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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1969
Page
4
United Press International reports talks between Arab guerrillas and Lebanese Army officers broke down as guerrillas demanded wide authority and Lebanon refused to grant them free hand in operations. The impasse centers on control and security questions amid ongoing tensions.
Helldorado Week kickoffs in Las Vegas with a giant carnival at Cashman Field opening at 5 p.m. today along Fremont Street. Elks chefs offer a public barbecue at 5:30 p.m. for $2, plus multiple parades and four rodeos through the weekend featuring youth events and Boots and Beauty Parade.
Mrs. Inga Shaver, 38, wife of Nellis Air Force Base officer Lt. Col. Cronyn Shaver, died from injuries after a Sunday crash near Las Vegas that killed her husband. Also injured were Maj. Gerald Bracken, his wife Sharoen, 26, and their two children when a car pulling a boat plunged 40 feet off Calville Bay Road.
The Entertainers Union orders a new wage scale clash as AGWA and Penny Singleton demand hotel concessions. Hotels mail letters to employees warning of a possible strike if talks fail, while Teamsters on the Strip hold 400 service workers without a contract since April. Hundreds of hotel staff could face layoffs if shows stop.
The district declared EMR a sole source supplier for a large book order, triggering state bid rules. Competing vendors Responsive Environment Corp and Baker and Taylor said they could fulfill the order, prompting a bid process. EMR received a $50,000 down payment and 27 district staff were appointed to review books, with payments made to committee members.
Nevada casinos welcome the return of the silver dollar as the preferred gaming coin. Tokens boosted profits when silver vanished but travelers and workers want real coinage now, says Nevada Gaming Industry Association chief Charles Munson. Treasury moves include auctioning 2.9 million silver dollars, mostly Carson City minted, to collectors.
News reports detail Fortas under congressional pressure to resign amid a scandal involving Louis E. Wolfson and illegal stock activity. Fortas spoke in Memphis amid speculation, but no formal resignation letter has been sent to President Nixon. White House and Warren staff deny direct involvement by the President in Fortas's decision.
Betty Grable's Belle Star musical in London heads to closing next Saturday after a rocky run. Grable funded part of the show and admitted some jokes were in bad taste while noting the production drew large crowds at its April 30 Palace Theatre opening. She said some lines were embarrassing and upsetting.
Reported by military spokesmen, communist shelling hit Saigon and several provincial targets for a second night, with allied forces claiming at least 205 enemy dead in seven Saigon region battles. Rockets struck the waterfront district warehouse and a jeep with no casualties. Civilian casualties and terrorist attacks continued as President Nixon prepared to address the nation on war prospects.
Harvard Lampoon dubbed The Lion in Winter the worst movie of the year and awarded Barbra Streisand worst actress for Funny Girl. It also mocked Natalie Wood Sandy Dennis Patty Duke for not appearing in films and gave Shakespeare the Ayn Rand Award for Romeo and Juliet as cliché ridden.
Seminarians occupy administration buildings at Union Theological Seminary in New York City Andover Newton in Newton Massachusetts and staged sit ins at Lincoln University in Jefferson City and Southern University in Baton Rouge. Missouri Governor Hearnes seeks court order to remove Lincoln University protesters while state police position around campuses and prepare eviction plans.
President Nixon prepared to address the nation on prospects for peace in Vietnam after talks with South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu and other officials. The White House noted no troop withdrawal plans, while allies and lawmakers voiced cautious optimism about peace and progress toward ending the war.
A high octane gasoline barge exploded at a Mississippi River dock, causing two other barges to drift downstream toward Quincy and La Grange. At least seven injured, six missing, with authorities fearing more explosions and urging river-area residents to stay away as Civil Defense units respond.
City officials warn delaying an $8 million bond package could raise costs if tax exempt status is challenged. Grayson and Trelease urge quick action to finance a new city hall and public safety complex on the current site, noting the city’s growth from 8422 to 163,112 residents and current scattered offices.
The Clark County Classroom Teachers Association voted to seek a District Court restraining order to stop the district from issuing 1969-70 contracts. If denied, the Senate will meet to consider stacking unsigned contracts and hold school meetings to vote on a sanctions alert against district education decisions.
A gasoline truck collided with a car at a major Flint intersection, flipped, and exploded. At least five people died, one severely burned, as 11 000 gallons of gasoline spilled, destroying a tandem tanker, two cars, a cement truck and a service station. A baby and others were trapped, and a man was electrocuted by a downed power line. The intersection handles Pierson Street to I 75.
Dayton Ohio June UPI reports Dr John S Foster Jr defense research chief warned a one year postponement by Congress in the anti ballistic missile program could close production lines and delay operational Safeguard sites to 1978 from 1974. He said delays would decay current capability and require re onboarding of personnel and repowering of sites. He cited 15 000 workers across firms and warned the Soviet Union could expand its SS9 ICBMs to 600 missiles by 1976.
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