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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1969
Page
4
A columnist argues for mature audiences and against censorship noting The Boys in the Band exposes latent homosexuality as a social fact. The piece defends provocative drama, lauds the new Roman Theater, and cautions officials to avoid closing the production.
Nixon’s public hope to withdraw all American ground forces from Vietnam by year end could backfire. Observers warn staged pledges may fuel Communist bargaining and destabilize Paris talks while revealing split within U.S. strategy between phased withdrawals and rapid disengagement.
In Los Angeles UPI reports actress Samantha Eggar may take her two children to France for about 12 weeks during a film shoot after a court approved the stipulation. Judge William F. MacFaden kept the arrangement pending divorce trial filed by Tom Stern who alleges cruelty. Eggar likely will pursue an uncontested divorce after France trip.
Federal Watermaster Claude Dukes announced all outlet gates would be opened to maintain the lake at its legal elevation. The unprecedented release, due to heavy rains and record snowpack melt, will be gradual for four remaining gates to avoid a Truckee River crest.
Families of three Marines killed in Vietnam were summoned to the White House for a private ceremony honoring posthumous Congressional Medal of Honor awards. Citations praise Sgt Paul H Foster and Cpl Larry E Smedley for self sacrifice at the cost of their lives and Cpl Willam T Perkins for absorbing a grenade blast to save comrades. Foster was from San Francisco, Smedley from Front Royal Virginia, and Perkins from North Ridge California.
ATHENS Texas UPI Clint on Williams Murchison Sr. died at 4 35 am in Henderson County Memorial Hospital after years of illness He was 74 and lived at Glad Oaks Ranch in Athens His interests included Martha Washington Candy Delhi Oil Atlantic Life Field and Stream and many other ventures He and his sons once controlled Alleghany Corp which owned NY Central stock and chunks of B O and Missouri Pacific railroads Sid Richardson was involved They owned airplanes traveled world entertained guests at an 18000 acre Mexico ranch with no telephone. Clint Jr owns the Dallas Cowboys He rode to work in a plain Signposted office at 1201 Main and wore rumpled clothes.
A 24 year old Kiel mother sold her 4 month old daughter to a neighbor for 37.50 dollars. The child went to an orphanage and authorities may press criminal charges against the mother.
An earthquake described as fairly strong rocked parts of Japan, causing faint shaking reports across several prefectures and prompting no immediate tsunami alerts. Local authorities urged calm and inspections for structural damage.
Pat Baker who promoted Reno Instant Park joins the Laxalt Administration as provisional public information officer for the State Employment Security Department replacing Robert Bydalek who moves to tourism director. She must still take the competitive exam and be among the top five scorers for the post with a July 1 start and a pay range of 10502 to 12782.
The Institute of Sex Research at Indiana University selects the San Francisco Bay Area for its most extensive study of homosexuality. Tom Mauer, field director, says the area’s high per capita homosexuals and open attitudes suit the project aimed at dispelling fiction with fact. The study seeks 5,000 volunteers, with 1,600 chosen for a two hour interview covering 500 questions.
Strasbourg in 1957 saw the Council of Europe draft the Convention of the Extradition of Criminals to replace 185 bilateral accords. The move streamlined cross border law enforcement across Europe, marking a shift in how criminals were tracked beyond borders.
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