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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1969
Page
2
A public protest urged by Youth and other demonstrators denounces the Vietnam War and demands immediate peace. Speakers criticize U S leaders Lyndon Johnson Hubert Humphrey Richard Nixon and present president for not listening to antiwar voices while calling for nationwide marches and names of the dead to be read.
Washington report notes white emigration from cities to suburbs as black city populations rise by about 300000 annually. Taeuber cites 100000 inbound and 200000 excess black births daily. suburbs show limited black growth. Between 1960 and 1969 central cities gained 750000 people while white numbers fell by 2100000.
Salfo A Balima 39 of Upper Volta injured at his desk in the UN executive office when a .26 caliber Colt pistol discharged as he cleaned it. He was taken to New York University hospital with a severe wound. UN spokesman said secretariat members typically may not have personal weapons. Balima did not have a permit.
A familiar storm layout brings considerable cloudiness and 10 to 20 mph southwesterly winds with gusts. Temperatures range 70 to 55 as Ely reports snow and Tonopah rain. Las Vegas Valley escapes precipitation though wind shifts northerly on Thursday per a five day forecast.
A condemned triple murderer overpowered a guard with a homemade knife at McAlester Prison and freed six other death row inmates before guards recaptured them. Two guards were briefly wounded. no others injured. The incident marked a string of uprisings at the facility in recent weeks.
U S senators Javits and Pell proposed repealing the Tonkin Gulf Resolution and called for withdrawal of all U S combat troops by the end of 1970. Javits said the Saigon government moment of truth had arrived as Pell joined as co author. The House faced a possible floor fight over plans for a nationwide Vietnam Moratorium demonstration.
Seven cosmonauts aboard three Soyuz spacecraft carried out docking related maneuvers and close cooperation tests in orbit. Tass reported two craft performed a docking experiment while Soyuz 6 7 and 8 conducted observations of cloud formations, the moon and stars and assessed earth luminosity.
In Chicago a federal judge refused to pause the conspiracy trial tied to the 1969 convention protests or let defendants skip court to attend moratorium rallies. Seven of eight defendants debated actions as Bobby Seale remained jailed on another charge. defense lawyers urged freedom to speak, while prosecutors cited photos of ties to SDS and possible disruption.
Police surrounded La Scala in Milan and seized 20 years of accounts after baritone Giuseppe Zecchillo accused officials of mismanagement. The raid followed his claim that stage props were sold or given to bars restaurants and night clubs.
New York report from Glass Container Manufacturers Institute says U S housewives saved 32 million hours of leisure by buying vacuum packed Florida orange juice in glass bottles during the 1968 citrus packing season.
Tass reports Intercosmos I an unmanned satellite launched by a Soviet rocket as part of joint cosmic exploration with East Germany and Czechoslovakia. The craft carried scientific gear from the Soviet Union and allies and all instruments were functioning normally. Seven cosmonauts on three ships conducted photographic navigational and maneuvering tasks in close cooperation.
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