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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1969
Page
1
Former world light heavyweight champion Archie Moore visited Las Vegas to support underprivileged youths amid rioting by local Black youths. He endorses the ABC Boys Program Any Boy Can, aimed at boys eight to fifteen, already operating in San Diego and Vallejo.
The piece argues today's youth challenge the old order over Vietnam, draft resistance, and social inequality. It contrasts youthful skepticism of authority with a demand for fair opportunity, noting riots and marches reflect denied rights and the need for broader employment and education access.
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved Clement F. Haynsworth Jr. for the Supreme Court by a 10 to vote and sent the nomination to the Senate floor amid uncertain prospects. The three weeks of hearings scrutinized his financial dealings as chief judge of the 4th U. S. Circuit.
Lonnie Johnson, 59, security guard at Weiss Liquor Store 607 West Var Buren, was arrested on a voluntary manslaughter charge over the Tuesday shooting death of Albert Hayes Jr., 35, but the charge was dismissed. Hayes was killed during a looting incident as Johnson captured four other suspects with help from police and a helicopter, with 28 bottles found in the suspects’ vehicle.
President Nixon starts another set of talks with top Vietnam advisers and recalls Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge from Paris to join the negotiations with North Vietnam and Viet Cong leader Phillip Habib. He will meet Lodge and Habib next week and confer with Gen. Earle Wheeler and other senior officers. President also met yesterday with Ellsworth Bunker in Saigon.
Gov Richard Ogilvie ordered 2,000 Illinois National Guardsmen to standby duty in Chicago amid radical strife. The move follows reports of protests and potential clashes, with authorities preparing for possible emergencies.
A mother confesses harsh self reevaluation of how she codes her two sons Warren the bully and Billy the weakling. She describes recognizing biased reactions during fights and vows to change her parenting to stop stereotyping the siblings.
The forecast lists a sunny to snowy day with gentle winds and a high near 85 and a low 55. Humidity at noontime is 11 percent with sunrise at 6 43 and sunset at 6 12.
About 150 West Las Vegas blacks gathered at Las Vegas City Hall to allege police brutality, job shortages and curfew harassment as causes of recent unrest. The gathering followed three nights of violence with 131 rioters arrested, 39 injured and two fatalities reported. Mayors Grayson and Echols, local officials, assemblyman Woodrow Wilson and Kenny Guinn attended.
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