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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1969
Page
1
A Las Vegas tribute recounts Pete Pieretti longtime SUN staffer and newsroom dynamo who started as an apprentice and helped build the Free Press into the SUN. The piece praises his relentless deadline pressure, leadership, and devotion to making the paper shine each morning even at personal cost.
A DC9 jetliner crash near Maracaibo, worst airline disaster, killed at least 154 people including 46 Americans. Investigators flew the flight recorder to Washington and eight U.S. Venezuelan teams searched the scene while rumors of sabotage are being explored but deemed unconfirmed. President Caldera declared three days of national mourning.
Moscow reports 6000 troops from the Soviet Union and China clash near Damansky Island on the Ussuri River. Col. Lt. V. Leonov is killed and Lt. Col. Yevgeny Yanshin takes command as a regimental fight persists involving armor and artillery. Protest meetings erupt across the Soviet Union while Chinese embassies are guarded.
Clark County jail authorities reported quiet in the detention area after a melee of near riot proportions broke out in a 63 prisoner cell block late Sunday. Sheriff’s Captain Paul Ray said a fistfight sparked the disturbance, drawing over a dozen inmates into a tank. Those involved were isolated in single cells and to remain there for the duration of their stay. The overcrowded jail, built for 225, housed 251 yesterday.
An Air Force F 105 jet from Nellis AFB flipped during an emergency landing at Tonopah Airport just after noon yesterday. Maj. John R. Carson of Albuquerque and Capt. Russel F. Brownlee of Detroit escaped unharmed. A spokesman cited fuel transfer procedure malfunctions and left landing gear collapse as causes. Both officers, Vietnam veterans, belong to the 4525th Fighter Weapons Wing at Nellis.
Dr. Edward Crippen, fired Nevada State Health officer, accuses the Laxalt administration of covering up Fallon arsenic in the water two years ago. He testifies before a special Assembly subcommittee, blaming disloyal subordinates and lack of support, and cites lack of authority to address the issue. Assembly Democrats seek a public hearing on his dismissal.
Sen George McGovern charged President Nixon is moving too slowly to end the Vietnam War. Senate leaders Mansfield and Kennedy urged patience, saying the new administration lacks strength and courage to reverse military policy and avoid national tragedy and political disaster.
The Senate Finance Committee approved AB-130 to create a University of Nevada medical school in Reno, 4-8 along sectional lines. Clark County senators Floyd Lamb B Mahlon Brown and James Gibson opposed. Brown warned supporters they would regret it as final vote looms after Assembly passage.
Weather report notes fair skies with sunny conditions for today and tomorrow. Temperature highs around 72 today and 79 yesterday, with lows near 42 and 48. Humidity at noon about 25 percent. Sunrise at 5 50 and sunset at 5 49.
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