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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1969
Page
1
Letter to the editor defends mobile homes against anti ordinance coverage. The author argues modern mobile homes are well built, safer, and affordable, noting government support and Las Vegas parks as examples. Urges editors to verify claims and view local mobile home estates firsthand.
A student protest at Seattle Community College turned violent yesterday injuring one police officer and at least five other officers. Demonstrators clashed with police leading to gunfire and arrests as the scene escalated in Seattle Washington.
In a hushed courtroom the teenage son of accused wife slayer Sylvester J Azbill described how his father allegedly planned to kill his bride Rose Mapel Azbill and used threats and lighter fluid. The testimony followed jury exclusion and included a warning about what happens to those who tell. The day also covered campus protests with tear gas at the main college, clashes in the Negro central area, and a large Sacramento rally urging Governor Reagan to remove the National Guard from Berkeley.
Apollo 10 pilots Stafford Cernan and Young completed a near lunar approach and splashdown in the South Pacific aboard the USS Princeton. The mission ended with a 12:52 p.m. EDT splashdown 3.5 miles from the carrier, signaling approval for Apollo 11 to target a July 20 moon landing.
Weather forecast notes fair conditions with southerly winds 15 to 25 mph and gusts to 35 mph. Today's high reaches 98 and low 70, mirroring yesterday's 98 and 72. Noontime humidity at 11 percent with sunrise at 5 27 and sunset at 7 49.
The Las Vegas Central Labor Council may represent about 15 000 hotel workers voted unanimously to support AGVA entertainers no matter what. James M Arnold said the action could honor a strike if needed as AGVA and the Resort Hotel Association press ahead in a stalled three year contract talks.
North Las Vegas City Manager Clay Lynch outlined a $540000 bond plan to fund a 10 mile water main from the Desert Air Estates well to Nellis Air Force Base to ease low pressure in high elevation areas. The General Obligation Bond Commission scheduled a further meeting within 10 days to consider bond sale approval.
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