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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1970
Page
3
The Atomic Energy Commission will detonate a Plowshare device at Yucca Flat to study a clean underground nuclear explosion for large scale earthmoving. Depth 1 750 feet with 20 to 200 kilotons yield. Radiation expected to be minimal though tremors may be felt in Las Vegas.
A coroner’s preliminary report cites accidental asphyxiation from mechanical obstruction of the larynx as the cause of death for Donald Alsup 29 the Las Vegas plumber’s son who choked on a meatball at a Las Vegas area beer bar and liquor store last Wednesday He is survived by two sisters Fran Barnum Las Vegas Jean Brantley Goldsboro North Carolina and brother Ralph Alsup Jr Las Vegas.
The vessel, reaching 22 knots, measures 258 yards in length and 33 yards in width. It can carry 1,508 twenty-foot containers, making it the largest of its kind.
Munich reports that the region now called West Germany once had about 18 000 castles and palaces. Of these 2 500 have disappeared 5 000 are inhabited 2 000 are habitable but unused and 8 500 lie in ruins.
Robert B. McSherry of Portland Oregon received a three year prison term after pleading no contest to fraud tied to the sale of stock of Nevada Industrial Guarantee Co A Las Vegas judge imposed the sentence May 19 with a June 9 surrender date set for McSherry to begin serving.
Seven high schools including Clark Las Vegas Rancho Valley and Western plus Southern Nevada Vocational Technical Center and the Variety School held combined baccalaureate services at the Convention Center Sunday night. Bishop Gerald H. Kennedy of the United Methodist Church of Los Angeles delivered the address.
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