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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1970
Page
6
In a Brooklyn ghetto area residents angered by uncollected trash set refuse on fire sparking a night of arson looting and harassment of police and firemen. Fire Chief Joseph O Hagan said policemen told
Three Fortuna High School 1970 graduates and a school administrator voiced sharp criticism at last week’s ceremony, accusing adults and the board of suppressing creativity and targeting college demonstrators. In New York City, unrest erupted in East New York Brownsville with fires, looting, and arrests after midnight protests.
President Nixon repeated calls for House passage of his emergency mortgage relief proposal aimed at freeing up to 400,000 American home buyers this year. HUD Secretary Romney said the bill could seed billions in loans and provide 1.5 billion in standby funds for nonprofit housing if enacted.
Queen Elizabeth names Sir Laurence Oliver first theater peer for services to the stage. Richard Burton gains a CBE and David Frost an OBE. The honors also recognize Dame Sybil Thorndike and others in arts, politics, and sport for contributions to culture and public life.
Seventeenth century Bermudians used tobacco leaves for currency. Government employees were paid and business transactions made with tobacco quantities, cultivated on the island. The colony now deals in Bermuda dollars.
Al Sachs announces Godfrey Miller joins Stardust Hotel staff as vice president corporate sales. Miller brings 28 years in automotive and hotel sales, plus work with P. K. Wrigley, Kroger, and Sheraton. Born in St Louis and educated in Kansas, his role aims to expand group business for Stardust and Las Vegas.
Premier Souvanna Phouma vowed to retake Saravane and Attopeu in southern Laos as government battalions and units, aided by U.S. air support, move to recapture the two provincial capitals from Communist forces. Approximately 500 North Vietnamese troops were reported in Saravane, with more battalions nearby.
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