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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1970
Page
2
Paradise Spa residents accuse new owners of changing the development plan and leaving them with little recourse after buying homes with access to pools and health clubs. They warn buyers to read the fine print as they prepare for legal action. Separately a May 1970 assault claim is noted along with other anecdotes from local society pages.
The piece notes 102 degrees tying a date high, while desert visitors feel the heat. It cites Key Biscayne and Nixon's boat moves to Rebozo’s yellow houseboat, reports a Tilden High fire incident, and describes Las Vegas Valley heat with a 101 reading. Forecasts predict hot, mostly fair weather with 106 highs and 70s nights.
In a preliminary step FCC staff may draft a plan to let community antenna systems import distant programming into major markets reversing earlier 35 mile limits. The plan, led by Chairman Dean Burch, reportedly passed a 4 to 3 preliminary vote with seven commissioners not fully confirmed. A 5 percent CATV income subsidy for educational television was also suggested.
The Pentagon rejected Newsweek claims that Defense Secretary Laird cabled General Abrams with tactics to sway U S public opinion over the Cambodia incursion. Spokesman Freidheim said no message was signed or sent from the defense department and he did not know if Abrams received any message from another source. Newsweek alleged field commanders highlighted captures of enemy caches to compensate for a lack of large Communist troop concentrations in Cambodia.
Israeli warplanes bombed artillery positions in Jordan for three and a half hours and clashed with Egyptian jets across the Suez Canal. A Tel Aviv spokesman said pilots returned safely and that two Israeli soldiers were wounded in cross front gun duels.
UPI reports over 47 000 Vietnamese have fled into South Vietnam in the last month from Cambodia with up to 20 000 more expected. Refugees include many labeled Communist families as U S sources note mass emigration and government aid.
George Romney announced he will return one quarter of his $60,000 annual Cabinet salary to the government as a personal contribution to curb inflation. The Housing and Urban Development secretary said his $15,000 gesture is to dramatize the need for new inflation-control measures beyond the Nixon administration's fiscal and monetary policies.
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