevada Atomic Test Site near Las Vegas proceed without break. Observers expect weekend withdrawals for talks. unions and REECO lack new agreements after contract expirations on June 1. Operating Engineers Local 12 and some Carpenters walked out over safety concerns and unqualified personnel on equipment.
Partly cloudy with a chance of afternoon and evening showers and thundershowers today and Sunday. Gusty winds up to 36 mph this afternoon. Today's highs near 100 and a low around 7. Yesterday's highs were 99 and the low 72. A year ago today the high was 103 and the low 71 with sunrise at 5:24 and sunset at 7:00.
The Defense Department awarded about 1.7 billion dollars in contracts to North American Rockwell and General Electric to design a new supersonic bomber and its jet engines. The project could total nearly 8 billion if Pentagon orders 200 aircraft to replace the B52 as the primary U.S. strategic bomber. The initial development contract amounts to 1.35 billion dollars.
Lynda Bird Robb gave birth to a pound 13 ounce girl at Bethesda Naval Hospital at 3 10 pm EDT. The newborn is Lyndon B. Johnson’s fourth grandchild with Lady Bird Johnson and Maj. Charles Robb present. The couple hoped for a Texas soil ritual but the jar stayed in the room. they consider naming possibilities, with Andrew Wyckliffe as a boy option.
Howard Hughes finally acquires the 6 acre El Rancho site on Sahara Avenue after more than two years of legal sparring with Beldon Katleman. The deal followed a May 20 district court session and a day-long bargaining session ending after 5 p m. local time.
In Copenhagen a Polish Lot Airliner with 23 passengers was hijacked by a Pole armed with two grenades. The hijacker Josef Mosczynsky forced the Anotov 24B to land at Copenhagen where he sought political asylum and was detained as Denmark considers Poland's extradition request. Police seized a grenade on the ground at the airport and no one was harmed.
President Nixon plans a high level commission to study stopping airline hijacks and telephoned Captain David C. Hope at Fairfax Hospital to call him a national hero after Hope was wounded during the Dulles hijack showdown. Nixon recalled their Guadalcanal past and wished for a speedy recovery.
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