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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1969
Page
1
A veteran recalls Aberdeen Proving Grounds bomb disposal training and survival drills amid national unrest. He laments slow racial progress and notes Las Vegas riots sparked by a minor incident, with a fatality linked to a robbery under disturbance. The piece condemns inaction and warns of continuing threats to civil order.
Senate Republican leaders Griffin and Smith publicly oppose Judge Clement F. Haynsworth Jr. for the Supreme Court amid ethical concerns and fear of eroding public confidence. President Nixon remains confident of approval, while Haynsworth lacked comment.
Las Vegas structures including the Landmark Hotel swayed after a nuclear device detonated 2000 feet underground at Pahute Mesa Nevada Test Site. The blast produced up to a million tons of TNT and registered as a 5.5 magnitude quake. no atmospheric radiation was detected per AEC.
Peace returned to West Las Vegas as Mayor Grayson lifted the curfew and Judge Mullen agreed to drop curfew violation charges for noncriminals if calm continues. Police brutality listed as top grievance. 144 blacks jailed since Sunday rioting.
Florence G. Baker 62 widow of former Las Vegas mayor C. D. Baker died yesterday at Sunrise Hospital after a two week illness from a stroke. Funeral services are private with burial at Woodlawn Cemetery. Memorials go to the Heart Fund of Las Vegas. Survived by husband, daughter Mrs. Robert Terrell, five grandchildren, sister Mrs. Howard Keele, and son Robert Knox who died two days before her stroke. Born Florence Goldfield Langford in Goldfield, she moved to Las Vegas 40 years ago and worked as legal secretary and in welfare charity.
Ml Clark County schools will open on a regular schedule with buses on normal routes, but six West Las Vegas elementary schools may stay closed if disturbances recur. Matt Kelly Jo Mackey CVT Gilbert Highland Madison Kit Carson and Rancho High were affected by Tuesday closures after two days of violence.
Cloudy conditions with southwest winds 15 to 25 mph. Today's high 75 and low 55, yesterday's high 4 and low 19. Noontime humidity 10 percent. Sunrise 6 42, sunset 6 15.
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