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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1970
Page
12
South Vietnamese forces pushed toward Phnom Penh as the assault entered the outskirts. Reports say a highway linking Saigon and Phnom Penh is cleared with units halted five kilometers east of the capital.
An explosion injures three, one critically, at a four room frame house in Carbondale. Police say an explosive device in a brown suitcase triggered the blast. a search found dynamite, caps, a timing device, several guns and Black Panther literature. The FBI joined local authorities in the investigation.
North Vietnamese troops move toward Paksong in the Bolovens Plateau to seize the rice bowl area of southern Laos. Rockets struck Saravane with no damage reported as Hanoi pushes along the Ho Chi Minh Trail amid mounting regional clashes. The Laotian Defense Ministry cites Pathet Lao and North Vietnamese units pressuring Laotian forces to abandon the trail while Saigon reports Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces advancing into Laos. A U.S. Navy jets crash in the Gulf of Tonkin after a mission over Laos, pilot rescued.
The Nevada Department of Highways invites proposals to use airspaces under the Sahara Avenue overpass and under the Downtown Expressway overpass near Main Street Las Vegas. Bids due by May 18 1970. Interested parties may contact the Right of Way Division at 1200 North Main Street Las Vegas.
About 86,100 employees across 86 companies joined strikes in West Germany in 1969, costing 249,100 work days. Iron and steel accounts for 41 percent of walkouts, with 1969 losses far higher than 1968 but lower than 1967 totals of 389,000 days.
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