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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1969
Page
4
Apollo 9 pilots McDivitt Scott and Schweickart brief officials on their ten days in orbit and screen the first film and stills from their mission. Spokesman says best shots are coming and shows scenes of spacewalks and the tin foil landing craft as the trio returns home to cheering families after the Atlantic splashdown.
Nevada Senator Howard W. Cannon told Henderson Boys Club that FBI data show nearly half of serious crimes involve juveniles, with higher suburban increases. He urged juvenile decency, engagement with institutions, and support for 18 voting age and the Young Participation Bill to involve youth in government.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal and Reno Evening Gazette led awards in a state news contest. Prizes cited include best editorial on a Nevada subject to Nevada State Journal editor Paul Leonard and best local sports column awarded to the Las Vegas SUN's Tom Diskin.
In predawn gunfire, members of the Black Panthers were named as prime suspects in a shooting into the apartment of Ronald Freeman, a Black Panther leader. Police said links are unproven but retaliation for a Panther wounded during a school boycott dispute may be involved, amid a long feud with US militants.
Stavros Niarchos charged Aristotle Onassis plans to profit heavily from a Greek government oil refinery project. Niarchos claimed Onassis was awarded the refinery contract without competition and would reap exorbitant crude oil and freight profits.
North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces shelled Saigon in multiple volleys, with five 100 pound rockets landing in the city and others striking near the presidential palace. Allied artillery hit the rocket belt as casualties rose from attacks near DMZ outposts and a U.S. Marine base. Two prisoners from Cam Lo claimed DMZ operations by the 27th NVA regiment.
In London Chelea district singer Judy Garland, 46, wed her fifth husband Mickey Deans, 35, in a 15 minute civil ceremony. A crowd of about 200 watched as police cleared the way for the couple and Best Man Johnny Ray.
United Press International reports ships from two nations racing to respond to a mutiny at sea with a freighter missing and a gasoline tanker explosion in New York Harbor. An American tug named Alice L Moran, 21 feet, with 20 crew, was seen sailing under its own power 35 miles east of Bermuda by an Air Force plane.
A savage late winter storm paralyzed much of southeastern New Mexico and western Texas with up to 12 inches of snow and winds driving drifts to six feet. Hobbs isolated, roads blocked to U.S. 180, and Carlsbad Caverns closed. Texas cities reported heavy snow and rain with widespread travel disruption and power outages.
A poll shows 89 percent favor spending on better teachers, 93 percent want fiscal control over non teaching costs, and 89 percent oppose forced integration improving education. It also notes strong demand for strict campus discipline and limited student influence on curriculum, with 99 percent opposing student input on teacher selection. Franklin praises the results.
Both sides accuse the other of starting the five hour fight on Damansky Chen Pao Treasure island. Tass cites a crushing rebuff if provocations continue while Peking Radio reports bloodshed and a strong protest. Soviet claims say Chinese forces attacked from Manchurian banks with tanks and artillery. China says Soviets first struck and intruded into Chinese territory.
President Nixon and aides met in a war parley that touched on a tough decision in response to continued attacks on South Vietnamese cities. Discussion included possible deployment of an antiballistic missile system and its impact on the 18 nation disarmament talks resuming at Geneva next week.
A sniper fatally wounded 60 year old conductor George Burns on a Penn Central commuter train as it stopped at the 125th Street Park Avenue elevated station in Harlem Manhattan. Police stopped the train and searched the surrounding area after the shooting between 7 and 7:05 p.m. Burns was leaning from the car to place steps for boarding when shot.
Explosions rocked Gaza with grenades and Molotovs drawing heavy measures along the border while Nablus stays under curfew. An Arab guerrilla network was said to be behind several attacks, with arrests totaling around two hundred. Israel contends a Russian Katyusha hit a Golan area, and peace talks with the United Nations were discussed in New York.
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