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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1969
Page
2
Wendell Bunker recalls time behind him as tribute flows at the Convention Center honoring Des Kelly with a plaque for service. The same group that praised Kelly later criticized him, calling it a backhanded going away gesture and noting how quickly public memory fades.
In a Los Angeles courtroom defense psychologist Dr. Martin M. Schorr conceded under cross examination that he copied phrases from James Brussel's Casebook of a Crime Psychiatrist to describe Sirhan B. Sirhan. The admission came as portions of the casebook and Schorr's final December 10, 1968 diagnosis were read to the jury.
Stockholm reports four more U.S. deserters granted asylum on humanitarian grounds in Sweden raising total to 189 refugees. Identified as Ronald Clifford Gerard Berger Ronald Crew and Raymond Krzeminski, ages and hometowns not listed. The Aliens Commission will reassess Walter Kheel and Danny Rowan while expulsion orders for them remain. they previously faced eight month jail terms for theft in Goteborg.
Mixed late classifieds list rewards for a car return and a babysitter post. Includes real estate offers in Paradise Valley and Rainbow frontage, a candy route business opportunity, a sale ad for lawn mower and edger, and misc notices. Listings cite contact details and terms.
A jury of seven women and five men viewed a 1963 car linked to a Nevada case in Las Vegas. Police examined the vehicle, finding bullet fragments and a dash hole, as defense seeks to prove a key witness lied about fatally shooting two Wyoming businessmen.
The United States excluding Alaska and Hawaii records a low of one degree above zero at Houston Maine and a high of 86 at Naples Florida in a 24 hour period ending at 4 a m. The data is from the U S Weather Bureau in San Francisco.
Senator Edward Kennedy will headline an appreciation dinner for Senator Howard Cannon at the Space Center of the Sahara Hotel on April 25. Co chairs Frank Di Luzio and Jackie Gaughan announced the event with honorary co chairs Senator Alan Bible and Representative Walter Baring. Kennedy, whip of the Senate Democrats, said he is pleased to participate in honoring Cannon, a longtime public servant and friend.
President Nixon plans a weekend trip to California with a stop in Independence Missouri to see former President Harry S. Truman. Press Secretary Ziegler did not reveal exact locations while The San Diego Union cited possible stops in San Diego and San Juan Capistrano.
President Nixon awards the Medal of Honor posthumously to Pfc. Melvin Newlin of Wellsville Ohio for heroic actions in Quang Nam province Vietnam on July 4 1967. Parents Mr and Mrs Joseph L Newlin receive the decoration as Navy Secretary Chafee reads the citation in a White House ceremony.
Gary J. Tharp, 24, was arraigned in Justice Court on the sex murder of Jeannie V. Reiley. He is held without bail as four months of mental tests proceed. Preliminary hearing set for March 27. The body was found in the desert near North Las Vegas with multiple knife wounds and evidence of sexual abuse.
The Lake Mead chapter of the Health Physics Society will host a panel on hydro geology related to underground nuclear testing. The event takes place in the Southwestern Radiological Health Laboratory auditorium at the University of Nevada Las Vegas campus from 8 to. Panelists include Dr. Paul R. Fenske of Isotopes Inc and Sam W. West of the U S Geological Survey.
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