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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1969
Page
2
A Las Vegas observer argues against expanding university facilities with public money. He says adding hundreds of hotel rooms is cheaper than founding new campuses and urges citizens to petition state senators and the governor to oppose subsidies he calls larceny.
Police cleared a Stony Brook library sit-in where 20 people were handcuffed after an all-night demonstration. In North Carolina, Gov. Scott ordered building clearances and National Guard alert to quell campus unrest tied to Duke and NC State students.
The Senate Finance Committee refused to authorize distribution of federal relief funds via the State Welfare Division for Cubans who have settled in Las Vegas Nevada. About 1 000 Cubans have fled to Las Vegas with 160 receiving federal welfare payments. Governor Laxalt supported continuation of the federal program.
Tense clash erupts as the Regional Planning Council and Clark County Commission resume their feud over control of funding and projects. The dispute centers on sewer line approvals and a plan to hire a full time regional planning director amid questions of authority and process.
Police used tear gas canisters to scatter stone throwing students at North Carolina A and T University amid clashes yesterday. Helmeted officers also dispersed a student sit in at Stony Brook Library on the New York State campus. Fidel Castro warned that Cuba faces stubborn enemies and threatened death to those he calls delinquent opponents.
Cmdr. Lloyd M. Bucher told five admirals that Pueblo lacked power to resist its North Korean seizure. He urged review of prisoner conduct codes and defended leadership during 11 months of imprisonment. The court adjourned after eight weeks of testimony with findings due in about 10 days.
Saigon reports show 789 Americans killed and 4,251 wounded in the first 14 days of the current offensive beginning February 23, versus 816 dead and 4,250 wounded in the same Tet period of 1968. Communist losses were down, with allied figures listing 10,876 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong killed in the first two weeks of 1969.
The McDivitts and the Scotts and Schweickarts hosted splashdown parties at home with gingerbread cookies and champagne as Apollo 9 returned. Wives praised the close TV coverage and precision of the splashdown while recounting past missions and personal moments from the flight.
Manitoba remains the sole Canadian province without a poll tax in its fiscal history. No provincial poll tax has ever been implemented there, marking a unique policy path among provinces.
President Mohammad Ayub Khan announced support for a parliamentary government with popular elections at a Karachi conference ending three days of talks between government and opposition leaders seeking to halt four months of violence.
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