Moon mission recovery ends smoothly after splashdown
McDivitt and Scott, bearded and wet, reached the USS Guadalcanal deck hours after splashing down near noon. They and Schweickart rode a recovery basket and, despite rough water, reported good health and humor as the mission kept the lunar program on track for May orbit and July landing.
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U.S
James McDivitt
David Scott
Russell Schweickart
UPI
Entertainers Delay Walkout On Strip For A Week
A planned one week delay to a Strip showroom and lounge entertainers strike was voted after AGVA members met at the Convention Center. The union seeks a $53 weekly raise to $246, a six day work week, pension plans and holiday pay with full Central Labor Council support likely to back the action if unresolved by March 21.
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Confessed Killer Describes Double Murder of Two Wyoming Men
Robert Lindblad testified in Reno about the killings of Jackson Wyoming businessmen Larry Olinger and Robert Stucker. He said Glenn Lucas shot one man in the head and he shot the other, tying the August 1967 slayings to the October discovery of their decomposed bodies in a shallow grave. The defendants include Lucas Lindblad Todd Linn and David Goldsmith, with trial before Dist. Judge William Compton.
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Reno
Glenn Lucas
Lucas
Lindblad
Jackson
Wyo
Larry Olinger
Robert Stucker
Senate approves nuclear pact amid ABM debate
The Senate voted 83 to 15 to approve a treaty aimed at halting nuclear weapons spread after an eight month stalemate. Fulbright warned deployment of the ABM could violate the treaty's spirit while urging continued arms negotiations and bipartisan opposition to the Sentinel.
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Frisco Club Seeks Las Vegas Dancers for Topless Show
Las Vegas showgirls threatened to strike after being offered jobs as topless dancers at the Condor Club in San Francisco. The club telegrammed Penny Singleton, vice president of the American Guild of Variety Artists, saying they would pay $40 per day to any Las Vegas show girl willing to dance topless.
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Condor Club
Penny Singleton
American Guild of Variety Artists
County Rejects Release for Tom Hanley from Vegas Jail
Chief Criminal Deputy Dist. Atty. Earl Gripentrog said there is little chance of former labor boss and accused killer Tom Hanley being released from county jail despite a Nevada Supreme Court order that reasonable bail be provided.
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Tom Hanley
Nevada Supreme Court
Hanley
City Budget Parley Cuts Revenues and Raises Ad Valorem Tax
City Commission advanced a $1 million plus revenue cut for 1969 70 while offsetting with a 30 cent ad valorem tax rise. Jim Corey urged rescinding a 4 percent utility franchise fee and trimming liquor merchandising and occupational licenses as the Nevada Tax Commission deadline looms.
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Jim Corey
Nevada Tax Commission
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