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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1969
Page
1
District Attorney George Franklin released an 11 question survey to 400 Las Vegas residents showing 93 percent favor harsher punishment, 95 percent say trial judges are too lenient, and 84 percent oppose open housing as currently framed. The results guide Clark County legislators in Carson City.
A humorous column blends Irish holiday tributes with memories of Friendly Sons, a Brooklyn two family house tale, and a mother figure’s steadfast landlord ethic. The piece shifts to personal recollections of a tenant’s jail, law school beginnings, and the Irish-American experience.
A man identified as Steven Schreck, 22, of Kansas City, was arrested on charges of cashing false money orders at 4th and Fremont. He has multiple identifications and is reportedly wanted in several cities and Puerto Rico. FBI fingerprint checks will determine his true identity.
The Las Vegas Sun led Nevada’s 1969 Better Newspaper Contest with four first place awards and eight prizes overall. Winners include Ruthe Deskin for best local column, Gene Lube for best local sports story, and Tom Diskin for best local sports column, announced at Stateline during the Nevada Press Association convention.
President Nixon and the National Security Council conferred on how to reply to the Communist offensive in Vietnam without jeopardizing the Paris peace talks. The session, with Laird and Rogers among others, lasted 70 minutes and produced no official word on policy changes.
Soviet forces repulsed a Chinese attack on a disputed island in the Usurri River after a five hour battle on the Sino-Siberian frontier. Casualties were reported on both sides, with 31 Soviet border guards killed and 14 wounded in a prior March 2 clash.
The day brings sunny skies with light winds from the west. High near 65 degrees, low around 40, humidity at noon about 22 percent. Sunrise is 5 50 and sunset at 5 49.
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