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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1969
Page
2
A father who lost his son protests war protesters and argues both sides have rights. He insists the dead soldier’s sacrifice belongs to the nation and supports dissent as a cornerstone of democracy. He warns against suppressing protest as un-American and emphasizes humanity over faction.
Prague reports Dubcek and Smrkovsky quit top parliamentary posts as eight reformers fall in a purge. Dalibor Hanes becomes chairman of the House of Nations, Sona Pennigerova heads the House of People, with Vojtech Mihalik and Marie Mikova among others reassigned amid Soviet backed hardline moves.
The article frames the weatherman’s cautious language as routine, predicting continued modest conditions through the weekend in the Las Vegas Valley. It notes cooler air, a slight rise in temperatures, mixed cloudiness, and a chance of mountain showers with winds up to 20 mph.
The Weather Bureau reports the nation's high Tuesday excluding Hawaii and Alaska reached 89 degrees in Macon Georgia. The low Wednesday fell to 1 degree at Baker Oregon during the 24 hour period ending 4 am as compiled by UPI.
The Eighth Judicial District Court in Nevada issues a summons in the case Barron versus Barron. SUE BARRON is named as plaintiff with John W. Bonner, ESQ., as attorney. Notices instruct service within days. the clerk, Loretta Bowman, oversees the process with deputy Lucille Bunyard. Publication dates listed October 16, 23, 24, and November 6, 13, 1967.
The Leningrad Dixieland jazz band is set to arrive in Czechoslovakia on Monday to perform concerts in Prague Bohemia and Moravia CTK reported yesterday and the visit is arranged with UPI sources.
The U S guided missile destroyer Amberjack arrived in Hamburg for a one week visit.
A chain collision involving 71 cars occurred on the North Paris Highway near Le Bourget Airport during morning fog. Police reported ten motorists hospitalized after the crash in the Paris area.
Four train crew members were killed when a speeding freight train crashed into a second train halted on the tracks near Mohs in western Hungary. Radio Budapest reported the disaster late Tuesday night.
In congressional testimony, the Army says an accidental release of under 20 pounds of nerve gas in Utah last year cost more than 1 million dollars. The total includes 371,685 for 6,400 sheep deaths, 198,300 for temporary land loss, and 464,550 for investigation and lab work.
Washington officials pressed Senate appropriations to fund improved contraceptives. Dr. Roger O. Egeberg warned that without reducing population growth pressure, health programs would be undermined.
Tass reported Soyuz 7 and Soyuz 8 flew within about 500 yards on the fifth day of the mission 130 miles above Earth. Soyuz 6 observed. docking link not attempted. Volodymyr Shatalov and Anatoli Filipchenko steered the two spacecraft while crews waved from portholes.
Former President Lyndon B. Johnson spent a routine work day at his LBJ Ranch with wife Lady Bird reading and doing chores. A Johnson spokesman said he would not comment on antiwar moratorium protests and noted his Vietnam policy history including the Tonkin resolution and U S troop commitments.
Somalia reports President Abdi Rashid Ali Shermarke shot dead while touring drought areas near Los Anod. Abdulkadir Abdi identified as gunman and arrested. Army imposes dusk to dawn curfew as nation mourns and political tensions surface amid long drought and regional bitterness.
A Viet Cong mine sank the freighter S. S. Kin Wah at anchor in Nha Trang Harbor killing five aboard and on the dock. Two Saigon terror attacks failed, killing one bomber. War reports cite small ground engagements with no major breakthrough since Sept. 17 lull.
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