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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1969
Page
2
A U S Army helicopter crashed during a four hour clash near the DMZ while evacuating three UN Command members wounded by North Korean fire. Eight aboard were killed. The incident occurred during Operation Focus Retina, a large US South Korean exercise involving thousands of troops.
A World War II veteran recounts legal struggles and a St Patrick's Day courtroom scene in the Bronx. He and his allies face a liquor charge and lack funds, while Judge and Mrs McDonald's influence shape a lenient outcome. The piece reflects on Irish pride, heritage, and wartime memories.
Caroline Christina Reagan 34 of Rochester New York was found strangled in her apartment at 2899 West Sahara Avenue. Police issued an all points bulletin for a male suspect whose name was not released. Autopsy says death occurred Tuesday with no forced entry and remnants of a chicken dinner were found.
Budapest reports say a one day Warsaw Pact summit will focus on deteriorating Sino Soviet relations. Officials indicate Czechoslovakia Vietnam and the Middle East will be discussed but the main topic remains Soviet China tensions amid border clashes. Leaders from a fast European defense group will meet in the Hungarian parliament building on the Danube for the top level session.
The U.S. Weather Bureau reports a nationwide low of four degrees below zero excluding Alaska and Hawaii, observed at Laramie Wyoming, while Presidio Texas reached a high of 80. The 24 hour weather table was compiled by the Weather Bureau in San Francisco.
Miss Jackie Davis, 29, of the Moulin Rouge Hotel, was shot in the chest around 5 p.m. yesterday. Police remain puzzled about the exact location, shooter, and circumstances as Davis refused to cooperate beyond noting the incident occurred near p St and Bonanza Rd while a car sped away. She was treated at Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital and listed in good condition.
Albert J. Pieretti 54 a Las Vegas SUN night foreman in the composing room died Friday after finishing a shift. A rosary is tonight at Palm Chapel with funeral tomorrow at 9 30 a.m. at St Juan of Arc Catholic Church. Burial at Woodlawn Cemetery. He is survived by his mother and two sisters. Pieretti a 40 year newspaper veteran worked in Las Vegas and was born in Carlin Nevada. He studied at Las Vegas High School and apprenticed with the Review Journal before joining the Free Press. He served in World War II and later worked for a newspaper in Boston Mass. He lived with his mother at 690 8th Street.
THIS WEEK reports Betty Furness and Ralph Nader will testify on creating a Department of Consumer Affairs. A subcommittee hearing on uranium mining radiation standards is planned. Senate Armed Services begins FY 1970 procurement hearings March 18. National debt legislation moves to floor. housing subcommittee holds three day hearing on lumber price crisis. March 22 NCAA finals in Louisville conclude fund raising dinners for Kennedy campaign in LA.
Dr. R. C. Harrison B.S. D.C. specializes in weight reduction at 1510 Sahara. Phone number listed as 734-2592.
South Korea’s Prime Minister Chung Il Kwon urged the United States to boost troop levels and offered land in Korea for new bases if Washington must abandon its Okinawa military complex under Japan pressure.
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