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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1969
Page
2
Op-ed argues for returning to old hand cranked telephones and party lines to monitor conversations. It advocates privatized crime gossip through neighbor networks and FBI presence on every block, urging citizens to surrender private phones and endure pervasive surveillance.
In Uttar Pradesh near Benares an express passenger train derailed injuring 141 and killing 52. Sixty seriously hurt remained in critical condition as 46 bodies were recovered and six survivors died later. A relief train and medical teams moved to the Maghal River bridge approach for rescue.
The National Highway Safety Bureau approves a two channel radio system for the Las Vegas Police motorcycle division. Federal funds of 15324 and a local 1727 bring total to 17051 to ease traffic problems and improve enforcement, accident response, and radio communication.
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield said Nixon let his temper affect judgment when he said he hoped to beat Clark Clifford's timetable for withdrawing US troops from Vietnam. Mansfield urged free elections in South Vietnam supervised by the ICC as soon as possible.
CAPE KENNEDY UP S Apollo 11 Flight Director Clifford E Charlesworth said Armstrong and Aldrin have a very high chance to land on the moon next month and return safely. He noted the mission would still be a success if they merely reach the moon and depart without walking on the surface.
In Gatlinburg Tennessee a seven year old boy, Dennis Martin, vanished on a camping trip in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. A thousand searchers including Green Beret troops, park rangers, National Guardsmen, and volunteers search Bates Mountain for a week with little progress. The boy’s father remains optimistic, hoping he survived in the highlands or lowlands as authorities extend the rescue effort.
The U.S. Court of Appeals denied a bid to block Warren Burger from taking oaths as chief justice. Opponents argued the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings violated the right to petition.
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