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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1969
Page
3
Cuba plans to attend the June 5 world Communist conference in Moscow after boycotting the 1960 meeting. Delegates will bring total represented parties to about 70, as preparatory sessions wrap up with a four-part draft declaration on imperialism unity among parties and ties to other progressive groups.
In Cairo Illinois snipers fired more than 190 shots at the city police station 1:45 to 2 am injuring none but Fire Chief Edwards with glass cuts. Guards reinforced with bulletproof glass. shots were traced to Rob's restaurant across Washington Avenue from the station.
UPI reports the Small Business Administration found four new loans to individuals connected with organized crime. SBA chief Hillary Sandoval orders stricter screening including FBI and SEC name checks on officers of firms seeking loans. one borrower faces legal action. Total 1965 67 loans exceed $1 million with four disclosed loans totaling $440,000.
The case against Gary Steven Krist in the December kidnapping of Miami heiress Barbara Mackle went to an all male jury after the defense rested without calling witnesses. Prosecutor Richard Bell and Mobley Childs argued, while attorney James Venable attacked the FBI, Negroes, Jews and the jury, risking Krist’s fate. The defense avoided introducing Krist’s criminal record, while the prosecution presented 75 witnesses and 207 exhibits over five days.
South Vietnam defense minister Nguyen Van Vy said a shift replacing U.S. troops with South Vietnamese units is at least a year away. Plans must be submitted and studied, with replacements not expected this year. Thieu has hinted replacements could begin by late 1969. Vy also announced recommending drafting 17 year olds.
Two boys found a murdered girl in a Bayou area near Pensacola. The 9 and 6 year olds were attacked while fleeing. Barbara Key Pennington Pike, 20, of Birmingham, was shot multiple times. Suspects John Andrew Reiley and Jerry Wayne Blow were sought by authorities across several southern states.
Senator Anderson, ranking Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, backs a corporate tax on wartime profits instead of extending the 10 percent surcharge on individuals. The plan would tax profits over 25 000 at 37 percent for large corporations, mirroring WWII and Korean War laws. Meany and Ford oppose the surtax without broader tax reform.
Twelve men were found guilty of theft burglary and arson in the burning of draft records last September. A hallway disturbance occurred after verdict as several dozen sang and blocked the corridor. All 12 along with three others face federal charges next month and had represented themselves in court.
Gorman High School senior William M. Jacobs has been named one of 121 Presidential Scholars for 1969. He earns the honor by top state scores on the National Merit Scholarship Test, was invited to the White House June 9 and 10, and will pursue UCLA honors in mathematics with a physics minor. Barbara R. Dornan of Reno is the other Nevada scholar.
Astronauts Stafford and Cernan praised teamwork and national spirit after returning from the moon aboard the Princeton. Commander Young noted near miss on the third wire and the crew prepared for medical checks in the ship’s sick bay.
The Labor Council reaffirmed support promised to entertainers in March as AGVA represents over 600 chorus acts on the Las Vegas Strip. Negotiations aim to avert an economic blow during Memorial Day weekend while 600 Teamsters also work under a separate pact facing possible strike action.
Former Illinois congressman Donald Rumsfeld was sworn in as director of the Office of Economic Opportunity. President Nixon signals a bold new assault on welfare. New York Mayor Lindsay presses for reforms to reward work, keep families together, and finance income maintenance nationwide. Senator Percy offers three liberalizing welfare measures, including a $40 monthly floor and repeal of the July 1 aid freeze.
North Las Vegas plans a new water main boosting supply by four to six million gallons daily and creating a loop for efficiency. The project cost fell to 877,822 with 340,300 HUD funding. debt backed by city funds if revenue drops. The city cites 16 percent growth in water needs and an eight percent rise in customers.
The 23 year old stepson of film star Robert Taylor was found dead in a motel room in West Los Angeles. Michael Thiess had been living there after leaving a state mental hospital and was discovered by his mother Ursula Thiess, the actor's wife for 15 years, in his pajama clad bed.
Rioting and student protests tied to a UC Berkeley park issue drew about 500 protesters through downtown Berkeley while 200 guardsmen stayed near the UC land parcel. UCLA students rallied and picketed, and elsewhere in Seattle a police officer was wounded in a related clash.
Azhill widow Mrs. Azhill, heiress Ed Mapel, died in December 1967 in a Las Vegas home fire. Her stepson Azbill faced murder and arson charges after a grand jury and later release by the Nevada Supreme Court. Testimony described a night of drinking and an alleged assault with a crutch and fire setting, with the boy testifying under cross examination as trial resumes.
In Memphis Tenn on Monday Judge Arthur Faquin denied James Earl Rays bid for a new trial. Ray admitted killing Dr Martin Luther King and his appeal was rejected by the criminal court.
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