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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1969
Page
2
The piece discusses a young lawyer who stands firm against pressure from a lobbyist representing insurance interests. It argues lobbyists provide useful information to lawmakers and can aid wise legislation, while noting a lingering urge to regulate lobbying to ensure accountability in Carson City.
Timothy Peebles a 19 year old student at San Francisco State College was seriously injured in a bomb explosion in the Creative Arts Building locker room. The blast occurred during class hours as nationwide campus protests continued with arrests and sit ins.
State Highway Department crews near Beatty rush to reopen US 95 area road segments from three miles south to 14 miles north of Beatty. Extra equipment from Southern Nevada contractors costs $6,000 per day since last Saturday. Major highways in and out of town were washed out by flood waters.
Nevada bankers urged changes to Gov. Laxalt investment scheme at a public hearing, arguing the proposed bill would steer about 40 million from Nevada banks to government securities. They said the state’s board should retain banking representation and opposed a high priced financial secretary.
Las Vegas Hughes Tool Co. spokesman said Howard Hughes is not connected to a Newport Washington land venture. TV reports linked 25 acres bought by Ancon Corp of Nevada whose partner Gabe Bolduc works at the Frontier Hotel. The land plan, costing several million dollars, reportedly included 4M homesites and a shopping center.
William Vernon Jones a 61 year old miner trapped four miles underground for nearly a week directed rescue efforts from a cubbyhole under a Honeycomb mine near Salt Lake City He guided dig directions after meals were sent through a two inch pipe and used pen flashlights to locate himself Jones said he could dig himself out and helped shape the path to safety with calm instructions as rescue teams pressed on
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan testified he was intoxicated and in a blackout when he shot Senator Robert F. Kennedy at the Ambassador Hotel on June 4. He recalled drinking gin cocktails and said he did not remember firing the revolver or drawing up the plan, though he admitted writing notebooks with statements like Kennedy must die.
Secretary of State William P Rogers named Nathaniel Samuels a New York investment banker as deputy undersecretary of state for economic affairs a newly created post Samuels 60 a Republican and Nixon supporter is a Kuhn Loeb & Co partner and will be the fourth ranking official on par with Alexis Johnson Rogers noted an announced assistant secretary for inter American affairs will follow Samuels post and that Charles Appleton Meyer Sears Roebuck vice president eastern director may fill that role.
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