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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1969
Page
6
The Ecuadorian destroyer Guayaquil opened fire on several U S tuna clippers near Salinas. Vessels including Neptune were later released, with U S and Ecuadorian officials debating 200 mile limits and legality. Clipper seizures and guarded radios drew State Department scrutiny and calls for armed protection.
Two days after the couple vanished on June 1 their car with a bloody axe and shovel was found seven miles south of Jackson. Blood stains on a Snake River bridge and in their Wilson home led Wyoming authorities to conclude they were murdered. Sheriff Cheney believes their bodies were dumped into the Snake River and may never be found. Search parties continue daily along the river banks.
Federal narcotics agents seized 22 pounds of metha done and heroin substitute valued at about 500000 dollars and shut down a secret drug lab in a Mississippi Maryland raid. Dr James J Harper, 38, of Tupelo was among those arrested along with two others.
Commissioner Darwin Lamb who moved to terminate Adams four year contract says Adams has had one hearing and declined another. Ingersoll notes a Tupelo lab capable of 10 kilograms monthly methadone with about 100000 wholesale value and 500000 retail. Harper and Johnson face narcotics charges with arraignments in Aberdeen Mississippi and Baltimore Maryland.
Defense attorney Wiener stated plans for a motion for a new trial after Arbill was sentenced to life. Prosecutors Jeffers and Little praised Brad Arbill's testimony as pivotal to conviction. Judge Wartman will set the sentence details on July 1 with possible executive clemency after ten years subject to parole board and governor approval.
A rosary for six year old Jeffrey David Herman who drowned at a Tucson summer camp will be recited at St Annes Catholic Church at 8 p m tomorrow. A requiem mass follows at 9 a m Monday. Survivors include his parents Aaron and family at 589 FE St Louis Ave his sister Andrea and relatives in California and Nevada with pallbearers Al Munani Geno Munani Jon Palange Willie Cutler and Frank Vasari. Burial is set for Palm Memorial Park.
Spain agrees to a one month extension allowing U S bases in Spain in return for 50 million dollars in military aid and a 34 million Eximbank loan. Castiella says bases will become exclusively Spanish after a phasing out period amid wider reluctance to host foreign bases.
The FBI charged a hijacker identified as Brent with air piracy carrying up to 20 years, and concealed weapon charges with fines up to 1,000 and one year in prison. The Cuban arrest followed a long airliner hijack reported by pilot George Rehnke, ending with a tall man in a dark suit seized in Havana. Police near San Francisco reported a Panthers shootout injuring three officers. suspects faced robbery and assault charges as a Panther purge repudiated involved criminals.
Fighting spreads to Port Tewfik as gunfire injures two American visitors and Dwyer Sadr. Israeli spokesmen claim Egyptian troops fire mortars into Ismaillia and shell areas north of Port Tewfik. Israel reports no casualties.
Clark County Sanitation District approves a 4 40 per cent rate increase to help fund a 6.5 million bond for expanding the sewer plant. Bond consultant Guild Gray from Burrows Smith and Company outlines financing, possible federal aid, and a future rate hearing before a public vote.
UPI reporting from Saigon says U S and allied forces repelled a three day battle around Tay Ninh near the Cambodian border. U S casualties included four Americans killed and 16 wounded with North Vietnamese losses reported at 511 killed and 90 bodies counted in one outpost engagement. Rebels attacked Landing Zone Ike with heavy fighting and air strikes backed the defense.
New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller walked four blocks through Asuncion to the Pantheon and crowds cheered as he met with President Stroessner during a Latin America fact finding trip for President Nixon. He paid tribute to Paraguay’s martyrs with a wreath and continued meetings with leaders before heading to Uruguay.
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