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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1970
Page
1
Angela Dan admitted Communist Party member and was removed from UCLA faculty by the Board of Regents. The action follows her extremist speeches and affiliations prompting dismissal.
Clark County Commissioner James G Sailor Ryan will announce his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for governor on June 27 a source close to Ryan told the SUN He will then travel to Carson City on June 29 to file for the post The delay was linked to ongoing labor talks between unions and contractors at the Nevada Test Site.
A critique of demagogues notes that forceful leaders rise and fall, citing McCarthy and others. It compares current figures to historic tyrants, highlights appeals to race and class, and warns against unchecked power backed by presidents and institutions.
Berkeley UC professor of law and AFC chair John K. McNulty said the Board of Regents action to not rehire Angela Davis was unconstitutional and violated academic freedom. He argued termination due to Davis’s Communist party membership conflicts with the First Amendment and academic freedom protections.
Cape Kennedy reports a secret Atlas Agena launch to place a high orbit missile warning satellite. Officials cite a repeat of two earlier missions with sensors in near stationary equatorial orbits to detect Soviet or Red China missile launches.
In Southern Nevada 4000 craft union members stayed off the job after a strike by Operating Engineers Local 12 halted earth moving and other earthwork in the Las Vegas Valley and slowed activity at the Nevada Test Site. Management and union talks are scheduled for early next week as the dispute widens with other crafts joining the work stoppage except Teamsters Local 631.
Seven construction workers fell 130 feet when the grain elevator roof collapsed at Albert City Farmers Coop as concrete work proceeded. Two others were injured. one survivor clung to a catwalk and climbed to safety. Rescuers took two hours to recover the bodies and treat the injured. The accident occurred minutes before quitting time. son of a local family described the scene in shock.
Assistant Commerce Secretary Kenneth Davis Jr. was fired after publicly attacking three White House advisers. Commerce Secretary Maurice H. Stans said Davis resigned, though Davis claimed he had not submitted a resignation and remained in his post. The dismissal followed Davis’s critique of Nixon administration import restriction plans.
Winter city commissioners agreed to a 70 dollar monthly across the board pay raise for about 1,300 city employees, costing the city about 1.3 million annually. The raise follows a prior 50 dollar increase earlier this year and requires union approval before formal adoption at the July 1 meeting.
Weather forecast shows sunny and hot conditions through Sunday with mostly gentle winds. Today's high near 105 and low around 70, while yesterday's high was 14 and low 68. A year ago today the readings were 99 and 70 with sunrise at 5 24 a.m. and sunset at 8 01 p.m.
Rep. Wright Patman chairing a broad hearing series to probe unemployment inflation and growth, accusing Nixon of failing to tackle economic problems. Hearings begin July 8 with witnesses from labor, industry, banking and academia on topics from productivity to antitrust.
Queen Elizabeth named Conservative leader Edward Heath Britain's new prime minister after he swept out Harold Wilson's Labour government in a stunning upset. Heath pledged to unite the nation and spoke to cheering Britons from the steps of his new official residence.
The Las Vegas Sun launches PRO FILES an editorial feature drawn by Bob Petersen assistant circulation manager. Each week a notable figure appears on the anniversary of a major news event he helped shape. Petersen a self taught artist has eight years with the Sun. The first portrait features Joe Louis former heavyweight boxing champion and appears on the editorial page.
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